i also believe that in terms of fundamental approach it works with these three parties but the left party sometimes has internal divisions as in all parties the christian democrats to. oh yeah. in my view this is the option that needs working on this i also believe it best represents a europe of solidarity. once again it's clear that our conservatives have no intention of responding to my call. but the s.p.d. leadership is reluctant to commit to the left party as the conservatives would accuse them of aligning themselves with former communists. they were too intimidated looking back on my second nomination it's clear the theist p.t. leadership under fundamental fairing was too wary. i was nominated by a majority formed by the s.p.d. for the left and the green party and should have been elected by them too. it's a shame the problems are elsewhere today not who the old communists are. we have globalization problems we have poverty and climate change we have a constructive approach to the refugee question. you're saying it's time. these are all quite different problems we can't get caught up

left party until the congress would vote somebody new and and so it's interesting when he says that he now ruled out any coalition with a populist party in italy and basically thereby rules out a coalition which experts told me is the most likely would have been the most likely scenario with the five star movement for instance so it just adds to the complicated situation of a hung parliament and though we'll have to wait and see what kind of horse trading the next couple of days will bring. and there was there reporting from rome here is a reminder the top story we're following for you israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has met with u.s. president. seems to reaffirm their friendship to the possibility they could. see you get. the whole d w one. fourteen focus global insights the news our local heroes. d.w. made for mines.

the national front in france has very cautiously gone after voters who used to vote for the far left parties. the communist party in france was a significant and powerful force for decades. they've diminished and almost disappeared and a lot of the voters haven't gone to other left-wing parties. they've gone to the far right and she said i will protect your welfare state and excellent health care and child care, i will protect the working class and then the voters that used to work for the left are not hearing that from anyone else, they look at the socialist party and they are not talking about the working class and their interest anymore. this is what he is to get from the far left parties and they don't give it to us anymore. it's been very effective and very conscious strategy. it's where there've been huge refugee camps and she said i won 45% there in the regional election and then a year later she won 52% and that was an area that used to go easy% for the communist party. and it is by going after those voters. >> host: what was it like to interview her, what were your thoughts? >> gues

head of the national front in france, has consciously gone after voters who used to vote for far left parties. the communist party was a powerful force in french politics for decades but they have diminished and almost disappeared and a lot of those voters have not gone to other left-wing parties the way you might expect, they have gone for le pen and the way she has done it is said i will protect your welfare state, i will protect your excellent healthcare and childcare the french people have, all these things the communist party used to stand for, i will protect the working class, she told them. voters who used to vote for the far left are not hearing that from anyone else, they look at the socialist party and they are not talking about the working class and they look at le pen, she stands for us, this is what we used to get from the far left party and they don't give it to us anymore so we will vote for marine le pen. it has been effective and a conscious strategy. i talked to her about this and she pointed to the north of france in calais where the tunnel to the uk start and there have be

parties. another outcome is a left—wing coalition, the democratic party combining with the pro—european party d equal, so far refusing the idea of a coalition with matteo renzi. they could be a german style grand coalition between centre—left and centre—right. it is all very uncertain. in guatemala various local initiatives are underway to reduce plastic pollution in the country. a study has reported that guatemalans use one billion plastic bags per month. virginia langeberg has the story. francisco is doing what he can to try to turn around guatemala's plastic pollution problem. using mayan fabric to make reusable cotton bags and weave a new way forward for local communities. it's lengthy work, all done by hand. but for francisco, and for the bigger picture, the payoff is worth it. translation: when we work the land, we find plastic bags covering the seeds, and the seeds do not grow. it's a disaster. it is difficult to quantify the scale of the problem but one local university study reported that guatemalans were using 1 billion plastic bags monthly. we are being very moderate with our number

