germany's chancellor told e.w. she disagrees with the way donald trump is handling the north korea crisis and exclusive interview ongoing of also germany was against any type of military solution and offered germany services as mediator. and. enters the conflict zone fronting the powerful. this recovery john is in london today to visit the unite trade union my guess is the union's general secretary len mccluskey to some nice hard line activists to bolster junk capitalism dagoes trade union leader who simply wants to bring about a fairer and more equal britain what's the truth. in sixty minutes. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine let me all speak up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters d. w. made for minds. tag germany decides what is your take on the whole position regarding not only climate change. what do you want to know about germany's general election. ask w. your questions about germany. and america they would not

and their significance for germany europe and the rest of the world election twenty seventeen germany has voted in to discuss the latest developments i'm joined here in the studio five three astute observers of german politics beginning with verizon or who was for many years with germany's a.r.d. t.v. network and one of the best known correspondents reporting on the german politics. also with us is alan posner a regular columnist for the berlin based newspaper the belt hello and a warm welcome to today w's political correspondent michele. michel i would like to begin with you a bit victory for angela merkel she has secured what is an historic fourth term in office but her conservatives got the worst result since nine hundred forty nine would you say. yes well parties won the elections but this was by no stretch of the imagination a victory she will go down in history as. he's managed to basically impose her own political brand on the c.d.u. party and it looks like own party is now paying dearly at the polls here and money and she herself finds herself in a position where she is weaken

facing germany and other european countries from the f.t. and other similar parties in those other countries. sunday's election was a political trial for the day the party will have more than one thousand nine hundred seats in the bundestag. this is end of this is a warning for german politicians that the people want something different if the german people do not accept chancellor merkel's migration policy is to the extent that they have been implemented. right wing parties now have seats in the parliaments of twenty. that gives the party leaders confidence. that their presence is beneficial and we will continue to work on building the europe we want with the pastor's freedom party has expressed similar sentiments i had a parliamentary election sent for october. our goal is to keep control of our country if that's what we intend to do we have high hopes. for. what sort of europe do the right wing parties actually want. good question pascal we know that they are anti immigration and he is a foreigner and you are these populist parties across

the then divided germany i mean we have an experience to live of the wall that we had is germany investment going to mcclellan chancellor grew up in the east so you know she really has experienced that. the other thing is that because of the close tie it's from east germany to russia we have a traditionally closer relationship to north korea because russia then you know was a partner in the korean war with north korea so there is some relationship from germany to north korea and i think this is what i'm going to mecca refers to so there's some history there but we do have to remember of course that we're four days away from a general election how do you think americans comments about trump are going to play out with german voters because talking about about trump is sort of sometimes a way to score points or that's absolutely right everything are going to matter says now four days before the election is connected to the election she's always come paining so she is and indeed i mean germany love president barack obama they just found him so cool especially after the bush is it was really a c

germany decides. germany historic turning point. mosses for good morning. far right. remains chancellor but forming a government easy. nor does the new song from germany german alike. it's the day after in the news on d w. it's all about the moments that lie before. it's all about the stuff inside. it's all about george chance to discover the world from different perspectives. join us and inspired by distinctive instagram or years at g.w. stories new topics each week on instagram. she's long been a symbol of hope in syria. i try to help people as much a son does she stand for change. for the false facade of her husband's rule of terror thanks. thanks he believes in what the syrian regime is doing and believes and those who say. projection that that they are saving syria by smiled assad the beautiful face of the dictatorship starting october first on d w. to seventeen but he told incest bawn from september and he told her first. this is d w news live from delhi not going to buckle begins the tough task of building a government it's just five suffering historical losses

has not managed to follow a united refugee policy who may travel to germany and who not should germany maintain its openness or seal itself off the country has yet to answer these questions. so in which direction is germany heading with its migration policy i'm joined now in the studio by brian todd to man from the european movement germany as song from the german institute for international and security affairs gentlemen good morning to you thank you so much for joining us and we'll turn to the first question to you because we know that many people they put the rise of the far right a.f.p. down to chancellor angela merkel's handling of the refugee crisis that moment where she said we can do this the voice of the f.d.a. is about to get a whole lot louder isn't that it was very loud before it was election campaign and now we're getting into parliament and the good news is there would be a good government which would be pro european and try to contend with the migration process. and rafael you know the f.d.a. they have changed the tone of the political discourse in this country haven't t

