got petry said that she wasn't going to join her party in parliament now she's saying she's resigned how is this all going to change things for the f.t. . well i'm not sure how it will change things for the a f d but it may well change things all but change our opinions from the outside looking in as to what's been going on inside the f.d.a. but we're going to have to wait for petrie to tell us that this whole thing started on monday morning hours after the. election results came through and it was a a win really for alternative for germany thirteen percent gets them into the bundestag for the first time it also gives them quite a hefty presence in the bundestag for a party entering for its first time they superseded many of the the older more established parties now monday morning from a petri comes out and says i won't be sitting with the other members of the f.d.a. who are going to be entering the bundestag so she was going to set a self up as an independent now and this was already throwing things into disarray it was then followed up on tuesday by her being asked the question. w

back to europe where the co-chair and leading figure of the alternative for germany party a petri has resigned amid a split within the party it comes right after the group secured seats in the german parliament for the first time in its history our europe correspondent peter all of our fence unfolded. broken petry has stunned alternative for germany and all of those watching german politics by announcing that she will step down and leave the party this follows that historic victory for the for the a.f.p. as they took their first seats in the bundestag in sunday's federal elections now the announcement that she will leave the party follows a straw to put sweet statement on monday that she would not sit with a fifty members in parliament. we want to create real policy and that's a long consideration i decided not to be a member of the parliamentary group in the bundestag i would like to ask you three understanding i will not answer any questions on this. on. the phone. for petrie had been the face of alternative for germany since she took over the leader of the party from burned luka wh

thank you it does seem that the relationship though between petrie and others at the top of the party has become well frankly toxic we heard from vital saying that has self and alex on the galant haven't spoken to get paid in months this is as they were fighting a campaign election campaign against a lot of opposition here in germany to try an end to the bundestag the fact that this is existed and gone on for so long it was clear it must come to a head at some point and it seems that they've done not mediately post-election petrie's not the only one who's going to be leaving the party we understand three others including her husband mark is quite still to say and a very influential figure in the party will also leave as well the question that's been left is did they jump where they pushed. ok let's get into some of those thoughts that peter was bringing up bring live doris vaughn saying that who's a regional head for the e.f.t. party you're very welcome to the program this hour yet before the election russia was accused of meddling or russian hackers anyway but no the media has switch

it does seem that the relationship between petrie and others at the top of the party has become well frankly toxic we heard from other vital saying that herself and alex on the galant haven't spoken. in months this is as they were fighting a campaign election campaign against well a lot of opposition here in germany to try and enter the bundestag the fact that this is existed and got on for so long it was clear it must come to a head it some point and it seems that they've done not mediately post-election petrie's not the only one who's going to be leaving the party pianist and three others including her husband marcus quiet who's a m.e.p. and a very influential figure in the party will also leave as well the question that's been left is did they jump were they pushed. donald trump or said that the u.s. is fully prepared to explore military options against north korea if washington feels it needs to the statement came as trump took questions on the korea crisis alongside the spanish prime minister we are totally prepared for the second option not a preferred option but if we take tha

get back yes it does seem that the relationship between petrie and others at the top of the party has become well frankly toxic we heard from its vital saying it has self and alex on the gallant haven't spoken to for a tree in months this is as they were fighting a campaign election campaign against well a lot of opposition here in germany to try and enter the bundestag the fact that this is existed and gone on for so long it was clear it must come to a head at some point and it seems that they've done not immediately post election petrie's not the only one who's going to be leaving the party pianist and three others including her husband marcus quite still who say and a very influential figure in the party will also leave as well the question that's been left is did they jump where they pushed. well as peter mentioned there and america's victories being overshadowed by the success of the alternative for germany party the country is now seeing large scale protests following sunday's result activists from both sides of the political divide gathered once the preliminary results came out

but party co-chair foca petri was glaringly absent a day earlier she'd said she wouldn't be part of the if these parliamentary group because the party had moved too far to the right the question now is whether other deputies will follow her and go. as a bit intimate code don't expect any further deputies to leave but more have to wait and see the move surprised us all here but we've not yet seen any tendencies within the future problem entry group and second. haiti was one of the f.t.'s most prominent faces but she had been sidelined by hardliners in recent months. on monday she dropped her bombshell she was leaving. kalvin she didn't i have decided that i don't want to be a member of the a.f.p. parliamentary group and the german bund is talk taking up my seat in this one this talk as an independent but rest assured i'll remain actively engaged in politics is vital and active politically not on the other. but she won't be with a populist k.f.t. it's drift towards the far right and left her isolated and her husband marcus that's a who is if the party leader in the state of north rhine-we

