damien mcguinness in berlin.ony is damien mcguinness, correspondent how much of a force have the afd becoming germany coachella clearly they have become a force. -- the calm in germany? 30 years after the reunification of not only the people that are governing have come in from the west, but there is no infrastructure, no jobs, in from the west, but there is no infrastructure, nojobs, people, youngsters are leaving east germany to go elsewhere. this, it is a bit ofa to go elsewhere. this, it is a bit of a desolate place and on top of that, they feel badly treated by the establishment, and on top of that, they feel they are lumbered with the burden of the immigrants which mrs merkel let into the country three yea rs merkel let into the country three years ago. but what are the afd promising to deliver in a way the order parties cannot? they are promising a lot... there's a difference between the brexit party in britain, a single issue party, and the neck or three in germany. afd is more across the board —— and afd

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damien mcguinness in berlin.die zeit and asked him how much of a force the afd have become in german politics. well, they clearly have become a very strong force, especially in eastern germany, which if you look isa eastern germany, which if you look is a global comparison, these are the people that voted for trump in america, like people in the north of england who voted for brexit, the people who felt left behind. 30 yea rs people who felt left behind. 30 years after the reunification, they feel that not only the people that are governing them are coming from the west, but there is no infrastructure, no jobs. youngsters are leaving east germany to go elsewhere. so it is a sort of desolate place, and on top of that, they feel badly treated by the establishment, and on top of that they feel they are lumbered with the burden of the immigrants, which angela merkel let into the country three years ago. but what are the afd promising to these people that they can really deliver in a way that the older established par

let's get the latest from our correspondence in germany, damien mcguinness. picture. there were two trends. firstly, the afd come that far right oculus party you mentioned, how did they do? —— populist party. they have done well, but they have not done quite as well as they hoped because, in brandenburg, until today, they were neck and neck with the ruling ce ntreleft neck and neck with the ruling centreleft spd party, the party in coalition with angela merkel‘s government and the national government. they had hoped, the afd, to come first. that would have been an historic win for the afd. they would not have got into government but they will have gotten a real boost and it would have meant it would pave the way almost for future coalitions with the afd and other governments in the future. that did not happen, so in fact, the afd have done well but not quite as well as they wanted to. the other trend that we can pull out from this figures is how did the two ruling parties that govern together in angela merkel‘s national government, how did they do? that is th

damien mcguinness is in berlin for us. he has been looking at those figures, monitoring those poles.. it can be, at first glance, a quite pleasing picture. —— quite confusing picture. we have two trends. firstly, the afd, the populist party, how did they do it? they have got a big boost come away over 20% in both states, but they have not gone quite as good as they hoped. in brandenburg, until today, they were neck and neck with the ruling spd party. they had a come of the afd, to come first. that would have been in historic when —— a historical win for the afd. it would have given them a real boost and it would have meant that it would've paved the way for future coalitions with the afd and other governments in the future, that did not happen. the fact, the afd have done well but not as well as they wanted to for some the other trend we can out from these figures is how did the two ruling parties that govern together, angle of merkel‘s national government, how did they do? —— on the law merkel? they will be breathing a sigh of relief. both of those run parties have been running... t

damien mcguinness reports from berlin.ecent result for angela merkel‘s conservatives in saxony. her party looks like it will stay in power there. and a narrow victory in brandenburg for the centre—left social democrats, mrs merkel‘s coalition partners in national government. they worried they might lose to the right—wing populist afd and that could have sparked a crisis. translation: i am glad that we have had a very, very good result. what worries me is the result of the afd and that also means that we continue to face major challenges in this country. so not quite jubilation for germany's two main parties but a feeling that they dodged a bullet and managed to fend off the populists. translation: we made it, it is a message that is emanating from saxony this evening. a large majority of people who stand up positively for this country, who want something. the friendly saxony has won, said saxony‘s conservative leader, a clear reference to the afd which is accused of stirring resentment and xenophobia, but it was a close ca

damien mcguinness has more. berlin tonight, decent result angela merkel in saxony. the party looks like it will stay in power there. and a narrow victory in brandenburg for the centre—left democrats, mrs merkel‘s coalition democrats. they worried they might lose to the populist afd and that could have sparked a crisis. translation: populist afd and that could have sparked a crisis. translationzlj populist afd and that could have sparked a crisis. translation: i am glad that we have had a very good result. what worries me is the result. what worries me is the result of the afd and it means we continue to face major challenges in this country. not quite jubilation for the two main parties but a feeling that they dodged a bullet and managed to fend off the populists. translation: we made them, it is a message that is emanating from saxony this evening. a large majority of people who stand up a large majority of people who stand up positively for this country and wa nt up positively for this country and want somethi

our correspondent damien mcguinness has been telling us about the significance of these elections. two elections in former communist east germany, do have wider significance across germany. that is because, as you say, people are really looking at how the afd will do, that right—wing populist party. if they do really well, it will make it very difficult for the leading parties at the moment, the governing parties who are there right now, to form stable coalitions. it'll also potentially based the more radical forces within the party. the afd is really quite a broad church. it ranges really from some people within the party who are accused of really close links to neo—nazis, right through to people who are simply not very happy with the euro. what will happen if the afd does really well in both the states? the more radical elements within that party will probably feel a boost because it is in the east that those radical leaders are very strong. so the more extreme elements within the afd will feel, to a certain extent, justified. at the moment, there is a bit of a wrangling going on