political correspondent simon young welcome simon what's behind this decision well there were too many problems for him a great current bar too much pressure on her and i think she never really ultimately put her stamp of all thora t. on the party even angela merkel's decision to appoint her as german defense minister was enough to secure her the backing in particular of the right wing of the c.d.u. and she faced too many detractors within the party years she produced a number of gaffes as well last october in fact for instance she came up with a plan for a security zone under u.n. auspices in northern syria but the plan sort of died when it turned out that you know she wasn't even sure if german armed forces would be available for such a mission and then the events of last week into range year where see the c.d.u. politicians there effectively defied the parties ban on cooperation with the far right a.f.p. and she seemed unable to do anything about it that was the final straw for her i think i will talk more in just a 2nd simon the 1st let's hear from a chance of responding to this an

that's good but i think some from my days of being political correspondent simon young welcome simon what's behind this decision. well phil i think this probably is an a great carom bow as a personal view in fact it always was the orthodox view of the c.d.u. that these teen jobs should be kept to gether the chancellor ship and the the leadership of the party. but i think there are a great company karen barry has effectively been forced to step back because she's had too many crises she wanted to be the next candidate of the city due to be going to medical successor when she eventually steps down but she's never really managed to put her stamp on the party and the. problems last week in the range year where the c.d.u. was allowing itself to accept the support of the far right of the well that just was the straw that broke the camel's back for too many crises and we'll talk more in just a 2nd but 1st we'll take a look back at the tough time a.k.k. has had in the job she's had to she's only been here for just over a year. it was all smiles to begin with in december 28th and a click cram