wondering if petri has plans to set up a rival far right party. war on the rise of the far right here in germany i'm joined now by james kirchick he's with a conservative think tank the brookings institute and he's the author of the book the end of europe dictators demagogues and the coming dark it's james thanks for being with us on the day first off what do you make of the f.d.a. success here in germany. well obviously it's a major historical point in german history that you haven't had a party of this nature far right populist party hasn't been in the bundestag really since the one nine hundred fifty s. since the immediate post-war period so certainly it's going to change the tone of political debate in germany in german politicians compared to most other countries are very polite cordial they like consensus and now we have a group of rabble rousers who are really going to up and that political culture and i think you're going to see a lot more heated political rhetoric in germany that you really haven't seen for a very long time how much of th

appearances certainly prokop petry far more composed at times than some of those that will remain in leadership in alternative to germany. and find a study colleague i don't think you had. and. thank you it does seem that the relationship though between petrie and others at the top of the party has become well frankly toxic we heard from vital saying that herself and alex on the gallant haven't spoken to approach in this month this is as they were fighting a campaign election campaign. well lots of opposition who are trying to study the five more this is existing goes on for so long it was clear i hated some point and it seems that the. post-election picture is not the only one who's going to. do is down three others including her husband all right so every week and then a very influential figure in the policy will also leave as well the question that's been left is did jump one of the pushed. announce new york where the department the police department is facing scrutiny following allegations of systematic discrimination. chavez has the story they had why people based on some seriou

chief for the election campaign has now left the party for ok petrie saying they will fight together for their countries the vote was also called a symbol of european awakening by french national front leader marine le pen. well the dismay of some with alternative for germany in the capital was also evident across the country i. i. one of the biggest rally sold people gather on side b. e f. g.'s headquarters with protesters shouting and t. nationalist slogans as its leaders celebrated the election results following the demonstrations for us. i. was yeah with. a little god. in these moments he told me very much. be. patient with me emails well yeah i'm not happy with immigration policy but he. was decision for less and i'm going to be in right to see. things on the t.v. they haven't got about being provocative and one should not. well. i. i. i i. was was. this whole lease that's just going to send a signal with the men saying these protesters that i found out tonight i was raving i can show you some of the fact that they still here are some pretty weird ones actually they have been ca

frauke petry has left the party in part because of its tone.nhelpful even to its own cause. i believe in both. i believe first and for most, she didn't leave the party because of the tone, she left the party because she had personal issues, that is one thing. the other thing is, there are certainly wasn't utterances made by some were positives in the afd that didn't help the cause. instead of talking about politics, instead of talking about what we want to achieve, we always had to talk about personal issues, what did this person mean by this? explain this to us. and it's always destracted debates and talk shows, from the real issues, which is our party programme. we're not talking about any old person, we are talking one of the most prominent members of the afd. he said german soldiers in the first and second world wars could be proud of what they did. no. do you agree with that? that is the wrong quote. he said, in the same way that the french are proud of napoleon, and the british are proud of nelson and churchill, we can be proud of german

co-chairwoman falcon petri walked out of the conference in the early stages joking everyone in the room including have fellow party members it was a striking show of disunity for a party that says it promotes dialogue. i listen too long i'm usually everything should be discussed especially when someone is in a leadership position or their decisions must be something others can anticipate. lives yeah if not before the f.d.a. had achieved something even its leadership wasn't anticipating not only did the f.t. make it into the german parliament it became the third biggest party many are calling it a seismic shift the a.f.d. lead as a promising to change the country is a bonus if this german government whichever way it is formed should dress warmly we will hunt them we will hunt mrs merkel or whoever and we will take our country and our people back. only. so we go in. the eye of the party was founded four years ago. initially its focus was against the european union the euro and german contributions to the e.u. bailout fund for greece. in the two thousand and thirteen election the i f t fel

