know didn't so we were hoping to hear from a man for addressing that's a meeting of c s u and c.d.u. party workers but we did hear from i grabbed a compact who is the leader of the party just took over the position from from the chance of a. political aide is our chief political correspondent. there was some there were there was a nod in there so the fact that things have not gone well we haven't got the final results yet but things have not gone as well as i might for the c.d.u. c.s.u. there was an odd but it came after what felt like 10 minutes but maybe it was around 7 in which she tried very very hard to put a positive spin on results and as we know these are exit poll results so the numbers can change in the course of the evening but in which she tried to put a positive spin on what is one of her party's worst results ever in nationwide voting on an election result in which it looks like up to $1200000.00 voters deserted the c.d.u. for the green party and on the result where essentially i think we are so seeing that the voters do not ascribe competence in that crucial area of climate

europe's most powerful woman also used to be the poster girl for her conservative c.d.u. party in elections but it's history this time angela merkel left the e p p's widely unknown top candidate monthly to be about mostly out alone to face the public and it was merkel success c.d.u. party leader and a great come combo of many already see as potential next chancellor who took on the heavy political lifting in the talks. in their talks in search of for us conservatives right wing populist are not potential coalition partners we don't want to and we won't work with them. with nothing less than the future of europe at stake this raises the question where was. busy governing is the sort of answer within each of you summit in romania a climate dialogue in berlin and a trip to africa merkel focused on big picture politics. one of her few appearances with the e.p. peace talk candidate month was in croatia where she took a stance against nationalism. part 2 to small hatred chism and the e.u. and contradictions nationalism is the enemy of the european project we must make that clear in t

europe's most powerful woman also used to be the poster girl for her conservative c.d.u. party in e.u. elections but that history this time angela merkel left the e p p's widely unknown top candidate manfully to be mostly out alone to face the public and it was merkel successor c.d.u. party leader and a great come canberra many already see you as potential next chancellor who took on the heavy political lifting in the talks. in search of for us conservatives right wing populist are not potential coalition partners we don't want to and we won't work with them. with nothing less than the future of europe at stake this raises the question where was. busy governing is the sort of answer within each you so much in her mania a climate dialogue in berlin and a trip to africa merkel focused on big picture politics. one of her few appearances with the e.p. piece top candidate month was in croatia where she took a stance against nationalism. part 2 to smoke patriotism and the e.u. aren't contradictions nationalism is the enemy of the european project we must make that clear in these fina

left of censure at the center of social democrats in european elections the head of the governing c.d.u. party admits that it failed to address worries about climate change rival green party more than doubled its shadow seats in. truth yet you could always get any news on the go just download data from google player from the apple store give you access to places you from around the world as well as push notifications for i mean breaking news crossing user to satisfy the terms and figures. this is coming next you don't need to use a sheet with finish i'll be back at the top. of the. oh boy. oh boy. the 1st. thing. they're super shocked. many rising selves away super secret and then you'll hear the jingling points and super rich definitely around 20000000000 more or less. how do germany's wealthiest people live why do they keep such a low profile i have a snoop around to catch a glimpse. it is hard. to describe the super rich starts to tip doubling. the tempo of technology. with. the momentum of the board. made in germany. your business magazine d w. going to unofficial estimates more than 12000

c.d.u. and c.s.u. parties. that's the leading party that angle a miracle party here in germany and also called to boycott the other coalition partners the social democrats was also critical of the far right alternative for germany the beacon it focused on the cd you know videos main thesis was that the german coalition government was really out of touch with young voters and especially when it came to topics like the environment so it was viewed more than 11000000 times in the lead up to the election today it's been viewed nearly 13000000 times and now we all know the historic losses that the c.d.u. made in the european election and addressing those losses at a press conference yesterday on a great credit card about the leader of the c.d.u. criticize the video and then questioned the regulations around influencing political opinion on the internet and whether or not they should have the same standards as as regular journalism. why don't we hear some of what you have to say . it's a sure question when it comes t