from germany's the left party welcome to r.t. international thanks for joining us in red square of first of all just generally what was your impression of the way the voting process was handled the election yesterday. the elections here in moscow and southern part of moscow. that's a twelve voting station and my overall impression was quite positive there was no systematic no fraud of up thing like this. and we were. both in every polling station so what i can say from my observations this was positive and this was a drug or a mood among the other election observers here in moscow so i would say and this was the result a bit of the coming together of the international of election observers we were robbed hundred for with the. that. procedure yesterday was all in all better than the average of. ten or surveys of what was the right because there have been criticisms that have been some cases of fraud that have been uncovered and they've been dealt with and addressed you were one of an army almost of observers of the election this t

point that has to be reckoned with is, we have seen a decline long-term of support for moderate left partiesial democrats in various forms. that takes the form in britain you have a labour party that is going much further left and take the form in germany, part of the problem and getting the decision that the voters and membership of the social democrats has gone way down. it takes the form in italy that the automakers, for example, that have to worry about it. in the last hour is when a lot of the action has been in recent days. you deserve to get home. taylor there, mark. mark: great job. , premiums spiking on the prospect of higher import costs. more on that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> time for our global battle. we take a look at some of the most compelling end telling charts of the day and what they mean for investors. you can access these on the bloomberg i running the function future at the bottom of your screen. kicking things off today -- it's unusual. vonnie quinn, what's going on? vonnie: i kept it very simple today, one line chart, betting on tariffs. aluminum premiums spiking

where this this question of credibility comes and that's why i think it's difficult for the center left parties to copy that strategy because they don't have the same credibility if if say the s.p.d. were to come out and say well we want to and act really strict rules on on asylum and immigration they would have the credibility because for the past seventy years they've been preaching something else and i think you've seen that for example in italy where there is this election this weekend matteo renzi was also sort of hailed as this michael like figure very popular young guy was going to reform everything and make everything better and they're probably going to get around twenty percent on sunday so it's not just the personality there are other factors there that really are important to do is it is it possible that things german politics that could be somebody like ian spawn the angry young man of conservative politics good looks at how sebastián course has been doing things and think that's that's one way to go or is that in conceit. bill in german politics no no i mean as britain look at jer

party. all problems regarded by jeremy says he has now left the party.ed byjeremy corbyn. another story about labour party problems not coping with anti— set —— anti—semitism. this has been a running theme with the labour party for so long. the allegation is he has failed to address it adequately. i know he has apologised but many people ‘s —— people say it is too late. that is leading on the observer. i think they have it all to themselves. i haven't seen it anywhere else. they have obviously spoken to david gerard himself. i thought he was a supporter and a donor in tony blair's time, but actually, he did give half £1 million to the labour party in 2014 when ed miliband was the leader. he isa when ed miliband was the leader. he is a recent labour party supporter and he feels he can't be a member anymore. you expect to see more names added to that list? yes, especially if you look at the other headlines in the papers. this anti—semitism row is rumbling on an jeremy corbyn, he gave that big interview tojewish news, a long interview tojewish news, a long

so-called titan group committed five bombing attacks their targets included the car of a local left party politician and two refugee shelters it's only by chance that no one was killed the state prosecutor said the verdict was fitting. we're hard on the clock we brought charges of membership in and leadership a terrorist organization for the court some of these attacks as cases of attempted murder as did we so we feel validated local prosecutors and saxony wanted this case to be handled by the local juvenile court but the federal prosecutor's intervention confirmed the investigation as a terrorist lated case it sets a precedent that xenophobic crimes will be severely punished. when else ethiopia and its film industry now those in the know say that the industry in the country is known may sleep mostly for producing or mantic comedies but that's not all that the countries you're makers have to offer a what if you got a spot in the blue you know iowa cademy where they learn how to produce films for the big screen on a shoestring budget take a look. a film screening at the blue nile economy i

