political pressure from the highest level here in berlin that a saying no 0 tolerance towards the end n.p.v. interest and with computer skills that will get you the job as a mayor what about the fact that there were no other candidates are the mainstream parties such as the change those conservatives to use are they are they running out of people at the local level yeah this is definitely what a lot of commentators have been drawing attention to most that and this has been no secret it's been an issue for years especially the big tent so-called big tent political parties and going to america christian democrats but also the social democrats do really seem to have a problem to engage especially younger people at the local level to run for office and to engage in politics so this is what this case has shown. storyboards tonight here in berlin only thank you. national politics in the united states opinion polls in the u.s. show former vice president joe biden leading the democratic contenders to take on donald trump in next year's election he's ahead of rivals bernie sanders and elizabeth warren and des