the social democrats polled their worst result and has since world war two. and let's go right to our political correspondent thomas sparrow he's standing by at the s.p.d. headquarters in berlin a where a press conference is going on at the moment thomas you know we've seen two state elections this month and bavaria and has said to terrible results for the for the social democrats what are going to be the consequences. also i mean first of all you have to forgive me for not being able to speak very loudly but as you can probably see behind me and not is the lead candidate in speaking there at precisely i don't rise ing the results of that election has and they're talking in particular about a two fold strategy what's going to happen in the party now on the one hundred internally in other words trying to strengthen that profile they have to realize that the s.p.d. the social democrats have lost that sort of profile in voters' minds in the summing up they have to strengthen on the other areas obviously working more in the grand coalition and trying to show some

only one in four people are happy with chancellor merkel's grand coalition or her center left social democrats pardners well the news is especially better we explain why also coming out. today is the last day of campaigning for a highly charged regional election in the southern state of the very their traditional parties are also bracing for a political earthquake as voters turn in droves to smaller parties including the far right here. and communities in florida count the calls to one of the most powerful storms in american history hurricane michel. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us voters in germany are rejecting chance for all americans governing coalition in record numbers now that's the takeaway from a new opinion poll only days before a key regional lection in the southern state of bavaria now ahead of this ballot seen as crucial for america's government the latest survey by the pollster in for test the map spells potential disaster for the chancellor at the national level now if elections across germany were to be held today. this is who the surveys participants say they

tom aspera for us at the social democrats headquarters here in berlin thank you thomas. the u.s. where mourners held an emotional vigil sunday for the victims of the synagogue shooting in pittsburgh eleven people were killed when a gunman opened fire at the tree of life synagogue on saturday the suspect a forty six year old man is due in court later today. security remains high at the tree of life synagogue. yet behind the police line mourners have left flowers to honor the victims of saturday's deadly shooting. investigators are treating the massacre as a hate crime police say the suspect told them his aim had been to kill jews. the crime has shocked the community. thirty five you know. i have two brothers a married couple. and. they were really good people really good people. hard understand why anyone want to come into. this shooting comes just days after a suspect was arrested in a right wing mail bomb plot and in just over a week u.s. voters head to polls in a highly charged mid-term election. president donald trump called for tougher punishment for such crimes but rejected

some of the greens policies then she did take some of the social democratic. positions and push them forward and the s.p.d. aren't doing badly in this current coalition that is the big interesting thing to watch they are pushing some of their agendas through but they're just not getting the message through that they're actually delivering and now they've said. coalition treaty it says that after two years they want to have a reassessment of whether or not this coalition is working and this would be in twelve months time but they've now given that's what we're hearing this morning they've now given the c.d.u. c.s.u. so the bavarian conservatives a deadline they want to know by december just what the how the conservatives plan to stop their internal party debates and their struggles and they've said that if they don't hear from that from this conservatives and if they don't hear about solutions how to deliver on the promises made to the voters then they might decide about. a preliminary to the grand coalition and to the grand coalition right and that would of co

and the social democrats let's take a look at the latest projections to see do you want twenty six point nine percent that's a fall of eleven point four percent since the last has the election in twenty thirteen the social democrats will is twenty point one percent a drop of ten point six percent the greens nineteen point six percent a rise of eight point five the left party they're on six point two percent that's an increase of one percent the liberal free democrats or if d.p. one seven point seven percent a rise of two point seven percent and the far right alternative for germany got thirteen point two percent an increase of nine point one percent at a national level the loss for both the main parties is pushing for the strain on the bats it coalition in berlin the social democrats say they'll review their federal now lives with merkel's conservatives it's another disappointing result for the chancellor following elections in bavaria two weeks ago but what did today's results mean for the state of has it it suggests the conservatives can continue governing in a coalition they although