of life and this is one of them the left wing coalition of the social democrats greens and the left party that runs in city government are accusing those on the right wing of politics at the overly prudish and unwilling to discuss the issue. after their attempt to scandalize the handouts from section on gender diversity for teachers didn't work the c.d.u. would prefer not to talk about the issue there's very little chance of the early in city government repealing this booklet however discussions sex and sexuality and talking about it in kindergarten are set to continue in fact there's a petition going round the house already almost fifty thousand signatures from those who want to see this particular booklet stopped peter all of. our still to come on the program hear what r.t. the russian president is going to give his annual federal assembly address today details with. after the break. it's. manufactured consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is to protect themselves. with the flaming. lips. we can all middle of the room see. the war hawks sell you on the idea that dropping bombs

coalition of the social democrats greens and the left party that runs city government are accusing those on the right wing of politics really prudish and unwilling to discuss the issue. after their attempt to scandalize the handouts on sexual and gender diversity for teachers didn't work the c.d.u. would prefer not to talk about the issue there's very little chance of the early in city government repealing this booklet however discussions sex and sexuality and talking about it in kindergarten are set to continue in fact there's a petition going round that has already almost fifty thousand signatures from those who want to see this particular booklet stopped peter all of a. president vladimir putin will today. give his annual address to the russian parliament and other members of russia's political elite from tackling poverty to foreign policy his speech will set out a road map for policymakers and ultimately outlined the nation's priorities are let's go live now to central moscow. standing by your stones throw away from the new venue for this year's address.

said he was frustrated by attempts to undermine his government's infrastructure projects is center left party trails and polls ahead of an election expected in june. in brazil unidentified attackers have shot and killed a leftist member of rio de janeiro city council mario franco and her driver were in a car when men in another vehicle opened fire franco is an expert on police violence and known for her social work in rio slums well the united nations has released a study ranking the world's countries by happiness and surprise surprise the nordic countries dominate that list once again finland came in first as the world's happiest nation up from fifth place last time around a study looks at factors like life expectancy income social support and corruption the fens top neighbors norway and denmark who are also in the list top five germany was fifteenth on the list of one hundred fifty six countries in last place burundi . and we're joined now by the co-author of that report the us economist jeffrey de sacs thanks for being with us this morning jeffrey jeffrey what makes people happy . people a

left party until the congress would vote somebody new and and so it's interesting when he says that he now ruled out any coalition with a populist party in italy and basically thereby rules out a coalition which experts told me is the most likely would have been the most likely scenario with the five star movement for instance so it just adds to the complicated situation of a hung parliament and though we'll have to wait and see what kind of horse trading the next couple of days will bring our game of mosses there reporting from row. to syria now and a relief convoy has crossed into eastern guta outside of damascus it's the first aid brought to the region since government forces stepped up their bombardment two weeks ago but officials from the world health organization say syrian authorities stripped their convoy of crucial medical supplies before allowing it to pass through thousands of syrians many of them injured remain trapped in goot. five. after weeks of waiting a glimmer of hope for the sick and wounded of eastern. dozens of aid trucks have been clear to cross but the united nat

the governing party's coalition, the centre—left coalition is trailing. s been com pletely u ntested election system, it's been completely untested which makes everything even more unpredictable because it's a hybrid first past the post and proportional representation system so italy has been a difficult thing to predict. final thoughts, you have found this, this has been interesting in all sorts of ways, this election. absolutely interesting and scary of course but this is italy. either of you remember but our first republic and the first governments were like this. we have a real proportional electoral law and we are changing governments all the time but actually it was tabled, italy was tabled. i know outside italy people don't quite understand that. i don't know, times are made like this. i also respect a lot people who voted for five star movement, i did not because i don't think they are right for government but i respect them because it means actual politicians failed and especially matteo renzi, he isa failed and especially matteo renzi, he is a bi

