support but the chancellor insists chill stay the course and stick with the alliance with the social democrats this after andre and alice threw in the town just 14 months after she became the 1st woman to head the s.p.d. . i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel's governing coalition took another beating today the leader of its junior partner the social democrats an ounce of her resignation leaving the future of both the party and germany's government in doubt the social democrats and merkel conservatives were once the country's 2 biggest parties lately their faint plunging in opinion polls but merkel's promise to keep on with the task of governing. after a year in the top job with the s.p.d. andrea now this she's standing down because she feels she can't go on. discussions in the parliamentary group and feedback from the party have shown that i no longer have the necessary support to carry out my duties on monday i will therefore resign as chair of the s.p.d. and on tuesday i will resign as chair of the s.p.d. parliamentary group nala says resignation follo

to the country's governing coalition this after the surprise resignation of the leader of the social democrats a move that's punched her coalition partner into crisis. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel's governing coalition took another bating today the later of its junior partner the social democrats an ounce to resignation leaving the future of both the party and germany's government in doubt the social democrats and merkel conservatives were once the country's 2 biggest parties lately their faint plunging in opinion polls but merkel's promise to keep on with the task of governing. it was a bad day for germany's grand coalition i'm sure your knowledge the s.p.d.m. 1st female leader in the party's 150 plus year history and now she's stepping down as its leader she held the post for just 14 months her resignation comes after her party's dismal performance in recent european parliamentary elections the s.p.d. lost almost half its seats. they did miss it even to see the results that we have so far are extremely disappointing for the s.p.d. everyone knows

what will the social democrats now do are they likely to change course to try and win back voters. well this is a big question that has to be answered in short order here by the s.p.d. we've already heard them say that they need to take some time to actually decide what their next steps are going to do they have a couple of candidates in place 2 may or may not be the next actual leader of the party and some endorsements that have happened who the next person could be but this is a big question for them how exactly can they win back voters who have slipped away from them in least the last 2 elections as we had mentioned earlier and how exactly can they carve out some space for themselves in this political world that is increasingly polarized there are of voters were slipping away to parties like the lincoln the greens and also to the far right to the f.d.a. what exactly does it mean to be in a political center as the c.d.u. and the s.p. do you have so often and so recently occupied antietam will a new party leader be able to smooth things out for the s.p.d. . well if they want to re

the party leader of the social democrats. and formed me this morning about her plan to resign as social democrat party leader and parliamentary group leader. i have a great deal of respect for the decision she has made i would like to express my gratitude. for our good cooperation so 5 always experienced during the coalition negotiations and as party leader of the social democrats as a person with a strong character and an honest and reliable partner. for hours working on the assumption that the social democrats will quickly make a person that will relate decisions and ensure that the grand coalition remains. capable of acting for the c.d.u. it remains clear that this is not a time for party tactics we remain committed to the grand coalition with good policy we aim to serve our country if you do you will contribute to the reliability and capacity of germany to act the grand coalition for us is not a means in itself the coalition agreement forms the basis for setting the political course of germany and representing german and

the party leader of the social democrats and informs me this morning about her plan to resign as. party leader and parliamentary group leader. of this figure have a great deal of respect for the decision she has made i would like to express my gratitude to london for good cooperation so 5 always experienced during the coalition negotiations as party leader of the social democrats as a person with a strong character and an honest and rely. partner. for hours working on the assumption that the social democrats will quickly make a person that will relate decisions and ensure that the grand coalition remains. capable of acting for the c.d.u. it remains clear that this is not a time for party tactics we remain committed to the grand coalition with good policy we aim to serve our country if you do you will contribute to the reliability and capacity of germany to act the grand coalition for us is not a means in itself the coalition agreement forms the basis for setting the political course of germany and representing german interests in europe and in the world this you do you will contin