and the social democrats let's take a look at the latest projections the c.d.u. one twenty seven percent a fall off eleven point three percent since the last election in twenty thirteen the social democrats speedy twenty point one percent that's a drop off ten point six percent the greens nineteen point six percent a rise of eight point five the left there on six points. percent that's an increase of one percent liberal free democrats or if d.p. won seven point seven percent that's a rise of two point seven percent and the fog if germany or if they got thirteen point one percent and that's an increase of nine point zero percent as a national level the loss for both of the main parties is putting further the strain on the backs of coalition and byrne than the social democrats say they'll review their federal alliance with merkel's conservatives it's another disappointing result for the chancellor following elections in bavaria two weeks ago but what did today's results mean in the sate of has it now it suggests that the conservatives can continue governing in a co

a member of the european social democratic party or a member of the italian or the german social democratic party. and we had the idea wouldn't it be good to develop this one step further wouldn't be good to have a leader or a peon wide political party that you can become a member of so that would be just one example there's a whole range of issues that we need to just break down in terms of what they mean if we're probably european so that would be just one aspect. i'd be interested in knowing often you said that. the question is that the s p d wants to work through you want to conclude these until the party congress twenty nineteen so what are these issues and is that mean the process of renewing the s.p.d. will be concluded in january. where we came up with a couple of issues that. are scaling back to myself think are important to debate but there are some others that are being debated as well and we will conclude the list as it were of issues by next week you know what are we going to do with the social welfare and climate protection labor. issues around spelling out what being pro euro

just read out the numbers at fifteen percent on the social democrats used to be one of the strongest parties in germany that lets former governments. we're used to these numbers for like fifteen percent from smaller parties but not from the social democrats the greens used to be there are two in your partner in the last as is pedia led coalition there even stronger than the social democrats right now the a if tea party the far right party who is by the way new in harlem and stronger than the as p. d. party so that's really unheard of and we're witnessing an increasingly fragmented party landscape that we've been showing from other countries such as the netherlands for instance but not in germany so the fragmentation is now here at home in germany you know aspecific lee about the current government voters issued a damning combination more than three quarters seventy six percent are quote dissatisfied were very dissatisfied with the conservative social democrat grand coalition only twenty four percent saying they are satisfied or very satisfied with the government's work. all over twen

inflict more punishment on chancellor angela merkel's government as both the main by heavy losses social democrat president took with the alliance. is this the beginning of the end of the grand coalition. and in sports. has won the formula one championship for the first time the most a.d.'s drive a clinch the title with two races of the season just thing. to the program. has won a sweeping victory in presidential elections in brazil official results gave the far right candidate more than fifty five percent of the vote that's where the head of leftist candidate for. thousands of supporters. of the copacabana beach front in rio de janeiro to celebrate the victory off a candidate after the country's most polarizing election in decades. both an r. is an x. on me captain he campaigned on a pledge to crack down on crime and lead brazil out of recession but he's also been criticized for making a string of six's homophobic and braces for months he will be the first far right president to leave brazil since the end of the country's military dictatorship in one thousand nine hundred eighty five. correspond

are very split the different views the social democrats the s.p.d. as well don't seem to have a very clear line same is true the left party link f.t.p.'s well what but we as the green party are pro european very clearly we have a very human. want to make clear policy and of course i'm really pleased that so many votes now granted almost joins a government when i'm going to try to form a coalition off the last general elections but then pro-business free democrats pulled out how likely is that consolation again when you look at the very landscape but also looking at berlin right now as always. this evening i don't want to be speculating about potential coalition coordinations we're just pleased about was his story never reached over ten percent very before and had three targets is the green party want to double digit we want to get a second strongest party and we want to end the absolute majority of the c.s.u. so i'm just happy that we've done it and of course we want to deal responsibly with the result as is the green party it's clear that we can alw