but first germany's chancellor speaks out on north korea crisis days ahead of germany's general election on the americal said she disagrees with trump's military ultimatum to north korea as part of a d w exclusive interview merkel offered germany's help and negotiating a diplomatic solution yesterday trump told the un that the u.s. would destroy a north korea and inappropriate response as miracle take a listen. to a promise he is the only way to solve the north korea conflict according to the german chancellor in an exclusive interview with g w hunger merkel spoke out in favor of multilateral negotiations involving international partners such as china russia and the united states even if this conflict is far away from germany it's one that also affects us that's fine i'm prepared and says the foreign minister to assume responsibility here. we took part in negotiating the iran agreement which i think is good and better than having no agreement at all. it took many years but in the end it did limit iran's possibilities for nuclear armament them. from. addressing the u.s. president's threat

in germany every day but is that fact or fiction. well nowhere else in the world can boast more a proper form and says six thousand seven hundred ninety five year that's as many as those of russia austria italy france and the u.s. put together and if you count more than eighty opera houses with a year round schedule and a permanent and somber then germany has around as many opera houses as the entire rest of the world. as a matter of fact you have the choice of no less than eighteen are proper pharmacist each day in germany you're most likely to end up at verdi's la traviata it's clearly the country's most performed our projects the head of modes or its magic flute and that by the way we're no different from the rest of the world verdi is the most popular composer of. so no one can be when it comes to up from there's just one little flaw but it may be germany's undisputed opera capital but globally the city is only in third place behind moscow and vienna. but i guess we can live with that. what is the most successful german cultural

has to offer so in a sense there is a driver in germany a mainstream driver driver in germany to. create the german eyes to europe well i think you have to differentiate between the different styles of work to what you could call a german one to europe if you're thinking about better labor relations or training programs for workers i mean those are things that are part of the german economic model i mean that's that's very very different to a setting germany's political role and you'd have to try to make your judgment in the sense that the kaiser from the second. wanted to conquer europe but since it's a very very different story i want to focus on this issue of national identity identity because i think the wave. debated in articulated in germany somewhat different from the way this discussion folds out and some other countries i think germans tend to both merkel's supporters and marco's critics they tend to define who we. are in terms of the other in that case the migrants and do you see that as a moral historical phenomenon or is it situational sin simply because of the large i

made in germany. did a. good job of a few. doing linked to news from africa and the world your link to exceptional stories and discussions from the news of these eat our website do deputed comes to africa join us on facebook at g.w. for. digitization was meant to be one of chancellor angela merkel's campaign platforms she won the election and is busy building a coalition but digitalization hardly made a paper cybersecurity experts say germany's not even prepared for what's coming just one of the topics on made in germany and and beneficial. what mate of mine calls me fat cats i can't wait to show it is next line of fashion clothing is going digital smart three d. printed clothes that connect to the internet and even communicate with the washing machine is cloudy a lot about the other hooter with the next part in our series digital germany. address that lights up my limited wanted one she described the design in detail back in one thousand nine hundred fifty eight but it's taken this morning for technology to catch up. on fashi

this decision that germany has made germany has shown to be possible. sets an example that is important for countries too. but that example didn't go down well in southeastern europe where refugees weren't so welcome hungry sooner record a border fence to limit the influx while various balkan states fast tracked the new arrival straight through to austria and germany so much for the solidarity between european nations. the brief summer of exuberant welcome came to a sudden and. found herself accused of positively inviting refugees to. the charge that in some way caused or promoted the influx of refugees is absurd. for such a long time we ignored the thousands of people arriving on lampedusa. the thousands drowning in the mediterranean. the thousands living under terrible conditions in cali waiting to somehow make it to britain. soon a mood of fear and hostility had erupted in germany as well extremists set fire to refugee hostels and attacks german police officers and journalists. the anti immigrant anti muslim pitted a movement enjoyed renewed populari

the best germany ever. smugness so i think you're right i think that's debatable i think the problem is that as these polls suggest people are a little bit too comfortable and oftentimes just when you're most comfortable is when things started to head south and for years a lot of very very smart people columnists and others have been saying to germany you really need to go back and start doing further overhauls to the economy to to make the economy more competitive going forward for the future that hasn't happened in our view it feels a little bit like germany is running on the fumes of traders again two thousand and ten reforms and so the question is what kind of government can really push through you know maybe a little bit more aggressive type of restructuring that is going to be needed in areas like digitalisation. in areas like the eurozone in sort of you know restructuring the euro zone to avoid the kind of crises that we've seen in recent years and i think that is most likely maybe in a grand coaliti

