olaf scholz fends off and attacked two weeks before germany heads to the polls. and a bite out of the apple. the judge orders major changes to the way the tech giant runs its app store but stops short of calling it a monopoly. good morning, tom. back in the office. i am also nauseous with this debate. past week was apocalyptic. cpi would drive the taper debate. tom: it seems the debate is back. i know you have been reading from some remarks. but it is not just the ppi. it is the cpi. there is also the u.k., eurozone, canada and india. they are all coming out with data about whether this is transitory or if it is becoming more embedded. manus: it was enough to make me jump over a firewall and pay two dollars a month. i have signed up for it because i wanted to read the rest of the story. it is not 1979. even i cannot remember that. 9.3%. it hit the top and rolled over. i encourage everyone to read the op-ed. wages are rising but they are not paying more, they are incentivizing more. tom: and that is one of the question marks. use all that play out in the s&p 500 l

the polls showing another win for olaf scholz.s in the polls and they widened again this weekend. how did the debate crystallize him as the front runner? maria: the full debate was very telling in terms of how the dynamics of the election have changed. he won the first debate. and a lot of this feeds into the idea that this is the spd and olaf scholz's debate to lose -- alexion to lose. one line caught my attention -- armin laschet said if my finance minister behaved like this -- that would be a problem. he also made reference to the cum-ex scandal which has close ties to hamburg. the other issue that armin laschet kept on going about was this red scare. a coalition that would see olaf scholz joining forces with the radical left. until now, none of this is resonating in the numbers with the german public. but also come in the opinion poll conducted after the debate, armin laschet did seem to win some ground. his public opinion did increase. until now, it is been armin laschet on the back foot at the sentiment is changing to coming

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olaf scholz says he has the mandate.u think you should have the first attempt at forming the first coalition? thomas: mandate is a big word with parties that have 75% of german, they will not have voted for the person who will become chancellor. what we are looking at is a structural change in the german party landscape with the end of the catch parties, the christian democrats the latest victim of this cross european move and the question of a mandate, what the german voters were really telling us us night is a big one. to your question, he certainly has a better chance of forming a government and that is not just because of 1.5 points ahead, but because he has momentum, he has won this election, one that mr. laschet has significantly lost, now is a tactical game that we have seen in germany's history, a multidimensional chest game as -- chess game as we haven't seen it before. dani: i do wonder what you're foreseeing and terms of time this will take, not just to figure out which party is coming ahead, but the coalition

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olaf scholz declares victory in the german election.s a deal will be struck by the end of the year. markets not looking as good as an hour ago. pressure to the downside. tom: the central banks seem to be -- investors seem to be pricing in earlier rate hikes from the central banks. we will hear from jay powell later today, as well as christine lagarde. record prices across carbon and gas across europe. the u.k. will have to potentially lean on the military to alleviate shortages with petrol. stoxx 600 down by 0.4%. the dax is lower 0.7%. red across the screen. futures pointing to the upside. the yield story playing out with energy. energy is gaining. bottom of the list, technology. we saw that clear rotation yesterday as the small caps gained at the close, but it was technology that posted 0.8%. you see that mirrored in today's trading session in europe. this is the state of play. francine: the pandemic has thrown the world of logistics into a tailspin, with lengthy delays and shortages. it is putting pressure on transportation hubs, inc

scholz was involved in.o him involved in the wire tap scandal and dividendis scandal with scholz being involved he is untouchable, it seems. the attacks get more emotional than previous debates. take a listen to what he had to say as a reply >> translator: you see how things are misinterpreted a bit. you have to take that clearly. there was no investigation it is no case from the prosecutor's office in the investigation in the ministry or the ministry of justice. you create d this false impression on purpose. >> all candidates want to modernize germany and make it more competitive and push the digitalization of the country and work on the carbon neutral future of germany. only one party, the greens, actually have a lot of credentials when it comes to climate change policies. that is also where baerbock focused. >> translator: you have both made it clear that you have not focused on solutions, but always blamed each other for who is actually blocking what if we talk about the future and i want to and it is no

