s.p.d. coalition partners are also licking their wounds after a terrible result in sunday's regional vote their leader andrea knowledges whose future in the job was also being questioned it was clear that lessons have to be learned at national level. he didn't fret so we are absolutely determined to ensure that we can continue our work in the it needs more commitment and more determination to leave behind the problems of the past few months. opposition parties are already seizing their chance to capitalize on medicals weakness. it is giving up the wrong job this won't make government more stable it will merely slow the death of the coalition. but the much diminished grand coalition will limp along for now with a severely weakened chancellor at its head who will follow her c.d.u. leader several candidates have already thrown their hats into the ring there could yet be a public battle for the soul of the c.d.u. for now merkel's tone remains thoughtful and sober as ever but as the chancellor spoke it was impossible not to feel that slowly she is giving up power yeah. it has always been my wish to

is in a coalition with the left of center s.p.d. party and they're governing in what in germany be called a grand coalition at the national level i think this would change the dynamic so sufficiently within conservative politics that i don't think that the the grand coalition will be able to hold together it surprises me all the more however the we are seeing this. sense of possible change beginning not just around i'm going back but within the party at this point in time because we have seen in the lower in the elections this week yesterday and in two weeks ago we've seen that both of the big . and the big big ten parties here in germany have taken an absolute hammering that is unction americans conservatives on the social democrats and you'd expect them if there were a snap election at some time in the next weeks or months you would expect them to take a number two so one wonders quite what has driven them to this move at this point in time to opt for that level of uncertainty. continue our conversation but let's first take a look

s.p.d. coalition partners are also licking their wounds after a terrible result in sunday's regional vote their leader andrea knowledges whose future in the job has also been questioned it was clear but lessons have to be learned at a national level. he didn't fret so we are absolutely determined to ensure that we can continue our work in the coalition it needs more commitment and more determination to leave behind the problems of the past few months. in it for gun rights. opposition parties are already seizing their chance to capitalize on medicals weakness. for market america is giving up the wrong job this won't make government more stable it will merely slow the death of the coalition. for long. but the much diminished grand coalition will limp along for now with a severely weakened chancellor at its head who will follow her a c.d.u. leader several candidates have already thrown their hats into the ring they could yet be a public battle for the soul of the c.d.u. for now merkel's tone remains thoughtful and sober as ever but as the chancellor spoke it was impossible not to feel that slowly

thing which was also striking is she showed her commitment to the grand coalition there have been questions posed that will be s.p.d. if it's that unhappy pull out of a grand coalition but that was a question she refused to answer and said she felt that they could be waved at the grand coalition good work but she talked a lot about what you said sharpening the profile of the s.p.d. what did she say about that. well i think also the decision by the s.p.d. to stay in the coalition or not that is not a done deal yet and leonardo's has made her position very clear that she remains committed to this coalition and that she does want it to work and she outlined timeline her road map as she called it where the party leadership of the social democrats have sat down and defined what they see as their key policy areas where they really do want to see progress and significant progress in the collaboration together with the conservatives and they will conclude that list they said by next week and then put it forward to the conservatives and try and read negotiate just how solutions can be delivered on these key areas like she s

s.p.d. on its own even not looking at the whole coalition government the s.p.d. on its own is in a is in a drift and doesn't really know what it stands for as knowledge is said today and they still have to distill term in that but she said in a press conference this morning that you know today is not the time to make decisions on party personnel they're going to be looking at these results and what happens over the next few hours and few days at a big party leadership meeting next weekend but there are concerns today that the result of what's happening and in particular of merkel's decision might be that the s.p.d. decides to pull out of the coalition government with medical and that would force new elections of course under the under under nonis is staying for the moment but i don't know how much pressure is she to quit given this election result yesterday when the party did so poorly and given that the youth off the s.p. these also a very very keen at the party must go through a period of renewal to make it attractive to voters once again in the country. yeah i

coalition. with the s.p.d. the center left one of two of the names that have been mentioned to replace and america list chair of the party like in russia from north rhine-westphalia he's a real middle of the road. a moderate kind of a centrist kind of a guy widely respected also mentioned a lot is not a great crime colombo the general secretary of the policy she has been for a number of months she's viewed as a woman has a big a big future very much a woman and i'm going to knuckle so mold that if it were either of those two i could see those two with the policy working together with the social democrats. and a grand coalition of the grand coalition and give it another try as it were i think if it's somebody like friedrich's metz who replaces anglo-american law against foreign much more of a sort of a right of center conservative then i think it would be well nigh impossible for the grand coalition to consider it would break up there would be fresh elections would be difficult to see with christmas coming up an

