the cdu is in crisis. in berlin, the frustration was crystal clear among party leadership. >> we can clearly say the regional election results are disappointing for the cdu. any election result is always a wake-up call. anybody who doesn't take note and ignores them hasn't understood the meaning of an election. >> the cdu was probably punished by voters for the painfully slow coronavirus vaccine rollout nationwide. a face mask procurement scandal involving conservative lawmakers only made things worse. one party's loss is another's gain. after winning the election in a wealthy state, the greens were in triumphant mode monday. >> we see momentum for the greens continues. we are starting the super election you're strongly. the trend of recent years is being borne out in 2021. >> similarly, the social democrats were eager to highlight their victory in this state. >> the election result, especially in this state is giving a boost the social democratic party as a whole. we want to use the upswing to help ensure

agatha: the cdu is still the front runner for the national election.able that following these results last night, the thing the greens and the social democrats kept pointing out is this could actually open up the possibility that a coalition could be built without the cdu in government come september. i must stress, the cdu is very much in front and the national polling. however, there could be a potential traffic light coalition which would include the social democrats, the social democrats, the greens, and pro-business ftp party. it has opened up the race going into the summer. anna: thanks very much for the update. agatha cantrell joining us from germany with the latest on the political story that has been developing over the weekend. we will get analysis of the german economy in the second hour of the program. let's get a business flash with laura wright. laura: bitcoin hit a new record this weekend, topping 61 thousand dollars for the first time. the cryptocurrency has jumped over 1000% in the past year. the rally is partly due to institutional in

not good news for the cdu just six months before the country's parliamentary elections.rent: the european parliament has voted to strip parliamentary immunity from three of its members who led the 2017 independence referendum. they are the former presidenof spain's catalonia region, and two other one in -- one time catalan officials. they went on to win seats in european parliament. they could face a charge of sedition, that the independence referendum was illegal. earlier, dw spoke to one person and asked whether he expects to be extradited. >> we are living here since three years and four months. this is the third european warrant against us. the rest were dropped or refused . in my case, refused by the german justice. we will see what will be the decision of the belgium, but they decide to refuse extradition and probably, it is a possibility they will decide the same in our case. we don't know exactly. brent: what does a loss of immunity mean? i am joined by professor martin hager, a professor of criminal law at the humboldt university in berlin. it is good to have yo

her cdu party has a battle on its hands in baden—wurttemberg and rhineland—palatinate.s of retaining power in a federal vote later this year. italy, with the second—highest total toll in europe after britain, is bringing in additional restrictions on monday. shops, restaurants and schools will close in most of the country and a national lockdown is planned for the easter weekend at the beginning of next month. poland reported more than 21,000 new cases on saturday — the biggest increase in more than three months. france hopes to exceed its target of getting 10 million people vaccinated by mid april, according to prime ministerjean castex, after the country's death toll passed 90,000 on friday. meanwhile, dutch voters head to the polls next week in a major test of a european government's coronavirus policies in 2021, with by minster mark rutte on course to win a fourth term in office. aruna iyengar, bbc news. we now have the latest news on the case of breanna taylor. her boyfriend has spoken about how her boyfriend has spoken about how he felt on that night she died. hon

they approach and some polls even the cdu, the center-right party that's had so much power postwar.ens have shifted much more towards the center and that has given them a huge block. tom: how does the biden administration change german politics? we all remember president obama's movement to berlin in the historic recapitulation of the acclaimed kennedy speech. what is the political yellen he of a president biden for the people of germany? matt: president obama was extremely popular here. coming at a time when america was not. after the invasion of iraq, german-u.s. relations deteriorated. obama prepared that to some extent but you can't repair everything. that is the case with biden. coming in after i present as unpopular as trump is a relief to some in germany but some damage that has been done cannot be undone. i think that is where we stand. lisa: how much can you be undone? the vaccination will it is largely thought to have been angled in the european union. how much of this undermined the idea of the european union and public support for continuing within it? matt: i'm not sure