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scholz and lemar has been in france in the last moments. mr. macron and mr.kel, in terms of age and style, one being impatient, the other prudent. it was a particularly strong relationship and it all culminated in the covid recovery fund both proposed in may 2020 for both countries the macron, duo, paris is confident they can work closely and easily with the next chancellor but it could be an opportunity for france to be more influential within the eu block now that merkel, the leading leader in the block, is leaving and can be for france increasing also remember that france has the eu rotating presidency from january. so maybe the chance to push for more autonomy and independence is at the core of macron's policy, that can be an opportunity for macron himself, he is facing a vote in april 2022 to be again voted for president. so that could be also an opportunity for him to raise his profile on the european scene. so now no matter what happens we know that france and germany don't decide everything within the eu, of course, but these two countries need to be

accusations being made against scholz somehow -- that scholz somehow has not done his job.aerbock and laschet bringing it up as much as they can, but i do not think the voters will be swayed by that. the other candidates have had their own scandals and gaffes. scholz continues to ride it out. i do not think he is going to lose a lot of support over that. >> simon young with the latest from berlin. thank you. here is a look at some other stories making news. president putin's united russia party is the clear winner of parliamentary elections with around half of the vote. the rest of the votes went to other parties considered loyal to the system. many politicians and activists critical of vladimir putin were arrested or barred from running in the election. in russia, a teenage gunman has killed at least six and wounding 28 on the campus of the state university near the your all mountains. officials say the perpetrator was a student. he was arrested by police. lebanon's parliament has approved the prime ministers new cabinet after deadlock. the countries in the midst of a deep

olaf scholz is carrying a lot of momentum. he made it clear he wants to see a government in place led by the spd before christmas. the bad results are really beginning to trickle down for the cdu. also facing a lot of criticism from a newspaper that shapes public opinion in germany. yesterday, it was brutal. it kept repeating he needs to wake up to reality, the cdu is not in a position to form a government. then we headed public opinion survey that came out, 56% of germans would prefer olaf scholz to be the next chancellor. you can see where the narrative is. it will be very difficult. i would really say it is the traffic lights coalition that is really gaining traction right now in germany. very briefly, we know that christian lennar will be having bilateral talks with the greens. they say they need to agree to a common agenda between the two of them before they can speak to olaf scholz. dani: great catching up with you. that is maria tadeo staying on top of the german election. get to the first word news with juliette saly.

olaf scholz has the advantage in coalition building? you are the greens are the liberals and you say the cdu have lost one million votes to the spd, i can get a better deal with the cdu than i would with the spd. >> that is absolutely right. mr. schulz' party won more votes. the spd is ahead. but only narrowly. that means mr. laschet is under pressure. he either gets into the job or he is a big, big loser. his constraint is that even if he wants to offer the greens a very good deal, he would have to keep his party together. the bavarians might balk at coming too much toward the greens. it is a bit of an open question. it may take weeks of perilous talks between these parties before we know what is up. it looks likely the greens and the sdp -- the ftp -- the greens and the fdp will decide who they would like to see, mr. schulz or mr. laschet. francine: we continue our coverage of germany's elections and analysis with the whole hosts of guests right here. panic at the petrol pumps. pressure on the u.k. prime minister as the impact of euro

social democrat olaf scholz is hoinu voters. social democrat olaf scholz is heping he — voters.rrent finance minister is hoping to cash in on being angela merkel�*s deputy in the last coalition government, painting himself as a reassuring predecessor. transit mac i hope many german voters will vote and make possible what we have seen in the polls, very good result for the sdp and give me the opportunity to become chancellor. thank you very much. �* to become chancellor. thank you very much. . ., ., much. and to what extent will germany 90 — much. and to what extent will germany go green _ much. and to what extent will germany go green in - much. and to what extent will germany go green in 2021? i much. and to what extent will - germany go green in 2021? annalena baerbock hopes a long way. the greens candidate is counting on younger voters in particular, who have been vocal in demanding more action on climate change. climate change has been a key issue, especially because of the devastating floods germany suffered this summer. 190 died after violent storms. many communities were