as chancellor and of course it also depends on the junior partners in the current government coalition the s.p.d. the social democrats who have a lot of soul searching to do themselves and who have lost their profile somewhat in the current government coalition and they are looking ahead to some important party conferences where they will decide whether or not they want to stay in the current government coalition if they don't probably going to look at fresh elections and that would mean an early end to uncle americal xah term as chancellor all right our political correspondent nina hoss i thank you nina. at a time that germany was grappling with its cultural legacy and today germany's government is marking twenty years since the creation of the role of a federal commissioner for culture and the media two decades on it's proven a boon for the german arts sector. after a long day for german chancellor angela merkel in political berlin there was reason to celebrate on monday evening twenty years of the german government's commission for culture media in a speech to six hundred guests merkel underl

s.p.d. party members would prefer to leave the grand coalition. now senior figures are wondering whether it would be better to stay. clear is that just because the s.p.d. and its members had good reasons for joining a coalition not to lead the country at the mercy of the right wing condom doesn't mean will stay in at. pies. the liberals who only just managed to scrape their way into parliament are ready to capitalize on any collapse. years in. that we're all prepared for the grand coalition to form charts and everything that scenario could bring us into. the debate continues to simmer behind the scenes but come the next day selections and hasn't in two weeks time things could well come to a head. only as thirteen people have died in flash floods in southwestern france streams became a raging torrent as the equivalent of several months of rain fell in just a few hours rivers there have reached flood levels not seen in a century. when it happened it happened fast several months worth of rain falling in just a few hours a for night here in southwest f

s.p.d. party members would prefer to leave the grand coalition. now senior figures are wondering whether it would be better to stay or. what is clear is that just because the s.p.d. and its members had good reasons for joining a coalition not to leave the country at the mercy of the rightwing condom doesn't mean we will stay in at all pies. the liberals who only just managed to scrape their way into parliament are ready to capitalise on any collapse. isn't. that prepared for the grand coalition to form of tarps and everything that scenario could bring. into. the debate continues to simmer behind the scenes but come the next day selections and hasn't in two weeks time things could well come to a head. you know as we just heard there voters go to the polls in the state of hessen later this month if the polls are right germany's coalition parties the s.p.d. and the c.d.u. are said to suffer further heavy losses all the talk about the fate of this government i'm joined tonight here at the table by patrick symmes borg he is a member of the c.d.u. that i

s.p.d. party members would prefer to leave the grand coalition. now senior figures are wondering whether it would be better to stay or go. car is shorter what is clear is that just because the s.p.d. and its members had good reasons for joining a coalition not to leave the country at the mercy of the rightwing condom doesn't mean we will stay in at all costs ian paice. the liberals who only just managed to scrape their way into parliament are ready to capitalize on any collapse. is in. the grand coalition to for the hearts and everything that's in our area. and. the debate continues to send up behind the scenes to come the next state elections and hasn't in two weeks time things could well come to a head. you know as we just heard there voters go to the polls in the state of has and later this month if the polls are right germany's coalition parties the s.p.d. and the c.d.u. are said to suffer further heavy losses all the talk about the fate of this government i'm joined tonight here at the big table by patrick since borg he is a member of the c.d.

s.p.d. party members would prefer to leave the grand coalition. ow senior figures are wondering whether it would be better to stay or go. cars sure what is clear is that just because the s.p.d. and its members had good reasons for joining the coalition really not to leave the country at the mercy of the rightwing condom doesn't mean we'll stay in at all costs here in pies. the liberals who only just managed to scrape their way into parliament are ready to capitalise on any collapse. isn't. that where all prepared for the grand coalition to form sharks and everything that scenario could bring us into. the debate continues to simmer behind the scenes to come the next day selections and hasn't in two weeks time things could well come to a head. to get more from v.w. political correspondent to thomas spar tell us what you make of a chance of a statement essentially that it reveals just how much pressure is under now at the moment that's a statement there where she clearly mentions that need to regain trust is one that we've already heard from politicia

