c.s.u. one of their lines is that there should be no party to the right of the c.s.u. of course we've seen the emergence of the f.d.a. they've gained a lot of momentum they got about ten percent or eleven percent of the vote according to projections here what do you make of that. i mean this is something to be taken seriously this is now the fifteenth of the sixteen german states where they have g.m. out in the state parliament because they did poll lower than the average their polling out around fifteen sixteen percent at the moment on a federal level and of course this is way below some of the numbers that we're seeing in the former east germany as well where we've seen figures of even over twenty percent. at the same time it's important to look at both sides of the spectrum here of course they haven't done as well as they might have anticipated to are but at the same time what we're seeing is that they that is this support a growing support for arguably what you could describe as the fringe is that the c.s.u. here has lost of course a huge numbers of voters to the d

is over polls show support for the c.s.u. party is down by more than twelve per cent while the greens are the big winners with support up by nearly ten per cent and becoming the various second strongest force within the state government we have the independent free voters following behind with just over eleven percent the far right a.f.d. as we can see there with eleven percent but really the big headline here the c.s.u. dipping you see thirty five percent of the vote there and the greens at eighteen percent this is expected to further rattle angela merkel's fragile coalition government in berlin the conservative c.s.u. party has dominated the political landscape of bavaria for decades but that will no longer be the case. today's a people for more on this what it all means let's break it down with our chief political editor there who is appropriately standing by there in munich at the sea as you head quarters. what are the reactions there because everybody is still taking in those initial exit polls a sense here very much is that i

so it seems as if there is some soul searching at this hour going on in the c.s.u. party you mentioned some of what see as you party leader marcus souter said earlier he added that the c.s.u. party had kept the far right a day and i'm wondering if that's a sentiment that's widely shared there. well that's a positive way of looking at it the if he didn't get upwards of twenty percent which he did get in some eastern states here in germany certainly but at the same time it's came from absolutely nowhere to be a political force to be reckoned with and this is something that d.c. is he recognizes he also when he talks in leading figures but it was the one who turned around the whole campaign just a couple weeks ago when the c.d.c. realized that starting to sound like the f.t. simply didn't go down well with the traditional conservative support base who shy away in the end and i think that's also what we've seen here with the relatively strong showing of the c.s. you compared to some polls in the end they saw away from a die hard fall right if d. and to some i spoke to in the

party the christian social union. they are bracing for disastrous results the c.s.u. has never been as low in opinion polls as it is now. does that allows an alarm bell we have to make efforts to strengthen the traditional parties again we have to work on getting the core of society excited about politics again. those most excited about politics are outside that core the far right a fifty party might enter the bavarian parliament. but i'm going to good mood of course we expected to get forty percent of the vote and. the greens are also expected to do well the general trend sees smaller parties gaining from the larger party's losses the social democrats are also using voters. the blame game will almost certainly begin after the poor results the two big centrist parties are projected to get and many will point in this direction and hold chancellor merkel responsible for the decline of their party's. america's current government was formed just seven months ago the toughest period might lie ahead following the bavarian election. that's close not to the bavarian capital mu

election in the southern states of bavaria then to voters are expected to punish the conservative c.s.u. party that has run the state for most of the post-war period so obvious seeing a seismic shift in jim these political landscape this if you look at the numbers. if elections across germany were held today the survey shows this is how things stand a chance to macros conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. bloc is at twenty six percent down three percentage points from september the social democrats the other party in the coalition on likewise down three points now with just fifteen percent the greens in contrast gained three points with seventeen percent no change for the far right if tea party steady at sixteen and also no change for the feed market f.t.p. and the left body both stay at ten percent. so what do these numbers mean a political correspondent out of a sonnet it is here to tell us welcome. it's great to see you know we see that the numbers are done for what a traditionally considered two bodies what explains this decline well those are very dramatic numbers in fact we have to consider that th