that man is olaf scholz. and he really is a phenomenon.months ago it seemed he was down-and-out. i think the social democratic party was polling around 14% or 15% at that time. but since then. they have managed to get up to 25% or 26% and move ahead the others in the field. the margin is still very small and race too close to call, with angela merkel not on the ballot, there's a lot up in the air. there is no doubt that olaf scholz has already achieved a lot more than people thought we be age ble to achieve. pretty much by being silent and speaking softly. it may not look like it, but it is a rally. olaf scholz speaks softly, has no catchy slogan and is ahead in the polls. >> i'm a social democrat, the people know this. but they though i'm prag mettic man. i want to rule the country having in mind what is necessary for such a big country in europe. >> reporter: after 16 years of angela america mamerkel, his no style seems to be resonating with voters. it seemed he had no chance of winning the upcoming election, but now he is firmly in the

that is interesting because olaf scholz _ basis.esting because| olaf scholz said to us at the bbc a couple of days ago that came to be a good partner at the uk, seeing great potential there. good partner at the uk, seeing great potentialthere. but good partner at the uk, seeing great potential there. but what you're saying it does not matter what political hue the leader is in germany, the eu is always going to trump a brexit britain. you have to see far more soberly. german politicians will think what is any german interest and usually they will go for where are our allies who we trade with, who we have international relations with, towards united states, towards china, and of course, there might be cases where the uk is closely aligned with german interest, but usually it will be the eu because it is just a usually it will be the eu because it isjust a bigger usually it will be the eu because it is just a bigger block, usually it will be the eu because it isjust a bigger block, it is usually it will be the eu because it is just a

we are dealing now with a kind of comfort zone that olaf scholz wants to cultivate.dly, do you are member when micron ran his first campaign to become president? it was full of -- when m acron ran his first campaign to become president. it was full of change, radicalization. it is between the status quo and a younger generation that does one change. they want to shake this economy. there's been endless studies done on homeschooling, and homeschooling is pretty miserable because of digitization. we are talking about a very rich economy here. alix: how does that wind up playing out? let's say the status quo wins because the older generation is a bit worried. where does that set up germany going forward in a world without angela merkel? judy: well, nobody is indispensable, but certainly angela merkel has made herself indispensable in some ways, and she was very reluctant to choose a charismatic, strong leader. she chose armin laschet for continuity. do they change? i am not so sure it is in armin laschet's dna to change. he's very much a status quo person. he's got conn

olaf scholz promises there will be a speedier revolution. >> we will be very fast in getting a resultor this government. it should be before christmas if possible. >> until then, angela merkel will hold the full fort. -- withhold the fort. >> olaf scholz since we -- says we will hold a coalition government by christmas. >> he has been in negotiations in the past. he knows how the things work. he is a pragmatist. they are going to have to do a deal. that always amounts to giving up some things you really wanted. asking for other things in return. there is one point to keep a watchful eye on. that is the unity within this party. it was uncharacteristically united during the campaign. it has a left wing that would really have some skepticism about governing together with a market friendly free democrats. we heard a key figure in that left wing, saying yesterday evening that the fdp's party amounts to voodoo economics. that is the direction it could go in. the fdp wants to make this happen fast, they need to maintain party unity. >> the greens and the fdp, what will they demand here? >> t