c.d.u. and other mainstream parties. for the c.d.c. you can see as you. did this appeal in two videos now with more than fifteen million combined views impact the outcome of european elections in germany the correlation is almost impossible to prove but germany's ruling c.d.u. licking their wounds from the lashing voters gave them at the ballot box are looking for answers one explanation offered by the conservative party leader germany's free speech norms haven't kept up with how people especially younger people share and express ideas. the question when it comes to shaping public opinion what are the rules from the analog realm and which rules should apply to the digital realm we'll tackle this discussion quite aggressively. the statement was quickly criticized as a threat to free speech even party allies push back against it. because it says god . germany's basic law which just turned seventy and was drawn up here in bonn stipulates that everybody has the right in various forms to express their opinion and you tube is a new medium that wasn't around bac

c.d.u. the c.s.u. this and america parties don't vote for the s.p.d. and also don't for the f.t. the germany's far right populist party or they say any other party that whose policies are not rooted in what they think is science and expert advice ok so. is this a big deal well if you think about the fact that that especially comes in german politics social media doesn't play a huge role in german politics and campaigning is still quite reliant on traditional methods of communicating to the public and communicating to voters it's also notable that read so in these other influencers are not politically minded they're mostly just entertainers they have funny videos on you tube if people watch and their audience is not really politically active politically mind that's the whole point you're trying to get especially young people out to vote or if they're too young to vote which many of them are to get their parents and grandparents to vote for they say is their future which is a climate change and we see a lot of parallels between this massive attention on climate change for this vide

at the c.d.u. party the watch dawn in dread not exactly drowning their sorrows but these results down 7 percent make for sobering reading as the party grapples with the country's shifting demographics. so i retired server there's certainly we have not been dynamic a nothing government and we fail to give convincing on says the voters across germany have expected of us in total and. across town not their government coalition partners e.s.p. d. it was a picture of full frontal despair. they saw almost half their vote disappear 27 percent to 15 the party's leadership pleaded for members not to lose the faith. on. its mercer island as it is i would like to ask all our s.p.d. members and supporters to take hot and to look confidently to the future even if today's results are painful they show us that we have a lot to do better than it is for the far right if t. it was more a night of shodan freude than success. the biggest cheer for the s.p.d. and c.d.u. losses they had threatened an insurgency but in the end

to the last polling that everybody hears so leading up to these elections so the conservative c.d.u. party of i. was bracing for this already but it's also clear indication that those big tent parties are losing ground and particularly amongst young voters and this is something the conservatives here are rather concerned about but they're slightly upbeat because they're hoping that this trend will firm up after all they are the strongest party that there will be a trend that might see their top candidates of the european peoples parties germany's monthly to veba have the potential to become the next commission president and i got the chance to catch up with monthly about just as he left the election party here but then heading to proselyte sisson in. the city of ekiti the big tent parties under pressure 6 also the conservative c.d.u. in germany what do you take away from violent city as he is to ensure many of the biggest body of the elections we have still as a right to call ourselves as the european body of germany and that's why we have the responsibility to lead not to go to brussels t

member of the german parliament who speaks on latin american foreign policy or chancellor merkel c.d.u. party he explained germany's take on venice minus constitution. i think we have a clear position that you undertow is a legitimate interim president of venezuela in accordance with the constitution of a sailor. we call on everyone involved to refrain from while and seek a peaceful solutions to a national dialogue and a democratic transition that can only be resolved through a fair and free elections. and to enable that and to make that possible i think. maduro has to step aside i think there were rumors the last couple of days he was already plotting his review to cuba not clear how. realistic that scenario is but it's clear that neither the majority i do at the moment can we can secure the full support of the of thier authorities in him in israel or so that stalemate may continue for quite a while and should germany become more actively involved in a situation. i think we have become quite active in well who among the leading nations recognizing present as a legitimate sink even our ambass

