germany's conservatives in the general election and then there's armin lashon he's the leader of merkel c.d.u. party and the governor of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia he was the favorites but some arching him to step aside in favor of so that his chief of the city used conservative sister party in the state of bavaria and his national profile has ground during the pandemic of both say they are ready to take on the top job. we've announced that we are ready to stand this candidate for the chance of the ship. and we've agreed it should be a good process. as we set off towards this shared goal involving both parties and of course together with the parliamentary group. but we've established a suitable and both of us are ready it's important that we show respect to one another i can say 1st off regardless of how the final decision turns out we work together very very well. well the chief political editor says souter has put clash on the back foot by finally declaring his readiness to run as chancellor candidate for macas conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. union but various state premier ma

far away and they are coming in the fall september so how damaging is all this for angle of merkel's c.d.u. party to have this you know what you're calling bruising battle between the 2 men. well whoever comes out of this will be damaged but the polling indicates that michael's sudha who have the deficit sees many if he said to come forward at the last moment in claim to become ed to the magical throne might come out of this bets in any case and in russia too and he recently became the leader of germany's nast big tent party and was seen as pretty much a given to then also be on the election ticket on the 26th of september now that is no longer going to easily happen and even if he prevails if his majority in the institution the d.n.a. of the c.d.u. prevails he would be damaged and we can watch the green party just lean back and watch that even getting pity that's how bad this is so this conservative camp coming out of this bruised with just elections a couple months away all right did abuse chip political editor nick elocution i thank you for that. bro castro has announced his resignation as the

their party colleagues arming lash it had long been viewed as a favorite he's the leader of merkel's c.d.u. party and the governor of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia but some are now urging him to step aside in favor of marcus's ota he's chief of the c.d.s. conservative sister party in the state of the very. yeah and his national profile has grown it during the pandemic. let's get straight across to w.'s chief political editor michelle who is standing by in front of the german parliament mark was there and i mean last it have said they are both prepared to be the party's chancellor candidate so how will it be decided who will now enter the race. but essentially what we just saw there is a political showdown with both sides vowing that they want to demonstrate unity by throwing his hat finally into the ring the various state premier is signalling readiness and he's in a combative mode basically telling the big sister party c.d.u. that it needs to make up its own mind and we also learned that behind closed doors he once again pulled out those opinion polls which see mark was no

candidates for the post our main lash it had a long been viewed as the favorites he's the leader of merkel c.d.u. party and the governor of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia but some are now urging him to step aside in favor of marcus's ota he's chief of the c.d.'s conservative sister party in the state of bavaria and his national profile has grown during the pandemic. and joining me now for more is chief political editor editor michelle who's reporting for us from the german parliament in berlin and you know it's emerging that both mark and army law should have said they're prepared to be the party's chancellor candidate you told us earlier that that was not previously clear that 0 to one to the job where do you expect things to go from here. well this is heading toward some kind of collision course because after all all the people concerned all the decision makers including german chancellor angela merkel doesn't formally decide but still it's very important to sees eye to eye with her on that very question which is always seen as an act of political success and here they're all ga

germany's conservatives in the general election and then there's armin lashon he's the leader of merkel c.d.u. party and the governor of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia he was the favorite now urging him to step aside in favor of a. conservative sister party in the state of a very and his national profile has been growing during the during the pandemic both now say that they're ready to take on the top job. of clear we've announced that we're ready to stand this candidate for the chancellorship. and we've agreed it should be a good process. as me set off towards this shared goal involving both parties and of course together with a parliamentary group. but we have established a suitable and both of us are ready it's important that we show respect for one another i can say 1st off the goddess of how the final decision turns out to work together very very well. well the japanese chief political editor says solder has put nash on the back foot by finally declaring his readiness to run as chancellor candidate for angle america's conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. union various state premier

who will be their candidate the chancellor in this year's general election senior members of merkel c.d.u. party have voted to back arm unless it's to run as the candidate for lashes up against mark assert who has the cd used the variances to party the c s u so to has said he will respect the decision of the c.d.u. leadership meanwhile opinion polls show there will be stiff competition as the greens announced their own candidate for the 1st time. with 2 party leaders one needed to step aside and harvick did so making an early now bear book the 1st green chancellor candidate ever in her 1st speech she promised a renewal and german politics and a departure from the status quo. he misses the matter if i get in must make changes to create a fair country a country where daycare centers and schools are truly the best places to beam a country where caregivers genuinely have the time and above all the resources to care for people to support my country in which the state functions digitally and serves its citizens. a diverse and cosmopolitan country of values space and strong democracy via after. the 40