the race is between 0laf scholz. the conservative candidate, armin laschet. those two are neck and neck at the moment, so difficult to say which of those two will really step into angela merkel�*s choose. but they will have to cobble together a coalition with two extra parties, so we will look at an election result today which will give us a fair idea of who might be chancellor, but we won't know very much about who will be in that government because we will have negotiations after that other coalition, so it'll be a tight race today and quite a long complicated negotiation period later on. first result tonight but don't to see what the government will look like straightaway, that'll take a while. now we will talk to the chief political editor of germany's public funded broadcaster. thank you for joining us. 16 years as chancellor angela merkel, there will be people in germany who do not remember much else other than having her has chancellor. this is such a significant moment for the country, isn't it? yes, it is a

scholz.talk about wirecard, carmax happening not just under scholz, but is this disqualify him from being chancellor? fabio: that's something the electorate has to decide. the problem in germany right now, the other alternatives, the other candidates are also quite weak, so this is what scholz has the time of his life right now. a huge portion of the population doesn't trust any of the candidates. that's my impression. for other people to decide, i will suddenly cast my vote, as well. but what we really have to talk about is how to fix this problem. and i think there's a lot of finger-pointing between the cdu and the spd. the cdu is also responsible for that situation because they moved the financial unit, tasked with countering anti-money laundering, analyzing suspicious reports, and disorganization have been removed from the federal relief to customs by the cdu minister of finance. they're both culprits in this and now they have a big show. so my focus is much more on how can we reform anti

if it's scholz, it will be him. again, all of this hangs on those coalition negotiations that could last for several months. now, whoever becomes the next chancellor, they're not going to enjoy the same level of global esteem that angela merkel has had for so long. angela merkel is practically royalty at this point. she has that same kind of gravitas on the international stage. show's been called the queen of europe, and in many ways, the leader of the free world, at least poenls of donald trump liked to call her that. that mantle might be passed on now whoever takes over the merkel chancellorship if they have that personality and leadership capability that merkel had for so long. but, look, jonathan. we have to remember that angela merkel was more a technocrat than anything else. she didn't impose any hard-line vision for the future of germany. i spoke with an analyst yesterday -- excuse me -- the other day, and she had a very good way of putting this, that angela merkel resolved quite a lot of problems, but she di

the spd's olaf scholz cuts a mandate to lead after the election. the u.k. steel crisis continues with 90% of stations apparently running dry. ministers met this morning with boris johnson, there are discussions about bringing the army in, there are industry discussions taking place this afternoon. paul starr agreed to go public in a deal that would give the bank it $20 billion valuation. the company ceo will -- ceo will join us. equities are now negative, energy doing fairly well. take a look at what is happening in the energy markets and you will see crude is flirting with $80 a barrel. alix: huge, which leads me to my board which is the energy crisis. take a look at the last three. energy index in the s&p silty outperformer. financials of their best performing sector. still the best performing stock within the s&p. natural gas prices in the u.s. continue to push higher here almost 8%, there is a conversation involving an analyst community as to how much more these prices have to move. once you get past winter though you can see a material fall in gas pric

-- olaf scholz saying it could be partners.want to say in the past few days, we've seen the cdu narrowing the gap when it comes to the spd. they are polling second, they have stuck at the drain when it comes to votes. a lot of my contacts at the cdu tell me they still believe they can win the election on the basis that germany is still very much a country that is traditional conservative, but they are backing on burrell germany to swing the vote. having said that, the polls until now are clear, if the election were to happen now, olaf scholz will be elected chancellor of germany. dani: maria tadeo live in berlin. don't forget, you can catch up on our special preview of what is at stake for business in germany's election, a great special from francine lacqua. germany decides. take it out on bloomberg.com or youtube. soaring property prices are also forcing people in germany and truly all over the world to abandon all hope of owning a home. politicians throwing out all sorts of ideas at the problem but there is little evidence of

