tarnished with in this is part of the ruling coalition here including angela merkel's christian democratic union party the representative of the party nicolas lobel has said he's going to step down at the next election this is after his company allegedly made around a quarter of a 1000000 euro from being the middleman in deals when it came to pee pee and masks during this pandemic may not be good enough for some sort of said he needs to go right now and not wait until the election in the autumn however he said he is sorry for what he's done so far but he isn't the only one that's been involved in this scandal we've also heard that. from the very insistent party the c s u is facing a corruption probe after he's understood to have taken away a 6 figure sum for being the middle man again in deals involving masks he's already said he's not going to run in september he has stood down from his position as the deputy leader of the union parliamentary group but he's denied any wrongdoing what this is prompted is well senior figures including members of angela merkel's cabinet coming out and saying there's no

tarnished with in this is part of the ruling coalition here including angela merkel's christian democratic union party the representative of the party nicolas lobel has said he's going to step down at the next election this is after his company allegedly made around a quarter of a 1000000 euro from being the middleman in deals when it came to pee pee and masks during this pandemic may not be good enough for some sort of said he needs to go right now and no wait until the election in the autumn however he said he is sorry for what he's done so far but he isn't the only one that's been involved in this scandal we've also heard that. from the very insistent party the c s u is facing a corruption probe after he's understood to have taken away a 6 figure sum for being the middle man again in deals involving masks he's already said he's not going to run in september he has stood down from his position as the deputy leader of the union parliamentary group but he's denied any wrongdoing what this is prompted is well senior figures including members of angela merkel's cabinet coming out and saying there's no w

in september's oped coming election also he's resigned with immediate effect from the christian democratic union party said he isn't the only want your canoe sly and also caught up in the scandal he's from the christian social union that's based in bavaria he has said he's got not going to run in september's election also and has stood down from a pretty senior position as the deputy leader of the union parliamentary group however he claims he's done nothing wrong in this scandal however we have heard from mr lobel who says that he's deeply sorry for what he got into as a member of the bundestag i should have acted more sensitively in my business activities especially during a pandemic i blame myself for this mistake. apologies not enough to save his political career though he's well quit from the party with immediate effect standing down at the next election and well senior figures within the center right block have been lining up to say this type of actions well they're just not appropriate whatsoever. those who fill their own pockets with essential goods such as masks do not represent the people bu

project would damage the country's international standing but a member of the ruling christian democratic union party told me diversity of supply is on. the greens are more or less an arm of the us internationalist elite. they've been there done that for a while they are more or less completely. following the us strategy or they are not looking after germany the party that have in their mind of the program basically to abolish germany and you can see that on all fronts and so they point towards ukraine and we should look for german interests 1st we should look for european interests 1st and it's very worthwhile and good for europe and for germany to diversify its energy sources and not to be dependent on one direction because if you're dependent on one direction almost looks like mafia tactics you take away the the the activity and then you provide the stuff yourself and of course it's good for germany to have energy sources from russia directly and from the west and from wherever but not from one direction please. the greens claim north stream 2 would hurt the country's climate and renewable energy

might not be done just yet the 2 that have gone already are nicholas loeb or from the christian democratic union party that's after his company was understood to have profited by around 250000 euro for being the middleman in a deal to provide masks and p.p. while a new sly and a senior figure within the christian social union has also said he won't be running at the next election after it's understood he made around 600000 euro lobbying for a must supply it during the 1st part 1st locked down in the pandemic mr mifflin says he's done nothing wrong but he is facing a corruption probe in his local party in bavaria over that well what the reason that this is so important is because this 2021 is what's called a super election year in germany serious votes are going to be cast culminating in september when there's the national election that will elect who will be the the replacement the successor to angola merkel before we get there though it all kicks off on sunday with regional elections in the states of by then voting book on the rhineland pilapil nate that has prompted senior figures in the conservativ

party the christian democratic union historic losses in both states or historically low numbers in both states the big winners have been the greens quite literally in budden vote and book put really in terms of how it positions them in terms of getting into a coalition in rhineland nate their leaders say that it shows that people are sick of the status quo. but. time to trust in the politics of democratic decisions is crumbling the reason for this is the mismanagement of the federal government during the coronavirus pandemic and especially the corruption scandals of the c.d.u. as a result of the basis of trust in democratic processes as a whole is being lost to a certain extent and it will be our task to rebuild it to require this trust through a strong election results are obvious line where both the c.d.u. and their bavarian sister party the christie in social union the c.s.u. of being shaken by corruption scandal of late which is seen 3 m.p.'s quit the party's altogether this is after they were accused of pandemic profiteering for taking payments in exchange for oil at least making m

opens new doors get china general secretary of the opposition christian democratic union sees a digital campaign as an opportunity he and his party had the more difficult job of making their relatively unknown top candidate more popular very posh i don't think of your home government advertised event in the past there was always a relatively high reluctance to attend you had to have a really good speaker for people to say i've never gone to see do you party event but i'll go to this one that meant that we often had about 100 people at these events and that was fine but we also. and you all of them are on social media it's different their reluctance to just watch a live stream is much. needed because. most importantly though says china is the relatability of the candidate which is why in his instagram life talk with a startup founder china focuses more on his guests and only highlights his own political ambitions at the end of the live soft skills one might say. back in the social democrats living room chat up to 300 people have queued in the numbers far cry from those of the big name influencer but the politicians are satisfied a

