nina that is the c.s.u. party conference in munich for us nina the varian conservatives rue the stays for more than seventy years and now it looks like they will lose the absolute majority so why is this so significant. speeches are underway at the moment right now and what we're hearing from says here fish is that they want to get the focus back on to the various forward states and many people here behind the scene say that the election campaign here in bavaria was distracted by what's happened on the national level let's not forget the series a very special party in that it is only elected in bavaria and so usually they focus on the strength of the economic strength of this special state in the south of germany but lately the election campaign has been distracted people say by events happening in berlin like they did the late this government coalition. now recently the party has taken on more far right few points facing the challenge from the anti immigration a.f.d. has that failed as a strategy. this is you. si

the c.s.u. party conference for us in munich nina recently the c.s.u. has taken on a more far rice viewpoint facing the challenge from the immigration a if tea party has failed as a strategy do you think. well this is here consider themselves the most right wing party that should be sitting in a bit varian palm and done so then they're simply not used to competition from even the to the right of the political spectrum and there were a lot of scenes year fissionables to openly criticize the medical for her refugee policy in twenty fifteen and in the years since twenty fifteen and so now they have to bridge that gap between still representing democratic values but also a tough stance on migration and not lose people to the if the not lose votes as some people did take on the new approach like costlier for the interior minister where sometimes. sounded extremely right wing populist and this strategy does not seem to have worked that's what the polls show the c.s. uses it to record low at the moment so i asked. a member of the european parliament for the c.s

c.s.u. officials back then criticized anglo machall who's actually their sister party representative for her what they called her open door policy towards refugees and for a long time it sounded as though the c.s.u. was trying to imitate the f.t.c. and polls and clearly show that that strategy didn't work that voters didn't like that at all and so the c.s.u. has now clearly changed its strategy in fact the state premier michael souter who spoke earlier here in munich said that the sea is you need to attack the a.f.d. he said the sea is you need to distance itself from the a.f.p. very clearly and i asked some of the high ranking c.s.u. official says how they're planning to win back the voters. they have to clearly show that we do. have a clear line as regards migration policy that we have a plan that is what we actually have you know we want to help people who are asking for asylum in europe that's not it is an issue but we also want to know that we don't know on the basis you know that we have a regular procedure to be used that you know who is coming into our country this is different to th

as nina has a is at the c.s.u. party conference in munich for us need it recently the c.s.u. has taken on some of the far right viewpoints of the n.c. immigration has that failed as a strategy. well migration is of course an extremely polarizing topic especially here in bavaria where the vast majority of refugees arrived in twenty fifteen many c.s.u. officials back then criticised anglo machall who's actually their sister party representative for her what they called her open door policy towards refugees and for a long time it sounded as though the c.c. was trying to imitate the f.t. and polls then clearly showed that that strategy didn't work that voters didn't like that at all and so the c.s.u. has now clearly changed its strategy in fact the state premier marcus souter who spoke earlier here in munich said that the c.s.u. needed to attack the a.f.p. he said the sea is you need to distance itself from the a.f.p. very clearly and i asked some of the high ranking c.s.u. official says how they're planning to win back the vote. they have to clearly show that we do. have a clear

the head of the various conservative c.s.u. party is facing increasing criticism from within his own party ranks this latest poll again suggests the coalition wrangling is a major problem and is playing into the hands of the far right of d. . and for some analysis to the obvious chief political editor joins me from up on i'm interested yours as the sore gains for the far right if he according to the latest survey making is the second strongest party in the country what does this mean for chance i'm going to mecca. well it means that the pressure from the right certainly growing and that is really. just an expression of the weakness of her own coalition government right now i'm going to market is used to pressure she's used to pressure from the right but with her interior minister horse playing up in her own government and not being afraid of once again forcing upon her a potential government crisis which was now really averted. stands there weakened and also very visibly weakened for her european partners as well she knows she needs

did your c.s.u. party chairman. call you up and say what are you talking about as if african refugees had a claim in europe. for support to me and my work completely. simply hasn't received the connections in the first ten points of the master plan state that we have to change our africa policy. what motivates me primarily as a christian we can't just leave people in poverty hardship and misery. maybe a third of the continent is doing well but it. is very diverse the continent is one hundred times bigger than germany. some people think it's all one country but in fact that it's a continent. you can board a plane in cairo and fly to cape town but it takes ten hours you need a very differentiated approach. you have a very individual focus them i can't name any other c.s.u. politician who put it like that as a bit very new said a series seven b.m.w. is not a solution to the automobile shortage in africa we have no sustainable solutions to the mobility problem in emerging nations by we you mean europe and germany that s