let's bring in our political correspondents now hans brant who's at the social democrat headquarters in berlin and he would mean a city where is are and kate brady hi kate thank you both for joining us hans i'll start with you how is the s.p.d. coping with this shock and now it's meant. well 1st of all there was a sense of shock obviously i think there were disputes going on within the party everybody knew that andrea nodders was their position was threatened but nobody expected her to resign today so the party has been in the kind of damage control scramble for the whole day there have been emergency meetings in the party headquarters here behind me all day long that will continue tomorrow morning and at the moment it seems as though the politic is going to try and find a kind of interim solution to a point to some senior members of the party that don't have ambitions themselves to the major positions that are underway and all this is not all resigning from and then to find some time to consider. succession will comedy as it were in the next couple of weeks or months now k b s p day

let's bring in our political correspondents now hans brant who's at the social democrat headquarters in berlin and he would mean the studio is are in cape brady hi kate thank you both for joining us once i'll start with you how is the s.p.d. coping with this shock and now it's meant. well 1st of all there was a sense of shock obviously i think there were disputes going on within the party everybody knew that andrea nodders was their position was threatened but nobody expected her to resign today so the party has been in the kind of damage control scramble for the whole day there has been emergency meetings in the party headquarters here behind me all day long that will continue tomorrow morning and at the moment it seems as though the politic is going to try and find a kind of interim solution to a point to some senior members of the party that don't have ambitions themselves to the major positions that are under way and all this is not all resigning from and then to find some time to consider. succession more calmly as it will in the next couple of weeks or months now k p s p days t

to something that the social democrats. quickly make the person that will relate to the decisions and ensure that the coalition remains. capable of acting for the c.d.u. it remains clear that this is not a time for party tactics we remain committed to the grand coalition so both women they're saying that they remain committed to the grand coalition with the social democrats is that coalition in serious trouble. it could be potentially because it's simply not up to the conservative c.d.u. to decide at this very moment in time whether this coalition will continue the social democrats are yet again in another crisis we heard. she's known here. basically utter an expectation towards the s.p.d. to essentially get its act together to elect a new d.j. and then to continue in government and critics within the social democrats of this whole concept of yet again another so-called grand coalition with merkel's party which never really paid in at the ballot box for the social democrats in recent years they are saying that that is exact

the country's governing coalition this out to the surprise resignation of the leader of the social democrats a move that promised a coalition can into crisis. i'm rebecca read his welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel got its get markovic governing coalition took another bating today the later of its junior partner the social democrats and else to resignation even the future of both the party and germany's government in doubt social democrats and merkel's conservatives were once the country's 2 biggest parties lightly as they were plunging in opinion polls but mogul has promised to keep on with the task of governing. after a year in the top job at the s.p.d. andrea now this says she's standing down because she feels she can't go on. discussions in the parliamentary group and feedback from the party have shown that i no longer have the necessary support to carry out my duty is on monday i will therefore resign as chair of the s.p.d. and on tuesday i will resign as chair of the s.p.d. parliamentary group nala says resignation follows the party's dismal performance in last mont

let's get more now from our political correspondents hans brahms at the social democrat headquarters in berlin and here with me in the studio is day to me is kate brady welcome to you both hands all start with you how's the s.p.d. coping with this shock announcement. well obviously there's a sense of shock 1st of all and of course at the same time there's some kind of scrambling for damage control and attempts to at least. get some kind of direction for the next couple of days rather than for the next couple of weeks there have been the move to see meetings here at the social democratic party's headquarters in berlin today and they will continue tomorrow and what seems likely at the moment is that there will not be quick can you elections for the posts that are under under a law this is giving up but at the moment there will be caretaker people people of seniority in the party that will take over these positions in a caretaker position and then with a little bit more time and little bit more time forethought and full consideration the party will choose the successors to andrea not us

what is happening here of us a clear loss of confidence of the voters parties including the social democrats 1st this loss of confidence. the politicians themselves as if themselves as it's clear to decay in fresh. as for example where a social democracy was in power was hostile and then which dramatically collapsed afterwards and the 2nd point is that for a lot of voters they were left unsatisfied because there were too much there was too much compromise made by social democracies to get into government and german germany in that regard is a case study of a left leaning party veering towards a center right so as to enter a government we see currently in germany with the america and so-called grand coalition between the conservatives and social democrats of those 2 factors explain why voters left unsatisfied just voting a photo social democrats and if you take for example denmark we mentioned it earlier social democrats there are viewing even further right and they adopt a really hard line on immigration for example and combine it with a welfare left wing policies and that's actually managed