it was a term used by frauke petry, i'm glad she has distanced herself from the party. what her future will hold for her. this seems to be too convenient, every time i say to you this phrase oi’ every time i say to you this phrase or that prose was unhelpful, you me was it just or that prose was unhelpful, you me was itjust that individual. do you think voters are distinguishing between alexander and what you say and what afd says, i dimly are, they are the trimming bits from —— i don't think they are, they are hearing this from afd. —— i don't think they are, they are hearing this from afdi —— i don't think they are, they are hearing this from afd. 5 million people give us our votes. that is a response that people want to see us in parliament, presenting opposition. what do you want to achieve we want to challenge angela merkel. there is a commission from the bundestag saying the opening of borders might have been illegal. they want clarification. we want a commission to look into this, what has really happened, does this agree with constitutional law with our federal

one that my tensions between petrie and her colleagues. view of london england undeterred however alexander gallons the party's co leader was adamant in pursuing the party's anti immigration. and anti islam programme visant demo i know we're convinced because we want a different policy that the one million people that were taken into this country are taking away a piece of this country. the a of d. does not want this and now we got elected we will fears the address this policy i up. with an expected nineteen new seats in parliament alternative for deutschland will be the first far right parties and to the german bundestag since world war two. ten year old is one of the major opposition parties ranchera heightens platform for publicity and access to public funds. no korea has vowed to shoot down american warplanes even if they're not in countries and space speaking in new york earlier the north korean foreign minister real how you said it was the united states which has declared war on. pyongyang announcement north korea was well within his

so it's something else i'll well sure put sweet for petri she said got up and left she's not going to take up a seat in the building just behind us. we don't really know what she plans next she says she wants to help the party get into government in twenty twenty one what is the f.t. about and people say ok on to islam anti immigration is that morton and that is going to need to be more to them than that isn't there if they're going to build on thirteen percent of the alternative for germany a really good day to provide a little bit of needled they proclaim themselves as the only real opposition to angle of the well opposed to what almost everything the chancellor puts forward over the last four years they've opposed to very strongly all immigration as you said they have been touted as being anti islamic policy they've also been called as populist we can have a little look now about what alternative for germany this new kid on the block in german politics as far as being in the bundestag is called sir and what they're all about right now i would say. wish list this shall be all statio

frank a petrie is unlikely to be the last in the f.t.to distance themselves from the extreme right elements within their own party but chancellor angela merkel is facing bigger problems after the social democrats ruled out forming a grand coalition with her conservatives a three way partnership with the business friendly liberal democrats and the environmentalist greens seems the only possibility even if it's all smiles in public their political outlooks remain worlds apart they are likely to demand a heavy price for making any compromises meanwhile the bavarian christian socialists the c.d.u. sister party are also threatening to quit their alliance with merkel's conservatives unless their demands are met as. you can my view it's absolutely essential that we set out a clear commitment to stemming the influx of refugees in other words a cap on numbers. that's what we've promised people. the f.t.p. and the greens are unlikely to go along with any cap on refugees it almost seems as if the chancellor is already missing her old coalition part

wondering if petri has plans to set up a rival far right party. well so patriot drop there is she going to take her voters with her when she goes where she could take some people of course because as was said there she. has been a charismatic figure and it's not just her husband who's a regional leader of the a.f.p. who's withdrawn from the party today and that makes sense of course but also quite a few regional and local officials from around the country but it's anything other than a mass exodus from the page is going to be sitting on her own in parliament she won't be able to form her own new party bloc i think that that's point in the sky so she'll be sitting there of course the one thing that might resonate is that she said you know the f.d.a. doesn't seem to have any plans ever to belong to any german government at the moment their policies are too unrealistic she says well you know as the months go by that might prove to be true and some people might think well she was so wrong after all interesting ok they have to has announced new layers

more than fifty years that a far right party has entered the stack praising the election outcome for petrie of the f.t. explained to reporters why she though won't be taking up an m.p.'s seat in parliament . looking ahead to be one to be sure we're able to govern quickly the f.t. will be good in opposition but it's not a good time to govern which is why i want to be active here i want to produce real politik so in a conservative sense and i've decided that i will not be part of. this was my decision dozens of missing hindu villages are feared dead in me and after twenty eight bodies were discovered in a mass grave we had mass military says that it's evidence of a massacre by a range of groups in rakhine state hindu say that they've been the victims of ethnic violence since a military crackdown against. began a month ago. president trump's son in law jarrett kirshner used his personal e-mail account dozens of times to communicate with the white house according to his attorney between january and august the received all responded to around one hundred e-mails using his private account you'll