as nina has is at the c.s.u. party conference in munich for us need it recently the c.s.u. has taken on some of the far right viewpoints of the immigration has that failed as a strategy. well migration is of course an extremely polarizing topic especially here in bavaria where the vast majority of refugees arrived in twenty fifteen many c.s.u. officials back then criticized angola machall who's actually there six step party representative for what they called her open door policy towards refugees and for a long time it sounded as though the seas he was trying to imitate the f.t. and poles then clearly show that that strategy didn't work that voters didn't like that at all and so the c.s.u. has now clearly changed its strategy in fact the state premier marcus souter who spoke earlier here in munich said that the c.s.u. needed to attack the a.f.p. he said the sea is you need to distance itself from the a.f.p. very clearly and i asked some of the high ranking says here official says how they're planning to win back the vote. they have to clearly show that we do. have a clear l

is at the c.s.u. party conference in munich for us need it recently the c.s.u. has taken on some of the far right viewpoints of the anti immigration has that failed as a strategy. well migration is of course an extremely polarizing topic especially here in bavaria where the vast majority of refugees arrived in twenty fifteen many c.s.u. officials back then criticized anglo machall who's actually their sister party representative for her what they called her open door policy towards refugees and for a long time it sounded as though the seas he was trying to imitate the f.t. and poles then clearly show that that strategy didn't work that voters didn't like that at all and so the c.s.u. has now clearly changed its strategy in fact the state premier marcus souter who spoke earlier here in munich said that the sea is you need to attack the a.f.d. he said the sea is you need to distance itself from the f.t. very clearly and i asked some of the high ranking official says how they're planning to win back the voters. they have to clearly show that we do. have a clear lin

the head of the various conservative c.s.u. party is facing increasing criticism from within his own party ranks this latest poll again suggests that coalition wrangling is a major problem and is playing into the hands of the far right f.t. . so what do all those numbers in that survey mean douglas chief political editor joins us now from our parliamentary said yes we can or as they saw gains for the far right f.t. making it the second strongest spot in the country what does this mean for chancellor angela merkel. it is on to really stand their ground and going back to those voters which she vowed to do after those general elections which for the first time saw the far right if the end to the german parliament but the bottom line really is that there is way too much infighting in the government for this to be credible and that the one beneficiary is the party with a very simple messages which are mainly on migration which is the far right if the so a lot to be concerned over for german chancellor angela merkel and at the same time as

c.s.u. sister party of bavaria with three weeks away from elections there but it does show that america has lost authorities within the coalition is under increasing pressure and really everybody here in berlin is just waiting for this election coming up in bavaria that's what horsy who tries to make politics about completely these days and we expect that he might actually even be gone their office will find out soon enough indeed the level editor of the thank you as always for breaking it all down for us. well now to some of the other stories making headlines this hour and iranian president hassan rouhani has lashed out at the united states following saturday's deadly attack on a military parade in the city of oz gunmen killed twenty five people including twelve soldiers civilians and a four year old girl rouhani said the quote bully u.s. and its gulf state allies had in the able the attack well for its part washington has dismissed the allegations swiss voters have rejected two proposals aimed at protecting farmers and promoting ethical and sustainable food voters appeared to be put off b

c.s.u. sister party in bavaria is playing right now who may well face his doomsday come those elections because his own party is suffering in the polls so we'll still see kind of a lot of movement and this is something that highlights that i'm going to machall power has been weakened throughout this process this is something that we're also hearing from the european partners. with the very latest in the moving parts of this episode thank you. francis has paid tribute to lithuania and who suffered during the country's soviet occupations he laid a wreath at the morning meant of the vilnius ghetto where the country's jewish population was almost wiped out under the nazis francis is on a tour of the baltic states as lethal india via and asone a mark a century since winning independence from russia after world war one. and at a last earlier today francis urged residents of the baltics to draw on their past experiences to stand up for tolerance in europe. piccoli. smallest the poorest in our midst whom we should welcome a hundred years after our independence who is it that has nothing to give us to m

c.s.u. sister party in bavaria is playing right now who may well face his doomsday come those elections because his own party is suffering in the polls so we'll still see kind of a lot of movement and this is something that highlights that i'm going to machall power has been weakened throughout this process this is something that we're also hearing from her european partners. with the very latest in the moving parts of this episode thank you both francis has confronted head on the atrocities committed during the nazi and then soviet union soviet occupations of lithuania francis is on a tour of the baltic states as lithuania latvia and estonia mark one hundred years since winning independence from russia his message to the faithful remember the suffering as a way to guard against hate in today's political landscape. as many as one hundred thousand people attended pope francis's mass and count us a huge turnout but that's less than half the number of lithuania as jews murdered in the holocaust lithuania uses this day when seventy five years ago the nazis fully liquidated the ghetto in the capital