c.d.u. as a party of the domestic center with statements like that your view or destroying yourself even traditional supporters have been ruffled by this incident this one said as a long time c.d.u. voter i'm shocked how you deal with opinions in digital media and digital channels in general such stuff statements show that you don't the city isn't able to lead our country into the digital future and isn't a viable choice for me anymore another state social media analyst tweeted where else are they trying this approach oh right egypt where influences with more than 5000 followers are treated like media outlets and controlled by the government probably not an example to follow so the backlash has been fierce despite a.k.k. toning down the words in the aftermath of this incident so issues like this it's just let this slide or will or change i think it's unlikely that the law will change it's pretty unpopular even with her own within her own party the c.d.u. and even if it were in favor let's say that there there really governing in a coalition and the s.p.d. who they're in a coalition with their genera

parties lost voters in the country's european elections now the head of germany's conservative c.d.u. party has question whether opinions expressed on the internet ahead of elections should face regulation and as you can imagine that's provoked quite a backlash on line our reporter rebecca ritter's has been looking into this for us tell us what. has said here that is so controversial also me it was all sparked by a video that's been making the rounds it was watched widely before your pain elections on the weekend called the destruction of the city you know it was made by a 26 year old german blogger by the name of reza and it was signed by the 70 influential you tube is now the video of criticize the c.d.u. that the leading party and the party of angela merkel and called for voters to boycott the party it also called on them to to come to boycott their coalition partners the social democrats excuse me i was also very critical of the alternative for germany the far right party but but the video really focused on the cd you as main thesis was that the german coalition government was out of to

at the c.d.u. party the watch dawn in dread not exactly drowning their sorrows but these results down 7 percent make for sobering reading as the party grapples with the country's shifting demographics. it's an island retired several thousands certainly we have not been dynamic a nothing government and we fail to give convincing answers the voters across germany have expected of us in total and. across town not their government coalition partners the s.p.d. it was a picture of fool frontal despair. they saw almost half their vote disappear 27 percent to 15 the party's leadership pleaded for members not to lose the faith. of move on. if mr i would like to ask all our s.p.d. members and supporters to take heart i'm still a confidently to the future even if today's results are painful they show us that we have a lot to do.

c.d.u. alliance that's the leading party in the party of angela merkel the chancellor angela merkel and they also called for a boycott to their coalition partners the s.p.d. and also for the right wing populist to germany the videos main thesis was that the german coalition government was out of touch with young voters is especially when it comes to issues such as the environment but also other things basically saying they're out of touch and don't bother going to vote for this phase guys it was viewed more than 11000000 times in the lead up to the election now we know. in the aftermath of the election that the c.d.u. did historically badly in those elections and so speaking at a press conference yesterday in response to the election results of the party's leader and a great karrenbauer a.k.k. as she's known here in german media she questioned regulations around political comment in the lead up to elections we have that statement. if august this issue and the question when it comes to shaping public opinion is what are the rules from the analog realm and which rules should apply to the digit

at the c.d.u. party be watched on in dread not exactly drowning their sorrows but these results down 7 percent make for sobering reading as the party grapples with the country's shifting demographics. so i retired several thousands yes certainly we have not been dynamic a nothing government and we fail to give convincing answers the voters across germany have expected of us in total and about the across town not their government coalition partners yes p d it was a picture of fool frontal despair. they saw almost half their vote disappear 27 percent to 15 the party's leadership pleaded for members not to lose the face. on. which mr i would like to ask all our s.p.d. members and supporters to take heart i'm still a confident need to the future even if today's results are painful they show us that we have a lot to do. for the far right if he it was more a night of shodan freude than success. the biggest cheer for the s.p.d. and c.d.u. losses. they had threatened an insurgency but in the end mustered 10 perc