polling so much stronger in eastern germany that in western germany the left party as well which is left over from the former communist party in eastern germany also doing much better in the east so it gives you an idea of how germans are voting regionally now voters have put the a.f.d. on tract under german parliament for the very first time that got thirteen percent of the votes based on our projected results and the party that lead candidates alexander gowland and vital have made headlines with provocative comments about migration and nationalism but many a lesser known members have also courted controversy here's your chance to me a few of them. thomas is a state prosecutor he's described refugees as invaders and called miracles open border policy a quote prelude to the extermination of the germans. that's of spunk and is from saxony and is on record as wanting to reestablish german borders along the one nine hundred thirty seven lines he's also been confirmed to have cooperated with the east german secret police the stasi to expunge story the deputy leader of the day she spread fake

west in germany. i think the cultural and and societal explanation that i have just delivered this anti-globalization anti elite feeling that is even more important in the west in the east this is you know far big problem that was explained again and again also by the communist past i mean twenty eight years ago the fall this was a communist country the wall came down twenty eight years before and in this time there are people lived here in quite close society they had no experience with people from other cultures that is one of the explanations but also political reasons many say that the politicians here didn't deal enough with the problem of rising xenophobia in the east and germany have probably on the phone the mark thank you so much. as you can imagine the outcome of germany said action has been watched keen on the world particularly by germany's european neighbors a lot more on that from our correspondent in brussels in just a second first let's hear what some people in the streets of paris hav

football made in germany. hash tag germany decides the election in germany a historic turning point big losses for the two main parties and a first for the far right angle in the uk it remains chancellor but forming a government won't be easy then what does the result for germany german elections the day after in the news on d w. even when she's in the limelight uncle america is never keen on taking center stage the german chancellor prefers to avoid the public displays of power enjoyed by many of her contemporaries but despite her reticence for more than a decade on going to merkel has been one of the most influential and powerful figures in germany and around the world. for years this has been the familiar image of uncle america a central figure among the world's leaders during her chancellorship germany consolidated its position as a leading car within europe like no other german politician machall has come to embody this new leadership grow one that is devoid of pomp and grand you. hers is an approach that

germany europe. and the rest of the world election twenty seventeen. germany has voted in to discuss the latest developments i'm joined here in the studio. five three astute observers of german politics beginning with venice ana. who was for many years with germany's a all de tv network of one of the best known correspondents reporting? german politics. bogen better. also with us is alan poznaba a regular columnist for the berlin based newspaper de bell tyler allan and will most into to dw's political corresponden. michela could snap richard i would like to begin with you web pitzer victory for angela merkel she has secured what is and historic fourth term in office. butter conservatives got the worst results since nineteen forty nine. would you say. yes well you have party won the elections but this was by no stretch of the imagination of victory. um c. will go down in history as. as hans of music minus two basically impose her own political browned on the cdu party. and it looks like her own party

germany has voted we answered your questions. asked d.-w. your questions about germany. and the medical care they were not a plan to. write to us on facebook will answer your questions. meet the germans new and surprising aspects of noise and culture in germany. us american get news up take a look at germany it is interesting news that their traditions everyday lives and language doesn't just come out of my life as i was so i'm young but it's just. like the french because i am much d.w. dot com the germans. d.w. true diversity. where the world of science is at home in many languages. on a lot of programming going there you know. now with us our innovations magazine for in. the us for every week and always looking to the future fund d w dot com science and research for asia. this is d.w. news live from berlin agel america wins a fourth term as germany's chancellor but support for the country's main political parties has shrunk as we've emerged as the strongest.

time do you think the world sees germany as a peacemaker now i think absolutely the world sees germany as a very important player on the international stage you probably remember some of the headlines after donald trump was elected saying america is now the leader of the free world so i think that germany has shown its willing to take more responsibility and certainly that was reiterated here by six and i think a lot of countries are looking for it to do so all right that is melinda crane chief political correspondent and alexander phenomena reporter on the scene in new york thanks to both of you for your thoughts. also at the u.n. general assembly president trump said he had signed an executive order that will allow tough new economic sanctions on north korea he made the announcement ahead of a meeting with the leaders of japan and south korea discuss the nuclear threat posed by pyongyang a new executive order will cut off sources of revenue that fund north korea's efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to human kind the order in hand says the treasury department's authorities