c.s.u. party drops twenty eight percent it's the worst result so far as social democrat coalition partner s.p.d. is down to seventeen percent while the far right party has become the second strongest political force for the first time pulling for the green left and pro-business f.d.p. parties has largely remained the same. wow thomas against this backdrop are these poll numbers the reason behind the three parties party leaders of backtracking on their decision or later what these numbers show i think is a much wider trench we not only reflects this decision right now what these poll numbers reflect is the fact that as far as many voters are concerned the traditional parties in germany the conservatives in the social democrats are not necessarily taking into consideration people's needs there is seems to be a disconnect between voters and traditional parties if you look at other polls for example many germans have already indicated that the members of the grand coalition should stop quarrelling and

support her like her candidate was also backed by leaders of the conservative but very insistent party the c.s.u. but to no avail the majority wanted to change afterwards the newly elected leader stressed that he didn't see the result as a vote against anglo american but the german chancellor acknowledged the outcome is a defeat. this is democracy and that means sometimes you lose a vote there is nothing to gloss over but i want the parliamentary group of c.d.u. and c.s.u. to be successful and therefore i will support i think us wherever possible to catholics and on all opposition parties declared cowardice defeat a clear sign that merkel's time as chancellor is coming to an end does this shows that mrs merkel can no longer rely on the support of her own group so i recommend that mrs merkel will vote of confidence that you're following the we call on the government to finally come to terms and to be a government again and not a divided bunch. for the m.p.'s of anglo-american is conservative party this is an unknown situation until now she had always the support of the majority that's not for sur

their bavarian sister party c.s.u. led by hawse. and the social democrats s.p.d. leader on pm novice gave her reaction in berlin following the hope as announcement thing. i have spoken again with the c.d.u. and c.s.u. leaders and i think that it's a very good sign that if we took the criticism of our decision on tuesday seriously and could resolve it i would like to thank i'm going to call and horsey home for taking up my initiative. an initiative that in theory at least should spell the end of the massive crisis and help lift the latest cloud over i'm going to merkel's government. our chief political editor make a local for has been following that story for us and she now joins me in the studio it's good to see you so we've just heard lawson will join the interior minister but no peeress for him is this enough to silence the critics was certainly and i'm not sure that will silence the critics but it goes some way to at least sending the message that one has listened to people who were outraged that somebody who openly contradicted the chancellor the head of a dom

their very and sister party c.s.u. led by hawse. and the social democrats s.p.d. leader andrea nonis gave her reaction in berlin following the whole face announcement thing. i have spoken again with the c.d.u. and c.s.u. leaders and i think that it's a very good sign that we took the criticism of our decision on choose day seriously and could resolve it i would like to thank i'm going to call and horse a horse for taking up my initiative. an initiative that in theory at least should spell the end of the massive crisis and help lift the latest cloud over i'm going to merkel's government. and this morning america said she regretted mistakes had been made during the crisis and that she'd lost sight of the big picture have a listen. from that let me be clear last tuesday's decision was unconvincing when i asked myself why. last tuesday's decision i was too focused on the workings of the interior ministry and gave too little consideration to what people think rightly when they hear that someone is getting promoted. i deeply regret that this could happen that's because

you there bavarian sister party the c.s.u. led by horst c. who for and the social democrats s.p.d. leader andrea knowledge gave her reaction in berlin following z. ho for his announcement. i have spoken again with the c.d.u. and c.s.u. leaders and i think that it's a very good sign that we took the criticism of our decision on tuesday seriously and could result it i would like to thank i'm going to call and horsey hoffa taking up my initiative to see men in the city for. an initiative that in theory at least should spell the end of the modern crisis and help lift the latest cloud over unless. it's a will the clouds now be lifting to be a political correspondent simon young joins us now for more assignment on america there conceding she made a mistake but will this be enough to silence her critics well i think it should help calm things down brian you know it's not very often that the chancellor comes out makes a public apology like she's done to a couple of years ago she was sort of forced to admit that the country not been prepared for the large number of refugees who were arrivin

sparked widespread public anger prompting new negotiations between the you there bavarian sister party the c.s.u. led by horst c. hoover and the social democrats s.p.d. leader andrea knowledges gave her reaction in berlin following announcement. i have spoken again with the c.d.u. and c.s.u. need is i think that it's a very good sign that we took the criticism of our decision on choose a seriously and could resolve it i would like to thank i'm going to call on the whole say whole thing if it's taking up my initiative. an initiative that in theory at least should spell the end of the modern crisis and help lift the latest cloud over on the american government. well today we're shining a spotlight on those working to make the world a better place each year the right livelihood award honors those creating smart solutions for the environment and development the ward is known as the alternative nobel prize there are four winners this year and we've been looking at them across the day here on d w one of the winners. so don't go has been recognized for turning barren land into fertile forests and it's