of life and this is one of them the left wing coalition of the social democrats greens and the left party that runs in city government are accusing those on the right wing of politics at the really prudish and unwilling to discuss the issue. after their attempt to scandalize the handouts on sexual and gender diversity for teachers didn't work the c.d.u. would prefer not to talk about the issue there's very little chance of the early in city government repealing this booklet however discussions sex and sexuality and talking about it in kindergarten are set to continue in fact there's a petition going round the house already almost fifty thousand signatures from those who want to see this particular booklet stopped peter all of a. germany's dark nazi past still troubles the country though less in some parts apparently one small village near frankfurt has been thrust into the spotlight after decided to. retain a nazi symbol. i think. couple of people don't like. having the feeling to know that there's a cloth with. a story like this. and this bell has been here for some time and now someone

of life and this is one of them the left wing coalition of the social democrats greens and the left party that runs in city government are accusing those on the right wing of politics at the overly prudish and unwilling to discuss the issue. after their attempt to scandalize the handouts on sexual and gender diversity for teachers didn't work the c.d.u. would prefer not to talk about the issue there's very little chance of the early in city government repealing this booklet however discussions sex and sexuality and talking about it in kindergarten are set to continue in fact there's a petition going round that has already almost fifty thousand signatures from voters who want to see this particular booklet stopped peter all of a. and still to come on the program here on r t the russian president going to give his annual federal assembly addressed in a short while more on that after the break. join me every first week on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. if anyone thinks that for the sake of joining

because turkey is in nato as a member of nato and other political pressure from the greens from the left party from the public i think is likely to increase this new german government that we've just got is going to face a lot of pressure on that issue was all these parts in motion right now with the conflicts in syria and what's going on in turkey in also in yemen just briefly hons were what is the current status within the government regarding arms exports are they reviewing this are things on hold or is everything going forward they are reviewing it they have said that they will not specifically not explode any more new weapons to countries participating in the conflict in yemen so there is some sort of movement there but you have to say it's small ok thank you so much both of you has been from our political desk and course monica from d.w. business. now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today u.s. president donald trump has said american forces should be coming out of syria quote very soon speaking to industrial workers in the state of ohio trump lam

so-called titan group committed five bombing attacks their targets included the car of a local left party politician and two refugee shelters it's only by chance that no one was killed the state prosecutor said the verdict was fitting. if you hop on your clock we brought charges of membership in and leadership a terrorist organization for the court saw these attacks as cases of attempted murder as did we so we feel validated local prosecutors in saxony wanted this case to be handled by the local juvenile court but the federal prosecutor's intervention confirmed the investigation as a terrorist lated case it sets a precedent that xenophobic crimes will be severely punished. when germany is extending six overseas military missions including its longstanding deployment in afghanistan they won this fair contingent there will be bolstered by an extra three hundred twenty three twenty troops taking the total number to thirteen hundred germany is also involved in mali where they're training local troops to face islamised insurgents. it takes enormous patients for these mali and soldiers to comb

database that the head of the national front in france has gone after voters who used to vote for far left parties so it was a significant and powerful force for decades. they have diminished and almost disappeared into a lot of those voters haven't gone to others like you might expect. i will protect your welfare state and your healthcare and childcare and when voters who used to vote for the far left are not hearing that from anyone else they look at the socialist party and they are not talking about the working class into their interest anymore. it's been very effective and also a conscious strategy. i talked about this when i interviewed her she pointed to the north of france which is where the trouble starts and the refugee camps tried to get in and she said i was 45% in the regional and then a year later after i talked to her she planted 52% and that was an area that used to go 80% said sh so s made real inroads and going after those voters. i think she is smart and a masterful political strategist. i think that her ideas are dangerous and if she came to power she would take france in a very

connecting the issue with other demands such as an increase in military spending the post communist left party calls this blackmail and says the answer is for germany to reduce its dependency on exports the sooner we move to balance trade the sooner we would refuse this complaint is in conflict and want us to get a show with chris harrington is coming up after the break with all of this weekend's goals could i be live six spring a shock and be fine unit for the first time ever well why don't you stay tuned because that's coming up in just one minute. this indeed of you new year's live from berlin i'm thankful for watching. starting out with some junk and instructions from a book. at the age of fourteen william coming to dream. from oh we wanted to build a wind turbine to provide his village with electricity. i want to go in.

