martin scholz is losing ground.ncellor angela merkel is making gains, posting her best number sense 2015 when she launched her migration policy. 60% are not satisfied with her policies, while 52% see marshals his work in a positive -- martin scholz's work in a positive light. they will elect a new leader -- parliament in september. the largest parties are almost even, with the cds you slightly ahead. and the spd has 31%. little or no change among the other parties. but anything can still happen with the federal elections still six months away. sarah: ok. facts and figures for you. now i am joined with michaela kuefner, the government saying they are not working on travel bans. but why is this a hot potato in germany? >> we have this latest poll which reaffirms what was a tangible move over the past couple of days that most germans by far would like to see the government take a tougher stance. we saw a social democrat foreign minister on wednesday talk to his turkish counterpart in a few much say, do not repeat this

today, certain attacks toward martin scholz. he is clearly very critical. it will be interesting to see how all of this develops in the next few weeks and months. brent: we've heard what the social democrats had to say. the chancellor also's book today. one of the things she highlighted was security in the country. take a listen to what she had to say. wax for us, security and freedom are two sides of the same coin. therefore, i ask a question, who cares in this -- who is making sure that security services are really doing their jobs. it was always the core competence of the cdu. brent: is this what we are seeing now? the german chancellor and her reelection campaign? will she be the candidate to keep germany safe? reporter: it does look like it, brent. it seems than in particular, after the christmas market attack, security is probably the most important issue for germans who will be voting. they were also clear in the speech today that that was not the only issue today. they mentioned another series of issues. other issues where that party is capable of d

september, however it goes, it seems to me the case that it will either be chancellor merkel .r martin scholz of course, and france. isis as if the discontent understandably conveyed, and then there is perhaps a rethinking. we saw matteo, renzi step down after he failed to get his referendum passed on constitutional reform. what did you learn from the approximately year and a half you were prime minister of italy about the difficulty of reforming politics and the economy? it is difficult but not impossible. it helps if those in government convey clearly the situation without any allusions to the people. in the days i was asked to govern italy, the financial ,ituation was indeed dramatic and under the auspices of the president of the republic, i called upon the three main of the parliament. center-right, mr. berlusconi, centerleft, mr. visconti, and the center, to get consensus on what italy had to do urgently in destinationid greece, as it were, in financial terms, rather than stress their individual differences, and it worked for one year. italy has been the only country of southern europe t

martin scholz, heading into the ballots with a poll balance. u.s. is trading near $48 as some of members back the six-month deal to back out its. russia said it means more time before making a decision. the anticorruption campaign -- to the demonstration in the city. police detained more than 700 protesters and it appears to be the largest sense 2012. marine le pen has tried to reassure voters about her ability to achieve an exit from the euro. national front candidate said leaving it needs to be done carefully. border controls and keeping factory jobs in france would be her priority if she wins. this is bloomberg. as theresa may finalizes her plan for brexit this wednesday, she will give a speech today. she will say as britain leaves the european union and we forge a new role, the strength and stability of the union will be important. now, joseph, the and -- of hedge fund -- from j.p. morgan asset management. how do you view brexit? doesn't mean you take a positive value in some of the european act or do you find value in europe? will do not think

germanysume that in martin scholz becomes the next chancellor. [indiscernible] -- cine: you regain elected, macron is there are two important things. macron-scholz or macron-merkel. european --ch more [indiscernible] merkel is logical. wins, thatf scholz is the end of the schaeuble doctrine. i don't say -- [indiscernible] but i think the markets should look as carefully to this scenario as they look to the scenario of le pen's victory in france. francine: why is francois fillon still hanging on? why has francois fillon not stepped down? alain: it is a shakespearean tragedy. how people behave in shakespearean tragedies. i think it is a psychoanalysis phenomenon more than a political one. francine: you called the market stupid. had a believe the markets role in the populist wave that we saw in brexit and the election of donald trump? alain: not at all. ok, brexit won- 52-48 even though mrs. may has forgotten that 40% of the british population -- [indiscernible] and in the u.s., trump is elected because of the constitution. but democratically speaki

increase in the pop clarity with martin merkel.ack to challenge it's really raised hopes for they started and hurt.g and the hopes were strong move and a loss for scholzabilitysents more going forward and we know what to expect from her as a chancellor. >> the day to you. met and whaters remainingcus for the effort? front and i got a message from the pope that they were under pressure to deliver. is that defense central to the message. they have had free movement of and they haveds folk missed on defense and forming a core with the cooperation and that has stopped short of the european army. >> very interesting. topics seem like that hastens the ability to enact this. thank you very much. marine le pen tries to ensure voters. >> we made a mistake and we must admit it needs to be done carefully. had this still with us. talking about the le pen promise and it will be done carefully will stop it is right. control an oxymoron to it needs to be done carefully. this is a risk we are trying to assess. >> she is trying to talk to the thetorate and assure them process will be carefully managed. we will look at those statements and think that you can't just be