the social democrats fit into the german political spectrum today which is amazing when you think that germany is seen from both within with and without as a social democracy and this is the social democrats who are having a really hard time figuring out where they exist and where they should go in germany in german politics today and it's really part of a trend isn't it i mean the establishment parties across the e.u. have seen extremely disappointing results could we say that that essentially facing an existential crisis i mean because that could this be the end of the s.p.d. as we know it. i mean i think that's a bit extreme to say we saw for example in comparison the the dutch social democrats did dismally in their national election in 2017 and now they did very well in the european elections so parties come parties go parties can redefine themselves things can look very different in a very short amount of time but it is true that establishment parties whether on the center left or the center right they have they stand for establishment they stand for business as usual for not chan

news live from berlin it's goodbye for the head of germany's social democrats and a panelist is stepping down now for her central app party fell to historic lows in european elections and at home it's all part of a broader political shakeup in germany at the moment we'll have live analysis for you. also coming up the glory for liverpool as the club that wins the soccer champions league fans of the red soled wild as their club steals the victory and get you the highlights and relive a night of celebration in madrid where the match was played. and rival protests hit the streets of berlin over $1000.00 anti israel demonstrators rally and i could stay as 100 stage a counter protest in support of israel this year as rallies come to growing concerns about anti-semitism in germany. i'm marrying evan steyn it's good to have you with us germany's social democrats lose another leader and a fan knowledges has announced she's stepping down after just 14 months in the job her announcement comes as her party agonizes over its future following a double election defeat knowledge has been under pressure

that she is a social democrat through and through that can certainly be said but i also think she's a decent person. for dinner and of course i respect the decision that these the national democratic party will have to make in terms of the success of. the despite that i would like to speak on behalf of the government and say that we will press saw me with the work of governing this country with all of the stories that this job entails and with a great awareness of the responsibility we bear because the issues we need to address are clear. both in the federal public germany here at home and europe and in the world if you look at the situation generally and in this spirit we will continue to do our work thank you very much. ok for more analysis correspondent my actuator is outside the social democrats headquarters and we're joined by chief political editor michelle of course now who's outside the c.d.u. headquarters michele starting with you it's not unusual for both the c.d.u. leader and the chancellor to come out and give statements one right after the other what does that tell us. we

elections of course those results left the social democrats in. that currently the 3rd strongest party in germany they walked away with just under 16 percent of the vite that's a wreck old labor for the social democrats so this is certainly a direct response from that and as we saw there in the statement knowledge has taken this as a sign from vises and from of the party members that this is her time to go well with these very disappointing results i mean this is also quite a blow for knowledge as she was seen for a long time by many as the person who would give her party the s.p.d. a fresh start so what went wrong she really was seen as a bit of a hope to move the s.p.d. forward but of course there was also a lot of criticism at the time that she wouldn't move the social democrats far enough away from the sense of the geminis political spectrum and further back to the left and that's something that the s.p.d. the social democrats are still trying to grapple with is who are they who do they represent a posse but we can have a look now exactly who

all right let's turn back to our breaking news at this hour the head of germany's social democrats on draunidalo has announced she's stepping down from her posts including his party chair and from her seat in parliament the announcement comes after her party suffered a double election defeat knowledges came under pressure after german voters handed the social democrats their worst ever result in last month's european elections and the s.p.d. also lost a state election in the name and for the 1st time in over 7 years senior party members are due to meet on monday to discuss the party's future direction. we have now in the studio kate brady political correspondent for some more analysis on this so kate what does knowledge of resignation from these posts mean for the s.p.d. as a whole i think it was interesting that you mention are in other words a future direction which is going to be interesting for the social democrats what direction are they going because right now it seems that they're only head in downwards in the opinion polls this is get another sign of instability without doubt