intensive care facilities are coming under increasing pressure the leader of chancellor angela merkel c.d.u. party says political leaders will be using the easter holiday period to think about further measures and he appealed to germans to take current restrictions more seriously. the feeling across the country is not one where i think everyone is clear about how serious the situation is we have to use these 123 weeks that are still ahead of us before we get the vaccination numbers up to reduce contacts if possible not travel anywhere over easter no family visits just as it was at christmas the proxy. of breaking political correspondent julia cell delhi julie how are the infections right now the situation isn't looking great in germany . national health agency has registered over 23000 cases in the last 24 hours and those are numbers that we hadn't seen since january there's been a steady rise in coven 1000 cases since mid february they're affecting all age groups but also especially children and the youth we also see an increase of people having to be treated in intensive care units and the 117 v

a choice i mean lash it had a long been viewed as the favorites of the she's the leader of merkel's c.d.u. party and the governor of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia but now some are urging him to step aside in favor of it result after his chief of the c.v.s. conservative sister party in the state of bavaria and his national profile has grown during the pandemic. the 2 candidates spoke at a press conference earlier let's take a listen. we've announced that we're ready to stand this candidates for big chunks of the ship. and we've agreed to should be a good process. as we set off towards the shared goal involving both parties and of course together with a parliamentary group. suitable for us already it's important that we show respect for one another i can say 1st off regardless of how the final decision turns out we were together very very well let's get straight across to w.'s chief political editor michelle who is standing by in front of the german parliament mark was there and i mean last should have said they are both prepared to be the party's chancellor candidate so how

who will be their candidate for chancellor in this year's general election senior members of merkel's c.d.u. party have voted to back arm unless it's to run as the candidate for chancellor lash it is up against marcus sergio who heads the cd used the variances to potty the c s u so to has said that he will respect the decision of the c.g. new leadership meanwhile opinion polls show that there will be stiff competition as the greens announced their own candidates for the 1st time. with 2 party leaders one needed to step aside and harvick did so making an early now bear book the 1st green chancellor candidate ever in her 1st speech she promised a renewal in german politics and a departure from the status quo. he misses the matter if i get him must make changes to create a fair country a country where daycare centers and schools are truly the best places to be in a country where caregivers genuinely have the time and above all the resources to care for people to support my country in which the state functions digitally and serves its citizens. a diverse and cosmopolitan country a value space and stro

angela merkel after 16 years in office she will be stepping down after september's election merkel c.d.u. party is backing its own leader but. the leader of the bavarian sister party c.s.u. is also hoping to get a shot at the top job. i mean lash it versus marcus the race to be the next conservative candidate to run for german chancellor is turning into an old fashioned power struggle on sunday the 2 men agreed the decision should come soon and to respect it whoever is chosen. but less than a day later battle lines seem to have been drawn on monday morning at the recently elected c.d.u. leader held meetings with his party's executive and not really a surprise they backed him to be the candid it the man himself sounded impatient to get out on the campaign trail. and. everyone wants a decision see all the facts are on the table the problems we need to solve be that we should no longer be preoccupied with our internal party issues but rather with the major tasks that lie ahead for germany today tomorrow this week and in the coming months. not league and the by monday afternoon marcus erd or head o

conservatives in the general election and then there is aman last that he is the leader of merkel's c.d.u. party and the governor of germany's most populous state both want with failure he was the favorite but some are now urging him to step aside in favor of he's chief of the saviour's conservative sister party in the state of a very and his national profile has grown during the pandemic and both say that they are ready to take on the top job. of clear we've announced that we're ready to stand this candidates for the chance of the ship. and we've agreed it should be a good process. as we set off towards this shared goal involving both parties and of course together with a parliamentary group. and. a suitable and both of us are ready it's important that we share respect for one another i can say 1st off regardless of how the final decision turns out we work together very very well. well d w chief political editor mikhail akutan a says sadr has put lash it on the back foot. i finally declaring his readiness to run as chancellor candidate for i'm going to malcolm's conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. union

who will be their candidate for chancellor in this year's general election senior members of merkel c.d.u. party have voted to back our men lash it to run as the candidate for chancellor last it is up against marcos sergio who has the cd use the variances to party the c s u has said he will respect the decision of the c d u d to ship. meanwhile opinion polls show there will be stiff competition as the greens announced their own candidate for the 1st time. with 2 party leaders one needed to step aside and did so making an early now bear book the 1st green chancellor candidate ever in her 1st speech she promised a renewal in german politics and a departure from the status quo. cynicism after a few i'm getting a must make changes to create a fair country a country where daycare centers and schools are truly the best places to beam a country where caregivers genuinely have the time and above all the resources to care for people to come and a country in which the state functions digitally and serves its citizens. a diverse and cosmopolitan country a values based and strong democracy after. the 40 yea