connecting the issue with other demands such as an increase in military spending the post communist left party calls this blackmail and says the answer is for germany to reduce its dependency on exports the sooner we move to balance trade the sooner we would if you use this complaint in conflict. i'm going to sleep a show with chris harrington is coming up after the break with all of this weekend's golds could all be live sing spring a shock and be fine unit for the first time ever oh well why don't you stay tuned because that's coming up in just one minute. this is live from berlin i'm mining thank you for watching. earth a home for saving google into those tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like to use them protect the climate and boost green energy solutions to inspire people to take action global ideas on. the freedom of expression. a value that always has to be defended and new. all over the world.

we have the left party the former communist p.d.s. they'll be looking for a left wing type of populism with a very very popular leader that they have as well. well that's their own i mean if the now is strong the opposition party whether we like that or not i mean they're reapers and about thirteen percent of the vote us which is not big time but it's remarkable success no daughter of yours in five years of existence of this for you know of course i mean and they have strong representation in and local governments and state governments. and state polman is actually. nowhere in the government yet we have to stress that and i don't see. a time soon but you never know on the state level just we don't know but anyway they they will be and this that we will we will. you know will hunt them will hunt them as i think out on the party leader who will hunt them exactly this is what they said and this is what all of this see their old to the os the tough questions which in a way is good in a democracy to a degree i mean they are very populist an

connecting the issue with other demands such as an increase in military spending the post communist left party calls this blackmail and says the answer is for germany to reduce its dependency on exports. well now in the bundesliga on sunday leipzig came from behind to record a first ever win over runaway leaders by the neck it was bias first defeat in one thousand matches in chips leipsic firmly in the hunt for one of the league's four champions league places for the start of this match was more notable for he was on the bench rather than the pitch top scorer robert levin one of six rescued by brian palmer possibly that's a left out his captain in sense a back really open among another six others who might see coach may have been ruling that decision early on the home fans all at sea sundry wagner was the happy recipient. at the other end only heroics from thread right in the acrobatic meekness sooner we keeping brian ahead it was only a matter of time until right sick breakthrough advocates blocked once not twice. the house with the momentum after a frantic fast. i may crestone in the second

head of the national front has very cautiously gone after voters who choose to vote for the far left party. it was a significant and powerful force in the decades and they have diminished and almost disappeared now. i would protect the working that, and when the voters used to vote for the far left are not hearing that from anyone else, they look at the socialist party andty they are not talking about the working class and their interest. they say okay she stands for us. this is what we used to get from the party and they don't give it to us anymore so we are going ti vote for marie and it is a conscious strategy i talked about this when i interviewed her and she pointed to the north of france which is where the time all-star's and there've been in camp as if the huge she said ips and want 45% fare in the regional election in a year later after i talked to her she had 52% and that is an area that used to go easy% for the communist party. >> host: what was it like to interview her what were your thoughts? >> guest: she's incredibly smart and a masterful political strategist.rf i think that

but they are not the only center-left party in europe facing an uncertain future. rance's socialists were practically wiped out in last year's parliamentary elections. despite being in power during the previous government, the party eked out less than 6 % of the vote. our reporter met with a young socialist in lille who believes he knows where the party's problems lie and is determined to help resolve them. >> lille in northern france has traditionally been a stronghold for france's socialist party. mehdi chalah grew up here. he shows us around the suburb of wattrelos, where his parents still live. like many older residents here, they came from algeria. his mother is a cleaning lady, his father a factory worker. chalah became interested in politics when he was just 15. >> one of my first political acts was to tear down a poster featuring former president nicolas sarkozy. i detested sarkozy. he'd called people here trash that needed to be swept away. so i tore it down. >> he's always opposed making concessions to the conservatives. that goes for his fellow left-winge

