but for a government, mr michael shaw stars, that is up to them. ars, that is up to them. but for a government, it is a responsible position to say we want to speak to our partners in washington first of all, and the other side had made that clear. but we have explained that there is a difference between the current situation with china and europe. so we just situation with china and europe. so wejust don't situation with china and europe. so we just don't let it happen. we comment on that, but in a way that i think is a very responsible way. 0k. in my introduction, i spoke about uncertainty. i think it is fair to say that there is more uncertainty about german politics than we thought they would have been, six muzza go. as i mentioned, the opinion polls have changed. for the first time, just a few days ago, we saw martin schultz and had over angela merkel. why do you think the political mood is changing and running counter to the interests of your party, the cdu? the social democrats in germany have the momentum of the new kids on the block. and no