let's go to our chief political correspondent, melinda crane. who are the winners and losers? >> turkish media are among the winners. they filed objections after the first round of attempted allocation of seats in the courtroom. they do now have four places because they were essentially guaranteed them. they are among the winners. others include a small paper in munich basically used for advertising or the women's magazine we saw in that report. among the losers, some of the biggest and most serious national publications as well as, for example, internationall english news. we will have a place, sharing and competing with a number of other public media. it is a rather peculiar results. it has actually provoke laughter and jeers when it was announced this afternoon. at least one newspaper is looking into want a formal complaint. >> this trial has been beset with other problems as well. will germany be able to repair its image with this trial, internationally and in turkey, for example? >> of the look at the allocation of seats, the fact is that the court has respected the lette

for more, we go to our chief political correspondent, melinda crane. tell us more about his reception. >> it was friendly. the chancellor definitely praised the steps taken so far and she welcomed and wished letta a lucky hand for the sake of europe and germany. she was quite firm and made it clear that germany would be sticking to their guns as far as the need for continuing to cut back on that and get finances in order. mr. letta also is saying that he does want the governor in harmony with germany saying that he would be asking the chancellor to share some of her experiences as to how to manage a grand coalition. she had one in her first term of office and he has one now. he was also staking out to rein saying he expects europe to be more proactive in terms of growth policy in the future. >> it sounds like he's not planning to deviate from the austerity course. >> there is recognition here that the italian coalition is fragile and there is recognition that berlin is looking increasingly isolated facing criticism not only in rome and athens but also