candidates for the post army lash it had long been viewed as the favorite he's the leader of merkel c.d.u. party and the governor of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia but now some are urging him to step aside in favor of marcos voda he's chief of the conservative sister party in the state of bavaria and his national profile has grown during the pandemic. and joining me now for more is detail he is the chief political editor. who is in front of the german parliament where that meeting is taking place bring us up to speed of these 2 potential contenders to become their party's candidate for chancellor who has a leg up in the polls. well up in the polls this mark will suit a very a but he hasn't even officially declared yet that he's interested and i mean lost his popularity or people in visiting him as successor to become chancellor kind of that's around 19 percent compared with which is above 50 percent so it's not even a close race if you go by public opinion and yet it's a closed shop negotiation within the party ideally the. leader said before a conversation between the 2 th

become germany's next chancellor on monday night the leadership in chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party voted in favor of making their leader arming law shit their chancellor candidate ahead of the national election in september the decision came after a week of wrangling between la shit and the other conservative who wanted to be the chancellor candidate but very in gov mark whose zuda law should and serve spent the past week fighting against each other details from their closed door meetings were often leaked making an unpleasant situation that much more unpleasant wash it emerged the winner a week winner wash it heads the conservative c.d.u. party yet a 3rd of the party's leadership did not vote for him to be the chancellor candidate one reason his unimpressive polling numbers among all voters if arming lush it wants to take the reins from uncle americal in september he has a lot of convincing to do among the voters and among his own party members. he cannot victorious from the conservative policy now i mean lush said wants to focus on battling the potties. he appeared say what count

become germany's next chancellor on monday night the leadership in chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party voted in favor of making their leader arming law shit their chancellor candidate ahead of the national election in september the decision came after a week of wrangling between wash it and the other conservative who wanted to be the chancellor candidate but very in gov mark whose zuda law should and serve spent the past week fighting against each other details from their closed door meetings were often leaked making an unpleasant situation that much more unpleasant wash it emerged the winner a week winner wash it heads the conservative c.d.u. party yet a 3rd of the party's leadership did not vote for him to be the chancellor candidate one reason his unimpressive polling numbers among all voters if arming lush it wants to take the reins from on to america in september he has a lot of convincing to do among the voters and among his own party members. he came out victorious from the conservative policy now i mean lush at once to focus on battling the party's. say what counts from now on

of germany's most populous state north ryde was failure he leads chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party. would disrupt. and in votes why i think we need a break locked on we have to build the bridge to the point in time where a lot of people are vaccinated i'm. i know that a lot of people are tired of the pandemic. but also that a lot are ready to go a step further and then i may or june to enter a new phase. in and i large majority of citizens are willing to take this step so that we have a better outlook and more planning security. reasons it makes. it good at so the bridge to a breakthrough success and testing means we need to double down on noise and a lot of areas feed into and move towards a locked on. to the. we want to bring in. professor of political science he joins me from here in berlin this evening it's good to have you on the program let me ask you about or mean lush it is his call for a harder lockdown is it motivated by the pandemic or is he motivated by politics here. well i think he is small motivated by politics because. we have a very polarized opinion about a lockdo

become germany's next chancellor on monday night the leadership in chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party voted in favor of making their leader arming law shit their chancellor candidate ahead of the national election in september the decision came after a week of wrangling between la shit and the other conservative who wanted to be the chancer candidate but very in gov mark whose zenaida lusha inserters spent the past week fighting against each other details from their closed door meetings were often leaked making an unpleasant situation that much more unpleasant wash it emerged the winner a week winner wash it heads the conservative c.d.u. party yet a 3rd of the party's leadership did not vote for him to be the chancellor candidate one reason his unimpressive polling numbers among all voters if army mush it wants to take the reins from uncle americal in september he has a lot of convincing to do among the voters and among his own party members. he came out victorious from the conservative policy now i mean lush at once to focus on battling the potties. what counts from now on is which p

