european parliament merkel the leader of europe's powerhouse as i think it here we europeans have our things in our own hands i'll continue to maintain that the twenty seven member states must work intensively together for our future. the two even share a dislike of if not hatred for the man in charge across the ocean. in the top and there are lots of concerns about the russians of the north korean dictator need to united states of america and the fiscal policy which will have to bring them on the path of rationality and that means diplomatic solutions. problem the problem that we have with trump is that he is unpredictable in the sense of who should be retooled to not even a pre-election debate couldn't get the two to clash spock's to fly what was supposed to be a jewel looked more like a jew at the ball and delicateness of appears on national missile guidance. to. come back and staged. over they have them by the difference of things. but one german we put it the biggest difference between merkel and shoes is that the more i guess the odds are. we will be bringing you live coverage o

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close forty impassioned electoral count pain with martin shultz the former european parliament president pushing angle of merkel all the way that really hasn't happened at the moment well the german chancellor looks like she'll be returned almost fifteen percent fifteen points ahead at the moment with that vote coming up on september the twenty fourth however the tomorrow so incidentally wasn't the only or quick moment for the chance. just before that wrangle america was interrupted by the main opposition party of one addressing parliament or taking credit for their work eventually chancellor merkel had to remind them who is in charge. and that's with you but i think sadly when ferryboat even if you don't see a loose. leaf you know. the thing that has. if if if you have a group you know tied up and being maimed when you went back to win points in parliament if the least story said that he was with us he spoke to a member of the german parliament from the opposition party he said the social democrats are ready to make the election race an exciting one. those who are punished of last of all the electoral race is

close forty impassioned electoral count pain with martin shultz the former european parliament president pushing angle of merkel all the way that we even hasn't happened at the moment well the german chancellor looks like she'll be returned almost fifteen percent fifteen points ahead at the moment with that vote coming up on september the twenty fourth. however not long before the tomato incident angela merkel had to stand up for herself to get addressed and address in parliament well she wasn't interrupted by the main opposition party headed by lots of. that's. another good thing is that training assistance actually funded one. of yours introduced by the s.p.d. . if it's mr hyde aware of how many disputes you have in this parliament but without the work of my fraction you wouldn't be able to get anything done here i'm not sure why i even need to point this out. i spoke to a member of the german parliament from the opposition party pay said the s.p.d. is ready to make the election race and that fighting one. up on this because of the electoral race is not over yet as for the opinion polls on the one hand this i

we did have hopes that this was going to be a hard fought campaign between angela merkel and former european parliament president martin schulz of the social democratic polity but it hasn't panned out that way as it stands at the moment angle of merkel around fifteen percent ahead depending on who you speak. two with only just weeks to go and it not looking like the social democrats are going to catch europe any time soon you have a strange things can happen in the last few weeks count them before election campaign we will be closely following developments especially our europe bureau chief peter all of our from berlin thanks peter. now a report out today from the u.n. accuses the syrian government of using chemical weapons against civilians had also blames it for a certain gas attack back in april in a province peter or paul asleep at more on the report this is what she filed. the united nations syria commission has issued a report in which it found that there was a chemical attack that was carried out back in april in live and that those responsible were government forces using sarin gas against the

close forty impassioned electoral count pain with martin shultz the former european parliament president pushing angle of merkel all the way that really hasn't happened at the moment well the german chancellor looks like she'll be returned almost fifteen percent fifteen points ahead at the moment with that vote coming up on september the twenty fourth. however the tomato incident wasn't the only or quick moment for the chancellor just before that angela merkel was interrupted by the main opposition party while addressing parliament for taking credit for their work doing something even. though you think it has. as m.p.'s enjoyed the moment and broke out in laughter chancellor merkel had to remind them who is in charge if they are i am well aware of how many disputes you have in this parliament but without the work of my party you wouldn't be able to get anything done here and i'm not sure why you even need to point this out. i spoke to a member of the german parliament from the opposition party pace of the social democrats are ready to make the election race an exciting one. those who up on this because of last