i'm on you chris mackinnon thanks so much for joining us the leader of germany social democrats is to step down after just 14 months in the job and they are not as says she also plans to give up her seat in the german parliament unexpected announcement comes as her posse agonizes over its future following a double election defeat not less was under pressure off the german voters hand of the social democrats there was ever a result in last month's here elections the s.p.d. also lost a state election in braman for the 1st time in more than 17 years senior party members are due to meet on monday to discuss the policies future direction analysis has released a written statement about her decision this is what she set. discussions in the parliamentary group and feedback from the policy have shown that i no longer have the necessary support to carry out my juices on monday i will therefore resign as chair of the s.p.d. i don't choose day i will resign as chair of the s.p.d. parliamentary group. for some analysis i'm joined in the studio by political correspondent kate brady kate thanks for

this is do able you news live from berlin it's good bye for the head of germany's social democrats and evangelist is stepping down after her central left party fell to distort clothes in european elections and at home it's all part of a bigger political shake up in germany at the moment we'll have live analysis also coming up glory for liverpool as the clock and winds of the champions league fans of the reds goes wild as their club steals the victory get the highlight and relive a night of celebration in madrid where the match was played. thanks for joining us i'm mary and i haven't seen germany's social democrats lose another leader under way and all this has announced she's stepping down after just 14 months in the job her announcement comes as her party agonizes over its future following a double election defeat nala space pressure after german voters handed the social democrats their worst ever result in last month's european elections and the s.p.d. also lost a state election in braman for the 1st time in over 70 years senior party members are due to meet monday to discuss the par

will last until the final but i think it will last no because there couple of reforms which the social democrats want to achieve for example the immigration law and a couple of social reforms and i think that will be decided upon it's the end during this year and i think therefore i think that at this stage it's unlikely that the coalition is breaking so there's no sudden breakup of the grand coalition but there is a meeting should do for autumn when the 2 parties get together and take stock of what they've achieved so far and how they want to go forward would that be the time when some bigger decision could be taken and this could be a time but i cannot guarantee you this is by the way also possibility for different reasons because i'm going to not go as not decided whether she will stay on to the end or whether she would hand over that chance or ship to the new leader the woman and if she would hand over the chance or should turn human i cannot imagine that the social democrats would vote for a new chancellor christendom could be transferred so it's not only in the hands of the social democrat

news live from berlin and it is good bye for the head of germany's social democrats and they are not as is stepping down after her sense of left party fell to a historic lows in european elections and at home it's all part of a bigger political shake up here in germany raises fresh questions about the stability of the government and. also coming up the glory for liverpool as the club wins the champions league fans of the reds go wild as their club steals the tree will get you the highlights and relive a night of celebration in madrid let them touch was played. oh. man you couldn't get in thanks so much for joining us the leader of germany social democrats is stepping down after just 14 months in the job and they are not this says she also plans to give up her seat in the german parliament and one ounce mint comes as her posse agonizes over its future following a double election defeat now this was under pressure off the german voters handed the social democrats their worst ever result in last month's european elections the s.p.d. also lost a state election and braman for the 1st time

vote for a new chance the christian democratic chances so it's not only in the hands of the social democrats is also in the hands of the christian democratic leadership the board and in that man is the body to off the social democrats is just resign and macon had huge respect for each other and get bought the parties on losing electorate support from the people is that is it possible to imagine that they would want to cling together because if it only way to survive i think that it's very logical when you know german politics we have the tool big blocks in our society richmal represented the christian democrats and social codes and they couldn't form a coalition other coalition could not be formed because they couldn't agree a couple of years ago and therefore they had to work together but kenya. and in the night states sort of public involved in the democratic party for winning the lions . in absence of a new election i cannot imagine that so normally these 2 pillars of our society should be critic to points for either government all the opposition in this rural which is a rule for the stab