of a far right alternative for germany the bombshell dropped by one of the party's leaders fucker petrie that she intends to serve independently of the parliamentary group a stunt a social media uses in germany let's get more from our social media editor karl naslund and welcome so tell us more than about the reaction online from the party faithful. yeah i mean you said this was really a big surprise for many people frog apache one of the most recognizable faces of the a.f.d. and she was one of just three at the politicians who were directly elected to parliament last night a parent lea after she kind of walked out of this press conference she actually logged on to facebook and that's where she posted this message to try to get more of her viewers views out this is quite a long message we don't have time to show you the whole thing but she's saying that she is leaving the party and explaining why she made that decision in part she writes that the a.f.d. has wandered from being a goal oriented party to a seething cauldron an anarchist party acting as the opposition rather than offering vo

petrie is unlikely to be the last in the f.t. to distance themselves from the extreme right elements within their own party but chancellor angle of merkel is facing bigger problems after the social democrats ruled out forming a grand coalition with her conservatives a three way partnership with the business friendly liberal democrats and the environmentalist greens seems the only possibility even if it still smiles in public their political outlooks remain worlds apart they are likely to demand a heavy price for making any compromises meanwhile the bavarian christian socialists the c.d.u. sister party are also threatening to quit their alliance with merkel's conservatives unless their demands are met. as. you can my view it's absolutely essential that we set out a clear commitment to stemming the influx of refugees in other words a cap on numbers. that's what we've promised people. the f.t.p. and the greens are unlikely to go along with any cap on refugees it almost seems as if the chancellor is already missing her old coalition

national news conference this morning but there was unexpected drama as one of them made the destructor petry said she would not join the parliamentary group and then walked off. just one last word because i think on a day like this we should be open to the fact that there is also sometimes disagreement within our own party. and we must not be silent on this because you have to as i said we are supporting you know and it ate the air fifty in twenty thirteen and until twenty fifteen i don't want to be a part of government asked path is possible it is still my ambition might. some people have called us and. i was kind of you know and this might mean that people always thought we'd be ok and in opposition but people don't really expect that we could be in government this is not what i want i want. to be a part of government. i want to pursue a conservative they are politic. and after long concentrations i have decided that i personally will not be a part of the a.f.p. parliamentary group and the german bundestag. and please. i ask for your kind understanding not sure ask any questions about this

wing versions and one would focus more on the parliamentary approach to politics this would be the petri wing and the other wing would be more or less like a movement party seeking fundamental opposition in german in the german parliament and outside of it and both of those seeking the same and pursuing the same goals well they wouldn't i think it's a matter of more a matter of style it's smart a populist agenda that one would push and petri the patriot wing would focus on on a more you know like other country parliamentary david thanks very much david banal city but it will scientists researching and writing on the day thanks very much thank you. it's to brazil now where people with severe burns have been benefiting from an experimental treatment showing so very promising results burn patients at one research hospital have been receiving fishkin transplants to alleviate their pain and speed up the recovery so far just one species of fish has been found to be effective but both doctors and patients are convinced of the therapies potential. a deep briefing at forty lisa hospital edmar maf

so despite the turmoil they're going to make their presence felt and just we heard that the soccer petry has announced that she's going to stand as an independent m.p. is that actually possible in the german parliament given that she was elected as an f.d.a. member. yeah but i mean she was elected nevertheless by voters and not by her party so that it's possible it's legal let's say. for the rule of the games that's possible but she would not have any influence at all i mean parliamentary politics is made by parliamentary parties like groups it's about all about organisation and procedures and if you're on yourself on your on your own then you would have no impact whatsoever simon your own vanity has moved quickly to try and change the story and they elected two new leaders today alison vital and alexander dowdle galland how are they going to shape the party well these are the the people the rather odd couple perhaps you know some would say who led the a.f.d. into parliament. alexander gallant is a sort of senior member of former member many years of the christian democrats by the way bu

we've tried it in our petri dishes of experiments.oney, it's about the quality of health care. i have a lot of personal experience with the british health care system, the quality of which was shockingly poor in compared to the u.s. system. >> absolutely, david. look, when you take the consumer out of the driver's seat and when they know longer have ownership and control over their health care dollars, the quality of care is going to drop precipitously. we've seen this with obamacare. the reality is if you want to fix the health care system, which was arguably flawed before obamacare, you don't doubledown on government involvement, you give consumers more freedom to make choices and take risks that make sense to them. that will drive up care and innovation and drive down prices. david: steve, look at some of the democrats that were surrounding bernie sanders supporting his socialist health care plan. some of these people are, you would expect to go socialist, but others like dick blumenthal of connecticut, i didn't think he'd be for s