european finance minister in parliament for the euro zone etc but in general i think. the solidarity with the european union which is more united is present in all three parties and merkel i think is the guaranteed standing but practically because if you're not a great follower of the german elections you know germany comes in quite complicated this coalitions of what could happen who could get together and there's an awful lot of seats to fill in that place as it stands at the moment all this might not really count what the whole of europe wants to see because there are only a certain number of ways that any coalition can can go now on their they're only what two or three options two maybe options or is going to have. my i mean i don't know but my prediction is that we will have. christian democratic christian social i mean it's also the. how different ideas than the christian democrats and the greens and the liberals i mean we will have that kind of correlation because the social democrats. this all time low in public support. they would be dead if they would enter another coalition so that's out of the question and that leaves us with this only one option if as i've

about the influence that they could have moving forward no one in the european parliament is exhaling just yet although chancellor merkel will likely remain in office her position is weakened lawmakers in brussels are deeply concerned about the strong showing of the far right in germany's election. experience has shown that such a right wing radical party can really poison the discourse. that's what we've seen with you keep the u.k.'s pro breaks it party it had no members in parliament but still managed to turn the debate toxic if you discuss issues in france you have marine le pen weighing in and it will be the same with the f.t. in germany unfortunately. it was the same story in the netherlands when far right populists to strong support in that country's recent parliamentary elections dutch lawmakers say german voters sent a similar signal the signal that i saw from the german elections is really that no one is immune to change and there is more fragmentation in germany while the center is still strong. i think we have to be mindful of what the far right is going to do the german green party's foreign affairs spokesma

seeking to win over undecided voters the former european parliament president is presenting himself as a man of the people. martin shoots angela merkel's fish rival in the race for the german chancellor his how the world knows him as the leader of germany social democratic party and also as the former president of the european parliament but what many don't know at least outside germany are the ups and downs that have marred his early days let's start at the beginning and shoots his troubles began at a high school from which he never graduated he wanted to be a professional footballer but a knee injury but an end to those dreams. started drinking and was diagnosed as a serious alcoholic by the time he was twenty four it was so bad that even contemplated suicide luckily he turned his life around opened a book store and eventually got himself elected as the mayor of his hometown. his rags to riches story baked in twenty twelve when he was elected the president of the european parliament transforming him from small town mayor into a powerful year across. the perks reportedly included to limit and over thirty aides which angered some fello

parliament. unlike merkel, they're anti-immigrant, anti-european union, and anti-islam. >> very destructive forceey are protest party. >> reporter: they're the kind of challenge merkel has survived before. matt bradley, nbc news, berlin. >>> four days after hurricane maria swept across puerto rico, rescue teams only now are reaching some of the more remote parts of that island. gabe gutierrez was with a rescue team today as it finally made it to one community. >> reporter: they bring all they can carry, wading through rushing water, holding on to a dead power cable, now an impromptu lifeline. a community in puerto rico cut off when hurricane maria washed this bridge away. this woman tells us everything on the other side is devastated. the need here is massive. rural parts of the island ravaged, including the mountain town. >> i'm tammie lither in, people are desperate for water. here outside this area, they've jerry rigged a pvc pipe to get river water because there's no drinking water anywhere on the island. >> reporter: in northwest puerto rico, engineers inspecting the dam after finding a crac

european foreign and defense policy, with the afd the third strongest party in the parliament. will you be able to influence european policy? will they be influencing policy? chancellor merkel: i believe that the parties who are able to enter into a coalition will be seeking solutions. there are differences between the conservatives and the green, the conservatives and the spd and the fdp as well. t will depend on the coalition agreements we make, and the differences will be reflected. the afd will have no influence on that. >> another scandy navian country. -- scan in a davea country. >> during the election campaign, we saw a great deal of anger and hatred. also directed to you personally. how do you deal with that? and what do you want to do to try to respond to this? chancellor merkel: i think the most important thing is that ou listen to people. but people who just whistle and shout at you -- you still have to respond to them, i think. it cannot be the case that you do not go to rallies because of these kinds of responses, but where you do go to them, you have to take on board the fact that there are people who do not want to listen at the moment. you just have to take