there'd be variances to party the c.s.u. led by horst c. who for and the social democrats s.p.d. leader andrea knowledges gave her reaction in berlin following his announcement. i have spoken again with the c.d.u. and c.s.u. need is i think that it's a very good sign that we took the criticism of our decision on choose a seriously and could resolve it i would like to thank i'm going to call and horse a whole fifa taking up my initiative. an initiative that in theory at least should spell the end of the mountain crisis and help lift the latest cloud over unless. you. are chief political correspondent on a crane is following the story of the chancellor as they are caved into public pressure reversed a decision and apologised to voters for being out of touch what does this tell us about the current state of germany's government. it tells us first of all that the government remains riven with divisions not only between the two big parties the social democrats and the conservatives but within the conservative party itself it tells us secondly that the government is aware that these di

solution for mohsen but what happens if the interior minister as they hope for from miracle sister party the c.s.u. does not agree to another solution on mohsen what then i believe that he will come up with some compromise idea because otherwise he wouldn't have agreed to meet and talk at all with. the social democrats leader and the question is how could such a solution look like because i mean as you said already the guy was the man who was promoted instead of punished and that is something that caused great outrage so one has to find a solution where there is a new job for him where he at least earn more money than before this is the big issue you know that they have to find if there's nothing on the table at the end of these negotiations that would be a big loss for the social democrats and also because they wanted to have those negotiations but i don't think that the government could collapse because at the end of the day the social democrats have already agreed ones to this compromise with. political correspondent up in front of mark thank you. well it made history this year as the first ken

c.s.u. the bavarian sister party of her party the sea the e.u. and that's not the case for the money we call his low approval ratings are for different reasons than migration it's mainly because of what he's been acted in the law in the last months for example but labor law reform also his style of governing many think he's just being too aloof and he's become the president of the rich and that doesn't go well go down well at all in france so different kind of trouble here but of course it's important for both of them again and i can't stress this enough that even though the origin of the low approval ratings in germany and france are different it remains important for both of them to show that they are united on those topics ok max thanks so much for that for now from marsay will have more from max as we get some information coming out of those talks as they move forward thanks so much max. well here in germany it has been almost two weeks now since protests broke out in the eastern city of chemists over a fatal knife attack allegedly committed

from cool sister party the c.s.u. doesn't agree to another solution from us and what's likely to happen first of all i believe that he will agree to some kind of a new solution because he has already said that he's willing to talk and meet with me and with the social democrats so he wouldn't have said that if there's no solution thinkable the question is what kind of a solution can they find it would certainly have to be a solution. won't earn more money than before because that was one of the big criticisms in this first solution so they have to find some kind of a post where he earns basically the same amount of money or less and has a different field of work but if they couldn't find a solution at all then the social democrats would be the big losers in this whole thing but they couldn't let the government collapse i suppose since they have already once agreed to this come from a compromise that was found so far right and these renegotiations were sparked by the head of the social democrat saying that she and the o

their very and sister party c.s.u. led by hostile and the social democrats s.p.d. leader andrea novice gave her reaction in berlin following the whole fiz and then cement. i have spoken again with the c.d.u. c.s.u. leaders and i think that it's a very good sign that we took the criticism of our decision on tuesday seriously and could result it i would like to thank i'm going to call and horsey hoffa for taking up my initiative. an initiative that in theory at least should spell the end of the massive crisis and help lift the latest cloud over i'm going to merkel's government. for more on this story i'm joined by the obvious political correspondent simon young welcome simon is so mohsin would stay in the interior ministry but he will not get a promotion this compromise will work and will actually. lessen the outrage being felt by the public over this issue well i think it's going to silence some of those particularly in the social democrat party who are very angry that their leader had agreed to allow them to move to a better paid job which incidentally would have m

party along with this partner party the c.s.u. have voted for another candidate to take over the conservative blocs parliamentary group and this means defeating her close a long time ally volker cutter well the man taking over is ralph brink ouse winning one hundred twenty five to one hundred twelve votes spring house is considered a critic within the coalition of the german chancellor and selection is seen as a nother blow to miss merkel's government the loser in the vote counter had held his position as the leader of the blocs parliamentary group and as a close ally of the chancellor. let's get you more on these developments like to turn out to chief political correspondent and the linda craig melinda good to see you a german chancellor merkel's main ally in the buddhist tog voted out of office out of the blue apparently why. well because of rising dissatisfaction within the party dissatisfaction about the constant crises and divisions of this government's first six months in office dissatisfaction over plummeting support from t