capable of acting for the c.d.u. it remains clear that this is not a time for party tactics we remain committed to the grand coalition with good policy we aim to serve our country if you do you will contribute to the reliability and capacity of germany to act the grand coalition for us is not a means in itself the coalition agreement forms the basis for setting the political course of germany and representing german interests in europe and in the world this you do you will continue to contribution to working towards a strong functioning government in germany thank you so both on it and both saying the city remains committed to the grand coalition with the s.p.d. is that coalition in fairest trouble now. well it could be and what also becomes clear with the knicks like who with just under 2 minutes spoke almost twice as long as. both not taking any questions which of course would have been very interesting . is that they could come combo formulated a bit more of an expectations towards the social democrats to basicall

voters with the c.d.u. with their coalition partners with anglo-american all and with the german public in general this is really not a good look for them this was in power for a year about before she decided to step down and it doesn't really bode well for voters confidence that has already been shown to be weakening behind the s.p.d. . i'm back to you know what i mean would you say that this resignation from under analysis totally shaken up german politics i mean is it just a minor shot or or are we can we expect big things in the future and. well it was a bit of a surprise that she would throw in the towel completely we all knew that she was on the press we also known for a very long time the future of the continuation of the grand coalition between the sister and the seed used by no means certain. till 2021 so this can be seen as yet another indication that the stability of the german government is not given and that we simply do not know what than what the next couple of days weeks and potentially mont

capable of acting for the c.d.u. it remains clear that this is not a time for party tactics we remain committed to the grand coalition with good policy we aim to serve our country so you do you will contribute to the reliability and capacity of germany to act the grand coalition for us is not a means in itself the coalition agreement forms the basis for setting the political course of germany and representing german interests in europe and in the world do you will continue to contribution to working towards a strong functioning government in germany thank you. all right kate calling the s.p.d. a. honest and reliable partner but also calling for some fast decisions and clarity what did you take from that. i mean it is clear of course that the c.d.u. does want to push on with this so-called grand coalition of course if they were if things were to escalate and we were to see fresh elections here in germany neither of the social democrats nor the conservatives would benefit from that right now they're both they've both b

capable of acting for the c.d.u. it remains clear that this is not a time for party tactics we remain committed to the grand coalition so both women they're saying that they remain committed to the grand coalition with the social democrats is that coalition in serious trouble. it could be potentially because it's simply not up to the conservative c.d.u. to decide at this very moment in time whether this coalition will continue the social democrats are yet again in another crisis we heard. she's known here. basically utter an expectation towards the s.p.d. to essentially get its act together to elect a new d.j. and then to continue in government and critics within the social democrats of this whole concept of yet again another so-called grand coalition with merkel's party which never really paid in at the ballot box for the social democrats in recent years they are saying that that is exactly the problem just simply soldiering on simply won't work for the s.p.d. they are in an essential crisis and the current governme

headquarters michele starting with you it's not unusual for both the c.d.u. leader and the chancellor to come out and give statements one right after the other what does that tell us. well it tells us that this was very much taken seriously here indeed and that the conservative c.d.u. party is also very concerned about what will now happen over the social democrat headquarters where i understand leaders are meeting there right now to decide what the future will hold for them i think it's notable here that the german chancellor spoke on behalf of the government making quite clear she is no longer the leader of the conservative c.d.u. party. her successor they're only going to come callandar had slightly tougher words spoke for 2 minutes rather than the one minute i'm going to merkel gave this whole issue basically formulating an expectation towards the social democrats to essentially get their act together to make fast decisions on which political personnel will continue and take them further as a party but also continue within the so-called grand coalition ke

capable of acting for the c.d.u. it remains clear that this is not the time for party tactics we remain committed to the grand coalition with good policy we aim to serve our country if you do you will contribute to the reliability and capacity of germany to act the grand coalition for us is not a means in itself the coalition agreement forms the basis for setting the political course of germany and representing german and trusts in europe and in the world is to do you will continue contribution to working towards a strong functioning government in germany thank you. that was an update come come out ahead of the c.d.u. speaking just for some analysis on joined by political correspondent kate brady kate thanks for being here now there was an update come. appealing to the social democrats not to endanger the governing coalition is it in danger of failing it could well be i mean for many months there are basically since the get go in march 2018 this coalition has never being exactly the image of stability and of course a

