presenting themselves as the the sort of guardians of german democracy the ones making sure the christian tema kratz don't jump into bed with the far right day. then you of course you've got the rivals of a.k.k. within her own party several of them have been waiting in the wings circling seeing what an opportunity might come up for them there are several who'd like to be the candidate for chancellor and other parties as well of course would be seeking to draw some capital from this not least the a.f.d. itself it had a victory in that eastern state of theory where it's sort of got its way at least for a short time and it's been portraying that is a big success among its own supporters so a brief word then simon about a potential successors and whether a new party leader is going to mean a very different direction for the city. i think there are several people as i mentioned the health minister spawn is a big critic of the medical open door immigration policy then you've got friedrich metz is a veteran with a lot of support from the business community. in lash at the state premier of north rhine-westp