the bundestag for the first time great results for them there on thirteen percent there chairperson petry announced that she wouldn't be taking a seat in the bundestag. we want to create real policy and that's a long consideration i decided not to be a member of the parliamentary group in the bundestag i would like to ask you for your understanding i will not answer any questions on this. issue as to how he can do. the. so cool they tied. down to use. some european leaders held. for germany's success dutch far right leader voters post their photo of himself with the chief for the election campaign from a page three who as we just saw is decided to leave the party just some hours ago saying that they will fight together for their countries the vote was also called a symbol of european awakening by french national front leader. lots of reaction this of course within germany itself in berlin some are horrified that a nationalist party has entered parliament. that the fifty enters the bundestag with approximately thirteen percent is a catastrophe for us i hope we won't have a big coalition bu

going in are going it seems at the moment we've heard from from a petri who was one of the main leaders of alternative for germany she's just can on this monday morning saying she would not take up a seat in the bundestag would listen to what you have to say right now. we want to create real policy and that's a long consideration i decided not to be a member of the parliamentary group in the understand i would like to ask you for your understanding i will not answer any questions on this. so that's what she says after all of this remember this is a party that four years ago i was reporting on it was their first ever election they didn't make it into the bundestag she was one of those that helped build them up and now she's stepping away is that it's you got to tell you what you need is a shock did that not shock you know did it do it shock to me clearly not enough to get rid of my hiccups but yes. it is a big shock she has stepped aside we don't know what she's going to do next she says she wants to help the party get into government in twenty twenty one that's going to be a big ask for

only had a few hours to digest this result and already your party seems to be falling apart, frauke petrieleaving. sometimes they have egos as big as their parties. her suggestion was rejected and she wasn't happy. earlier on, stuttgart for a future vision, she wanted to have a different clear outline and members rejected that. it was a defeat she couldn't suffer very well. she also says she wants to make the party one which could go into the government and that the tone adopted by some of your collea g u es tone adopted by some of your colleagues is not appropriate, for instance, we had one colleague last night saying, we'll hunt merkel. do you think language like that is helpful? it was mr gauland who said that. he was in the cdu for years, merkel's party, he knows what language to use to get them excited and challenged. what he meant was, we will not stand and sit by while this policy continues, parliament is being a very peaceful atmosphere, like almost sleeping beauty, nothing else happened. everything that merkel wanted she got. there was no real opposition. we are trying to provide

bundestag for the first time great results for them their own thirteen percent their chairperson petrie announced that she wouldn't be taking a seat in the bundestag. the spanish it would want to create real policy and that's a long consideration i decided not to be a member of the parliamentary group in the bundestag i would like to ask you for your understanding i will not answer any questions on this. question about who are they that would be great oh ok so this just sort of wrap up in a nutshell people who don't know they have to what are they about they've got a kind of a threat but thirteen percent of the voters love them yes we're talking about millions of voters here that have gone for alternative forward to many they to the right they are very much in opposition to angela merkel they've opposed her immigration policies they've opposed to just about anything she's put forward but we can have a little look we've got a short video that we have a look at that explains just who all alternative for germany what we can expect them to bring to this bill to start parliament. as to how h

frauke petry, one of the afd's inders, who just won a seat parliament, turned on her colleagues. >> it has been said that the afd has become an anarchic party, but i want real politics, so i will not be part of the afd in the bundestag. reporter: she walked out, saying they were becoming too extreme. the party already arguing with itself in public. remaining leaders are sticking to their line that the influx of a million refugees means that germany is losing part of itself. "we don't want that. so manywhy we won votes," they said. germany as a whole is entering a period that will be more fractious and a divided, as merkel tries to cobble together a coalition and tackle the challenges she faces here and across europe. jane: north korea's foreign minister has accused the u.s. of declaring war after president trump said recently that the country's leadership wouldn't be around for much longer. the white house has denied the suggestion, calling it absurd. the exchange is the latest round of heated rhetoric between the 2 countries. north america editor jon sopel jointly from the white house

