i'm carl assman thanks for joining us. people in the german state of the bay area have started voting in the lection that could cause a political earthquake not only in their own state but in berlin as well a very in voters tend to be conservative and have kept the christian a social union this c.s.u. in power for decades but opinion surveys show that this time around they're in a mood for change and it's likely that the c.s.u. will lose its absolute majority chancellor angela merkel in berlin is watching this election closely because the c.s.u. is part of her national coalition government. the election in bavaria instills hope in some fear in others and the mood around burdened sky stack is growing tends to varia is hundreds of kilometers away from here but parties in berlin expect an earthquake that could shake up german politics as a whole. inside that high stack building all parties are busy carrying out internal meetings the conservative parties are especially nervous. christian democratic union form a parliamentary g