the conservative c.d.u. also i'm say there are questions being asked right now how can they win these voters back this isn't a one off protest which was you know the kind of terminology we're hearing being thrown around after the general election of the federal election back in 2017 this is a growing trend there is less and less desire in germany to vote for these formally big tent parties and more centrist parties of the social democrats and the conservative c.d.u. so this still wouldn't the game a lot more soul searching to do and it will be interesting to see now how once again the s.p.d. proposes. its suggestion to tackle this and they'll win back those voters but right now it's seems that they're making the task even more difficult for themselves and already ones. political correspondent kate brady thank you for your analysis. let's get you up to speed now on some of the other stories making news around the world a poll shows john germany's greens have overtaken chancer on the americans conservatives fo

and the c.d.u. again together in what many said was an unhappy marriage of convenience to put a government together and these parties have just been weakening and weakening and getting lower and lower support in the polls and today's resignation announcement by andre and alex is just one more sign of trouble in the governing coalition. all right kate turning to you is there anyone who is an obvious successor to nala well one name that is already being thrown around is schultz who is currently the german finance minister and also the vice chancellor but at the same time if the s.p.d. . does now indeed one gets profile to the left as it promised before or were rather as it joined this loveless marriage as it was william mentioned with angela merkel's conservative then he is not the man for the job and at the moment there is no of the real obvious candidate that will be interesting in the coming days to see exactly which names are put forward by her for that position as i speak the party leader but als

all right business as usual but it is of course unusual for both the c.d.u. leader and the chancellor to both come out and give statements one off to the out that what does this tell us about the situation. you know we also had i think also callie on the conservative side as parliamentary party group leader come out and he did of course mention. to handle quite a bit of internal and external criticism and then to now this in self in a statement said that she simply didn't have the kind of support that would have seen her reelected as part of mentor group leader that you know quite clearly was the reason why she decided to throw in the towel but that she does it so completely that a surprise to many people also here and that has led to a 5.0 c. also saying maybe it's a moment to pause and think you know what do we want to see politicians exposed to whether that was really still just criticism and whether they should have to take that. you know the media here is trying very hard not to take that especially criticism but really there were some voices within her

strong words followed by an awkward aftermath the c.d.u. responded to the you tube. video with p.d.f. 11 pages long and then the party's leader called for rules for digital spaces defying the question is clear if you consider populism what rules to apply in the analog sphere and which rules apply to digital spaces. critics say this means parties supports online censorship but reso did exactly what daily newspaper commentators would do his stated his opinion paradoxically politicians then began discussing whether results commons warrant being discussed at all quite a foolhardy approach meanwhile the online community began discussing what resort has not how it said it is video was shared commented. and praised most content related to bad took place online without politicians german politicians have a lot to catch up on i think it's definitely better to join a conversation than to censor it controlling social media and restricting freedom of expression already exists in china social media is much more a part of everyday life over 800000000 people logged on each day but

the outcome for the 1st time the greens would get the most votes 26 percent on the mcas conservative c.d.u. . c.s.u. bloc would be right behind where 25 percent then comes the far right populist a tentative for germany party with 13 percent michael scott and coalition pock though the center left social democrats would drop to 4th place where just 12 percent the market friendly f.t.p. would get 8 percent followed by the left party with 7 percent. joining me from the organization that conducted this survey in front test the map is. good welcome to you know how surprising is the rise of the greens which is also reflected in the recent european elections. well we were not thoroughly surprised when we had the results of the european elections because we've been asking about it you know it's it was the main reason for your choice of starting next president and the main reason is climate climate change and try to guess it and you know we had so many demonstrations of young students in the road that everybody now thinks that's the main issue we have to tackle in germany ok we come back to you in j

c.d.u. c.s.u. bloc with then drop to 2nd place with 25 percent then comes the right wing populist a.f.d. party with 13 percent merkel's current coalition partner the center left social democrats there they would drop to 4th place with only 12 percent and the business friendly f.t.p. would get 8 percent the socialist left party coming in last and 7 percent. of the green party here in germany has already celebrated the stunning result in the recent european parliamentary elections they surged to 2nd place winning over 20 percent of the vote voters abandon the major parties over concerns about 5 to change the party has also done well in recent state elections here in germany. these are few big changes going on in the political landscape here in germany to talk about that i'm joined by our political correspondent on your show live here at the big table. i mean it's is a big deal isn't it if elections were to be held next sunday the green party would come out on top if and he said this truly is a

