expert at germany's for university a professor there and also from from again as friedrich schiller university gentlemen welcome to both of you we just saw a piece there about angela merkel about her her governing and also her career history just generally speaking in the wake of these election results where do you think that we are on that trajectory now at this point is this now the point at which she starts to descend. no sure america. and she will do it she's pregnant i think efficient and the other party members who will be in this possibly in this correlation know what they have to do there pragmatic petitions and they know that they are responsible for having that kind of government so she would do it again she did it already she's very tough. that's certainly something that is definitely not up for debate she is certainly very tough but you know the coalition that she is trying to get together we just want to remind our viewers it's a coalition of unlikely bedfellows and she really only has one option so what do you think it's going to be a very thorny road to a new government that's for sure an

gentlemen agree with that assessment we want to thank you very much for your analysis. an expert on the german far right at berlin's for university and of course from friedrich schiller university gentlemen thank you thank you all these election results are being called a political earthquake as we just heard here in germany but angela merkel will steer the course ahead at least that's what she says she remains for many a symbol of stability in an uncertain world and merkel faces growing expectations for germany to show leadership in conflicts heating up around the globe. on the international stage demands for bonding to pull more weight to growing but the challenges facing germany's next chancellor of the us stopping conflicts in syria in eastern ukraine and over north korea's missile aisles in the face of unpredictable strongmen such as assad putin and kim jong un. stopping the destructive force of climate change in the face of another unpredictable strongman donald trump. and what about germany's role in the eurozone so from penny pinching you know stereotype you have been buddies on says to consecrate says so when will the next chancellor lead germany towards a greater role

berlin's free university and we also have oliver from yana friedrich schiller university he's an expert on the german political system gentlemen thank you so much for joining us to put this all into context and hi i will begin with you what do you make of what we just saw from the f.t. . you know. at this center between the chairwoman and the candidates for the parliament and you could have seen that since months it's a split in the middle of this party we've seen the f.d.a. just generally speaking as a party i mean they they are already known for walking out of debates so perhaps this is no surprise that front entry was also so dramatic today but just generally speaking i mean they have tried to tap into this discontent among the voters on this dissatisfaction in germany all over what do you make of what we heard today. i think it's an expression of. a. swell of anger and resentment that we can and could see for a long time and now it has expressed itself into this kind of election success and they play a game they play a game for for attention so i don't think that this is the first and last example that we will acknowledge.