ruling christian democrats are stepping over revelations that this company earned a quarter of a 1000000 euro for brokering a facemask deal and the senior the sister of christian social union party is being investigated too for allegedly profiting from an even bigger contract to provide protective equipment in the pandemic to get across all this morning with our europe correspondent peter all over in berlin want to get paid what do we know about the scandals in this morning. pandemic profiteering is the last thing any party would want to be involved in or accused of at any time really but for the christian democratic union the christian social union conservative alliance here in germany this couldn't come at a worse time in september they're facing their 1st election of the post angle or merkel era and just next sunday they've got big local elections in boston vote and book an important state here in germany and these allegations these claims of pandemic profiteering they aren't going to help them in either of those that involve 2 senior politicians we're looking at nicolas lobel of the cd you. misled all of the c.s.u. now if we take this the new sloan 1st now he's been. he's al

christian democratic union so. big losses the big winners were the green party quite literally. but certainly in rhineland collaton it in terms of putting themselves in a position to be part of a future coalition government green party leaders say to voters is showing that they're sick and tired of the status quo that's had thrown in the arts at times trust in the politics of democratic decisions is crumbling the reason for this is the mismanagement of the federal government during the coronavirus pandemic and especially the corruption scandals of the c.d.u. as a result the basis of trust in democratic processes as a whole is being lost to a certain extent and it will be out tough to rebuild it to require this trust through a strong election result and you heard it mentioned there but the c.d.u. on their bavarian says the party the christian social union the c s u they're embroiled in a big corruption scandal at the moment which is seen 3 members of parliament quit already over well what's being called pun demick profiteering over ties to them getting cash in making money out of

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always my prediction there'd be a bill see a very in stable christian democratic union after merkel stepped down so all is not guaranteed that this party the government their. greed and let government in germany. if you bet on the future of the city you are you know your brave. m.e.p. from the alternative for germany party thanks for your time today here on r.t. international thank you about. the french health care system risks unprecedented shock within weeks if the government fails to deal with the new code that's the warning coming from the hospital federation chief it will make you prefer my actions have been taken given this delay hospitals are likely to be rocked by an unprecedented violent shock in 2 to 3 weeks. a 3rd wave of infections kicked in last week there are more than 26000 patients in hospitals across the country the highest figure this month over 4000 are in intensive care that's set a grim record for 2021 years so she should have emergency doctors told us that the authorities response had been woeful. and that's us your. hospitals across france are struggling facing a shortage of beds in the i.c.u. there's an influx o

germany you've got engler merkel's centrist christian democrats union in power for over 15 years with the far right a.s.d. the alternative for germany party fairly fringe levels of popularity in polls and elections i guess my question is is that changing and what are the conditions in germany that have allowed these kinds of movements to grow. i think what we theme in the park with you on ahmed there at the level of prostration and the ration because if you are only way forward if you only way according to the way she is the one time transformative event from the outside it pollutes pretty clearly tells you about how what you think you can do on your own for think 'd think of a lot of perspiration in there could be the are your lark in the fire at the inn in germany melanie i'm curious about all the cool in our world in japan where i believe there's an almost worshiping of tribes former national security adviser general michael flynn and a belief slim gave former japanese prime minister shinzo rb all the information required to unravel the deep state in the united states i don't mean to market it's just genuinely shocking to me. how this

new tools get china general secretary of the opposition christian democratic union sees the digital campaign as an opportunity he and his. party had the more difficult job of making their relatively unknown top candidate more popular. you have. advertised an event in the past there was always a relatively high reluctance to attend you had to have a really good speaker for people to say i've never gone to see do you party event but i'll go to this one that meant that we often had about 100 people at these events and that was fine but we also knew all of them on social media it's different their reluctance to just watch a live stream as much. because of the market. most importantly though says china is the relatability of the candidate which is why in his instagram life talk with a startup founder china focuses more on his gift and only highlights his own political ambitions at the end of the live soft skills one might say. back in the social democrats living room chat up to 300 people have queued in the numbers far cry from those of a big name influencer but the politicians are satisfied after all these are regional elections a

many christian democrats they wanted him as a leader of the party they're not sure about him as chancellor candidate and so they look at the prime minister of the various from the christian social union and our angle americans they want to might he be the man to lead christian democrats into the general election the one thing that stands out from these results right now is that the scandal that's growing in the christian democrats circles about what happened with face mask over deals that sort of thing it has cost the christian democrats at the ballot boxes in today's elections no question from a very interesting indeed dominic cain there with all the latest for us from berlin thanks so much john now a police investigation into the wife of syria's president is currently under way in britain also our son is accused of inciting and encouraging terrorist acts during the war in syria the case was opened in response to a dos here by an international law firm and it could lead to her facing prosecution and potentially even the loss of her british citizenship or toby cadman is a human rights lawyer and also the founder of that law firm that submitted evidence against us malice and he says t

1st of all is that it's a test for all the main political parties in germany specifically in these 2 states because the christian democratic union does not govern at all has no presence whatsoever in the government of the state of ohio and 1st the rhineland paletta nates to cause in english and it only has the c.d.u. only has a junior role in the coalition that governs environ virgin barrack the green party governs there so this is a test for all the big parties now the other thing to say is that in those 2 states you have 2 prime ministers who are particularly prominent whose prominence transcends the regional level who have taken on a national significance in this year of pandemic that revolving going through remember that in germany in the federal structure the prime ministers of the states well they play an important role nationally every month or so there is a conference that decides what happens in terms of the corona measures that are in place and each prime minister has an important role in voting through what can be agreed upon and what can't that's why these people being elected today are very important and in each sta