the c.d.u. has slowly over many years under the leadership angle americal been nudging to the left taking going into s.p.d. territory so to speak taking up a lot of the s.p.d. issues and leaving the s.p.d. with very little to stand for if we go back to the 2017 election campaign here in germany this was very much the same topic of conversation at the espy needed to revitalize itself redefine itself march in schultz on the eve of that election after he failed to deliver the results of his party was hoping and medical was seen to be the victor the victor again said there would be no no grand coalition again and sure enough 6 months later there was again a grand coalition so the s.p.d. has been struggling to figure out where it best can be both to lead the country and to lead itself as a political party as in any kind of relevant way here in germany well in the establishment parties across the e.u. including obviously the city and the s.p.d. still disappointing results in the european elections com

nor the c.d.u. will be wanting to put that coalition on the line right now with the chance of for example fresh elections of course if the current opinion polls are anything to go by then they wouldn't be doing well at all but of course this is going to be a chance for the s.p.d. wouldn't again to go forward with some sense of renewal now. so be interesting to see if they choose. perhaps a little further to the left of the of germany's political spectrum something which country and alice have promised to do but we can have a little look back now exactly where she is and what she has done so far. sundry analysis 1st joined the social democratic party more than 20 years ago as the leader of the party's youth organization she studied german and political science in one of her very 1st interviews she told g.w. that a career in politics was not in the cards. for you but i don't want to stay in politics for the rest of my life so after being chair i want to look for a real job and for that i need a good d

merkel's conservative c.d.u. they came out this morning saying that they want to push on with this grand coalition but whether we really will see this coalition make it through to the end of that term in 2021 but still i've been well kate it's not just within germany that the center left party was struggling and so poor results in the european elections we saw this happening in other european countries as well with the the social democratic parties suffering losses. is the center left as a whole facing a real crisis briefly if you can this really as a pattern that we're seeing across europe as you say but this doesn't only affect the social democrats but it's these what we call traditionally big tent parties a centrist parties so the mentions not only something that's effect in the social democrats slightly more to the left of this and but also the conservatives on the right we've seen across europe these 2 parties are 2 for factions ready moving towards the center of the political spectrum for a long time now so

the european parliament election well on you tube i posted a video railing against the conservative c.d.u. party it dominated the final days of its complaint what effects to social media have on the market see you tube facebook and co threatening free society our topic on shift today. 2.6000000000 people worldwide use facebook instagram a what's app at least once a day i know i do social platforms actually the main place where many teenagers get their news but it's important to take sources and facts because especially in social media it's often unclear where a post comes from what comes up on our news feed isn't random facebook and poll carefully tailored content to individuals interests and tastes the companies have a profile on every user each time we click on something we leave clues about our likes and dislikes and our profiles get more and more detailed so if you think you're in full control of what you see online. i'm afraid that you're mistaken. also show media companies make money with affectively placed ads that are individually tailored to user profiles they know what kind of c

video the destruction of the c.d.u. has racked up almost 15000000 views but the c.d.u. has yet to come up with a cogent response. the chancellor's current crisis management is a far cry from we can do this stands back in 2015 new parliamentary elections on the horizon in germany. lots of talk of fresh elections lots of talk about america not being able to contain the crisis has she lost. touch that has kept her in power for so long has she lost it while that's a very good question i don't think that she has really lost it i think many people still appreciate this woman. in the end she just managed a lot of crises and she didn't bring up very she didn't tackle the big questions and the big questions that are now coming to the streets and the questions that now the youth of addresses for example these were all everything this government did in the past year since they are power like 2005 is that they corrected the little things. politics yes they may tweak this and that and then. i think and now people just have this bigger questions rising and saying what happened in the

capable of acting for the c.d.u. it remains clear that this is not a time for party tactics we remain committed to the grand coalition with good policy we aim to serve our country if you do you will contribute to the reliability and capacity of germany to act the grand coalition for us is not a means in itself the coalition agreement forms the basis for setting the political course of germany and representing german and trusts in europe and in the world as you do you will continue to contribution to working towards a strong functioning government in germany thank you. that was a statement from. the head of the c.d.u. speaking just a little earlier she was talking about the s.p.d. as an honest and a reliable partner did she did say that they the c.d.u. is hoping for a false decisions now without unduly anomalous who might take on this job of head of the s.p.d. a long term it really seems quite unclear at the moment it depends too on what direction the s.p.d. wants to take itself and whether it's really going to finall