but the cdu seemed to be writing really high thanks to their crisis management. that has been tarnished by all of this. the situation in europe, there's not one europe. different countries will be affected in different ways. guy: and the economies are going to be affected in different ways as well. scott, thank you. scott marcus from bruegel, where he is a senior fellow. we will take a look at the implications of all of this from an economic point of view. george buckley, chief u.k. and euro area economist at nomura, will be joining us. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ ms. lagarde: what we are responding to is a yield increase that will get ahead of the expected economic recovery. that is what it is. and while we believe that 2021 will be the year of recovery, we don't see it happening until the second half of 2021. guy: that was ecb president christine lagarde speaking to lawmakers on inflation and inflation expert patient a little earlier on. george buckley is the chief u.k. and euro area economist at nomura. how big a problem do you think christine lagarde has here? we

annemarie: we are just off elections they did not go well for the cdu.hat is another reason for the reversal. her party is still the largest in germany but the numbers have been dropping dramatically. the greens have been the real benefactors. the difference between them has shrunk about four percentage points. this big jump we saw for her party at the beginning of the pandemic where everyone was basically backing them as the party of government, that is completely evaporated. you mention the regional elections, her party has its worst performance ever. since the founding of the party. it shows the degree to which things are shifting. very quickly politically underneath just six months out from the national elections. annemarie: those elections are just around the corner. the cdu has a lot of work. bloomberg's chad thomas, thank you for your time. astrazeneca reporting a slightly lower efficacy after u.s. criticism the details of the new data, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ annemarie: good morning in the city of london. let's get the latest on the so-called

while the netherlands begins its general election — in germany — chancellor angela merkel�*s cdu partyns took place in two southern regions on sunday — and these are regions where traditionally the cdu does well. not this time. the greens and social democrats have increased their shares of the vote. and we're paying particular attention as the national election is coming down the track in september — and angela merkel will not be leading the cdu into it for the first time in 15 years. well these local results are being put down to the pandemic. germany fareed well last year — but less so this winter. here'sjenny hill in berlin. well, after a winter in lockdown, germany has onlyjust begun to lift some restrictions. schools, nurseries, hairdressers and some shops have been allowed to reopen in recent weeks, but already it seems increasingly likely they will have to shut again. new variants are spreading, case numbers are racing and may experts warn that this country, like so many of its neighbours, is now firmly in the grip of a third wave of infection. today the body which advises the g

40 hours of training as it relates to cdu. in addition to that, our officers that have specialized training, what we refer to as the hard year receive additional 27 hours of training or 24 hours of training for them to be trained on special equipment. so to answer your question, mr. chairman, there absolutely is additional training for those hard platoon cdu officers. >> well, i don't want to take up too much time, but we're going to come back to that, but there wasn't any special training specifically about january 6th to have them prepared for that. you're talking about the standard training that they get, not in particular for this moment in time with all of the intelligence and everything else that we had. there was no-- >> that specialized training carries over with those officers. those officers train on a routine basis as it relates to hard gear platoons that they are prepared for civil disturbance. so those officers are trained specially for those types of events, yes, sir. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i'd lik

. >> the cdu leader is one of the premieres being criticized by merkel.s conceded leaders are at an impasse. >> it cannot go on like this. the fact the state premieres and half the federal government are sitting in front of screens for hours, that every word is being leaked is not appropriate for the crisis. >> that's why we propose that the next conference should take place in person. >> for the opposition greens, more measures are needed to curb the third wave of infections. they think the chancellor should be more proactive in in tackling the crisis. >> the federal government has an overall responsibility here. it is not a matter of saying the states or the municipalities don't have one. everyone has responsibility but the federal government can best coordinate. >> a new meeting to decide on next steps won't take place before easter. in the meantime, -- merkel will look at ways to reassert her authority. brent: we are hearing other developers in the coronavirus pandemic. the number of patients in intensive care units in france are climbing to more than

in september, there is a federal election and just now the cdu had the biggest drop on record in thethe difficult situation of the pandemic in germany, there is an increasing difficult situation with the election. there are lots of countries, where people have resisted restrictions on freedom and liberty. it has been done for health reasons but there are always suspicions that it has been done for political convenience or because there are some countries with some governments, where their instinct is to restrict not to liberate. that is absolutely true. by and large in the developing world, i would say that it is easier to impose restrictions because governments tend to be autocratic. in india for instance, the position of lockdowns have been somewhat haphazard and they have been detrimental. for instance, the one that took place in march of last year was ordered within four hours, so the matter did not go through parliament at all. when it came into force. it continues again in a somewhat unscientific manner for it was lifted. a month and a half ago, the indian government was procla

