for alternative for germany it wasn't enough for them to win the state that went to the christian democratic union angle or merkel's party but 2728 percent for alternative for germany in saxony could end up rising as high as 30 big gains for them there and that's not a given this is a sensational result we have achieved the best result in local elections avar and we can see that 30 years after the fall of the wall governments don't want to be left wing need the. us is i mean let me just see it is clear these 2 elections have had only one winner the deep we've seen from other politicians who will be looking at these results from alternative for germany and they're not happy about the role they've played in allowing a d. to make such big games. i am happy that we have a really good result what worries me is a result in this means we continue to face big challenges in this country. we all hope for more and wished for more and i'm also disappointed like many others are disappointed and question i as the lead candidate also share responsibility for this or that alternative journey were founded as the a

for alternative for germany it wasn't enough for them to win the state that went to the christian democratic union angle merkel's party 2728 percent for alternative for germany in saxony could end up rising as high as 30 big gains for them there and certainly big smiles from the leadership of the alternative for germany party they were saying that these results show that a de just a flush upon that they are a big part of the german political stage right now and that's what it is the sensational results we have achieved the best result in local elections ever and we can see that 30 years after the fall of the wall governments don't want to be left wing need. is. the fight is not over the fight starts now we've become much stronger no one can remove us from germany politics in the money will stay what you have in politics is quite keen on a bit of self reflection a bit of navel gazing and what we've seen from other politicians who will be looking at these results from alternative for germany and they're not happy about the role they've played in allowing a.f.p. to make such big games. i am happy tha

democrats they retain their role as the largest party in that state also a win for the christian democratic union in saxony they retain their role as the largest party put it the big story of the night house being the gains made by alternative for germany since their inception in 2030 they've never had these type of results but it since the 2016 influx of refugees and migrants into germany the switch from f.t. from being a strictly euro skeptic anti e.u. party towards being anti immigration nationalist party in some ways that certainly seen them drop support in these 2 states in brandenburg if they're picking up around 25 percent mark there in saxony they're picking up almost 30 percent so big big gains that have been made it's interesting to note that in saxony where if they made the largest gains but also home to the city of chemicals which in 2018 saw violent scenes following the stabbing death of a 35 year old german man a 23 year old syrian was sentenced to jail for months slaughter just last month but following that stabbing there were huge violent clashes in the city with. very much an ant

green party remembers the negotiations vividly didn't seem to move all that the christian democrats christian social union people did was stall and. they torpedoed the whole thing with it was an endless process. and we in the opposition got a pretty good picture of events because social democrat colleagues would come over to cry on our shoulders and they said you can't imagine how tough going the negotiations are how difficult it is to get any kind of agreement. vilhelm pretty smile is from the junior coalition partner social democrats and was involved in the talks 1st hand he tells us he fought long and hard for stricter legislation on fertilisers. issues i feel like a bit of a failure because i could have done better. and who made you fail. on my colleagues from the christian democrats. and also the interest groups behind the scenes who are also represented there. in these negotiations there was relatively tight solidarity between the farmers union and the c.d.u. . many colleagues are also members of the union. there are very important issues on the table and they exert their influence. does this mean s

a very clear a sense among the 2 largest parties the social democrats and the christian as in christian democrats to christian democratic union the c.d.u. that they needed to mobilize voters and they appear to have done so how did they manage to do so from your perspective. yes it's interesting the social democrats need to mobilize voters but a lot of nonvoter mobilization actually helps the far right if deep party with the big tent parties the social democrats and on the back will see to you party and small keeping those on the boards and not driving them to become protest verges and i also want to mention here a trend that we've been seeing we've been seeing significant losses at the left wing kind of spectrum of the left quasi here has suffered quite a sense to load in both station actions tonight and the. greens who are increasingly seen as the new center in german politics have gained significantly although not in sky high as some opinion polls have predicted so yes there is a search for the right wish to keep benefits from nonvoters being mobilized but there's also been a significantly higher turnout that is helped pres