both halves of the ruling coalition the city you and the s.p.d. has its own problems. and it's just being reflected now as well in the various states of germany in the state election of probably a proxy vote nationally as well that's not just a local fold and what could this mean for the grand coalition if the c.d.u. fails to get enough votes for a majority has a could that have a big impact on that political framework. well not directly of course because it's a federal state and what goes on there is not directly connected but it will definitely put in a weak position she's been getting weaker and weaker is and more and more unpopular and now if they lose and they seem to have lost big there as well again i would expect she'd be under a pretty severe pressure now. as far as the support on the federal level that at some point this city you is going to have to look for a new face she's getting very unpopular i think she's a more of a liability for the party than she is a positive for instance there have been these so-called. demonstrations going on for about a year and

s.p.d. would only be too happy to see the party leave the grand coalition. what is clear that just because the s.p.d. had good reasons for joining the grand coalition to not leave the country at the mercy of the right wing doesn't mean we will stay in it at all costs. if you can parse. the debate continues to sum up behind the scenes but come the next takes elections and has an in two weeks time things could well come to a head as a debate simmers let's bring in peter craven he's standing by at brandenburg gate hi peter so this election result is reverberating far beyond bavaria what does it mean for chancellor merkel's government in berlin. well i think in the first instance it means that her coalition a grand coalition of three parties is badly damaged because two of those parties have taken his historic hits at the same time there's another story that i think is very very important i think a lot of people have thought that horsey hope for the interior minister and the head of the bavarian c.s.u. might take is how it might grow might resign after this elect

s.p.d. would only be too happy to see the party leave the grand coalition. what is clear that just because the s.p.d. had good reasons for joining the grand coalition to not leave the country at the mercy of the right wing doesn't mean we will stay in it at all costs. us the debate continues to sum up behind the scenes but come the next takes elections and has an in two weeks time things could well come to a head. so what does this vote mean for the future of germany's government for more on that i'm joined at our parliamentary studios by neil need is a member of the bundestag and foreign policy spokesman of america's coalition partner the social democrats the s.p.d. mr schmidt thank you for joining us now this vote was a blow not just to uncle michael's conservatives but also to your party the social democrats your support in bavaria cut in half what happened. well this was a very bad result indeed and there. always was a very hard place for social democrats so it was quite obvious that yes but he had no option of a leading alternative coalition in this part

s.p.d. in bavaria. there is now involved in a sort of an existential battle for their very survival and that's going to have an impact i'm sure on the coalition after all the c.s.u. on the s.p.d. of the two pillows besides anglo-american c.d.u. conservatives that make up the coalition but there's a third problem for a. second problem i think i should probably say for angela merkel that whole see hope for is still around there have been some hopes that in. some quarters and maybe i'm going to medical share these hopes that if the candidate cabinet is going to be sitting firmly in the coalition to go she ations he's looking pretty smug about it he's talking about big plans for the future and this must move very disconcerting frank of america because he is peter constant disruption to coalition government since it was formed in march he's been bearing grudges against angela merkel in settling scores and so that is a real source of instability for angela merkel it leaves the coalition as a coalition that is more likely to drift apart than pull together. peter craven there talking with me earlier we have much more on that election our website w do

s.p.d. the junior partner in the coalition they have a lot of soul searching to do they have to decide themselves whether or not they actually want to stay in this coalition government that has hurt them so badly because they've lost their profile voters don't know what they stand for anymore and they have had the west results in their party history and so they are looking ahead to some important meetings where they will decide whether or not they will stay in the coalition if they pull out of course we are probably looking at fresh elections and that could spell an early end to anglo backhauls term as chancellor all right our political correspondent nina has there reporting for us thank you nina. now to some other stories making headlines around the world a day after her announcement that chancellor merkel is hosting a summit in berlin aimed at raising a private investment for africa the initiative was launched during germany's g twenty presidency last year for the so-called compact with africa merkel is meeting with twelve heads of states to promote economic growth on the african continent. a f