education war all these major issues accusing the government of i'm going to merkel the conservative c.d.u. party and even their junior coalition the s.p.d. the center left here in germany of basically failing them a failing their future and things going in the worse direction under their rule now we have this statement that focuses just on climate change bringing together not just retail but more than 80 of his fellow you tube stars to get young people awake and aware and out to vote in this week's this sunday's european elections we have a clip of it of it here i'm going it isn't this is very. this is can also be. business as can feet at least you can pretty about not the music of the she had to put incidents are still. officially still has a clear way to get us on the team. to still miss. pacino is an inspiration but i keep his dr. johnson 100. and. speedy. so see the you know c.s.u. that's basically the angle of michael's parties no no s.p.d. the center left these establishment parties who've been really ruling germany for years in fact for many of these you tube ers and their audiences for a

at the c.d.u. partyhe watch dawn in dread not exactly drowning their sorrows but these results down 7 percent make for sobering reading as the party grapples with the country's shifting demographics. so i am retired server there's certainly we have not been dynamic a nothing government and we fail to give convincing on says the voters across germany have expected of us. across town not their government coalition partners yes p d it was a picture of fool from tle despair. they saw almost half their vote disappear 27 percent to 15 the party's leadership pleaded for members not to lose. the face. i would like to ask all our s.p.d. members and supporters to take hot and to look confident each of the future even if today's results are painful they show us that we have a lot to do but for the far right e.f.t. it was more a night of shodan freude than success. the biggest cheer for the s.p.d. and c.d.u. losses they had threatened an insurgency but in the end mustered 10 percent of the disappointment hard to hid

once the votes were counted it was up to the party's leader to admit its shortcomings that's a keep this is the seems to me this is the worst result for the c.d.u. in its entire history either at the european or the federal level. and i want to make it completely clear that this is not in line with our claim to be a big tent party spokesman take the fish to the c.d.u. once dominated german politics now voters are asking what the future holds think of you and your own god i think they need to put some thought into who's running things and perhaps also communicate more skillful of us trying to i don't think there's a bright side for them like there was after the last few elections. the greens on the other hand had every reason to celebrate a stunning performance built on their core topics of climate change and digitalisation never has the party been so successful in a nationwide election it doubled its share of the vote at the expense of the governing coalition. of the national level i would hope the government controlled the right conclusions from these elections and that doesn't mean party leaders should worry about what their parties needs are

just 2 weeks ago it's a facebook post purporting to show an election by chance uncle merkel's c.d.u. party or the caption reads to strengthen families for a better germany. but the family in that picture has nothing to do with either merkel or the c.d.u. in fact it's a picture from 2017 of a muslim family that suit united airlines over discrimination and in short this is completely made up and we've seen a lot of examples like this across the e.u. leading up to the election where the sender may be unclear but the message is certainly not it's to warn against the decline of christianity in europe in hopes of mobilizing e.u. skeptics and 1st of all right when voters have the election so you example show that this is blatantly full it's so we thought in our report that like the us elections in 2 constant 16 a lot of this misinformation is linked to russia what can you tell us about the us right according to recent analysis by u.s. cyber security companies say court cyber close to half of the population so about 240000000 people have been exposed to some form of russian backed disinformation c

earlier we spoke to andreas nick he is a member of the german parliament with chancellor merkel's c.d.u. party and he sits on the foreign affairs committee. i think we have a clear position that you undertow is a legitimate interim president of venezuela in accordance with the constitution of an assailant. we call on everyone involved to refrain from a while and seek a peaceful solutions to a national dialogue and a democratic transition that can only be resolved through fair and free elections and to enable that and to make that possible i think. moderate has to step aside i think there were rumors the last couple of days he was already. plotting he said refuge to cuba are not clear how. realistic that scenario is but it's clear that neither the majority i do at the moment can we can secure the full support of the of thier authorities in a ministry and so that statement may continue for quite a while. but it would have been a strongly supportive of all the countries in the region in the lima proof of working together for a peaceful transition in the country we should never forget that there's