news live from berlin it's good bye for the head of germany's social democrats under 10 dollars is stepping down after her center left party fell to a historic lows in european elections and at home it's all part of a bigger political shake up in germany at the moment we'll talk analysis for you and also coming up glory for liverpool as the club wins the champions league fans of their restored while as their love seals the victory for getting to highlight relive a night of celebration in madrid where the match was played. america evans team it's good to have you with us germany's social democrats have lost another leader on today and allah says she's stepping down after just 14 months on the job she also plans to give up her seat in the german parliament her announcement comes as her party agonizes over its future following a double election defeat knowledges face pressure after german voters handed the social democrats their worst ever result in last month's european elections and the s.p.d. also lost a state election braman for the 1st time in over 70 years senior party members are due to

this is not social democrat not as social democratic policy but it is still the social democratic finance right servers the funding they will recognize that. this das harm to the party and they will change in these issues hopefully -- because they'd react to the other main competitors and i'm pretty much sure that this plex zero which has never been very welcome among the rank and file and the functionaries of the party. will be one of the first sacrifices of the social democratic parties to catch up again if but that won't be an argument to told go four four the sp diesem so it. would be an argument for the left party or for for for for the for the bigger now to address these issues to not shy away the not shying away from dish issues of security policy either. there are -- securities policy speaker on the federal level in the german parliament against a broker. and she is being very outspoken off like challenging the ideas the greens have been thinking about cigarettes oppose it used to be of our pacifist approach in the kind of laughed traditio. and they're now becoming much more reali

markable split between returning the party to its social democratic groups with an emphasis on social issues and at the same time taken an unusually tough stance for social democratic party on immigration and that cocktail is kind of won over more than a quarter of the voters the big loser is an asher to soon prime minister rasmussen . his party actually gained 4 points in part by painting himself to this kind of centrist statesmen and the bork against right wing populist the real loser is the last elections big winner and that's the national danish people's party the party has long dominated the immigration debate they've been calling for tougher sometimes outright discriminatory immigration and asylum policies particularly target muslims. and that we've seen so for them across kind of encroaching on their tour towards so they they seem appear to have lost some of their poll this time around so tell us peter i mean when we look just generally speaking at the population of denmark we're talking about less than 6000000 people here i read somewhere that you have twice as many pigs as pe

after the upheaval of their party leaders resignation it was time for germany social democrats to put on the brakes on monday time to stop rethink and decide exactly what kind of social democratic party the s.p.d. wants to be a trio of leaders has temporarily taken charge of the party is neither panic stricken nor without leadership it's our task to make clear that we're leading this party and that there will be new roads ahead after just faulty months in the job and dry analysis left on monday but not without to go by commission. i've just said goodbye to the s.p.d. party executive committee. so we're going to have resigned. and i also wanted to personally thank you for years of good teamwork. you've spent many many hours here in the house thank you for that take a novice's resignation has consumed the german media now while the social democrats do their own soul searching there's one bigger question on voters' minds how will the coalition government of the social democrats and chancellor merkel's conservatives continue and rebuilding the guy that will be the end of a grand coalition

well i think it could eventually end by the way the social democrat finance minister on our show just published an article coincidentally yesterday in which he was saying you know a 3rd grand coalition is not good for german democracy and you know shouldn't be contemplated and then frankly the left wing of the s.p.d. never liked the idea of this left right coalition with medicals conservatives that they've gone into in the andrea knol is really argued for and so i think it's difficult to say how it will pan out as i say a lot depends on who's the new leader the timetable at the moment looks to be that the party will probably choose a new leader. perhaps around september and it'll be up to them as i say to decide whether they think they should get out of the coalition with merkel if they do that then it's very likely that within a few months anyway there would be new elections because the government would fall simon young emperor len thank you. so where does germany where does the s.p.d. go from here for an inside look let's bring it on a closer leader of the pearland branch of the s.p

i think one has to say that in some sense the social democrats off to all this almost panic that they've had in the last couple of weeks after the disastrous election results in the european parliamentary elections that they're trying to find their feet there is some sense of i guess you could say depression but also a sense of trying to bring back some sort of calm into the party there's been a lot of infighting there's been a lot of public criticism especially against and really on dollars on a very personal level as well and they're trying to calm the waves basically trying to find a way forward but the atmosphere here is really very very. well the press i think you should say brandt at the s.p.d.m. berlin thank you hans. so where does germany where does the s.p.d. go from here for an inside look let's bring it on to a close over leader of the berlin branch of the s.p.d. is youth organization the us thank you so much for joining us this morning was she right to resign i think it was a consequential step if i go to america to really understand that is to resign because the criticism of