scholz is portraying himself as serious like angela merkel.t was punching above his weight but he made what germans seem to be unforced errors while getting caught on camera laughing while visiting victims of floods in western germany. >> he made it easy for germans to explain why they disliked him, why they wouldn't vote for him. that, i think, could become the fatal effect in this election. >> reporter: laschet has been trying to get his campaign on track. promising a strong foreign and defense policies. we saw in afghanistan once the americans leave we can't even secure kabul airport. that's why i want to install a national security council within the chancellor, lashet said. while he hasn't managed to close the gap with olaf scholz, most polls have the race too close to call. giving hope to germany conservatives that they may yet retain the chancellory, even after angela merkel steps down. that's one of the reasons, robyn, it makes the election exciting it's much too close to call. two things very important, and one thing we definitely not

the most likely contender is prime minister scholz. he helped lead in sunday's vote.irst they have to form a new government and that means cobbling together a government that doesn't see eye to eye. the runner up in angela merkel's bid to succeed her is trying to do the same thing. she will remain in power until the new government is formed, after nearly 16 years with her in the top job, there are questions about what the departure will mean for germany in the future as well as abroad. >>> fred, when you and i spoke, we spoke about the green and liberal democrats could emerge as the king makers here. how complex do you think these negotiations will be given the fact the point i was making, they may not see eye to eye on the key issues here? >> reporter: i think it's going to be extremely complex. you add in the other thing you were mentioning, isa, the conservative party is also trying to start some coalition of negotiations as well. that certainly is going to mean a lot of this is probably going to drag out for a very long time. in any case, there could be some serio

there he is, olaf scholz, the man who social democrats hope will be germany's next chancellor.t election but this has been a very tight election and the exact make—up of germany's next government is far from certain, despite the noise. translation: it is certainly going to be a long night - but it's also certain that many german citizens voted social democrat because they want a change in government and because they want their next chancellor to be called olaf scholz. confusingly perhaps — but because the vote is so tight — at a different party headquarters, the conservative candidate, backed by angela merkel, also claimed his right to try to form a government — although his party is looking at its worst election results since 1919. translation: we had 16 years in germany with angela merkel| as chancellor, and this is why we will try everything to form a government under the leadership of the cdu union. —— cdu—csu union. it appears voters weren't bowled over by any single party. people we spoke to at polling stations earlier seemed pulled in very different directions. the chris

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so, olaf scholz _ european union will continue.le more photos before he moves on. his work is almost done in this election campaign and now he has to say on sunday night, along with all the other candidates whether he has done enough to persuade enough germans to given the chance to form the next government. we will be bringing you live results and analysis in our german election news on sunday. that's from 1530 gmt. the uk government is responding to the shortage of lorry drivers — by setting out, on sunday, details of a temporary visa scheme making it easier forforeign nationals to take up the jobs. it comes after problems in the supply chain meant many petrol and diesel filling stations ran dry. the visa scheme could bring in around 5 thousand drivers, but the haulage industry says it needs 100 thousand. here's katy austin. people have been told not to panic buy, there is no shortage of fuel itself but again today motorists were queueing at petrol stations. in some areas, there has been traffic chaos as a result.— chaos as a res

we are in the last week olaf scholz is still in the lead.ebate sunday, what that means for the makeup of that country's politics. that switch to a story around supply chains, chips, technology. chuck robbins expects supply chain issues to ease in the middle of next year. the situation is still very fluid. he sees christ -- he sees price increases being permanent. >> we have been undergoing a transformation, converting revenue and software subscriptions, and we have made progress. we had roughly 3.4 billion in subscription software, and we had last july 12 billion. we have more predict ability in our business, visibility software revenue, and we had a remaining performance obligation of 30.9 billion. you couple that with the cloud space, the 5g transition, hybrid cloud, there are so many tailwinds that we feel good about where we are. that was reflected in our q4 product orders, the highest in a decade. we wanted to express our confidence in the future, and i think we did that yesterday. jonathan: your confidence in sales, how much will fall

