think of helmut kohl and mitterande. or even the reunification of germany. hollande has a reputation of being a very solid, courteous, defendable politician. if elected president, chancellor merkel will have to make some concessions to him. she would do that for the sake of franco-german friendship, the motor of the project. it is possible, of course, that after elections that she might, as a result of this cannot be able to continue her present coalition and may have to form one with the social democrats. many analysts in germany think that is exactly what she would like to do. >> john, thank you very much, as always. >> the stars of the big screen are in berlin for the german film awards. >> 2000 guests came to see and be seen at the gaullists' ceremony. -- gala ceremony. >> michael bauhause received an award and he has been nominated for three awards. it brings with it a cash prize totaling nearly 3 million euro. that is not bad. who were the big winners of the german film awards? the ceremony is underway right now and after the break, we will go live to