not social democratic policy that it is still the social democratic fine and right there is defined by they would recognize that this starts harm to the party and they will change in these issues hopefully because they react to the other main competitors and i'm pretty much sure that this plex euro which has never been very well come among the rank and file is and the functionaries of the party will be one of the 1st sec refuses of the sort of democratic parties to catch up again if but that won't be an argument to to go forward for the s.b. to use them so it would be an argument for the left party or for for for for the for the fact that i mean how does this figure now to address these issues to not shy away they're not shying away from dish issues of security policy either their securities policies speaker on the federal level in the german parliament and. she is being very outspoken off like challenging the ideas the greens have been thinking about security policy it used to be of our pacifist approach and they kind of left tradition and they're now becoming much more realistic t

merkel's government is follows the shock resignation of andrea knowledges the leader of her social democrats called addition party. i'm sorry welcome to the program in sudan around 5 people are reported to have been killed in the capital khartoum as the army moves in to break up a sit. and outside of its headquarters thousands have been protesting there for weeks calling on the generals to hand over power to the transitional government now in april the military overthrew the share after mass protests against his 30 year rule. 6 and let's bring in now to a career joining us from arabic and you were recently actually at the site where the protestors were what do we know about what is happening now actually today morning early in the morning protestors wake up and suddenly the rapid forces entered the city in area using a gun. and they were backed up by soldiers who used to live mission against the protesters the protesters were peacefully according to what one of the protesters told me i have been talking to different people today who were at this it and saying actually they are shocked they'r

the victory well she steer the social democrats away she's young but she's kind of feared the social democrats kind of like to see some viking captain right she's what she's done effectively is that she has moved the party on immigration so far to the right that she's basically left no room for the danged people's party and going into the elections she's very clearly said she's not going to change anything about the country's tough immigration policies and not left her a lot of room to just focus on social issues and climate and. and i think that was the key to success this summer so is this the end of the far right in denmark. it's a very you know i think the questions that is just plain know these people party like we said was almost eviscerated but at the same time we've seen 2 right wing parties much for the right who was sprung out one made it into parliament and what's going to be interesting to see is really measure fredrickson will now have to negotiate with center left parties the left wing parties they're probably going to want to demand her to soften her stance on immigrat

the social democrat party appears to be a sinking ship with rotating leaders at the helm and popular approval ratings on a downward spiral. in the post-war era the s.p.d. star was on the ascent and by 972 it was germany strongest party in 1980 to have scored a became chancellor and the party went into freefall political scientist or norgate power has been documenting the history of the social democrats for decades. it is kind of folks but the s.p.d. is no longer a broad based party and it hasn't been one for a long time you can see from election results that the party still garners votes but not to the extent where you can say it's proof that the s.p.d. is represented in all the relevant groups of society. the s.p.d. germany's oldest pleasurable party was born over 150 years ago in times of harsh working conditions and massive social inequity. after coming to power in 1983 i don't pick lettuce or to push through the so-called enabling act but was tortured by the surreal democrats shortly afterwards the party was outlawed party loyalists were passed accuse it taken to concentration ca

the left really taking a beating and yet here we have the social democrats pulling off a great big victory in denmark how do you explain that. well codd of the story is that says social democracy in europe today i think is 2 different things you've got a more classical version of social democracy and then you've got social democratic parties among them the danish social democratic party in effect breaking free of little bit and seeking new ground to what extent was it in a social democrats is to maybe move a little bit to the left on a welfare policy but then go steeply to the right on a migration value policy justice policy and that's really the key to their success and one can say. the mix between sort of social democracy classic and populism. it's centric populist and maybe is what has handed them to power but having said that they have been the power thanks to the supporting 3 posses in the so-called red block and so what it sounds like we're seeing then is that the social democrats in denmark are still maintaining the left but also appropriating parts of the center right what does tha