it and germany have been falling in these areas consistently. washington position position was voted against and the the rising force the winning force of your day actions is the be as you mentioned in the report he mentions or highlights the problem of immigrants. we remember well that the problem of immigrants in europe has been closed due to washington led interventions moocher interventions in iraq. and also . so i think that these. moves this election result will cause the reorientation in durham even more towards eurasia that is different relations with russia better relations with china more distance with the united states a more self-confident germany and of course that will also change turkish relations because if you for example the points out in its program work for a nation and sovereign germany then you need to have allies and turkey is one of these allies. you know monday turkey's foreign minister said the rancor is ready to quoting here two steps forward to normalize relations it takes just one step what steps should be to normali

until america remains germany's chancellor. her political career began in one thousand nine hundred nine when the berlin wall fell and unforeseen was to power fallen. from physicists to the most powerful woman in the world until america a fortress. in sixty minutes. stories that move people of the world over d w on facebook and twitter update and in touch . follow us. i. am really from a journey of somebody to look up was. the best in the world an international brand. a shared passion. f.c. byron munich to truly understand all need is three words. for. me as some young. men yes tell me your own secret you can't touch us are lying in the sun by an exclusive journey into the songs of my own munich. is a new york it's a kind of culture war we are who we are in accept us for what we are we're at family unbelievable. to me a son mia phenomenon starting october fifteenth on d w. i'm going to america gets a fourth term as chancellor but she is a wounded leader and she'll have to contend with the far right party in the new parliament r

or it will be more likely for germany need to pursue a relatively hard line. on issues like euro zone integration if there is a coalition with the liberals with the freedom of crowds because they have already voiced some very clear positions on exactly that issue. on the other hand if there is a grand coalition then there may be a softer line when it comes to euro zone integration and so here again i think this is an issue that's interesting enough it's also not not really being discussed the eurozone the european union broadly are basically absent from this from this debate and i think we will see a heated debate only after election day and when it comes to forming a coalition because the colors of the coalition will determine quite some of the course that germany is going to it's going to take on these european issues basically how do you think that's going to play out and how important considering all the issues and elements that we've discussed are these elections at at this time now for germany and particularly the e.u. . i think it comes at a really key

say in germany, buta campaign in the soup as we say in germany, but a campaign against iraq.e media is no longer objective. i don't find this description of the lying media wrong. —— but a campaign against us. the media should go back to the faces of theirjob and that is to report objectively. as you can see come on the roof of this cultures and i have beenjoined by ali, who is symbian, and simon, who was german. they will offer us some music. —— ali, who is syrian. as $0011 music. —— ali, who is syrian. as 50011 as music. —— ali, who is syrian. as soon as the polls shut and the exit polls come out i will have a special programme looking at those results live on the bbc news channel in the uk. for now, it is over to you, guys. sings in german. hurricane maria continues to exert its influence across the caribbean. 0n its influence across the caribbean. on wednesday the residents of puerto rico had to endure devastating, destructive winds and some life threatening flooding as the category four hurricane ripped through the heart of the island. i would like to illustrate the poin

who is the new macron in germany?e only have angela merkel for the time being. >> you know which name, but you're not going to mention it. >> the populists are fighting against each other and there's the rumor that the party will split into. it's not as organized. >> about to draw on your encyclopedic knowledge, we have a four term chancellor. there have been two that have gone before. what can you tell us about what clues that might give us about how this will pan out? >> germans were tired of helmut kohl. that's why he lost the elections and eventually because it's a novel process that will eventually happen to angela merkel. soon, but whether she will be in office four years from now, i don't know. knonow but it could happen to her like it happened to helmut kohl. it's always very complex for a politician to find a way out. >> my theories that angela merkel has looked at both of them and concluded that they failed in two ways. they did not allow a successor to emerge, and i think she will in this term decide to all

does not belong in germany.ible with dutch culture. this is resonating with a significant mile north. joining me live here in berlin is the us ambassador to germany from 1997-2001. thank the us ambassador to germany from 1997—2001. thank you for your time. nice to be here. what did you make of that? actually the polls the last couple of days more or less predicted this so i wasn't surprised. i'm not happy obviously, i don't like to see right—wing being so strong, but the fact is for the other parties, it's more or less what everybody was expecting. you say it's in line with the polls. angela merkel‘s numbers are down. in fa ct before angela merkel‘s numbers are down. in fact before we continue talking, let's go to the afd headquarters because one of their most significant figures is talking now. let's listen in. parliamentary let's listen in. ... parliamentary politics let's listen in. parliamentary politics and to also make sure that we are able to act, that we have a politics or a style of politics that is agi