party is slightly up. now here are some of the reactions coming in from the win is and the loses in the bavarian state elections. dismay at a watershed moment the c.s.u. loses his absolute majority. of areas unswerving loyalty to the party is over their opposition to uncle america's migration policy didn't pay off in the vote. sometimes for months we've had a bit of a painful result even if we still have to wait for the election night to end we accept the result with humility and we need to learn from the result will analyze everything closely one thing is certain despite some predictions despite some discussions despite some comments the c.s.u. hasn't just become the strongest party that also has the clear mandate to govern. for the greens there was jubilation. but there you are again needs a political party that solves people's problems rather than constantly causing new problems and that dear friends is why this result has already changed the area many many thanks for that. doom and gloom meanwhile for the s.p.d. they lost over half their voter share and the leadership seemed in shock. it's a bigger defeat. it means we couldn't convince the voters

chancellor here in germany michalis talk about a party that didn't do as well as was predicted and that would be the far right a fifty and we heard the c.s.u. leader mark is there to essentially say that the party had been successful in keeping the far at a fifty at bay is that the sentiment is that we're all is that sentiment being widely shared the. most that you see as you has been losing voters to the far right to the a.f.p. and that's an interesting point here when you look at the polling that was done and what was really important to people is a whole host of issues but one of them is identity is home and at the same time you have almost ninety percent of voters saying they're actually happy. with how the economy is run usually it's the economy and the election so clearly they were unable to reach voters when you talk to people in the streets. together with my colleagues i've been traveling into they're quite a bit ahead of these polls and you talk about the bread and butter issues but it always in the end also comes down to that key issue of migration of that sense that many people. appear to have that they want stronger border prot

c.s.u. has been the dominant party there for much of the post-war period but there to have been shedding support the poll in bavaria could also have implications for chancellor angela merkel the c.s.u. a spot of conservative bloc our reporters the michelle and max went to field a look at pulse and take a look at why the people there appear to be shunning the government that has ruled them for so long. once a year the top figures in bavaria and politics gathered the grave of france he was a star was the man celebrated as something between the patron saint and godfather of modern burberry or. germany's interior minister hostin who is here too in berlin he's the trouble maker in our government and the very serious you party leader is already trying to distance himself from an expected election defeat calls for his head are getting louder. there's an expectation that you should take responsibility this sunday if this goes badly for your see if you party will you do that. this isn't that nice of people to worry about these things but i didn't see a single election post with my face on it as i was dri

hostin who is here too in berlin he's the trouble maker in our government and the very air the c.s.u. party leader is already trying to distance himself from an expected election defeat calls for his head are getting louder. there's an expectation that you should take responsibility this sunday if this goes badly for you see if you party will you do that. this isn't it nice of people to worry about these things but i didn't see a single election post with my face on it as i was driving up here so. the instead state premier marcos today is on the posters and in the spotlight he used to have a picture of france use of stars in his bedroom and still likes to quote him. there should be no space for democratic parties further right than us the far right if he campaigned that strauss would have voted for them. so what he did for them. this time was family has criticized see as you leaders for failing to act against the rise of the far right they had even started adopting rightwing rhetoric themselves it was hoping to take over as the sea issues new strongmen who eventually put a stop to that. her

party that s.p.d. the social democrats the same sort of thing but that the c.s.u. is the only party that will you know represent varia in berlin and again through this refugee crisis and his disputes with merkel recently that show not to be true that he has been able to push through a bavarian agenda in berlin and people are are noticing that and are very frustrated with the c.s. used failure over the past couple of years to do what they promised to do and i think that's why we're where we are now and that's also why the greens are doing so well because a lot of people on the other hand who. you know might have voted for the c.s.u. previously more and more liberal types have been offended by all of this is this very aggressive rhetoric that's come from say whole friend and the others recently talk about the very aggressive rhetoric that's who ladies at the table what to what extent is this about alpha males mentioned in the reports never really accepting a female chancellor never having developed property learns for a female leader in germany. i'm not sure i follow