the current leader in the polls is olaf scholz, the centreleft social democrat to replace angela merkelhe new aukus security pact between the uk, australia and the us, mr scholz said germany should work together with france to create a stronger europe. "i can understand the irritation that france felt about how the defence pact was worked out," he said. his conservative rival, armin laschet, who is lagging behind slightly in the polls, said that europe needed to act independently and cited the american withdrawal from afghanistan. "we need common european defence projects for when the us pulls back," he said. this election campaign has been unusual in many ways. the polls have been erratic, there are more swing voters than ever before and unprecedented numbers are undecided. in one poll, 40% of people say they still haven't made their minds up. whoever they do choose, though, it's likely that after the elections, coalition talks will be long and complicated. all of this means that this is one of the most unpredictable elections modern germany has ever known. damien mcguinness, bbc news,

it looked like olaf scholz had any chance to become the next chancellor.ow he said he had a mandate. i want to listen to some of what he had to say there. >> translator: the electorate has spoken very clearly. it has said who should build the next government. this is a clear mandate the citizens have expressed. these three should lead the government and we have to say cdu, csu have not only lost big, they have also gotten the message from citizens to no longer govern and to go into opposition. >> reporter: olaf scholz who conducted a brilliant campaign. the coalition he's talking about is going to be most probably the green party and the liberal democrats. on the other hand, you have angela merkel's party, the christian democratic union and christian social union as well, they suffered massive losses. no other way to put it. it was a disastrous campaign. armin laschet said he wants to form a coalition as well. even if you don't have the strongest party, you can form a governing coalition. it looks like the air is getting thin for him. a final word obviousl

in terms of olaf scholz, it does seem like he's on autopilot to win the election. lot of the german political commentators i speak with, they say that grilling on monday is probably not going to be very significant. this is incredibly complex. there is no evidence to suggest he personally got rich from this. and it also seems like the cdu move to make this -- make him look bad. the timing of this in a region the justice minister is a cdu member -- tom: may end up backfiring for them. maria, as always, great analysis. olaf scholz on autopilot for the moment, at least. maria is going to keep us across that story. maria tadeo, thank you much indeed. coming up, eurozone cpi comes in at 10:00 a.m. u.k. time. make a note of that if you are looking to boe and its rate views. and the fda hears booster shot arguments for the white house vaccine plans, the controversy around that. triple witching day in the u.s. market. we'll be watching for increased volatility, goldman sachs pointing to $3.4 trillion in equity options that will be expiring. finally, russia heads to the pol

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the greens would probably prefer a coalition with olaf scholz, they are politically closer.o decide together which way they will go. angela merkel is known to be looking forward to getting out of the driving seat. that coalition negotiations are going to take time. it could be weeks, months perhaps, before she can finally hand over the keys to the german chancellery. jennyjoins us now live from berlin. the horse trading begins. what is the latest? , ~ ., the horse trading begins. what is the latest?— the horse trading begins. what is the latest? , ~ ., ~ ,, the latest? yes. angela merkel was at the party's _ the latest? yes. angela merkel was at the party's headquarters - the latest? yes. angela merkel was at the party's headquarters this - at the party's headquarters this morning for a postmortem with the party's leadership. this is a humiliating result, the worst in the party's history. they have lost a lot of votes to the green party, they have lost even more to the social democrats, and armin laschet, cdu party leader, is giving a press conference as i speak and has said

we have ideas, we have a roadmap, and above all, we have olaf scholz. >> the cdu and csu are realizing that another candidate was the winner. >> olaf scholz has the best chance of becoming chancellor, clearly. >> the ftp and the greens want another round of talks on friday with more participants, but still strictly confidential. brent: let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. a tornado in the northern german city of kiel lifted several people off the ground and tossed them into the water. you see the funnel cloud there. that is all according to the local police. six people were hospitalized. the prime minister of kosovo has asked the region to replace special police forces unblocked order crossings with serbia. the move is to stem ongoing ethnic tensions between kosovo albanians and minority kosovo serbs in the area. the european union has called on all sides to smooth out relations. in italy, a statue of a woman has sparked a debate about sexism after it was criticized for being inappropriate and offensive by female politicians. th