calculations as we as we speak as you've been announcing the results i make it a grand coalition of c.d.u. and s.p.d. would actually be the. the coalition government possibility with the largest share of the vote here. i'm saying that that's very unlikely that they will go they decide to do that in future of these two parties which of course in government at national level doesn't make any sense for them because there's a lot of skepticism about the grand coalition model in berlin and because the existing arrangement in the states of has been working very well namely c.d.u. christian democrat and green coalition government and that's only just half a percentage point behind at the moment because these results these numbers can be fined cheated in the course of the thing so i'm expecting what comes out of this is in the state of. the situation will stay as it is and that at least is a sort of emanates a sort of idea of stability which is something that angle of medical and other politicians in berlin are very keen to hear someone have been looking at this election very closely can you tell me why it'

s.p.d. is still propping up the coalition government that's kind of s.m.s. what we do get out of my what must we avoid telling us we don't have control and everything and governments are bad images links are contributed to the fact that issues that were asked to the populace didn't get through it didn't mention the stick that was the wrong place so let us get analysis from the dublin chief political correspondent melinda crane i welcome belinda so effectively to announcements that the chancellor started out as chair of her party and will not fight for the chancellorship of the next election so what do those two announcements mean for her party at this stage first of all for the party it means that it theoretically at least can begin to govern proactively rather than reactively and that. disentangle its fate and its future from the chancellor and begin to look toward the future rather to than toward the past she has become so controversial for her decision in the twenty fifteen to admit hundreds of thousands of refugees that it has provoked ceaseless internal

s.p.d. party members would prefer to leave the grand coalition. ow senior figures are wondering whether it would be better to stay or go. karts shorter what is clear is that just because the s.p.d. and its members had good reasons for joining the coalition not only the country and allies on any collapse. years in. that world. compared to the grand coalition to form sharks and everything that's in the area could bring us into. the debate continues to simmer behind the scenes to come the next eight elections and hasn't in two weeks time things could well come to a head. to move from v.w. political correspondent to thomas spargo tell us what you make of the chance of a statement essentially that it reveals just how much pressure on them a call is under now at the moment that's a statement there where she clearly mentions that need to regain trust is one that we've obviously heard from politicians or not only from merkel in previous occasions the question however fairly is how they plan to regain that trust how they plan to improve their work when both

college coalition and it's most likely that this will be the green party because that great coalition between you and s.p.d. will not work they will not score enough but you can see that the c.s.u. has no real influence on the policies of angela merkel and people are just fed up of voting always for a c.s.u. which has every conservative profile in their political discourse but in the end they turn out to do just the same as more and more left leaning c.d.u. angela merkel the party will most likely hold on to its majority vote bookies are taking bets on just how much it will be a row did and it could well be historic peace for all of us. and the situation in bavaria is an angle merkel's only headache right now with southern neighbor italy kicking up a fuss about berlin's migrant stance italy's interior minister matteo salvini has threatened to close his country's airports if germany goes ahead with rumored plans to send migrants back on chartered flights forty one in brussels is thinking of dumping dozens of immigrants in italy through on or through as chance of flights they should know there is not a move

college coalition and it's most likely that this will be the green party because that great coalition between you and s.p.d. will not work they will not score enough but you can see that the c.s.u. has no real influence on the policies of article in merkel and people are just fed up of voting always for a c.s.u. which has every conservative profile in their political discourse but in the end they turn out to do just the same as the more and more left leaning c.d.u. angela merkel the party will most likely hold onto its majority vote bookies are taking bets on just how much it will be a row did and it could well be historic peace for all of us. a controversial right wing politician dubbed the trump of the tropics has won the first round of brazil's presidential election by a rather large margin however as they are both now failed to secure the fifty percent needed to avoid a second round runoff his supporters are crying fraud and have taken to the streets and protest. well yes. i feel pain and anguish because i know we didn't have a truly democratic elections. if there is a second round i'll feel frustrated

strata theory actually what she might do next so of course she's very worried about her coalition partner the s.p.d. but she's also worried about her partner within the christian union the bavarians sister party and maybe by taking sacrifice and stepping back as chairman of this party she could also make her coalition partner and partner in the christian union halls the whole for do the same step because she was the kind of political figure who started most of the rival to use within the coalition party which caused this bad image the grand coalition has and the first place so she what he was always refusing to do so by this step so she leads by example again it could save create a horse that actually i did it you can do it and then the only thing she should be worried about is the future of the s b d but i don't see the social democrats leaving the coalition because they are really afraid of any kind of new elections all right thanks so much for your analysis on that or are going. members of the jewish community in pittsburgh of cold on the trump to denounce white nationalism in the wake of saturd