it was a shock to the had and a very close friend here in front of his house c.d.u. politician by to look was found by a family member sunday morning since his death no clues had to much to the perpetrator or perpetrators and habitants of this home village east has shocked. it's a very difficult situation for the town and for me too he had his own views views that you could run up against you could debate with him. at a community meeting in 2015 look this stood up for refugees telling those who disagree that. you have to stand up for these values whoever doesn't represent them can leave the country at any point. or d.n.c. members from the far right where i would very much by his words look even received death threats afterwards now in the days after the killing disturbing cummins appeared on line you don't have to be sad it's a reason to be happy you get what you deserve he was a traitor of the people. many people are shocked by the commons german president franco touched on my condemns the hateful speech the muncher arctura the indians of the way that some individua

and doing extremely badly in the polls right now but the c.d.u. merkel's conservatives have come out today and said that they want to push for was with this grand coalition but of course it is extremely fragile and the fact is well the angela merkel has self is due to give a statement later today following this resignation of the s.p.d. leader say's a lot about the significance of this move and how serious this could be for germany's government which was already extremely fragile well kate is there any indication of who could possibly replace and hand knowledge in her role as leader of the party and also her parliamentary seat well there's no real likely successor right now which of course was also a bit of a problem just over a year ago as well when i'm dry analysis self became party leader of the party leader of the social democrats and she was actually suggested by her previous essay he will say went out with a rather than paying baron after the s.p.d. slid down the polls as well in the federal election in 2017 so whether someone would be very

the greens would be 1st like i said with 26 percent of the vote fence on the america's conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. bloc would drop to 2nd place with 25 percent then we'd have the right wing populace the a.f.d. party of 13 percent medical school. current coalition partner the center left social democrats you see right there would drop to a dismal 4th place with 12 percent followed by the business from the f.t.p. 8 percent and the left party 7 percent. the green party here in germany has already celebrated a stunning result of the recent broken parliamentary elections they surged to 2nd place winning more than 20 percent of the votes voters have abandoned the traditional major parties over concerns about climate change. the greens say they've also done well in recent state elections here in germany. so talk about a green future and that what's in store for us right here in germany our political correspondent on your colors your the big table to talk about that so if elections were to be held this coming sunday i mean we'd have something we've never had before in this country we would have th

handed over responsibility for leading the c.d.u. to under great comfort she was to continue macas legacy and succeed her as chancellor in 2 years' time. the christian democrats have little to offer young people worried about climate change and that's clear from the success of this protest video by blogger riza. video show you how folks from the c.b.c. live and how they lack the basic skills to do their jobs and how they're wrecking our lives and future. his video the destruction of the c.d.u. has racked up almost 15000000 views. is yet to come up with a cogent response. but chancellor's current crisis management is a far cry from what we can do this stands back in 2015 new parliamentary elections on the horizon in germany. talk of fresh elections lots of talk about not being able to contain the crisis has she lost magic touch that has kept her in power for so long. while that's a very good question i don't think that she has really lost it i think many people still appreciate this woman. in the end she just managed a lot of crises a

in the c.d.u. so because her successor on the great come conboy is eager to to take office before a new election so she wants to have the bonus actually as being chancellor but i'm going to make quite clear that's not going to happen and however that goes maybe the grand coalition comes to an end because the s.p.d. will leave the coalition but it's not i'm glad americans are giving up and it gives some people within the c.d.u. and i don't think it's a k.k. maybe now a chance actually to kill 2 birds with one stone by kicking out the s.p.d. and then taking over and maybe after snap elections we will even see a green chancellor because the greens are rising in the polls because they're doing fantastically totally it's absolute bring in their cards to please come back and i don't listen again thank you so very much i'll have monica coliseum analyst. boeing has admitted that faulty parts may have been installed on some of its 737 airliners or the company has been under intense pressure since it 2737 ma

of conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. bloc for with to 2nd place the 25 percent and coming in the right wing populist if tea at 13 percent another jolt america schoolish and bought knows the center left social democrats dropped to 4th place with only 12 percent the market friendly f.t.p. would get 8 percent and the fall lift left body 7 percent. so what do those results mean a senior political correspondent hans brandt is with me welcome hans surprising obvious results so we used to thinking off the green party at one point as a fringe as a nice body but now it's number one in the polls it has for a long time been a single issue party environmental issues that's the basis on which it was founded as the name indicates what's really to surprising about this is it coming in in 1st place in other words what's more surprising than the increase in support for the greens is a decrease in support for the conservatives in other words that the conservatives are being beaten into 2nd place the greens have been on an up since roth a