election in two thousand and thirteen these social democrats. nineteen point eight percent that's a drop of ten point nine percent the greens nineteen point six percent a rise of eight point five billion party they're on six point one percent and that's an increase off point nine percent the liberal free democrats or if t.p. won seven point seven percent a prize of two point seven percent and the far right alternative for germany if he got thirteen point two percent and that's an increase of nine point one percent. now at a national level the loss for both of the main parties is pushing further the strain on the betted coalition in berlin these social democrats say they'll review their federal alliance with medicals conservatives but what about implications in the state of his city now the results today suggest the conservatives can continue governing in a coalition they although possibly without a majority. it's been a sobering night for chancellor merkel's christian democrats and the has the state capital the c.d.u. trim here can remain in off

well the social democrats of course are also very worried about their situation this morning they did very badly in this regional election in. losing about eleven percent of their support there so they need to go back and consider what it means for them but there have also been questions about whether their leader andrea knowledge can continue in her job because it's a sense that the s.p.d. on its own even not looking at the whole coalition government the s.p.d. on its own is in a is in a drift and doesn't really know what it stands for as knowledge is said today and they still have to distill term in that but she said in a press conference this morning that you know today is not the time to make decisions on party personnel they're going to be looking at these results and what happens over the next few hours and few days at a big party leadership meeting next weekend but there are concerns today that the result of what's happening and in particular of merkel's decision might be that the s.p.d. decides to pull out of the coalition government with medical and that would force new elect

and also the social democrats and of course the social democrats would never they never had the best results in bavaria anyway but of course on if you reflect that into the federal level this is something that we're seeing time and time again in germany right now but also beyond germany as well you're seeing the mainstream parties crumbling away and into. and as we've seen here in bavaria to the sea even in the greens and they a.f.d. further away from the center of germany's political spectrum they can the gains from the failings of the social democrats and the conservatives and this is going to be felt all the way back to it and let's talk a little bit more about the implications for berlin and constantine i'll turn to you how do you see the broader implications not only of the national level for the government but also for the chancellor. it seems to me that all parties of the two mainstream parties that have suffered these losses are really very temperate right now in their responses they're still trying to test the waters there hasn't been any any major you know backstabbing or a

you know very importantly the erosion much talked about erosion of the big tent parties the social democrats the c.d.u. the christian uncle americans christian democrats have been melting away in recent times and this is exciting feeling beyond that there's also in berlin among the voters in germany this is there's a growing sense of disillusionment i think with angela merkel's leadership why is that well i think she says she's failed she for so many people this is been universally expressed across germany she has failed to prevent her coalition government in berlin it's a time when germany needs domestic leadership and international leadership she has failed to stop coalition government from descending into abject quarreling and broke up with government and that led to a loss of a massive loss of respect for angela merkel and for the two main parties in the coalition so is she going to have to face consequences what is going to happen now for her and her government well this was talked about as a sheikh saad survive in germany as a day of destiny votes of destiny that looked as though it wa

massive drop in votes not only for her party but also for her coalition partner in berlin the social democrats both of last about ten percent the question will be do her colleagues in the christian democrat party say ten percent is a massive loss it's a sign that the medical era is over and we've got to change as soon as we can possibly before the end of this year and do on the other side the social democrats say this is such a bad result for them they have to think again about whether they should be in in this grand coalition government at national level and will they pull the plug on that so there's a lot of questions tonight and what do you think the city is going to do after after this election i mean you you did mention that in december there might be a new person leading this spot say will this election result have a pain that was certainly adds to pressure it shows that there's a trend of it and it is a trend that's been going on for through several of these states elections that the americans control of the sea do you think she's listing her grip will be a meeting of the meetings that

chancellor angela merkel's shaking coalition government as both the main topic here the losses social democrat administrations of with the coalition. is this the beginning of the end for the chancellor. as pittsburgh mourns the victims of the synagogue shooting many are blaming the killings on the current political climate the f.b.i. has praised the quick response of the police say more would have died otherwise. and brazilians are on the verge of electing a populist far right president. it's the country's most part arised election in decades. challenges same democracy is at stake. i'm christine one welcome to the program voters in the german state of has have to live in a blow today to chance and i'm going to machall in regional elections the vote is widely being seen as a test off the national popularity of the paci the conservative c.d.u. let's take a look at the latest projections chancellor merkel's c.d.u. on twenty seven point eight percent that's a fall of ten point five percent since the last his the election in twenty thirteen the social democrats or s.p.d. at nineteen point five perc