member of the german parliament and speaks on latin american foreign policy for chancellor merkel's c.d.u. party welcome to g.w. what's your take on the situation in venezuela hello to berlin i think clearly we sit facing a very intense situation in venezuela there is a standoff between the marine and the. interim president who we and fifty fifty other countries worldwide have recognized as legitimate. there is a stalemate in this power struggle a lot of the discussion i think is now on winning the loyalty and the support of the different parts of the military we see the faces of general strikes in the next couple of days so this situation is likely to intensify even further as we go along so what you've actually done is because it's just told us the facts as they are i'd be interested in your opinion why do you think this is going to go which way do you think it should go. i think we have a clear position that you undertow is a legitimate interim president of venezuela in accordance with the constitution of n.s.a. and. we call on everyone involved to refrain from violence and seek a peaceful so

has is just the next step in a long slow descent of these major parties here in germany and we've been talking for a long time how the c.d.u. this be known as this grand coalition the 2 traditionally largest parties in germany are not so grand anymore of losing support we saw this in the bonus tags evolve in the general election here in germany 2 years ago we're seeing it again reflected in the european election and there's a lot of pressure mounting up against them just a few days before the election we had the the so-called rate so effect this you tube or who came out and then along with many many you tube affiliates coming out to really hit hard against the c.d.u. and the s.p.d. this was them saying don't vote for them now of course you can't make a direct correlation that how much of an effect they really had but one thing is for certain. they do speak for a large portion of young voters especially young voters in germany who may have been influenced by this in the voter turnout. hoffman this client of the mainstream sense the left and center right parties this is not just a german phenomenon this is. well it the germa

party in britain enjoying the regional election there and we're very happy. times that our friends our top candidate cause my head a managed to. make the c.d.u. become the strongest party in brim and doing the first step for such a change in government in britain thank you and that's mr sandison stardom there's something more to say tonight how this election result and this election success in britain and the same time this was its success constantly passed away. recently and we fought for him into it and it's a very special moment for all of us here at the parties had want to. thank. us this mission's lessons these miss guns to be very very high here i did after those here are happy that have managed to achieve our goals but still we also need to stage tonight that this election result it is just him in he does not live up to her own as ration as being hard enough and in being supported by so many citizens that we're going to analyze the results carefully and the future and that's it in the days to come but we're already able to say that his various reasons in fact that have led to this result in their vehicles are particularly the fact that

social democrats the green party comes up big in germany more than doubling its share of saints in the e.u. parliament ahead of the ruling c.d.u. meanwhile the banks that got it wrong especially on climate change. made while nationalist parties topped the vote in a number of european countries but. also on the program austrian chancellor sebastian course is out. to position fosters joined forces to be the 1st with the votes of no confidence back to the far right freedom . meaning government with him until just last week. i'm phil guy welcome to the program. european parties and are jockeying for position after sunday's elections to the a u parliament tilted the balance of power within the bloc and here are some of sunday's key takeaways voters punish traditional centrist parties including germany's governing coalition of conservatives and social democrats but the greens made big advances to become the country's number 2 party and france's number 3 in the european parliament right wing populists also had a good night winning votes in france the u.k. italy and poland the leader of germany's conservatives the c.d.u. of knowledge

week where a you tube basically called on young people not to vote for the established parties first but for the c.d.u. but then also for the social democrats and other established parties and of course the far right if the so that made their lives difficult the failure of the c.d.u. to really have an adequate response to that kind of attack from you tube also highlighted the simply not fresh young party that knows how to address young voters the greens know how to do it and they have the issue of climate change which is an easy one because if you're against climate protection you're kind of old school you're failing to recognize what the key issue is that young people's minds and where you said you were at the conservative party headquarters a little bit earlier in the evening taking a look at the results there and we the head of the party. was also speaking about these results earlier and we have a clip of that let's listen to it these are this this election result is not the result that we as a party as the people expect of ourselves give a shit if the other we will meet next weekend and analyze th