become germany's next chancellor on monday night the leadership in chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party voted in favor of making their leader arming law shit their chancellor candidate ahead of the national election in september the decision came after a week of wrangling between wash it and the other conservative who wanted to be the chancellor candidate varian governor mark whose zuda law should and spent the past week fighting against each other details from their closed door meetings were often leaked making an unpleasant situation that much more unpleasant wash it emerged the winner a weak winner wash it heads the conservative c.d.u. party yet a 3rd of the party's leadership did not vote for him to be the chancellor candidate one reason his unimpressive polling numbers among all voters if arming lush it wants to take the reins from under the americans in september he has a lot of convincing to do among the voters and among his own party members. he came out victorious from the conservative policy now i mean lush said wants to focus on battling the party's. say what counts from now

merkel's c.d.u. c.s.u. conservative coalition remaining the strongest party year of these so what is becoming increasingly more thinkable is that the greens who are benefiting from this may in the end come out stop this party if this proves is that some are predicting the greens themselves are declaring who their candidates is supposed to be tomorrow on monday so they may. well over take the. heat but also in terms of having a controlled process so very dangerous phantom apples. what is actually america's role in all of those i mean after all a term potential successor we're talking about here. well she says she has no role and she's been asked this once again last week and she says that he's she's declared she will stay out of it and that's exactly what she's trying to do it again pretty to see it quite clearly i mean that's it was her favorite to become the party leader although more recently she's also praised markel suitor so clearly she's trying to balance out. will most likely stand for itself it's much more tied to the pandemic then follows after her but it's becoming quite clear that the stability ange

merkel in what state does she leave her party and her country. you're going hard to welcome to conflict zone 10016 years of angela merkel and these days the c.d.u. has lost ground in the polls there's been a bitter fight for her succession in the party and corona virus is hitting the country hard issue leaving behind a mass i think we had should have had a tough debate on the question who might successor might be successor from the union as you do see as we would hear from for a chance to ship in germany. through 2 weeks ago we were good formed about that both chairman of the 2 parties matthew souter from c.s. who is. i mean i said from city who both want to run as katie did for a chance at ship and it took 9 days of discussion in different formats as a party and then the decision came out that i mean i set the cherubs to see the who and prime minister of most from this failure would be candidate i think 9 days is not too much to take such a important decision and looking to zip code in a situation we have heard and learned yesterday from the meeting from the prime minister's visit chancellor that we make huge steps forward concerning that c. nat

ok let's rewind a little bit let's go back to the conservative christian democrats angela merkel's party the c.d.u. they've been in power for 4 consecutive terms no wonder their traditional views of ruthless election winning the battle between the cd use arming lushington market of the variances the party the c.s.u. who's clearly taking a toll on the conservatives and lots of luck. not only does he understand carnival and how to be a father of the country he also knows how to a certain self he can even smile a very. good from now on count is which party has the best policies for the future of our country who forms the strongest team to tackle its challenges. but many would have preferred to say. from the c.s.u. to the variances into the race and there continues to be rumblings within the city as a result there is also a responsibility to the union only a united union can be successful in the end. a pyrrhic victory for the political moderate and ally of merkel but 1st the 60 year old has to pick up the pieces caused by an open power struggle including a drop in the poll rating and voter dissatisfac

ok let's rewind a little bit let's go back to the conservative christian democrats angela merkel's party the c.d.u. they've been in power for 4 consecutive terms no wonder they're traditionally viewed as a ruthless election winning machine but the battle between the cd use army lushington marcus of the variances the party the c.s.u. who's clearly taken a toll on the conservatives let's have a look. not only does he understand carnival and how to be a father of the country he also knows how to a certain self even smiled upon him if necessary. from now on count which party has the best policies for the future of our country who forms the strongest team to tackle its challenges. but many would have preferred to say. from the c.s.u. to the variances into the race and there continues to be rumblings within this. as a result there is also a responsibility to the union only a united union can be successful in the end. a pyrrhic victory for the political moderate and ally of merkel but 1st the 60 year old have to pick up the pieces caused by an open power struggle including a drop in the poll rating and v

merkel even what state does she leave her party and her country. you're going hard to welcome to conflict zone you know 16 years of angela merkel and these days the c.d.u. has lost ground in the polls there's been a bitter fight for her succession in the party and coronaviruses hitting the country hard issue leaving behind a mass i think we have. a tough debate on the question right successor might be successor. as you do see from 4 chances. ship in germany. 2 weeks ago we are going from the boat that both chairman of the 2 party city says will mark a pseudo from season 2 and i mean i said from city to both want to run as candidate for chance at ship and it took 9 days of discussion in different formats as a party and then the decision came out that i made it i said to chair osa c.v. and prime minister of most investigating i would be candidate i think 9 days it's not too much to take such a important decision and look it was a code that situation we have heard and learned yesterday from the meeting from the private this is specific and so that we make huge steps forward concerning that situation we are now about 25 percent of corporation and i want to