the results of the election and has a i'm confident that we will have a government led by the social democrats. dot com got thad could be possible in a coalition with the greens and the left party if schaefer goes s.p.d. beats the greens and both make gains the latest polls show both parties at about twenty percent politicians and pass are worried that weakening support for the government in berlin could influence the outcome of sunday's vote rarely have uncle america and her cabinet been so on welcome on the campaign trail it's a different story with direct our was a year on the greens there riding a wave of fresh support benefiting from america's government woes as they make that clear on their campaign posters. with showing that we're ready to take control with demonstrated al ability to govern with various partners and as we have policies we want to enact and that's what we're aiming to do on sunday promises to be an exciting day in hesse's capital v's body and the city will also be the focus for many in berlin. political correspondent thomas joins me now in studio four more thanks for joi

wanted the social democrats to implement at least part of the parties that formed and to problem was not trying the government the problem was a long debate in the party a bollard to trying the government on north and so people vote and vote for party who is not really clear of bollard it's. correct so why vote for the s.p.d. if part of the party and even part of all parliamentarians don't want to govern our foreign policy spokesman of the social democrats the s.p.d. thank you so much for joining us on our program today thank you. and we're expecting chancellor angela merkel to make her first public appearance since that vote yesterday and she'll be speaking at a scheduled event a little bit later we'll be listening in to parts of that speech again coming up a little bit later in the program now on to some other news and an accomplice in the september eleventh attacks on the united states has been released from prison in germany near chua's arrested in two thousand and one and convicted on hamburg in two thousand and six of helping three of the nine eleven attackers german authoritie

as social democrats and the c.s.u. the conservatives were talking about the very this is one of the wealthiest states here in germany indeed in europe as well. but people these still seem unsatisfied with their government's work why is that well these are really interesting point actually that this isn't really connected to the economy it's all which of course often drives votes is and it was very interesting that if you look there's always an infra test poll came out this evening that shows sunday evening now which actually listed migration which was an issue which kept coming up time and time again during these election campaigns voters actually listed that as the fall of most important issue in terms of what affected how they voted instead they were more focused on issues of domestic. of education and housing and environment and it's parties like the greens who have really they have quite a strong campaign in really getting in touch with this kind of nisha nowadays really of making sure that they were addressing the

led government for instance now stronger than the social democrats the far right if the party who was just new in parliament stronger than the s.p.d. party so this does come as a very big shock and we are witnessing an increasingly fragmented party landscape here in germany that we're not used to apparently and we need to get used to the list stable conditions and the past is ok it is a lot of fragmentation the it with the gains on both ends of the political extreme right and left you know asked specifically about the current government voters issued a damning condemnation more than three quarters seventy six percent are quote dissatisfied were very dissatisfied with the conservative social democrat coalition only twenty four percent say they're satisfied we're very satisfied with the government's work . all over only twenty four percent satisfied of the job the government is doing what does that tell us about attitudes towards politicians right now here in germany well the grand coalition that is governing right now is in an extremely unpopular option among voters that has already be

for the first time ten percent of the vote for them just the bob support for the center left social democrats this is a real shock falling by half to under the ten percent mark the three democrats just passed the five percent hurdle to enter the regional parliament on the left party will not be in the various parliament well in a moment we'll have some analysis from our political correspondent but first here's some reaction from the key players dismay at a watershed moment the c.s.u. loses absolute majority of areas unswerving loyalty to the party is over their opposition to uncle america's migration policy didn't pay off in the vote sometimes for months off we've had a bit of a painful result even if we still have to wait for the election night to end we accept the result with humility and we need to learn from the result will analyze everything closely one thing is certain though despite some predictions despite some discussions despite some comments the c.s.u. hasn't just become the strongest party it also has the clear mandate to govern. for the greens there was jubilation thank. you but