and c.d.u. have kept them largely from lawmaking both in germany and the wider he you but the chancellor trying to keep things together until her promised final term ends in 2021 insists the work of government will go on give in the beginning we will continue the government's work with all seriousness and we will above all do so with a great sense of responsibility. the issues we have to songs are for germany and europe and the rest of the world with this mindset we will continue working with the holes it's a lot of work to do made harder as both parties reckon with dwindling support. let's bring in our political correspondents now hans brant who's at the social democrat headquarters in berlin and here with me in the studio is our in cape brady hi kay thank you both for joining us hans i'll start with you how is the s.p.d. coping with this shock and now it's meant. well 1st of all there was a sense of shock obviously i think there were disputes going on within the party everybody knew that andre

spectrum could actually vote for well what about his main opponent from uncle americans part of the c.d.u. what's his strategy for challenging from the f.t. well it's actually less about his opponent and more about his backers what we're seeing right now is a coalition of all the established parties coming together saying that they cannot tolerate a member of the a.f.d. actually becoming the mayor even in the smaller community so what you're seeing is a coalition forming a very unlikely bedfellows we have the conservatives who are also being backed by candidates from the left party from the extreme left wing party and also from the greens they're all saying vote for the c.d.u. candidate vote for miracles candidate so that they can prevent the a.v. from actually gaining. this foothold and just very very quickly aaron regional elections coming up in saxony in september how will the a 50 fare well if you believe the polling right now they could fare very very well and that's why a lot all eyes are really on this may or election today because we have 3 parliamentary elections in the region co

we ask you all not to support the c.d.u. and don't support the s.p.t. kind under the bill to vote for any party that doesn't operate on logic or signs and isn't course to destroy health insurance a point city leaders statement with slammed by other party with the left cord and assault on the freedom of expression and oppression of the german constitution while the freedom party said political movements want to have a dialogue with social media platforms modeled author from the left party says maintaining good relations with young people is crucial all young people are searching for. they way they want. to participate in the decision process in the society to the movement of produce for future growth in the internet like resort the us is a part of the search for participation in society for the 1st directive for future the less the political mainstream. able to create discourses which are really the trick the emotion the people emotionally. don't like to call conscious the all star to organize themselves. so much for different frames. than ethan i'll be

result for the very 1st time the greens would come in 1st with 26 percent on the ackles conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. bloc falling to 2nd place with 25 percent and coming in 3rd the right wing populist e.f.t. at 13 percent another jolt coalition partners the social democrats dropping to 4th place with only 12 percent the market friendly have to be at 8 percent and the far left left 47 percent. you know political correspondent hans bronze with me now in the studio for more on skid morning to you the latest spike in a green popularity came with the drought last summer hit europe hard germany hard as well is that what is behind this strong showing in the poll climate change is a thing climate change and our mental issues have come to the fore in the last year and a half or so we look at what issues were important to voters just before the last general election at the end of 2017 there's a kind of traditional things such as migration unemployment pensions questions like that but i think very strong was the effect of the hot summer that we had in europe last year and the feeling that climate chang

it was a shot to the head it's very close range here in front of his house c.d.u. politician volatile was found by a family member on the morning of sunday june the 3rd the 65 year old's death shocked the community of both haagen is stuck to the call. it's a very difficult situation for the time and for me to he had his own views views that you could run up against that you could debate with him. during a local meeting in 2015 look because stood up for refugees telling those who disagreed that now for b.n. to have to stand up for these values whoever doesn't represent these values can leave this country at any point 000-000-0000. 000 d.n.c. members from the far rights were outraged even received death threats afterwards just days after the shooting people took to social media to make disturbing comments about his killing he don't have to be sad it's a reason to be happy you gets what you deserve he was a traitor of the people. german presidents friend fall to steinmeyer condemn the online hate against fountain of describing the comments a cynical tasteless revoltin

balta luka was motivated by right wing extremism a senior politician from chancellor angela merkel c.d.u. luko was found dead earlier this month. at his home in the central state of has on saturday police arrested a 45 year old man also suspicion of killing luka at all prosecutors gave an update on the investigation just a short while ago take a listen to what they said. begin of clint. dundas we're assuming that we're dealing with a right wing extremist background to this murder case the reason for our assumption is the detainees previous record as well as the political opinions he's expressed on various occasions that he took even a minor 1006 making we're also looking into the question of whether and to what extent others may have been involved in this murder case tied to indeed todd in boston. we can already say though that we've so far found no evidence suggesting that the perpetrator was involved in a right wing terrorist organization and it will give these men signed going to the prosecutor speaking there earlier today were with me now here on the set is patrick sense burge a memb

to the european parliament election when you tube i posted a video railing against the conservative c.d.u. party it dominated the 5 days of its complaint what effects to social media have on democracy you tube facebook and coal threatening free society our topic on shift today.