those polls also piont to the spd candidate 0laf scholz as the current frontrunner to replace chancellorarrow lead. here's our europe editor, katya adler. a mass protest—cum—street party rallied outside parliament today to call attention to the climate crisis. it is a big election issue here. angela merkel has done a terrific job in bringing the climate change to the agenda, but i think there are limits to what she was able to do. i hope there will be a change, a more green change. of course, there's the potential for germany to take a dramatic new direction after 16 years of angela merkel, and that would be felt here and abroad. this is the eu's most influential country. but in the end, most germans are stability—hungry, so the calls for radical change, while loud, are limited. what we are probably looking at here is change, but with a small c. these are the frontrunners to replace angela merkel. a social democrat the current favourite in polls, a conservative, and trailing behind, the green party candidate. all their campaigns have been exceptionally low—key. they feared alienating vot

the general secretary of the social democrat said his party, led by the finance minister, olaf scholzcompetition law in an attempt to ease disruption of petrol deliveries. a shortage of drivers sparked fears of disruption to fuel deliveries and thousands of petrol stations have run dry. ministers are also considering deploying the army to deliver petrol coupons. the united states have beaten europe to reclaim the ryder cup. the americans, led by steve stricker119— nine in wisconsin. it's the 27th time the us team has won the ryder cup.

the current leader in the polls is olaf scholz, the centreleft social democrat to replace angela merkelhe new aukus security pact between the uk, australia and the us, mr scholz said germany should work together with france to create a stronger europe. "i can understand the irritation that france felt about how the defence pact was worked out," he said. his conservative rival, armin laschet, who is lagging behind slightly in the polls, said that europe needed to act independently and cited the american withdrawal from afghanistan. "we need common european defence projects for when the us pulls back," he said. this election campaign has been unusual in many ways. the polls have been erratic, there are more swing voters than ever before and unprecedented numbers are undecided. in one poll, 40% of people say they still haven't made their minds up. whoever they do choose, though, it's likely that after the elections, coalition talks will be long and complicated. all of this means that this is one of the most unpredictable elections modern germany has ever known. damien mcguinness, bbc news,

the latest projections, her party, the cdu, now that by armin laschet, appears to be trailing olaf scholz left spd. let's take a look at the latest book projections. they have the centre—right conservative cdu on 24.2%, the centre left spd with 26% of the votes, the greens on 14.3%, the pro—business liberal free marketeers winning ii.5% pro—business liberal free marketeers winning 11.5% of the votes and the far right afd on 10.6% and the far left on 5%. in terms of seats in the german parliament's lower chamber, pa rliament�*s lower chamber, that would parliament's lower chamber, that would put the stp with the largest party, but usually needing support from two other parties in order to secure a majority. ros atkins is following all the latest development for us from berlin. such a tight race, korea, really we are now looking into probably days and weeks if not months of really tough negotiations. it is perhaps no surprise we have ended up here. the campaign has been a roller—coaster of a ride. we have seen three parties leading the polls different stages. originally the cdu, angela merk

you had the social democrat olaf scholz, germany's finance minister. but from a rival party, who is also saying there is going to be a lot of continuity. he's essentially making himself out to be the heir -- the successor to angela merkel, the true successor to angela merkel because he says he's the one who would be the strongest leader of this country moving forward with a more social element in the policies. i think the really big difference that we're seeing compared to some of the other elections that we have covered here in the past in germany is the fact that in this election, the environment is such a big issue. it is something where you're not going to become chancellor here in this country unless you put forward some very strong environmental agenda. i think also, robin, as we have been talking about, that's one of the reasons why the green party is looking to score some pretty big points in this election. again, the main candidate of the greens, annalena baerbock was leading in the polls for a while, but now in third place, up for a strong sh