on germany said d f t.v. network under political correspondent keira t w challenge says time is showing up for the grand coalition germany is ready for jamaica. and i must say to our viewers if you're a little bit confused about germany and then we'll be exploited will be revealing all very very shortly do bear with us but i'd like to go to charlotte first charlotte potts you've been observing the election campaign very closely just days to go now what are your impressions where is germany at this point in time well it's a very good question you know if you look at the polls and germany has never been better off the people have never been happy around eighty ninety percent of the people are in a very good place economically so we're well off yes if you have observed the town halls so where machall and shields and main leading candidates have have appeared there's a lot of frustration and anger though that you know it is amongst the electorate especially amongst east germans a lot of frustration against the es

front runners in germany's upcoming parliamentary elections. are now looking forward to the constant. test that germany decides. the candidates september twenty first. this is day eight of the news live from berlin with germany's general elections happening on sunday d.w. sits down with. the german chancellor discusses a range of foreign and domestic policy issues including her feelings about the north korea crisis and donald trump's aggressive speech on the issue of the united nations yesterday also on the program. teams of rescue workers search for survivors in mexico after the second powerful earthquake to strike the country in as many weeks the death toll has been rising quickly and now stands at more than two hundred. i feel gail welcome to the program so out of sunday's general elections here in germany had been speaking with a chance and i'm going to she's excuse expected to comfortably win a fourth term polls give her conservative c.d.u. party a double digit lead over the nearest challengers the social democrats in her exclusive intervi

we begin the day with a germany transformed americal made history today a fourth term is germany's chancellor is hers to have but it will not be business as usual mrs merkel is now a weaker leader and whatever new government she constructs it is guaranteed to come with pitfalls that merkel has never had to master before in a world that has seen seismic shifts from washington to london to paris in berlin merkel's reelection should mean stability but it will not for the first time in sixty years. a far right party the a.f.d. will be a part of the german parliament today the a if these top candidate warned his party plans to quote hunt down chance america even if possible have her arrested for her refugee policy and with that the politics of conflict moves into a parliament that is known around the world for its consensus compromise and dare we say boring brand of legislative what can the world expect from this transformed germany what would the world like for mongol america where earlier tonight here in berlin she hinted that for now hanging on is enough. not all of these one wants the good let

this decision that germany has made germany has shown to be possible. sets an example of that is important for al countries too. but that example didn't go down so while in southeastern europe where refugees once i welcomed hungary soon erected a border fence to limit the influx while various balkan states fast tracked the new arrival straight through to austria and germany. so much for the solidarity between european nations the brief summer of exuberant welcome came to a sudden and in the meanwhile merkel found herself accused of positively inviting refugees to come. for. the charge that in some way caused or promoted the influx of refugees is absurd. for such a long time we ignored the thousands of people arriving on lampedusa. the thousands drowning in the mediterranean. the thousands living under terrible conditions in cali waiting to somehow make it to britain. soon a mood of fear and hostility had erupted in germany as well extremists set fire to refugee hostels and attacked german police officers and journalists the anti immigrant anti muslim pi

germany decides the election in germany historic turning point big losses for the two main parties. for the far right angle america remains chancellor but forming a government will be easy. what is the result for germany german elections the day after in the news on t.w. . alone a very warm welcome indeed to this special edition of quadriga coming to you from the heart of berlin where heads are still spinning after sunday's election outcome angle americal secured a fourth term in office as chancellor but who will be joining her in government will only become clear in the days or more likely the weeks that lie ahead the chancellor social democratic rival martin schultz failed to convince enough voters that he should get the job and save the s.p.d. will now lead the opposition but for many the clear winners in this election are the third placed alternative for germany the far right a.f.d. who have made it into the bundestag for the very first time so today on quadriga we're examining the election results here in germany and their significance for germany europe and the rest of the wor

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next time i'm made in germany i see that. entered the conflict zone fronting the powerful. this week conflict zone is in berlin and my guess is john a politician on the list he is a member of the european parliament and the social democrats who have just stopped but this time the new defeat you know that the votes are counted was germany had it . in thirty minutes d.w. . yeah i'll do my story and i think one day this war will be considered a cruel and unjust war but he will solution certainly all citizens will crain every man woman and child is she not the only friend their homeland is the enemy invades . no one wants russia here don't need to nuke which is a. rebel against a mighty global news that matters. d.w. made for mines. she's long been a symbol of hope in syria trying to help people. assad does she stand for change for the false facade of her husband's rule of terror. she believes in what projection that that they are saving syria. the beautiful face of the dictatorship starting october first on d w. this is d.w. news live from iraq faces a possible break up as nin

