to form a coalition the center left s.p.d. and environmentalist greens to 2 poorly state premier michele catch my has ruled out a coalition with the far right f.t. the state's 2nd strongest party which picked up a far greater share of votes than in the last election here in saxony angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party has managed to hold onto its 30 year title as the state's strongest party but not without making losses namely to the alternative for germany party or a.f.p. the far right party is now the 2nd strongest party here in saxony and the result reflects the ever present divide between western and eastern germany with many voters here still feeling neglected and left behind since reunification in 1990 now it's up to angela merkel's government back in berlin to figure out exactly how they can win back those disenchanted voters. he also won with votes in brandenburg also becoming the 2nd strongest party in the national at the bickering for. my side but this result this prognosis shows one thing very clearly. the a.f.d.

to form a coalition the center left s.p.d. and environmentalists greens did too poorly state premier michele clutch man has ruled out a coalition with the far right f.t. the state's 2nd strongest party which picked up a far greater share of votes than in the last election. the f.t. also won more votes in brandenburg also becoming the 2nd strongest party there but they fell short of the victory they hoped for was in sight but this result this prognosis shows one thing very clearly the a.f.d. is here to stay. politics will no longer be able to be made by going around us the center left s.p.d. remains the strongest party in brandenburg but they need to coalition partners to be able to rule this day and that means that we continue to face great challenges in this country to reach out to the people and work together with them that is my goal for the coming years as well and the other there is one thing that almost all parties can be happy about voter participation has risen considerably in both german states. for more on this let's

s.p.d. coalition partner still has the most seats in brandenburg.

s.p.d. coalition partner still has the most seats in brandenburg. germany has asked poland for forgiveness on the 80th anniversary.

s.p.d. coalition partner still has the most seats in brandenburg. germany has asked poland for forgiveness on the 80th anniversary.

s.p.d. coalition partner still has the most seats in brandon book. germany has asked poland for forgiveness on the 80th anniversary.

and her coalition partner s.p.d. one of the council members who voted for yonks defended the choice if those who can we are trying to help the people and address their issues that's all party membership doesn't play a role for us. stephanie x. has worked for the n.p.t. on the regional and national level for a key is the enough authority as have twice sought and failed to ban the party as a threat to germany's democratic order the domestic intelligence service has kept close tabs on the party yeah actually has even shown up in the agency's report on fright wing extremists but he was democratically elected also because no other candidate was available the fuse approach that presidents a mixed bag in kind and it's a bad that there was no alternative no wonder he got into an event will never end so human time called would have life had to maybe it will have an effect and make politicians think about how their decisions are received by most people feel pretty cheap saw by their me outside their lloyd. was standing we have

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and her coalition partners the s.p.d. have both seen their vote shed dropped significantly in brandenburg the s.p.d. managed to cling on to 1st place in the state gaining $27.00 and a half percent but the f.t. came in 2nd place on $22.00 and a half just south in saxony it's a similar picture there with the f.t. securing 27.5 percent of the vote behind merkel c.d.u. party on 32 percent but that is a significant drop from the performance in the last election in 2014 dominic cain has more now from potsdam and brendan book. i was if he had hoped it's far right agenda would persuade east germans to put it 1st in the event the party came a close 2nd but more than doubled its vote in the process and struck deep into the mainstream parties heart it's was i would have hoped the cake we would become the strongest party but this result this exit poll shows one thing the f.d.a. has come to stay politics without us will no longer be possible their opponents in saxony with the center right christian democrats who governed there since 1

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yes but the fact is there do for him it term review of the federal coalition at the end of this year the s.p.d. the social democrats also going to be holding a major party conference where they will review whether the grand coalition should stay in effect but i think what they will take away from this result is that politics now is more fragmented than ever both at the regional and at the national level and that if no elections were to be called that will become a problem for them at federal level as well right when the crane chief political correspondent thank you. to cyprus where you were an envoy is visiting today for talks with the leaders of the divided island jane hall lute has been meeting with the presidents of the republic of cyprus on the turkish cypriot north you have been trying to encourage reentry reunification since turkey invaded in 1974 the last round of talks broke down 2 years ago the w.'s from kaufman sent this report from an island where many on the thread up of the partition. the main shopping street in the cypriot capital neko c.-a is still divided the pedestrian checkpo

that's on 27 percent their turn coalition partner the s.p.d. said 14 percent now above them is the far right a.f.d. with 15 percent the business friendly f.d.p. it's at 7 as is the left party also some of the greens are on 23 percent now that's down 3 points compared to last month's. once the greens have been continuing to lose ground every month recently has their popularity when you look at their percentages down 3 percent from august how they topped out with the electorate i think you could say that there is some sort of pique that has been reached there but at the same time you have to say that the rise of the greens in recent months has been absolutely spectacular so much so that the green party themselves are scrambling to find enough personnel to find enough people to actually respond to that they have had a huge number of extra members that have joined the party in recent months and obviously the issues the climate change issues remind very much at the top of the agenda at the same time we have seen in these results that the governing p

europe germany is in with the cancer under merkel in a very difficult internal policy the coalition between s.p.d and see who is a bit weak and of course we've seen in the recent regional elections that.