if scholz becomes counsellor, i don't think we would see a huge difference there.ain issues, you might see some differences. but overall, these are people who want the status quo, they stand for stability, they've been campaigning stability, and scholz has been going around your enemy, saying he is the true successor to merkel —— going around germany. i don't think we will see some radical shift in germany no matter who wins. and one more note from germany's campaign trail — outgoing chancellor angela merkel went to a bird zoo on friday, posing with some of the colourful specimens. this is not the staid image we've been used to from the long—serving leader. at one point an australian rainbow lorikeet pecked at her, though neither chancellor nor bird was hurt in the encounter. and it's not every day you see a politician's place in the pecking order challenged by a natural bird. let's get some of the day's other news. the separatist former head of catalonia's regional government, carles puigdemont, has been released from detention in italy while an extradition reques

the current leader in the polls is olaf scholz, the centre left social democrat candidate to replacemerkel. when asked about the new aukus security pact between the uk, australia and the us, mr scholz said that germany should work together with france to create a stronger europe. "i can understand the irritation that france felt about how the defence pact was worked out," he said. his conservative rival armin laschet, who is lagging behind slightly in the polls, said that europe needed to act independently, and cited the american withdrawal from afghanistan. "we need common european defence projects for when the us pulls back," he said. this election campaign has been unusual in many ways. the polls have been erratic, there are more swing voters than ever before, and unprecedented numbers are undecided. in one poll, 40% of people say they still haven't made their minds up. whoever they do choose, though, it's likely that after the elections, coalition talks will be long and complicated. all of this means that this is one of the most unpredictable elections modern germany has ever kno

olaf scholz, social democrat and finance minister of angela merkel�*s coalition government is still leadingonlyjust. armin laschet, whjo representatives angela merkel�*s —— armin laschet, who representatives angela merkel�*s conservatives narrowed the gap, perhaps because the outgoing chancellor, who had vowed to avoid the election campaign, has been at his side in recent days. "the future government," she said today, "must provide wealth, security and peace — that is what we stand for". germany's green party, under annalena baerbock, will most likely take third place. they had hoped for better and climate change is a big election issue here, but they could still end up in a coalition with the winner. as if all of that weren't competition enough, the berlin marathon is scheduled as german voters go to the polls. we met tom and dana as they familiarised themselves with the course. translation: i would've loved to have kept angela merkel. . i do not see her strength in any of the candidates. translation: yes, but angela merkel was not that popular - at the beginning, either, so we should give

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the spd, olaf scholz, the leader, has spoke about his situation.reens, so did the free democrats, so we should form some sort of democrats and the conservatives, the cdu, they may not be far behind spd but way behind where they were before and they shouldn't be in opposition — they should be." one or two seniorfigures opposition — they should be." one or two senior figures within the conservative ranks who have said pretty much the same thing. first blood very definitely to the spd as they start to think about how they are going to build a coalition government. the challenge, of course, is to bring those two other parties on the side, the greens and the free democrats. they are not natural bedfellows, far from it. the free democrats. they are not natural bedfellows, farfrom it. and pulling them together is going to be very difficult. it was interesting to hear the leader of the free democrats at least to say, yes, we have to be pragmatic, and think very seriously about how we step into government, now. that is the way the wind is blowing at the mom

. >> reporter: olaf scholz saying he believes democracies should work together, a soft-spoken man, of then you have angela merkel's party, which came in second place. again, i was at their party headquarters last night and it was a bad move that was around there. nevertheless, they believe that possibly they could also form a coalition again with the greens, possibly with the liberal party as well. it looks as though right now in the driver's seat you have the gentleman you saw on screen organization laugh scholz, and i saw angela merkel yesterday, it really wasn't the way she wanted to leave the political stage by having a bad result like that. it was a bit sad to see yesterday. >> end of an era too. she's ruled for far longer than a decade. fred pleitgen, thanks so much. >>> it is a make-or-break week for president's legislative agenda that could have serious implication for nation's economy, next year's midterms and beyond. all of what's at stake, next. it's an important time to save. with priceline, you can get up to 60% off amazing hotels. and when you get a big deal... you feel