the national front in france has very cautiously gone after voters who used to vote for the far left parties. the communist party in france was a significant and powerful force for decades. they've diminished and almost disappeared and a lot of the voters haven't gone to other left-wing parties. they've gone to the far right and she said i will protect your welfare state and excellent health care and child care, i will protect the working class and then the voters that used to work for the left are not hearing that from anyone else, they look at the socialist party and they are not talking about the working class and their interest anymore. this is what he is to get from the far left parties and they don't give it to us anymore. it's been very effective and very conscious strategy. it's where there've been huge refugee camps and she said i won 45% there in the regional election and then a year later she won 52% and that was an area that used to go easy% for the communist party. and it is by going after those voters. >> host: what was it like to interview her, what were your thoughts? >> gues

the other centre—left party free and equal have refuse the idea ofa free and equal have refuse the ideafor that there could be a german star grand coalition between centre—left and centre right foot of it is all very uncertain. —— a german style coalition between ce ntre—left a german style coalition between centre—left and centre right. that was an explanation of the background to the election. let's get the latest now. katya has been following the build—up to today's vote. in polling stations across italy today there was a sense of uncertainty. voters

parties. former prime minister got the lion share. we asked him what was next for italy and the central's -- centrist left's democratic party. >> he said he would not withdraw immediately. we can't expect him to remain in the position as a leader of the centrist left the party until congress would vote somebody new and. it is interesting. when they go out any coalition with a populist parties. experts have told me this is the most likely or would have been the most likely scenario with the five-star movement. it adds to the complicated situation of a hung parliament and we will have to wait and see what the next couple of days will bring. >> reporting from wrong. -- rome. brent: a relief convoy has crossed into damascus. this is the first aide brought to the region. officials from the world health organization say syrian authorities stripped of their convoy of crucial medical supplies before allowing it to pass through. thousands of syrians, many of them injured remained trapped. >> a glimmer of hope for the sick and wounded. dozens of aid trucks have been clear to cross but the united nations says syrian authorities have seized crucia

the green party is really annoyed about you know weapons being sold to turkey and of course the left party the opposition if parties been furious about weapons being sold to saudi arabia yes indeed and as i said in fact the new coalition government has agreed not to send any more new weapons new contracts to parties or to countries involved in the human conflict there's also quite a big controversy about the northern turkey about weapons german weapons going to turkey which is used as weapons in northern syria. against international law there again you have to say well turkey is a nato member and there are in fact on the restrictions of exports to turkey to a nato member it's a very very controversial situation and heated political debate and controversial and complex so briefly how do you see this heading well i think the discussion will continue especially on turkey especially on yemen the pressure on the new government is there and i suspect that the government will try to restrict exports to those conflicts right on spawn from a political disk and a money giving us a business perspecti

the former plymouth‘s centre—left party are being slightly less well in the polls. on cars from europe. we arejoined by our business correspondent. what will this mean for british manufacturers? let's start by saying this is a tweet, not us corporate policy or legislation. this is a tweet from a president who likes to tweet. but if you were to impose taxes on european ca i’s you were to impose taxes on european cars being sold in the us it would have a huge impact because huge numbers of german especially in british cars are sold in the north american continent. bmw and mercedes are huge brands, volkswagen are huge brand, that they have factories in north america, bmw mercedes and vw. well as jaguar land rover and most of their cars here in the uk and export them to the us. they are also premium products which mean they would proportionally be paying more money if tax was slapped on it. i had a look at the stats and jaguar land rover sold 114 —— sold 114,000 ca i’s land rover sold 114 —— sold 114,000 cars in the us last year, seven to 4000 word land rover, bigger ve