c.s.u. politicians that their party is in trouble. absolutely we've seen the interior minister hostage and the top candidate say crimea markel sudar you know pretty much already blaming each other for what ever they may face on sunday it's quite clear will be an election setback it could cost interior ministers will for his role in the sea use you and that would mean potentially the first member under the mackerels. government cabinet having to leave so that's a risk but it could also be seen as a blessing almost for the german chancellor has been fighting with morsi over the past six months so it could be the first indication of more instability in merkel's government. now with the very latest from bavaria joining us from munich there thank you so much. hugh and the bavarian state election comes as a new survey is forcing mainstream politicians in germany to sit up and take notice it shows that support for the party is about and the americans governing coalition has plunged to its lowest level since it took office many voters appear

actions here and varia which led to a devastating blow and major losses for angela merkel sister party the c.s.u. the german chancellor said it was an issue of trust between voters and politicians in her party conference in the politicians what's missing from this election and confidence is very important my lesson from the election in bavaria is that two chancellor have to do more to ensure the trust is there coming just off to merkel finally managed to piece together a delicate grahams coalition with the c.s.u. and reluctant s.p.d. following her own disastrous results last september in the general election the outcome is another blow to us a fragile three party governments this is yes your leader has made it clear that the c.s.u. will be able to continue to play a central role in the federal government see hoff is also known for criticising merkel's open door policy which he thought would translate into votes for the c.s.c. but this proved otherwise the c.s.u. has long dominated the varian politics for the last six decades coming away with absolute majority is in twelve out of the thirteen las

weekend into the election that could have a major impact at the national level the conservative c.s.u. party has ruled.

german chancellor angela merkel sister party the c.s.u. battered in state elections over the weekend in a further erosion of germany's political mainstream the bavarian conservative party has lost its absolute majority meanwhile the greens became the second largest political force in southern germany. and a surprise face to face meeting between the e.u. directive negotiator and his british counterpart failed to bring the two parties are closer to a deal both sides now have three days to close a gap in their positions before a make or break summit on wednesday this is due to all the news coming from the. markets and let me quote battle the battleground is modern day normal europe's biggest salt water the new. change close to take on the industrial farm. they had to walk not. paradise was destroyed by agribusinesses. down fighting for the jews. on tito please. stay up to date don't miss our highlights. program on line d.w. dot com highlights. germany state by state. the most colorful. lifeless. the most traditional. find it all any time. chec

polls this weekend election that could have a major impact at the national level the conservative c.s.u. party has ruled to be very a without interruption for over sixty years but that period of dominance looks to be over the could be two winners on sunday the.

c.s.u. has been the dominant party for much of the post-war period of the election of a very could also have implications for chance on the americal because the c.s.u. is part of her coalition government our reporters make a fair and mexico six went to varia to find out why voters appear to be shunning the party that has ruled there for so long. once a year the top figures in bavarian politics gathered at the grave of hans he was a stalinist the man celebrated in something between the patron saint and godfather of modern bavaria. germany's interior minister hostin who is here too in berlin he's the troublemaker. government in bavaria the c.s.u. party leader is already. trying to distance himself from an expected election defeat calls for his head are getting louder. there's an expectation that you should take responsibility this sunday if this goes badly for your see if you party will you do that. this is an incident it's nice of people to worry about these things but i didn't see a single election post with my face on it as i was driving up here. instead state premier marcos today is on the

says it's tensions between the c.s.u. . party led to this result in bavaria. the style in politics and the communication within the coalition gave a terrible impression of the state of the conservative party if you have a system like that see as well you don't need enemies the other problem is that if you don't understand what the topics are for the people in your democracy which are much more green topics like urban development and climate change consumer protection questions and instead you play with a few years of people that migration could cause problems within the country then you also misunderstand what is actually going on in the country but in two weeks time we have another important election and this is a different scenario because the governor of hester supports america and it also doesn't look very bright for him so we are generally speaking you know phase that is the end of that year america and if she will stay in power until the end of her term it's a thousand days. the chinese ambassador to the united states has said that beijing has no choice