ok let's rewind a little bit let's go back to the conservative christian democrats angela merkel's party the c.d.u. they've been in power for 4 consecutive terms no wonder their traditional views of ruthless election winning machine but the battle between the cd use army lushington marcus of the variances the party the c.s.u. who's clearly taken a toll on the conservatives and lots of luck. not only does he understand carnival and how to be a father of the country he also knows how to a certain self smile if necessary. from now on count is which party has the best policies for the future of our country who forms the strongest team to tackle its challenges. but many would have preferred to say. from the c.s.u. variances party into the race and there continues to be rumblings within the. as a result there is also a responsibility to the union only a united union can be successful in the end. a pyrrhic victory for the political moderate and ally of merkel but 1st the 60 year old have to pick up the pieces caused by an open power struggle including a drop in the poll rating and voter dissatisfaction c

c.d.u. member of the german bundestag and spokesperson for the conservatives parliamentary group as germany prepares to move on from merkel in what state does she leave her party and her country. you're going hard to welcome to conflicts kanno 16 years of angela merkel and these days the c.d.u. has lost ground in the polls there's been a bitter fight for her succession in the party and corona virus is hitting the country hard issue leaving behind a mass i think we had seen or had a tough debate on the question who might successor might be success not from the union as you see is a union from for chance a ship in germany. through 2 weeks ago we are good formed about that both chairman of the 2 parties to seize will mark a suitor from season and i mean i said from city both want to run as katie did for chancellor chip and it took 9 days of discussion in different formats as a party and then the decision came out that i mean i said to chair i was to see the prime minister for most of us fadia would be candidate i think 9 days is not too much to take such a important decision and look it was a coded message to ation we have learned yesterday from the meeting from

because in the past month merkel very publicly criticized her successor and the party arm in washington you've just mentioned over lock down policies does merkel not want the c.d.u. to be in the chancellor a 4th term. we don't have the feeling that the chances are both in voice in that fight between the 2 party chairmen and i think if she was served as standing neutral in that position there is some debate between what i just heard. announcement you know what i'm talking about forgive me mr hart is is that she publicly on a highly viewed television program singled out that star failing to activate an emergency brake in the face of rising cases he also criticized her lockdown measures as treating citizens like under age children so with rhetoric like that flying back and forth between a top politicians tell us this public display of disagreements when the cd is future claim for the chancellorship is shaky does she not want the c.d.u. to retain power and i don't i don't see that and that way and we have to do a show in germany that we have 616 state governments and the federal witness stand it was different kind of combinations of government nearly all are led by

merkel in what state does she leave her party and her country. you're going hard to welcome to conflict zone 10016 years of angela merkel and these days the c.d.u. has lost ground in the polls there's been a bitter fight for her succession in the party and corona virus is hitting the country hard issue leaving behind a mass i think we had should have had a tough debate on the question who might successor might be successor from the union as you do see as a union from for chance a ship in germany. 2 weeks ago we were going from to vote that both chairman of the 2 parties seated and sees will mark a pseudo from c. as who and i mean i said from city who both want to run as katie did for a chance at ship and it took 9 days of discussion in different formats as a party and then the decision came out that i mean i set the chair osa c.v. would present itself most of us failure would be candidate i think 9 days it's not too much to take such a important decision and looking to zip code in a situation we have heard learnt yesterday from the meeting from the prime minister's visit to answer that we make huge steps forward concerning that situation we are n

c.d.u. the conservative merkel's angela merkel's party will be locked out of federal government starting in september once said we have of course the criticism of the handling off the pandemic on the other side we have also several in piece and volved in the so-called mask procurement scandals that also damper to their image of the c.d.u. of the conservative bloc they now will have the challenge to quickly get back their trust of voters and so also decide who will lead who will be the chancellor candidate either by various state premium opposite our all party lead it will definitely have a difficult task of getting back the trust to continue in government political correspondent benjamin thank you. staying with the pandemic and april fools day prank in belgium that quickly got out of hand police in brussels stepped in to break up a party in a park that was flouting social distancing rules and other anti pandemic measures. what started as an april fool's prank on facebook ended in teo us. brussels police mourn the party was a hoax and illegal but crowds came anyway tear gas and water cannon