finally get her grand coalition of proof a new poll shows the country does not back the center left party she's trying to govern with. and the story is all the time women falls for fish fish balls for women but will the shape of water convince the judges at this year's oscars take a look at the perky romance and the other contenders for best picture. plus a british prime minister tourism a is laying out her vision for braggs it will tell you more about her highly anticipated speech those stories more coming up in the next thirty minutes. to. russia votes be counted. if you doubt that this man will win again. the opposition remains weak and oppressed. the main opposition figure alexei noni has been barred from the election. the film depicting what's left of the democratic process in russia today. the russian opposition. from the front. lines who find his want to stop bombers to become farmers or engineers every one of them as a plan for you to. say nothing is the children who have always been this way and that's you and those that will follow are part of a new home syrus. they could be the

europe's disappearing socialists tonight italy's material renzi resigned as head of the center left p.d. party after dismal results in yesterday's national election the year were crisis and the unprecedented influx of migrants into europe have left many voters feeling abandoned by social democratic parties those parties who rebuilt europe and led governments for much of the last seventy years now across the continent voters have been migrating to the right last spring dutch voters gave the far right p.v. party of garrett builders thirteen percent in the national election the next test of the ballot box was in france there the socialists were humiliated in my will by crawl on the candidate without a party became president and marie le pen's far right national front came in with just a little over thirteen percent last september voters right here in germany went to the ballot box and all mainstream parties lost support the weakest result ever for the s.p.d. the social democrats the far right alternative for germany the a.f.d. came in just shy of thirteen percent they are now the largest oppositi

reporter: the so-called freital group had targets including the car of a local left party t politicianndwo -- party politician and two refugee shelters. it was only by chance no one was killed. >> the court saw these attacks as cases of attempted murder, as did we. so we feel validated. reporter: local prosecutors in saxony one of handled by the local juvenile court, but they confirmed the investigation as a terror-related case. it set a precedence -- precedent that xenophobic crimes will not be tolerated. brent: -- >> brexit was never going to be smooth sailing, but now the president of the european council put out the strongest warning yet against british cherry picking. donald tusk saying brexit will make trade with the u.k. more complicated and costly. reporter: donald tusk does not support -- the president of the european council was all smiles as he presented a draft of tough guidelines for future economic relations with britain. he emphasized trade will only be more complicated and costly after brexit. >> i fully understand and respect theresa may's political objective to demons

a party divided in with out a clear message democrats face a fundamental dilemma move to the left and reach out to the grassroots and in the process alienated donor base. continue business as usual the democrats fired up losing. welcome back well sorties in berlin have circulated a brochure among kindergarten stuff that focuses on transgender identity and same sex marriage the booklets designed to help teachers explain the sensitive topics to children has sparked controversy over the reports. and is a city famed for its liberal i think the troops to sex and sexuality. but conservatives in the german capital are upset at a new guide for kindergarten teachers that they say goes into too much detail. it is aimed at kids that are too young the idea is to give educators the information they need to be sensitive to children coming from non-binary families say children that have same sex parents or transgender parents it doesn't have the most catchy of names but what it has done is certainly ruffle some feathers among those in angela merkel's c.d.u. party children should be allowed to be chi

life and this is just one of them the left wing coalition of the social democrats greens and the left party that runs in city government are accusing those on the right wing of politics but be overly prudish and unwilling to discuss the issue. after their attempt to scandalize the handouts on sexual and gender diversity for teachers didn't work the c.d.u. would prefer not to talk about the issue there's very little chance of the early in city government repealing this booklet however discussions sex and sexuality and talking about it in kindergarten are set to continue in fact there's a petition going round the house already almost fifty thousand signatures from those who want to see this particular booklet stopped peter all of a r.t. berlin. germany's dark nancy past still troubles the country though it seems less so in some parts a small village near frankfurt has been thrust into the spotlight after it decided to retain a nazi symbol. i think. she'd leave just because couple of people don't like. having the feeling to know that they're so close with. a big story like this. yeah yeah and