merkel. she is up against martin schulze used to be president of the european parliament and the now read to the latest poll shows that christian catlike democrats and angela merkel have a significant lead, and it does look like martin schultz will have the second biggest party, but because all—german elections end in a coalition, the other parties who could get representation, we also need to take note of them. we have the free democrats, the fdp. we have the free democrats, the fdp. we have the greens, and we also have the party that came out of the communist party that came out of the communist party in east germany, die linke, and on the right you have the alternative for germany, the afd, with their anti—immigration and anti—islam policies, which i came to look at here earlier. we will have to see what effect their policies have on a coalition, but we do know that immigration is a significant issue. you might think that is as maybe but what should i care when the polls suggest angela merkel will get a fourth term and we know that she will stay in power. there are a few reasons. she is a

around european foreign and defense policy, with the afd the third strongest party in the parliament. do you be able to influence european policy? will they be influencing policy? chancellor merkel: i believe that the parties who are able to enter into a coalition will be seeking solutions. there are differences between the conservatives and the green, the conservatives and the spd and the ftp as well. it will depend on the coalition agreements we make, and the's differences will be reflected. the afd will have no influence on that. >> during the election campaign, we saw a great deal of anger and hatred. also directed to you personally. how do you deal with that? and what do you want to do to try to respond to this? i think theerkel: most important thing is that you listen to people. but people who just whistle and shout at you -- you still have to respond to them, i think. it cannot be the case that you do not go to rallies because of these kinds of responses, but where you do go to them, you have to take on board the fact that there are people who do not want to listen at the moment. you just have to take it as it is. following on from this, over on the right hand side -- i s

as you say swell of enthusiasm for him as a new challenge i think the merkel he being in brussels as the head of european parliament for many years so he wasn't associated with the day to day german politics but having said that now in this election campaign he's had to admit that his policy s.p.d. has been in coalition with angela merkel's conservatives so they do also bear responsibility for angela merkel's government's results of the last four years it's very difficult to present themselves as a fresh challenger given their involvement in this coalition government absolutely with so much at stake there we just saw him basically placed a paper ballot and of the box nick is that how the majority of germans are going to be voting today. indeed this is the traditional routine on election day in germany which is always on a sunday going to a school community center to your house and putting that paper ballot in the ballot box having said that postal votes are becoming a lot more popular it's estimated him bilin about a quarter of voters have applied for them so it's still overwhelmingly the traditional type of voting

three weeks before germany holds national elections, angela merkel delivered a speech on the state of the union to members of the european parliament. she stressed the need to find a diplomatic solutionn -- find a diplomatic solutution to north korea, sayining europe hasas a decisive voice. the chancellor also called for talks on the relationship with turkey. l latest, emanuelel is statanding byby in berlrlin. an may be in the midst of electoral campaign, but chancellor angela merkel was clear today, a solution to the conflict with north korea is needed. >> she talked about that north korea question during debate with her opponent. today, she clarified her position by saying there could only be a peaceceful the vitiatd solution. talks also concerned, about turkey's exception to the european union. she called on other european states to help to solve the refugee crisis. there are many social reforms initiated by her govovernment, t she also has a need for germany to be more innovativive and to increase regulations. wouldso states that she consider a ban on diesel motors. that is something that would be talked about in mix to come. >

central region and we lost the federal election martin so that was merkel's main rival here's a quick look at what the former european parliament president is known for among photos. make europe great again i've . i've just tuning in to all this is our special coverage of the big alexion this week. for the bundestag here in germany and arguably the main winner of the day the controversial winner of the day the airfield turned to for germany party which will become the most right wing party to win seats in parliament in sixty years interesting tonight though hearing the media saying that the mass media commentating on it saying that i thought that maybe despite all the controversy what the other server immigrants eccentrics said for excess are they going to change their tone they're going to mellow down a bit time will tell their chances of becoming the main opposition party faded though off the social democrats ruled out of forming a formal coalition with the c.d.u. now still there predicted to get nearly thirteen percent of the vote there's a big breakthrough into the parliament many voters especially the young are concerned o