c.d.u. which is chance language merkel's party in the linchpin of the ruling coalition has called for a strict a lockdown of the country grapples with a 3rd wave of the covert pandemic a proposal that has taken some flack from lawmakers. we disagree albeit i think we need another transitional look we need to build the bridge again to the dates when everyone is vaccinated i know that many a time of the pandemic but many already to take another step now and then move to another fees from me jews and lash it isn't just the chairman of the christian democratic union party he's also the head of the state of north rhine-westphalia and some of his fellow local leaders aren't particularly happy with what he's had to say the leader of the state of terror in jail the mayor of both question the well the sense of having a short term lockdown michael miller who's the mayor of berlin saying he doesn't think mr lasher has thought about the long term implications of putting everybody into a north lock down this is ultimately the one of the big problems with coming up with a unified position here in germany it

c.d.u. back to mr to fill merkel shoes as chancellor is the leadership contest basically decided now well lol you would think it would be because the c.d.u. is the larger of these 2 parties it normally has priority particularly in this question of who will run for chancellor and so you think you know if the c.d.u. leadership supports the recently elected chairman of the c.d.u. party as the candidate well then that would be. 0 to says no i'm not throwing in the towel we should think about this a little more and we shouldn't only listen to the leadership we should listen to the wider party local associations activists also members of parliament and he obviously thinks that some of those people might well prefer him to lash it out well let's continue on that now because mr senator is very confident he feels he is more popular among the german public and some of the polls a bear that out and he's refusing now to concede defeat he's not going down without a fight that that is clear cut that tactic succeed in the setting. well it looks like a long shot at the moment zidane self said that he can't be the candidate against the will of the c.d.u. and after this decision this morn

politics and the battle over who will succeed i'm going to merkel as candidate for chancellor the 2 contenders bavarian premier marcos and c.d.u. party president. reportedly been in discussions tonight mark olsen conservatives have set a deadline of the end of this week to decide on who should head up their campaign of the september national election. well we're joined live from berlin by dito he was chief political editor at me kaela. well what more can you tell us. well this is a very secretive process and to understand those 2 leaders in the last it was seen pretty much the certain can tend to become a follower in footsteps as a conservative chance the candidate he's seen to you he's in talks with mark will suit very late date in the day as something went for the kill last day when he announced what many had almost stopped expecting that he too would go for that role would go for his name on the conservative ticket here in germany when it comes to deciding the legacy or the face jimmy goes into. that will 16 years in office and we have very little information trickling through we've been told that by the end of this week i've been

c.d.u. back to mr to fill merkel shoes as chancellor is the leadership contest basically decided now. well larry you would think it would be because the c.d.u. is the larger of these tea parties it normally has priority particularly in this question of who will run for chancellor and so you think you know if the c.d.u. leadership supports the recently elected chairman of the c.d.u. party says the candidate well then that would be 80 to says no i'm not throwing in the towel we should think about this a little more and we shouldn't only listen to the leadership we should listen to the wide of party local associations activists also members of parliament and he obviously thinks that some of those people might well prefer him to lash it out well let's continue on that now because mr senator is very confident he feels he is more popular among the german public and some of the polls that bear that out and he's refusing now to concede defeat he's not going down without a fight that that is clear cut that tactic succeed in the setting. well it looks like a long shot at the moment zidane self said that he can't be the candidate against the will of the c.d.u. and after this decision th

c.d.u. and c.s.u. parties needs to field a new candidate as angela merkel will no longer be standing after 15 years in power the c.d.u. leadership is backing the current state premier of north rhine-westphalia aman lawsuits but he is facing a challenge from the c s u's marcus. i mean lash it versus marcus the race to be the next conservative candidate to run for german chancellor is turning into an old fashioned power struggle on sunday the 2 men agreed the decision should come soon and to respect it whoever is chosen. now less than a day later the battle lines seem to have been drawn on monday morning at the recently elected c.d.u. leader held meetings with his party's executive and not really a surprise they backed him to be the candidate the man himself sounded impatient to get out on the campaign trail. and. everyone wants a decision seeing all the facts are on the table the problems we need to solve are so big that we should no longer be preoccupied with our internal party issues but rather with the major tasks that lie ahead for germany today tomorrow this week and in the coming months. but by mo

