i will be speaking with the opposition parties. >> coming off a landslide victory, north rhine- westphalia's leader says that programs will not be cut at the expense of education and youth programs. >> we are looking at the whole picture and the best method of working together in north rhine- westphalia, all of germany, and in your. we want to build solid alliances with the greens. >> the business-friendly fdp was touting its resurgence, too, proved they say of their economic policies. >> we're in a good position for the 2013 elections and the continuation of our coalition. >> france's new socialist president visits berlin on tuesday for talks on the debt crisis. he also wants to ease up on the austerity as the chancellor appears ever more isolated. >> let's bring in our political correspondent. put this into context for us. how big a setback is this for angela merkel and her government? is it a preview for next year's federal elections? but i think it is a personal disappointment for angela merkel -- >> i think it is a personal disappointment for angela merkel. norbert rÖttgen was her prote

it is linked to the result in the north rhine-westphalia state election.not only had a disastrous result there, but he made the big mistake of presenting this as a vote on angela merkel's on policies. >> it begs the question now, how desperate would you say that chancellor merkel is right now as she looks at her party's chances in those elections coming up next year? >> well, she is certainly worried and has to be worried about losing state elections, because the individual federal states control the second chamber of the german parliament. but regional elections in germany are generally fought on regional issues. it is an irony that on the day, in fact, that norbert rottgen came in with this disastrous results for the conservatives in north rhine-westphalia, an opinion poll came out showing that angela merkel herself is the most popular chancellor in germany since 1973. and the same opinion poll also showed that a majority of germans across the political spectrum, all political parties with the sole exception of the small socialist left party, are in favo

post her own christian democratic party suffered major losses in an election in the state of north rhine-westphalia a state viewed by many as a bellwether for gauging the opinion of german national politics as well so with macos each day it all eyes are now looking to see if they knew a range range meant can be sorted out between the leaders of europe's two largest economies francois along is heading. straight after he is sworn in as french president being welcomed here by angle of merkel and what's being called very much a getting to know you exercise as opposed to a decision making wall however it is expected to be looking to you gauge. opinions on things such as fiscal discipline and the promotion of the economy and of juleps though for his part campaigned on a plate that he would try and remake go she ate the euro zone's fiscal pact which binds member states to austerity measures though this is something though that germany says is not on the table fiscal pact is closed it will not be reopened or renegotiated be watching it closely expect will see some form of agreement some form of compromise

delivered a better than expected showing, boosting spirits ahead of next sunday's bigger poll in north rhine-westphaliae reversed the trend. the fdp had its second-best result ever in a schleswig- holstein election. >> a c d u-as the peak partnership is still possible, but a three-week coalition is looking more likely. >> to russia, or vladimir putin has been sworn in as the country's president for the third time. the elaborate ceremony took place in the kremlin's st. andrew hall. >> after large anti-putin rallies on sunday, thousands of riot police were on the streets of moscow this monday to crack down on groups trying to protest against their new president. many protesters did however try to defy the ban, and at least 120 people were arrested. >> as putin starts his historic third term as president of that country, we take a look at what this means for russia and its relations with the u.s. and europe. >> vladimir putin's return to the kremlin was full of pomp and symbolism. whether as president or prime minister, he has steered russia's cause for the last 12 years. now he has begun a new six-year t

the center right christian democrats gained only 26% of the vote in north rhine-westphalia. the industrial state in western germany is the country's most populous. the outcome represents a drop of more than 8 percentage points from the last election two years ago. it is the party as worst showing in the state since world war ii. the two main opposition parties, the center left social democrats and greens won a combined majority of just over 50%. the social democrats won the support of 39% of voters, up nearly five points from the last election. merkel leads the campaign to respond to europe's debt crisis with austerity measures. >>> the approval rate for japan's cabinet has fallen to its lowest level since prime minister yoshihiko noda took office in september according to an nhk poll. respondents also commented on the use of nuclear power. 29% of respondents expressed support for the cabinet, down slightly from last month and the lowest level seen since september. the disapproval rate remained unchanged at 53%. of those indicating disapproval, slightly more than a third sai

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germany chancellor angela merkel saw her conservative party get crushed in state elections in north rhine-westphalia the biggest state in when germany americal has been leading the charge for austerity around europe but now finds herself ball as support for her party plunged to twenty six per cent the worst since world war two everywhere you look the supporters of trickle down austerity are getting amort by voters the simple fact the matter is that austerity has never worked anywhere the international monetary fund the i.m.f. pushed it for decades in south america until governments like argentina told them to take a leap declared bankruptcy disconnected themselves from the u.s. dollar and one of the loan results for argentina was both a recovery of national sovereignty and a robust economic rebound. now it's time for greece and spain portugal italy and ireland to just say no to the international bankers of the european central bank pull out of the euro and go back to their own currencies the result will be a shock for a very wealthy people and banks in europe and america will give the working people

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