perhaps the smart thing to do was to take that blame personally and not blame it so much on the cdu. kailey: you mentioned the vaccination campaign. of course, there is the expo ban issue. a german official earlier said they do not want that to happen. where do we stand, and how much agreement is there between the different member states? maria: with the european union, officials have really been bending over backwards to come to those export restrictions to say that this is not really a ban. it could increase tensions, but they are not banning vaccines, per se. what they say is they want to see more transparency in terms of what is coming out, and more reciprocity. if we are sending out vaccines which want to make sure that other countries that also send out vaccines and have ingredients to make vaccines are doing the same. the problem is that the european union, i want to be very clear on this, is not making the vaccines. it is pharma companies doing this. a lot of this move is aimed at pharma companies, to put pressure on them so they are able to honor these contract. in particula

on the protocols, one of the things we're looking at right now is the need for enhanced training and cdu supervisors in addition, we are looking at recruit training if we want ships to be making there as we are training officers based on the trust we are seeing. the budget contains additional intelligence specialist for threads, protection intelligence and insider threat. we've really stopped and looked at what's added on what we are reviewing. >> just for one second. including that training, also social and emotional determinants as well as the items you have laid out, i'd very much like to know what kind of training is involved, who are the trainers, are we contracting out? if we don't have the answers now, i want to see, no with the dimensions of the training protocol regimes you are putting together and against the dollar amount attached to that, various pieces that have to do with the overall intelligence and all that, one of the qualifications for that in terms of your recruitment to people. also the social and emotional determinants going into the mix of your recruitment and hirin

at the moment, it is clear that the governing party, the biggest party, the cdu is still far ahead inoles did -- far ahead in the polls. at the moment it looks like that fiscal hawks are certainly in the majority and new government with conservatives will see two planks returned to the debt break as quickly as possible and no tax increases. these are the two fundamental fiscal policy issues. they are getting quite strong support from the german population. mark: it seems like we are struggling to adjust to the fact that germany is back into another lockdown, it is not just a german-domestic bloom, its largest trading partner, the netherlands is also going into extended lockdown, are the forecast still too optimistic? is there much more growth downside that we envision for? marcel: the risk off is quite high. what we can do is basically describe scenarios. there are reasons for optimism. one lesson of the first wave of the pandemic last year was that the german economy and many other european economies have a very strong rebound once the crisis is over. continental europe, including ge

we had cdu units on standby and we work with the national guard to practice training and drills so that we can address any of the known threats to the security environment and adjust -- address any gas that we know that still is not been addressed on the campus -- in the gaps. >> and one of the questions we had in the last hearing was the distinguishing whether what a credible threat is, and this is all of course all in the context of budget. the request for more officers and all the rest. how do you distinguish, we are doing all the stuff about -- how do you distinguish between chatter that is on the internet and an actual threat? >> absolutely. so we know that intelligence is more than just what we see and hear on the internet. we have intelligent directors as well as analysts within the department that are required to look at all of the information that we see on the internet from open sources. we routinely meet with our law enforcement partners to ascertain what is credible, what is actionable versus what is just chatter and noise out in the community. we use that information that w

a sink is no difference between yourself and the cdu on the biggest issue of the last several decades in the global economy? there's no difference in how you apply this crisis or reopen this economy. >> there are differences that i will discuss but to be very clear it is the common task and i very much merging everyone not to do party politics and the question which is responsible which is important for the life of people. this is something no one would accept. there is something different to other countries. there is really a problem with the pandemic and the coronavirus. that is necessary to fight against it. also not just within the parties of the government. and so this concerns for doing the right thing. doing your task is the first thing if you're running for ruling the country. this is the task we have now. we are fighting for the idea that this must be done taking the economy working on social cohesion looking at the people supporting them and fighting against health crisis. jonathan: let me finish with this one. a big problem on acceptance of the vaccine. have you had the vac