her but it's becoming quite clear that the ability angela merkel was known for was also the stability we saw within her own c.d.u. c.s.u. party take out the fact a map of the party is left in this kind of disarray and i could not thank you very much for that insight. but it's been a day of remembrance here in germany to pay tribute to the almost 80000 people who have died of covert 19 since the pandemic reached the country a commemorative service was led by a german president. in berlin he called it a chance to say goodbye and dignity to those lost to comit 19 many of whom died alone and without their families and times of unprecedented isolation. the 1st person in germany to test positive for the corona virus was in late january 2020. since then as in most of the rest of the world life has been put on hold in germany and tens of thousands of families left to mourn lost loved ones. the national requiem provided a moment for germany to pause and reflect on those who would do their died because of the virus or had passed away separated from their families due to pandemic restrictions. as a sound be hard to today we're focusing

this fall to elect a new government and after 16 years as chancellor angela merkel will not be running again now her c.d.u. party and it's been very and sister party the c.s.u. are trying to choose between 2 candidates the man preferred by the powerbrokers and the man preferred by the people. i mean lash it versus marcus the race to be the next conservative candidate to run for german chancellor is turning into an old fashioned power struggle on sunday the 2 men agreed the decision should come soon and to respect it whoever is chosen. at less than a day later battle lines seem to have been drawn on monday morning at the recently elected c d u leader held meetings with his party's executive and not really a surprise they backed him to be the candid it the man himself sounded impatient to get out on the campaign trail. and. everyone wants a decision soon all the facts are on the table the problems we need to solve are so big that we should no longer be preoccupied with our internal party issues but rather with the major tasks that lie ahead for germany today tomorrow this week and in the coming months. and in next

something new and fresh even within the green party so very interesting times just tell us how close the greens or right now to actually catching up with merkel's c.d.u. c.s.u. alliance they're in the polls. while they are in the low twenty's that depending on which poll you look at and i'm going to merkel's c.d.u. c.s.u. was around $26.00 before the pandemic then went up into the low thirty's and is now back to where they started off in the mid twenty's $2627.00 so it's within reach depending on how they manage to now pick a leader and whether the man is to sow the kind of stability that the greens are suddenly making their own political brands ok what about party the c.d.u. c.s.u. seat as you alliance there why i can't. choose a candidate themselves. well they will eventually but because they are very divided on whether it should be the c.d.u. i mean that's it to succeed it to become the i'm going to mak calls the stuff follow in their footsteps as the deed of the c.d.u. party but the polling is pretty bad for him michael souter is a lot stronger in the polling as both generally he's above 50 percent he's even beyond that above 70 percent if you as

c.d.u. did not fare well in fact last year the vote remains with green party. stuff and lash it has been positioning himself as being the most committed of the 2 to upholding merkel's legacy how far is that strategy going to go for him you think. well what some people would consider his strength can also be seen as a weakness he represents a continuity for the c.d.u. a middle of the road pragmatic leader well established there he might change in the wind in the mode of the american for self but for all of those who are frustrated particularly with the c.d.u. leadership during the pandemic with the government's handling of the pandemic with the scandal over mass produce you're left with in the c.d.u. they will be looking toward new leadership and certainly that is what mr sort of represents he's not a great deal younger than mr lasher but he almost looks like a new generation he's more innovative he's older and he has made it very clear that he's interested in working with the greens and as i mentioned they have in fact been gaining in popularity nationally so in many ways mr surrogate the older choice mr lash it the more cautious choice but there are some within th

after her but it's becoming quite clear that stability angela merkel was known for was also the stability we saw within her own c.d.u. c.s.u. party take out the fact a mac party is left in this kind of disarray machine i could now thank you very much for the sense that it's been a day of remembrance here in germany to pay tribute to the almost 80000 people who have died of covert 19 since the pandemic reached the country a commemorative service was led by german president. len he called it a chance to say goodbye in dignity to those lost to cope with 19 many of whom died alone and without their families and times of unprecedented isolation. the 1st person in germany to test positive for the corona virus was in late january 2020. since then as in most of the rest of the world life has been put on hold in germany and tens of thousands of families left to mourn lost loved ones. the national requiem provided a moment for germany to pause and reflect on those who would do their died because of the virus or had passed away separated from their families due to pandemic restrictions. as a sound. today we're focusing not on numbers and st

c.d.u. party president our main lash it reportedly been in discussions tonight merkel's conservatives have set a deadline of the end of this week to decide on who should head up their campaign in september's national election. well for more on this let's go straight to detail news chief political editor who is following all the latest developments from paris in a brilliant jaimie well what can you tell us what is happening tonight can you can you tell us any more well everyone still waiting for a kind of gentlemen's agreement between those 2 contenders of course amin last it c.d.u. leader was seen as pretty much certain but then went for the political kill bill. and both of spoken that by the end of this week one should know. it's the one or the other clearly that didn't that didn't mean friday because we're past that point and everybody is waiting with bated breath and what is increasingly looking more like a political dog fights within the conservative c.d.u. germany's only remaining large tent city ants kitty if that ever was the plan for a smooth transition after the macro is within her ow