you're losing it seems one of the talismanic figures of alternative for germany it does seem that petrie has announced this morning she's not going to take up a seat there we can listen to what she has to say right now we'll come back to you for your reaction after we hear from. football to create real policy and that's a long consideration i decided not to be a member of the parliamentary group in the bundestag i would like to ask you for your understanding i will not answer any questions on this. no questions the chairperson steps down the the morning after a monumental victory is the problems within the party. certainly it was a surprise that this happened today and she didn't step out and party leader she says she will not join the parliamentary group in the bundestag there's something totally different we have to be a surprise certainly on the other hand it's her decision it's also a pity for the party because she's a very talented woman and she's very intelligent so it's really a pity for the party here at the big boys table now good luck to sound flippant about you taking up seats

referred to here but we can listen to what she said it was a very abrupt press conference from prokop petrie have a listen now it's for god to create real policy and that's a long consideration i decided not to be a member of the parliamentary group in the bundestag i would like to ask you for your understanding i will not answer any questions on this. ok peter great as always and i'm in the studio. again roundabout covering the elections because let's be honest it's going to a long time before we have a coalition. i'm going to put i'm going to put my reputation on the line here and say that in a month we still will have a government ok we'll find out my thanks peter now the f.t. policy we're talking about received a lot of attention of course even prior to the election because of the controversial policies that have polarized the german public. witnessed as to how the alternation deep and complex and. who would be. willing to so cool next time out to me how do i do it. for every year when there's a yang is the alternative for germany party supporters and politicians were celebrating others

chief for the election campaign for petrie who as we just saw has decided to leave the party saying they will fight together for they country's their vote was also called a symbol of european awakening by the french national frankly to marine le pen. as we've been talking about forming a coalition with the remaining parties is going to be a tough job i'm going to love merkel is not the only challenge ahead for the now for her a chance for the ship with more on where it's going to go what she's got ahead of. too many angela merkel is the embodiment of stability in the face of crisis diplomacy with a firm hand and sound decision making well for that skill this term has been marred by a series of setbacks. firstly she decided to open the doors to asylum seekers at the height of the refugee crisis almost a million flooded into germany in twenty fifteen alone while some more welcoming others started to worry the country just wouldn't be able to cope. a year off to mark a lot open door policy germany saw a rise in modern crimes one of the most shocking hundreds of women alleging they were sexu

for its part maybe facing a split one of their top politicians from a petri broke with the party's leadership are we seeing a division inside the president parliament absolutely that is in fact as split as one of the is one of still one of the presidents of the party and has decided that she's not going to join that party's group in parliament she's going to enter parliament on her own presumably hoping to bring along some of her allies who according to her are more on the moderate wing of the party is not totally unusual for a new party to split or to have a realignment as it starts but it is basically split as it gets into parliament thank you so much for your analysis as more you know it's. all americans christian democrats may have won the election but as we've been mentioning the f.t. has but the conservatives on the defensive especially in the eastern state of saxony where they took first place ahead of all of acol c.d.u. saxony also has seen the anti islam anti immigration begin a movement holding weekly demonstrations every monday night in the state capital president yesterday evening

saying that they are the majority but they are certainly an important element with india and falcon petri once different and therefore the question is do we see this morning the beginning of a split within this party and i dare say if it has already upset politics they left their mark not just on this election campaign we see all parties concerning themselves on how they can keep the if the day ahead of this election this historic result for them of this very young party that clearly is not afraid of using very right wing terminology and has declared that they will hunt the government that they will and basically what they're saying is i think they want to heckle the parliament that they want to hold them to account of the big question is will they remain clueless in a democracy or will they become part of what they look down on as the establishment right now right now and actually want to develop more policies than being against the migration policy against the euro when you talk about them hunting down their opponents let's go to that clip that i just wanted to see earlier of alexander

thomas sparrow is out the bundestag he's tracking the very latest developments for us hi thomas with petrie gone and possibly her supporters as well this is the co-leader of the party it's also a she's also it's internationally known face how badly does this hurt. well this certainly the badly there's no doubt about that because obviously as you mentioned is one of the most visible and most important figures of that party nevertheless it's also important to stress that this is not the first time that. the other members of the have had different opinions in fact one of the biggest problems of the so far in its history has come from within their internal squabbles their internal problems are something that was clear when foulke apparently took power of the party a few years ago that was clear a few months ago in the party conference in cologne which we covered that was also clear during the campaign that was also clear obviously today here at the start we were there when the two main candidates that xander gallant had to simply talk about the case when obviously i think they would have prefer