europe germany is in with the cancer under merkel in a very difficult internal policy the coalition between s.p.d. and see who is a bit weak and of course we've seen in the recent regional elections that extreme right as a lot. put a lot of pressure on the conciliar in great britain the agenda of the brics it is now linked to the internal survival agenda of brian johnson bringing him not to be having a say or not sufficiently willing or being capability to have a say on the international agenda and to a recent. 2 recent. level 2. recent dates the italian. internal policy of course prevented former and now newly reelected. nominated does it become to be part of the international agenda so france is now assessing the fact that india rise in the next general assembly of the nation it is pushing a certain number of them both sides on which it wants to have a unique or. let's say let me let me get a jump in here that you have rational there's a lot of very good point here but john why france can't do this in a vacuum ok it is a european project at the end of the day if other european countries want to

and her coalition partners the s.p.d. of both seen their vote share drop significantly the f.t. has come 2nd in both the states of brandenburg and saxony. the party harnessed voter anger over refugees in the economic disparities that remain between the east in the west 30 years after the fall of the berlin wall the results are seen as a major setback for the ruling federal coalition so let's just take a closer look at what exit polls are currently indicating in brandenburg the s.p.d. managed to cling on to 1st place in the state gaining some 27.5 percent with the f.t. in 2nd place on $22.00 and a half percent just south in saxony it's a similar picture with the f.t. securing 27.5 percent of the vote there by merkel c.d.u. party on 32 percent and that's a significant drop from the last election which was in 2014 will dominate cain is in part stam and joins us now dominic the 2 big parties of managed to win 1st place in these state elections but they have suffered a decline in their popularity tell us more about what these results are showing. well one thing to point out immediate

implications at the national level for the government if i'm going to make that she's in coalition with the s.p.d. both these spotty still record losses in these recent elections is there is a sort of parallel movement that as the if he has been getting stronger the more established parties against which the he is campaigning have been getting weaker and the conservatives have on the market and the social democrats have lost a lot of support in voting on no longer strong enough between themselves to form governments that are certainly a serious effect on their policies they have been scrambling to try and find a way of bringing back these dissatisfied versions from the side of the f.t. they've been deciding whether it's better for them to emphasize more left wing policies move more to the left or to move more to the right both of these have been attempted both tactics have been attempted neither has been particularly successful for the governing parties they really lift left a little bit at a loss at the moment hans fondu debbie senior political correspondent thank you very much for now. let me n

bloc the conservatives are at 27 percent and their current a junior coalition partner the social democrats the s.p.d. is at 14 here the far east is 15 percent the liberal f.d.p. the business friendly democrats are at 7 percent as the left party also at 7 the greens here are at 23 percent down 3 points compared to last month. so hamsa greens have continued to lose ground every month another popularity is down 3 percentage points from august can we say that they have peaked i think what you can say about all of these results is that political parties at the moment seem to be establishing that sols at a particular level seems to be a kind of consultation of support going on across the political spectrum as far as the greens are concerned you have to say that rise to becoming 2nd strongest party has been meteoric in the last couple of years so much so that the party is scrambling to find people to stand for election to help in election campaigning to prepare itself for a much more central role in german government in german politics at the same time one has to say that including in these prostrated elec

and our coalition partners the s.p.d. have both seen their share of the vote drop significantly compared to the last election talked to al-jazeera is coming up next stay with us. the want. to see. it's a contentious political issue in south africa at this time. after years of land reform most of the farmland still own by white farmers the government now considering a constitutional change that would allow it to expropriate land from white farmers without paying for. a map and yet to listen to them in town hall meetings such as this members of parliament have been giving south africans an opportunity to voice their opinions about the proposed legislation today on talk. we sit down with 2 farmers she may join us macaca and live on board churchs to get their personal views on this difficult subject. thank you for the time mr mclachlan welcome to talk to al-jazeera you're welcome you have had experience at land bank in south africa specifically and decades ago you made the move to follow me while farming. has been in my plot

s.p.d. to try and see how they can form a coalition the s.p.d. has been here in power since 990 and i'm pretty sure that told them this is a very important result and also a relief to see that if those results prove to be true then they will still be the major force here in brandenburg all right thomas there and that it will come back to you in a few moments thank you thomas. and let's go back to our chief political editor michel because now his is out the city you had quarters here in berlin and he said i would keep talking about these 2 regional elections being very significant for various reasons but remind our viewers again why we're looking so closely at these 2 votes and what the the initial exit poll results have told us. yes well we're working very closely because they have the potential to have a knock on effects on to this stability of angular mouthfuls coalition government after all she's currently in government that's of the c.d.u. posse with the social democrat s.p.d. party and it is just got a bit of a slap down once again at the po