into the race to take over from chancellor angela merkel after 16 years in office she will be stepping down after september as election michael c.d.u. party is backing its own leader on the lashes but locke was there the leader of the bavarian sister party c.s.u. is also going to get a shot at the top job. this is marcus the race to be the next conservative candidate to run for a german chancellor is turning into an old fashioned power struggle on sunday the 2 men agreed the decision should come soon and to respect to whoever is chosen. but less than a day later battle lines seem to have been drawn on monday morning at the recently elected c.d.u. leader held meetings with his party's executive and not really a surprise they backed him to be the candid it the man himself sounded impatient to get out on the campaign trail. and. everyone wants a decision seeing all the facts are on the table the problems we need to solve are so big that we should no longer be preoccupied with our internal party issues but rather with the major tasks that lie ahead for germany today tomorrow this week and in the coming months morgan in the next new not legal

merkel street. sweep. this is g.w. news a live from berlin and a call for a harder of longer approach a virus lock down in germany that of germany's conservative c.d.u. party and its possible chancellor candidate says tougher restrictions would slow the 3rd wave of the pandemic and work as a bridge until more people are vaccinated also coming up on the show the minneapolis police chief testifies that former officer derrick chauvinism broke police rules and acted against the department's ethics when he pressed his need on the torch oid connect for 9 to. 10 to mozambique's army retains control of this video attacked by jihadist rebels last month with much oklahoma in ruins thousands of displaced people are in desperate need of food and shelter. hello i'm richard said welcome to the show and despite having spent almost half a year in some form of lockdown germany may be headed for longer tougher coronavirus restrictions infections are high across the country and the vaccination rollout still sluggish in response to the crisis more leaders are calling for a harder lockdown one of them is army lashed the head of germany's most populous states and the leader of

merkel if he wants to fill his shoes in the chancellor. so what are his chances then of actually succeeding. chancellor. well his conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. still stands solid in the polls ask the strongest party as we speak and we also have seen in the latest poll coming out that the infighting didn't cost the cd you bought the big question now is with marco suvir who was just defeated having hold a lot better than i am in lost it in the past will he be able to turn the tide will he be able to position himself with the voters and also 1st of all with the grassroots within his own cd huge party he is seen as we saw in that report as something of a male macko he stands for continuity and when he faced the press just a few hours ago he also stressed that in this city you must remain a centrist party while there was a very strong conservative wing that called for more conservative in back in that conservative block that is still a vocal group in the party so it's not going to be easy for. particularly because the greens very unlike what they're known for are presenting a very united front at this moment in time but has praised the transparency of the procedures in his statement earlier but you sa

election and then there's armin lasher who's been viewed as the favorites she is the leader of merkel c.d.u. party and the governor of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia but some are urging him to step aside in favor of ceuta he's chief of the cd use conservative sister party in the state of purveyor of bavaria and his national profile has grown during the pandemic both say they're ready to take on the top job . we've announced that we're ready to stand this candidate for the chancellorship. with agreed it should be a good process. as we set off towards the shared goal involving both parties and of course together with a parliamentary group. suitable for us already it's important that we show respect to one another i can say 1st off . the final decision turns out together very very well. political ad. has put lashes on the back foot by finally declaring his readiness to run as chancellor candidate for anger merkel's conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. union the various state premier. has put i mean last cd you leader on the defensive he was initially seen as a given to succeed angela merk

a summit today the army lash out had a long been viewed as the favorites he's the leader of merkel c.d.u. party and the governor of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia but some are now urging him to step aside in favor of marcus's ota his chief of the city was conservative sister party and state of bavaria and his national profile has grown and during the pandemic. the 2 candidates spoke at a press conference earlier let's take a listen to what they had to say. by. we've announced that we're ready to stand this. for the chancellorship. and we've agreed it should be a good process. as we set off towards the shared goal involving both parties and of course together with a parliamentary group. and. a suitable both of us are ready it's important that we show respect to one another i can say 1st off regardless of how the final decision turns out together very very well let's get straight across to the chief political editor. who is standing by in front of the german parliament mark has there and i mean lash it have said they are both prepared to be the party's chancellor candidate s