c.s.u. the conservative sister party of chancellor angela merkel falling below forty percent for the first time ever now the head of the c.s.u. horst is a hope for is also germany's interior minister today sounding like a politician on the campaign trail as a whole for pointed the finger at russia and cyber attacks as a growing menace for security in germany and beyond it was an undercover strike at the heart of german democracy in twenty fifteen the german parliament the bundestag bore the brunt of a cyber attack hackers access details of members of parliament and stole documents . for a long time it was unclear who exactly was behind the attack now the german government can be more specific. based on. the military secret service. and. the since she are you even though it may be tough for germany's interior minister to say it's russia's foreign military secret service the british government blamed it for the poisoning of russian nationals saturday and you. and the netherlands recently blamed it for a cyber attack germany now believes that the g.r.u. is also responsible for the hacker attack on

c.s.u. has been the dominant party there for much of the post-war period but recent polls show the c.s.u. might be headed for disaster with voters turning instead to smaller parties such as the greens and the far right a.f.p. sunday's election in bavaria could also have a book ations for the chancellor and go america because the c.s.u. . as part of her coalition government our reporters michelle and max culture went to the southern state to find out why voters appear to be shunning the party that has ruled there for so long. once a year the top figures in berrien politics gather to commemorate fancy words of stylists the man celebrated as something between the patron saint and godfather of modern birth varia. germany's interior minister hosty who is here to infamous in berlin as the trouble maker in angola america's government here to calls for him to go are getting louder. stage premier marco pseudo wants to succeed both. and his big tunnels. should be no space for democratic party is further right than us the far right of the campaign that strauss would have voted for them so he'd fought

popularity of germany's coalition government made up of america's conservatives their bavarian sister party the c.s.u. and the social democrats has steadily gone downhill since the three parties rejoined forces earlier this year three according to the latest trend poll if federal elections were held this sunday the conservatives and the social democrats would no longer have a majority in the bundestag the conservative union made up of merkel c.d.u. and the bavarian c.s.u. would receive just a quarter of the vote a record low. but the greens are on the up with seventeen percent. as is the far right alternative for germany party or with sixteen percent the social democrats would garner just fifteen percent making them only the fourth strongest party their worst result ever the pro-business f.d.p. and the left party would both walk away with ten percent. and surprisingly three quarters of germans are either dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the current government. only one in four is satisfied or even very satisfied. in the last months chancellor. c.s.u. leader. and. were repeatedly forced to hold

after decades of dominance bavaria c.s.u. party has lost its absolute majority and will need to form a coalition latest polls indicate the party is down by an estimated ten percent their worst election result in over fifty years the greens are the big winners of the night with support up by nearly ten percent the right wing.

after decades of dominance bavaria c.s.u. party has lost its absolute majority and will need to form a coalition latest polls indicate the party is down by an estimated ten percent their worst election result in over fifty years the greens are the big winners of the night with support up by nearly ten percent the right wing populist if the party has secured a place in the various parliament for the first time. saudi arabia has warned it will retaliate against any sanctions imposed.

after decades of dominance bavaria c.s.u. party has lost its absolute majority and will need to form a coalition latest polls indicate the party is down by an estimated ten percent their worst election result in over fifty years the greens are the big winners of the night with support up by nearly ten percent the right wing populist if the party has secured a place in various parliament for the first time. in syria islamist fighters indicated they would have by two.

after decades of dominance bavaria c.s.u. party has lost its absolute majority and will need to form a coalition latest polls indicate the party is down by an estimated ten percent their worst election result in over fifty years the greens are the big winners of the night with support up by nearly ten percent the right wing populist if the party has secured a place in various parliament for the first time. saudi arabia has warned it will retaliate against any sanctions imposed.

c.s.u. politicians that their party is in trouble. absolutely we've seen the interior minister hospital and the talk say premier marco suit pretty much already blaming each other for what ever they may face on sunday it's quite clear it will be an election setback it could cost interior ministers will for his role in the sea use you and that would mean potentially the first member under the mackerels. government cabinet having to leave so that's a risk but it could also be seen as a blessing almost for the german sausage has been fighting with morsi over the past six months so it could be the first indication of more instability in merkel's government. now with the very latest from bavaria joining us from munich there thank you so much. hugh and let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world facebook now says that hackers a set access to data excuse me such as names e-mail addresses and phone numbers from twenty nine million accounts it's part of a security breach disclosed two weeks ago executives origina