germany. and it gammon the woman with the red ponytail considers macko an enemy she wants to throw are out of office. he's done nothing for germans just foreign else does and says he. does a stronghold of the wrecked wing populist a.f.d. party. many local residents don't like the chance there or her government and they make that clear when she arrives for her speech yeah yeah yeah that's right those exists in many refugees came to germany in twenty fifteen or money there was a humanitarian emergency of the first thing it's was to comes to. this nation the in the. in this just enough i would like to thank all the local politicians it's a gun to the gun to the churches and n.g.o.s and associations for all they did to help people get justice you know under men's suits on. the crowd reaction is mixed some obviously disagree with the chancellor. many of the refugees are following the election campaign closely. but on and off shon his friends arrived from afghanistan in two thousand and fifteen. and

the former communist east germany and on the other side the form a west germany to form a. west germany that was in the western block these countries unified in nine hundred ninety when east germany basically collapsed and the problem there is this question of east germany simply in the sense ceased to exist and the people there have the feeling that. they were not really respect to the. and she knew not to be respected that in fact they were in some sense taken over by the west and that nobody really looked to their particular needs and that they are still being in some sense ignored by mainstream politics in germany and that goes especially this protest vote then against the established parties against the christian democratic union in against our going to marcus conservatives and also against the social democrats so there is this feeding of even more than a generation twenty five years later they still this feeling very widespread in that region of in some sense not really being taken account of that's part of the reason for this protest in the strength of this protest v

your questions about germany but it's canada medicare is good they want to. write to us on facebook we'll answer your questions. this is the w. news live from berlin germany prepares for an election that could change the country's political landscape chancellor angela merkel is still leading in the polls in the run up to sunday's vote but the far right alternative for germany party looks on course to enter parliament what does this mean for germany we'll have special coverage also coming up. puerto rico's emergency deepens in the wake of hurricane maria there's not enough you clean water or electricity and now thousands are evacuating from near failing dam. a stunning bundesliga result at byron munich underdogs wolfsburg surprise the champions. hello and welcome i'm michel henry it's good to have you with us. with curan set to vote on sunday the leading candidates for the post the chancellor have been making their case to voters on the other merkel and her challenger martin short both held election rallies on friday the latest polls give merkel's christian de

what do you want to know about germany's general election. ask d.w. your questions about germany. and america. and. write to us on facebook we'll answer your questions. today i'm speaking with director general about the media democracy and the man himself limburg welcome to the interview thank you mr. great to have you with us my name is thomas upon mr lemberg you have a special relationship to germany because you didn't grow up here. your father was a diplomat who worked in paris. and brussels what would you say is typically german . definitely the great german cuisine which you can always look forward to. and then the fact that people abroad always associate us with punctuality propriety trustworthiness. maybe not very much for a country like germany and. i think in germany there is a sentiment expressed by the word. which doesn't exist anywhere else i think that is very true that you can describe this feeling where you come from. to put a negative spin on it but there's something of an inclination towards political romanticism which doesn't exist in other countries. overall i t

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with germany and west germany, the communist government plays a major role.t. the federal state has gained more than 30%. i think that in east germany, you don't have many foreigners or germans with foreign origin living there. you don't see many refugees. there is a strong anti—refugee sentiment. many analysts have said that if angela merkel did well in the election, china would be a major focus, notjust the eu but fundamentally developing better relations with china. do you think she will be able to be as ambitious with her foreign policy given this disappointing result? i think she will be ambitious and will probably join a coalition with liberals and the greens. they are both very keen on foreign policy. they are very pro—china, especially the liberal party. i think that will give her some backing. also for the eu, it is probably a good sign. both parties, both minor parties back the eu. when you looked at the liberal party tonight, when they saw their results, more than io%, they raised two european flags and cheered for europe. i think this will be toug

germany can do better. polls in germany open on september twenty fourth what do germans want for their country. what do the different parties stand for. and which party will come out on top. of your expertise germany's bundestag election two thousand and seventeen. germany besides german bundestag election two thousand and seventeen on d w. i'm going back and let michael has been gen when johnson of a twelve years and is running for office for the full time was mad away delighted to have the chance to speak to you here at the johnson i mean and in the german capital expense i can go i'm pleased to welcome going to hello madam chancellor magnifies the guns of almost the entire world knows your face and your name in these uncertain times of terror and war and collapsing alliances how many people are afraid of the future and place great expectations in you. people often ask us what you are actually afraid of. i don't think fear is a good adviser we must face our challenges head on and we face huge tasks then w