more than fifty years losing significant ground to smaller parties michael's coalition partners in berlin the central left s.p.d. the social democrats polled their worst result and has since world war two. and let's go right to our political correspondent thomas sparrow he's standing by at the s.p.d. headquarters in berlin a where a press conference is going on at the moment thomas you know we've seen two state elections this month and bavaria and has said to terrible results for the for the social democrats what are going to be the consequences. also i mean first of all you have to forgive me for not being able to speak very loudly but as you can probably see behind me and not is the lead candidate in speaking there at precisely i don't rise ing the results of that election has and they're talking in particular about a two fold strategy what's going to happen in the party now on the one hundred internally in other words trying to strengthen that profile they have to realize that the s.p.d. the social democrats have lost that sort of profile in voters' minds in the summing up they have to strengthen on the othe

coalition parties has been eroded. roses and bitter or in general it was a bitter evening for the s.p.d. if i was able to tell you the reason we could have avoided those mistakes i presume it's not about the party's policies as polls suggest they're precisely what people care about nowadays homes rental payments social support the environment the s.p.d. in bavaria has researched these issues over and over i think the main problem is we are losing trust people don't think we're able to deliver what we promised with the party's program unfortunately it's all about the s.p.d. party i will say carefully berlin didn't help us many decisions that were taken half heartedly politicians often went back on their words certainly that doesn't help to strengthen faith in the party today we felt that ourselves. turkish investigators are monday are searching where consulate in istanbul saudi dissident journalist jamal mysteriously disappeared two weeks ago these are live pictures from the saudi consulate the search is set to be carried out by both turkish and saudi officials meanwhile donald trump has

s.p.d. which was one of the big losers tonight of the grand coalition. yes and this is a direct result of course of this poor showing in bavaria the social democrats everyone here really has pointed to berlin trying to explain potentially bad is the bad results that came out of this so in a sense yes it weakens our going to support base and adds to the existential fear that the social democrats are feeling if they should go into yet another coalition and that might have an impact on how well the government sticks together so another potential turning point is the state elections in tests it in two weeks time we'll know a lot more after that but this certainly doesn't add disability in government and regional elections just becoming so important to gauge the state of politics in germany behala cooper joining us from the varian parliament thank you. and i would have a closer look at one of tonight's big winners we will catch up now with. the former co-leader of the greens at the national level and still a major figure in the party he was optimistic about w

had questioned federal migration policy to the cost of coalition partners the c.d.u. and the s.p.d. the f.t. will no sit in fifteen of the sixteen regional parliament. they are what i have anyone who voted f.t. today in bavaria is saying that america all must go ladies and gentlemen i. the regional elections in hessen are in two weeks merkel's creaking coalition will remain for that long but the softening of support for germany's formerly strong conservatives is likely to feed the growth of other political forces. for more now let's bring in our political chief correspondent michelle but is reporting for us in munich michelle and this has been an earthquake in bavarian politics why how are people reacting to this way you are. i'm actually here at the election party of this is too conservative party that's the sister party of anger marco c.d.u. and here there was a sense of there was a political earthquake it was predicted but it didn't get as bad as they had feared and that really is the key issue for the see is you hear that they have been polling down the rounds thirty three perce

had question federal migration policy to the cost of coalition partners the c.d.u. and the s.p.d. the f.t. will no sit in fifteen of the sixteen regional parliament. they are what i say anyone who voted f.t. today in bavaria is saying that america all must go ladies and gentlemen i. the regional elections in hessen are in two weeks merkel's creaking coalition will remain for that long but the softening of support for germany's formerly strong conservatives is likely to feed the growth of other political forces. all right for more on this i'm joined by our political correspondent kate brady kate it's great having you in studio did this come as a shock for these traditional parties surely massive it really wasn't quite as much of a surprise as you might first think of course we've had a lot of opinion polls ahead of these elections and this really reflects what is an ongoing trend across germany and also in neighboring e.u. countries european countries at the moment and that is the erosion of mainstream parties and we're seeing both on a federal level and down in bavaria tonight tha