native european parliament is respected right across the european sense a lack of the time when many german voters are. sure about i'm going to give my precisely. merkel's apparence invincibility is based on her capacity to outflank when a right wing politician says she wants to take in a million refugees how can the left subjects travel around germany and you can see how in this election merkel has managed to find a way of appealing to voters from different constituencies take climate change deep in the black forest villages have been allowed by government to own the wind turbines and sell the electricity from them and the solar panels back to the national grid for profits. the consequence is the traditional left wing greens run local government in coalition with the conservative c.d.u. merkel has taken the green idea and used it to her advantage the greens are often a consulate if they want to or to keep things more than they don't want sister i was so back to the rally one of your supporters here just said to me that you're so close to merkel you might as well be married what would you say today that you didn't listen to a speech. one of my supporter

election is over and angela merkel remain chancellor this week conflict zone is in berlin and my guest is german politician on the leats he's a member of the european parliament and the social democrats who have just suffered a stunning defeat now that the vote.

german election is over and angela merkel remain chancellor this week conflict zone isn't berlin and my guest is german politician leads he is a member of the european parliament and the social democrats who have just suffered a stunning defeat now that the vote.

merkel and that is popularity will go down. monsanto lobbyists have been denied access to the european parliament passed off so they were fused to attend a hereward is the first time any piece used a new enabling them to ball firms ignoring summons the hearing that was ignored by months on toto was set up after a group of parliament members and. that some of the studies into the company's products could be flawed the law makers also stressed the lack of transparency. how can we be sure of develop duty of the conclusions about to see fifty or otherwise of life force eight when there is lack of transparency when it is publicly revealed by the latest us court cases that the scientific data provided by the company experts was falsified but life is a b m e p h as mentioned is used by long sun so in some of its weed killers chemists say that it may cause serious i've damage and is toxic to animals and people the world health organization says it can also cause cancer the organic consumers association says that monsanto will sweep the real effects of its chemicals under the carpet if it helps them maintain profits. the stakes for monsa

modern shells was merkel's main rival of course in this election is a quick look at what the former european parliament president is known for among voters. in contrast to the other impassioned elections in europe the german campaigns repeatedly been described as pretty much a lot less but some of the candidates have still made their lunch with a range of striking posters i saw an elephant of my shoulder earlier on believe you me not so there's nothing this can quite random stuff going on here so let's look at the posters some of the kind of still made the headlines or the range of these striking things we collected some show you get a likeness of ill. me . now it's about the elephant. in the middle of berlin look twice as well a particular unusual election day stand for real elephant was filmed wandering around berlin city center. here it is. who feel. the activists. say they were inspired by the english expression an elephant in the room. they believe the result of the referendum in germany is one such elephant they say. the campaign has said that over seventy percent of people in the country want th

merkel. although martin schulz, former president of the european parliament, has little chance of victory.sure yet but without doubt when it comes to security or european politics, merkel is the best choice. given the problems we've had she's doing a decentjob. and there is the problem of the alternatives, there aren't any in the other parties. without doubt angela merkel did a good job but we are sceptical that she will make it through four or years. it looks as if she'll be the next chancellor although you never know. we were surprised by trump too. trump, brexit, north korea. in a transient world of global politics, there is, it seems, is one constant. mrs merkel‘s strength is due in part to the fact that for many german voters she represents the ability in a shifting world. but german politics is changing too. the next parliament will most likely contain more parties, more opposition. a house that prides itself now on achieving consensus and compromise is likely to become a far more fractious place all stop multiple challenges await. there are coalitions to construct, alliances to forg

