support for its and to immigration message in the states which used to be in communist east germany donna cain has more from brandenburg. this is going to consider these elections is 2 fold in the 1st instance you have voters from to launch east german states voting for a new parliament and therefore new governments and of course this is the 30th the year the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall just a few months away and now and many east germans are thinking back to the times of communism and asking themselves what has been achieved in the past 30 years there is a degree of nostalgia for those times among parts of the population the question will be what effect will that have on their voting behavior certainly many parties have referred to what the germans refer to as divan and change that turn communism left and capitalism and democracy replaced it also it stayed here the other important factor is that governments might change the 2 states concerned our government a combination of the christian democrats saxony the social democrats in brandenburg indeed in this state the polling

collapse in may of course his coalition with the far right freedom party over a corruption scandal donna cain has more now from vienna. a moment of triumph in courts for start by parliament in may now in september he returns with more votes more seats and he believes a bigger mandate to govern figure later you have no mayhew guns guns here i would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all our voters as a federal government we were voted out of office in may it was a difficult 4 months and today the voters voted us back in thank you very very much for your support and thank you very very much for your trust. contrast that with his former coalition partners in the far right freedom party whose vote share has plummeted seemingly punished by the people for the corruption scandal their former leaders plunge them into in the spring. i think that in general the scandal and afterwards the question of party expenses is going to be an obstacle for the election result but i'm used to carrying some of the around with me but the other big losers are the social democrats who worked with their id

collapse in may of course his coalition with the far right freedom party over a corruption scandal donna cain has more now from the anna. i am moment of triumph and courts by parliament in may now in september he returns with more votes more seats and he believes a bigger mandate to govern. you had no mayhew i would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all have voted as a federal government we were voted out of office in may it was a difficult 4 months and today the voters voted us back in thank you very very much for your support and thank you very very much for your trust. contrast that with his former coalition partners in the far right freedom party whose vote share has plummeted seemingly punished by the people for the corruption scandal their former leaders plunged into in the spring. i think that in general the scandal and afterwards the question of party expenses is going to be an obstacle for the election result but i'm used to carrying some of the.