expert at germany's for university a professor there and also from from again as friedrich schiller university gentlemen welcome to both of you we just saw a piece there about angela merkel about her her governing and also her career history just generally speaking in the wake of these election results where do you think that we are on that trajectory now at this point is this now the point at which she starts to descend. no sure america. and she will do it she's pregnant i think efficient and the other party members who will be in this possibly in this correlation know what they have to do there pragmatic petitions and they know that they are responsible for having that kind of government so she would do it again she did it already she's very tough. that's certainly something that is definitely not up for debate she is certainly very tough but you know the coalition that she is trying to get together we just want to remind our viewers it's a coalition of unlikely bedfellows and she really only has one option so what do you think it's going to be a very thorny road to a new government that's for sure an

gentlemen agree with that assessment we want to thank you very much for your analysis. an expert on the german far right at berlin's for university and of course from friedrich schiller university gentlemen thank you thank you all these election results are being called a political earthquake as we just heard here in germany but angela merkel will steer the course ahead at least that's what she says she remains for many a symbol of stability in an uncertain world and merkel faces growing expectations for germany to show leadership in conflicts heating up around the globe. on the international stage demands for bonding to pull more weight to growing but the challenges facing germany's next chancellor of the us stopping conflicts in syria in eastern ukraine and over north korea's missile aisles in the face of unpredictable strongmen such as assad putin and kim jong un. stopping the destructive force of climate change in the face of another unpredictable strongman donald trump. and what about germany's role in the eurozone so from penny pinching you know stereotype you have been buddies on says to consecrate says so when will the next chancellor lead germany towards a greater role

at berlin's for university and all of our from younus freidrich schiller university who is an expert on the german political system gentlemen thank you thank you. and we can cross now to my colleague sumi so much gonda she is in ferryman in eastern germany support there for the nationalist a.f.d. is quite strong in simi i understand that you have been speaking with people there on the streets how did the a.f.d. appeal to them and why did they vote in favor of this party. sara you mentioned that support here is a strong for the if you just to give a our viewers an idea in the state of mecklenburg west pomerania the c.d.u. was the largest party with a little over thirty three percent of the vote the f.t. was the second largest party with a little over eighteen percent of the vote so how did the f.t. manage a success like that well we were actually at a an election party a regional party here last night and we heard when the leading candidates life they call him a thanking his supporters and fellow party members for their concerted efforts in getting the vote out and you really saw that you know everywhere within the city but