c.s.u. 72 percent have the same verdict on the social democrats. this result would appear to demonstrate the claim made by the right wing populist a hefty that the conservatives and the social democrats have become decoupled that they are no longer connected with the issues that voters care about is i think we have to say this is something of a an emotional response to some extent that these parties as i was saying. in the presence of restructuring themselves the social democrats are completely. helpless at the moment also in the way that they operate and the conservatives as well are trying to find new leadership trying to redefine the policies and so on and so there is a sense of emotional kind of rejection of what's happening there while at the center one has to say that this government this governing coalition is actually doing its job they are kind of that they have an agreement on what they're going to be doing in their time in government and they are following that agreement they are processing the policies that they have agreed upon but tha

time to stop, re-think and decide what kind of social democratic party the spd wants to be.rio of leaders has taken charge. >> the party it -- is neither an extra can or without leadership. there will be new roads ahead. >> after just 14 months in the job, andrea nahles left on monday. >> hello. i just said goodbybye to the spd exexecutive party cocommittee. i have resigned. i also wanted to personally thank you for years of good teamwork. you have spent many hours here. thank you for that. take care. >> her resignation has consumed the german media. now, while the social democrats do their own self f search -- soul-searching, there's a bigger question on voters minds. how will the coalition government of the social democrats and chancellor merkel's conservatives continue? >> either it will be the end of a grand coalition if it continues, or they will change something and we will see what the new plan is. then, maybe. >> this is the end of the grand coalition. >> the earthquake is rattling the entire german government. on the sidelines of the post election summit, it was all

and c.s.u. 72 percent have the same verdict on the social democrats. now these are a very damning numbers for the governing coalition but let's remind ourselves what does it mean for the greens the greens have been at the national coalition level twice and the odd leading at the state level in one of the country's states but do we decide rethinking the green party and looking at it as a pot of the political mainstream now because i think that is there for definitely the case the greens themselves are pretty surprised by the speed with which this is happening and are saying themselves that are not completely prepared actually to take on this kind of role but one has to say there have been as you say in the coalition with the social democrats only in the century. lift leaning coalition at that time they are also leading the government in federal state and southern germany there they are cooperating with the conservatives so that means that they are able to form coalitions on both sides of the political spectrum but so far it was the greens who were being

yet, here we have social democrats pulling off a great big victory in denmark. how do you explain that? >> part of the story is that social democracy in europe today is two different things. you have a more classic version and you have social democratic parties among them. the danish social democratic party in fact breaking free, seeking new ground -- breaking new ground. maybe momoving a little bit to e left on wewelfare policy but the going steeeeply to the rigight n migration and value policy, justice policy, and that is really key to their success. one could say the mix between social democracy, classic anti-populism, centric populism, maybe, is whahat has handed them the power, but having said that, they have earned the power thanks to the supporting three parties. brent: what it sounds like we are seeing is the social democrats in denmark are still maintaining the left, also appropriating parts of the center right. what is thatat mean fofor partif the center-right? -- what does that mean for parties s of the center-righght >> right now, we see quite a disi

politics just promising to uncertainty after the shock resignation of not as the leader of a social democrat coalition partner as. kind of a woman. britain has ruled out the red carpet for u.s. president donald trump at the start of his 1st state visit he and 1st lady milan here trump arrived by helicopter at buckingham palace where they will vote by queen elizabeth for lunch even before he set foot in the u.k. trump was stirring up controversy by indorsing divisive convert a contra conservative politician boris johnson as the next prime minister he also said the u.k. should be much tougher with the european union during breaks that negotiations. ponce is in front of buckingham palace and joins us now from there charlotte president trump is getting a royal treat with the queen slower about what's been happening at buckingham palace and what's planned for later on. today it's really all about pomp and ceremony here for donald trump during his 1st state visit to the u.k. so he was already greeted by prince charles had lunch with the queen they looked at a royal collector and now just a few min