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the september elections -- the cdu in the latest polls have lost and the greens are gaining.ns is overtaking and showing strength. anna: i got my vaccine on friday so i hope you have the privilege soon. matt miller, the early edition surveillance anchor. thank you for bringing us up today. relations between china and western countries are worsening over reports of alleged human rights abuses. the fallout is falling -- is coming to companies that have made a stand. how are the tensions affecting the business environment? >> we are between a rock and a hard place. we have brought it up as a topic with the chinese government already in september last year. in our position paper. our companies are in a possible situation. they have to follow the corporate guidelines, the compliance issues and the global compact guidelines. at the same time, we are here in this highly politicized environment. it is hard to avoid this. you possibly have to tuned your conversation skills to be as less obvious about situations to the point where actually you have to just let it happen and the when it

the cdu and spd, shown here in black and red, govern in a coalition.osition. they represent 54% of the electorate. here's more from damien mcguinness in berlin. this party is accused of being potentially dangerous for the german democratic system, and that means that intelligence officers are now allowed legally to tap e—mails and phone calls and electronic communications of members, some politicians in the party. it means that the party has now been branded, effectively, as a party that could be dangerous for german democracy. and that's a major step because that hasn't happened to any party within the national parliament in modern german political history. so it does mean that for many moderate voters who might be considering voting for the afd over the next year in a number of key regional elections and also the big parliamentary election in september, that it would make some more moderate voters think twice about it. what it will also do, though, this is clear from comments from afd today, it will also rally round the party. what you could really i

support for her cdu party fell four points to 23% compared to 2016 with the greens and social democratslidating their hold on power. the elections are the first time voters have been able to express a view on merkel's virus strategy. the military leaders of myanmar have imposed martial law on the commercial center after security forces killed more protesters across the country. news came after beijing asked for better protection of chinese don't businesses -- owned businesses. the head of the command can use the army to maintain order. police in london are under fire after resting mourners at a vigil for a woman who was abducted and killed. officers moved in after hundreds gathered at an unofficial memorial to honor the kidnapped. a police officer has been charged with her abduction and murder. the metropolitan police service as the mourners were reaching -- breaching covid-19 restrictions. global news, 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. hanslinda: the bitcoin rally, f

we have seen german elections where the cdu did not do as well as previously thought, that there was rollouts and handling of covid-19 more broadly, but that was not the case in the dutch election. i wonder if you think that leaders will be blamed by electorates. maria: that is quite difficult to say. we have made also a huge profit in the last year, so whether we are going to allow this to undo some of the progress that we have done is anybody's guess. i'm sure the public is not happy about the delays to begin with, so i think some of this will be reflected in the electoral results. we have not seen it in dutch elections, we might see it in elections coming up in other countries. it is difficult to know at this point. anna: let me ask you about the dutch election because it was interesting to see the second party placed by a very -- replaced by very european pro party. maria: as a coalition that will be formed, it will be of the same party, and the three parties, the first, second, and the fourth, will probably be passed the mark of having a majority parliament. it will be slightly

those things are being discouraged and it is sure to hurt the cdu's chances at least from our perspectiveave been the worst they have seen in some states since the creation of the party. anna: so this is a tougher locked and then germany has been through, so this is some context around how things are developing. how does this play out in the context of the vaccination rollout? what is the story in germany? matt: first of all, that is a problem. a lot of people are unhappy about the handling of the vaccine distribution and the fact that it was handed to the european union, and then the interesting thing, we have to give merkel a little bit of the benefit of the doubt, because that was after 11 hours of talks, she said the infections have to come down to allow the country's vaccination campaign to start taking effect. it hasn't yet. you can see only 4% of germans are fully vaccinated, and it is not something that is easy to get, the appointment for a vaccine. i asked our local gp and he said as long as you are over the age of 78 you can consider getting an appointment in april. it is a long

get the basic training but some members for example have been on 30 years and they haven't done the cdu training they don't backup patrol those coming out of the academy have received that. >> is that true with capitol hill police officers as well as they go through training? >> that is a process being implemented i can see if it's fully implemented coming out of the academy that was the initiative i was working on that. >> so as far as you know it was not provided even for new officers? >> the new officers i believe are but i need to confirm that. >> i think the bottom line is unfortunately officers were not given the proper training with dental training on - - a filtration dealing with civil disturbance and they didn't have the equipment necessary most importantly to protect themselves. my hope is one of the ways the joint hearing and the committee report can be helpful is to bring the capital police department up to speed. i appreciate the sacrifice and the bravery that day but we owe it to those officers to provide the training and equipment they need to protect themselves and the c