european parliament is respected right across the european sense a lack of the time when many german voters are. sure about i'm going to give my precisely. merkel's appearance invincibility is based on her capacity to outflank when a right wing politician says she wants to take in a million refugees how can the left objects travel around germany and you can see how in this election merkel has managed to find a way of appealing to voters from different constituencies take climate change deep in the black forest villages have been allowed by government to own the wind turbines and sell the electricity from them and the solar panels. taking you live united nations general assembly about here from what we are hearing from the british prime minister to resign may now any change. to those affected by the recent hearkens in the caribbean. or with the mole at this time. as we meet at this general assembly we face challenges that go right to the heart of who we are as nations challenges that test our values our vision and our resolve to defend the rules and standards that underpin the security and prosperity of our fellow citizens as i argued in my speech

election is over and angela merkel remain chancellor this week conflict zone isn't the limb and my guest is german politician leads he is a member of the european parliament and the social democrats who have just suffered a stunning defeat now that the votes are counted worse germany headed. annelise well come to conflict zone the german election is over and your party's candidate martin scholtz didn't manage to convince enough voters that he should to be the next german chancellor he failed miserably yes we feared miserably as a party and. we had a swing which was interesting last january where we very close actually same level up at that time your candidate got one hundred percent from your party i think it was a little bit too optimistic at that time well it was not a question of to be optimistic it was a question if he is convincing the party to be the leader and to run as a translator candidate. there first. time during the lender elections nobody wanted to participate in the campaign. exactly that happened not on the sphere where the decision was taken not to include the federal politics into this idea how can this be you elect a few months before t

european parliament president is another full among voters. well let's take a recap of the latest numbers now seventy six percent of ballots have been counted angela merkel'schristian democratic union leads with thirty four percent of the vote the social democrats are in second place with twenty percent but they've rolled out forming a governing coalition with the c.d.u. but the big winner of the night is alternative to germany variously described as nationalist anti immigration and euro skeptic party was created just four years ago and has seen a groundswell of support since the my current crisis not going to ends a parliament for the first time so far as scoring just over eleven percent but i'm sure of the newspapers who also be focusing on the fact that the smaller parties have been very successful in this election well we'll be back with our special coverage of the german election the top of the hour do stay with this don't join is that. here's what people have been saying about rejected in. the long. view only show i go out of my way to you know some really packs a punch oh yeah mr john oliver of archie americans do the same. apparently better than. t

made of the european parliament is respected right across the european side so let's get to the time when many german voters are. sure about i'm going to have made most nicely programming. merkel's apparence invincibility is based on her capacity to outflank when a right wing politician says she wants to take in a million refugees how can the left objects. travel around germany and you can see how in this election merkel has managed to find a way of appealing to voters from different constituencies take climate change deep in the black forest villages have been allowed by government to own the wind turbines and sell the electricity from them and their solar panels back to the national grid for profits. the consequence is the traditional left wing greens run local government in coalition with the conservative c.d.u. merkel has taken the green idea and used it to her advantage the greens offer conservatives. to keep things. they don't want so just. i was so back to the rally one of your supporters here just said to me that you're so close to merkel you might as well be married what would you say today if you didn't listen to a speech. one of my supporter said to you he was perhaps

european parliament. he claims while in coalition his party has forced angela merkel to support a minimum wage, and offer has been that he will address social inequality. he also insists germany's eu partners must share more responsibility for migrants arriving in europe. in a strange way this election is as much about who comes third as who comes first. it looks likely that for the first time six parties will be represented in the bundestag. if that happens, though six will certainly include the right wing party alternative for germany, which believes islam doesn't belong in germany. the top candidate has said the german integration minister should be dumped in her parents homeland of turkey. it has said that germans should be proud of what their soldiers have achieved in the two world wars. joining me in berlin is jennifer wilson of die welt, and somebody from cicero magazine. what number will you be looking for in the polls? we don't expect big surprises, but there is one number everybody is looking at, the number of afd, alternative for germany. polls tend towards more than 10% the last few days. cou

election is over and angela merkel who were the remain chancellor this week conflict zone is in berlin and my guest is german politician on elites he is a member of the european parliament and the social democrats who have just suffered down the defeat now that the votes are counted as germany had.

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