they have majority appoint if they get in bad as it were with the s.p. day as has which is a coalition run germany for the last four years that would do very nicely also said that is not going to happen the most likely coalition partners therefore are the greens so adding their sixty seven seats and the f.t.p.'s that eighty seats would take that would be a coalition that would give the give the chancellor a working majority the greens have said that they're keen the f.d.p. have said we'll think about it ok so let's get more analysis then of the state of german politics with d.w. our political correspondent to hans branch welcome hans everyone now assumes that there's going to be this three way coalition the c.d.u. the f.d.p. and the greens. the s.t.p. said no yesterday today martin short saying well if i'm going to be i'm going to talk to so might that happen. well as we've just seen numerically such a grand coalition between the two largest parties is certainly still possible and that's what's being governing germany for the last four years the social democ

lost nine we think the s.p. days lost five point seven linker left party they've gained four so they've come up a little bit but to go now to the freedom democrats they're speaking now the lady of the christian leader holding a press conference actually a big turnaround for them they've done better than expected well i got a part in a moment let's listen in twenty thirteen when we had a hard time that because from our fall to this. we had to be new the tradition and you understand this tradition we. trained in new forests and we called the tree for the wifey hearst's and we turned our face to the german courage and we drew on the we learnt to be calm in the face of challenge. and we attain a force that allows us. to yes we were and not on momentary opposition and we shall not step back once we are in the. early voting. even if. we are going to stick by this approach dear ladies and gentlemen it is the process by the. three new world is not only are. there's no other d.n.a. the resteal a lot to do with that's why. i a

we can say that this time around americans conservatives have lost over eight percent as have the s.p. days the s.p.d. excuse me germany's mainstream parties are really suffering based on these projected results the left party up half a percent as are the greens the pro-business f.d.p. gaining almost six percent there and in blue you see the big winners of the night the i have a that's a populous party that's up eight point three percent so what does all of this mean for germany and for the world for some analysis i'm going to take you over the table with christopher spring date from our parliamentary studios he has a good idea about what we should be watching for tonight and in the days to come come with me. christopher great to have you here in the studio tonight doesn't look like merkel's got the numbers to govern alone her conservatives are going to need a coalition partner we heard earlier in the evening the as p.d. her current partner saying no way no how we're going with the opposition what's merkel got left well we should make the point that coalition government is typical of german

we're going to interrupt that because we're going to go now to the s.p. day who are giving their conference martin shields is now speaking to let's hear what he says when you brought it about. for fresh. meat cleaver known i promised through our members to our voters to our supporters that we won't just go back to business as usual and there was a harsh defeat yesterday and we have to take a closer look at the party leadership has already started with that process. before the party conventions in december will take place between you seventy ninth of december and the leaden we will have several meetings of the various party bodies but also eight regional conferences of all members and we will look at the various defeats we had to face in recent years since twenty twelve. thousand the result of our analysis today has been that we haven't really come to terms with our previous defeats and a number of mistakes just must not be repeated. you have to. it's we have a dialogue with our voters. and we have agreed on the projects we want to deal with in the next few we

or it needs that germany have a stable home and government i have heard them and heard what the s.p. days position is but i believe it's important to stay in a dialogue. the anti immigration alternative for germany or a.f.p. is now said to be the third largest party in the german parliament but their celebratory mood was cut short at a press conference when the party's co-chair from the petrie such he won't be joining the new parliamentary caucus. petrea was long the face of the air of deep at last influence earlier this year when she tried to steer the far right party toward a more moderate position. millions of people in iraq's autonomous region of kurdistan have voted in an independence referendum ignoring pressure from baghdad turkey and iran the vote is not binding and is not expected to lead to independence anytime soon on monday iraq's parliament approved several tough measures in response to the referendum including the closure of all border crossings with the kurdish region the final results of the vote are expected within three days. the white house rejects claims by north korea

stable home and government i have heard them and heard what the s.p. days position is but i believe it's important to stay in a dialogue. the anti immigration alternative for germany or a.f.p. is now said to be the third largest party in the german parliament but their celebratory mood was cut short at a press conference when the party's co-chair for the petrie said she won't be joining the new parliamentary caucus. just as henry was along the face of the f.d.a. but last influence earlier this year when she tried to steer the far right party toward a more moderate position. a national referendum results showed overwhelming support for independence in iraq's autonomous region of kurdistan the electoral commission says more than ninety percent voted for independence the vote is not binding and final results are expected within three days. iraq's kurds defied widespread opposition to the referendum sparking fresh tensions with baghdad turkey and iran on monday iraq's parliament approved several tough measures in response to the vote including the closure of al