as well as it by proxy the social democrat coalition partners it was a very good evening for two of the smaller parties in germany the green party who i don't think you really can call smaller party these days they've been resurgent and continue they have twenty percent of the vote tying with the social democrats they of course were almost down and out last year they crept over the line into the bundestag barely but in bavaria and now it has so we've seen them resurgent also taking making ground there was the alternative for germany party they enter that has a parliament for the first time that means they're now represented in all of the sixteen states parliaments in germany as well as the bundestag they're not going to take on any leadership role if all the other parties have said they won't form a coalition with alternative germy they've proved to be controversial from their start up and continue to be controversial as they move into a more mean straight mainstream role of having representation all state parliaments their leadership on the results well they were elated with the people

the whole government to change above all governing coalition partners christian democrats and social democrats must cooperate better. for their part the s.p.d. are also licking their wounds after a terrible outcome in sunday's regional vote their leader andrea nonis whose future in the job has also been questioned it was clear that lessons have to be learned at the national level. he didn't fret so we are absolutely determined to ensure that we can continue our work in the coalition it needs more commitment and more determination to leave behind the problems of the past few months. for gun rights and. opposition parties are already seizing their chance to capitalize america's weakness. for market america is giving up the wrong jobs this won't make government more stable it will merely slow the death of the coalition. for long. but the much diminished grand coalition will limp along for now with the severely weakened chancellor at its head there could yet be a public battle for the soul of the c.d.u. . joining me now from up on him and he is political correspondent sparrow a welcome to our must

krauts and the social democrats both the see the shop and invest the poor big winners of the greens already in coalition with interests over the christian democrats for the first time the far right get enough votes to enter the regional parliament will bring you the latest also with full analysis from all political correspondents here in the studio also on the program. the f.b.i. praises pittsburgh police officers for their rapid response to saturday's synagogue shootings investigators said the quick apprehension of the attacker prevented further casualties as mourners held a vigil for the eleven victims that many blamed the killings on the current political climate. and brazilians on the verge of electing a populist far right president. the country's most polarized election in decades. democracy is at stake. welcome. the program voters in the german state of hess that have delivered a blow today to german chancellor angela merkel in regional election the vote is widely being seen as a test of the national popularity of her party the conservative c.d.u. let's take a look now at the latest p

as is the far right alternative for germany party or with sixteen percent the social democrats would garner just fifteen percent making them only the fourth strongest party their worst result ever the pro-business f.d.p. and the left party would both walk away with ten percent. and surprisingly three quarters of germans are either dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the current government. only one in four is satisfied or even very satisfied. in the last months chancellor. c.s.u. leader. and. were repeatedly forced to hold crisis summits each time they only narrowly avoided a coalition breakdown that has harmed the country's leader most of all more than half of germans blame for the state of the german government. one third thinks interior minister horse is responsible he is losing support just before the state elections in bavaria that are so important for him. only two percent of voters. but that doesn't help her party. the greens on the other hand are flying high this clip be because most germans are dissatisfied with the grand coalitions climate policy. recently thousands of p

and the social democrats has steadily gone downhill since the three parties rejoined forces earlier this year through according to the latest trend poll if federal elections were held this sunday the conservatives and the social democrats would no longer have a majority in the bundestag the conservative union made up of medical c.d.u. and the variance e.s.u. would receive just a quarter of the vote a record low. but the greens are on the up with seventeen percent as is the far right alternative for germany party or with sixteen percent. the social democrats would garner just fifteen percent making them only the fourth strongest party their worst result ever the pro-business f.d.p. and the left party would both walk away with ten percent. and surprisingly three quarters of germans are either dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the current government. only one in four is satisfied or even very satisfied. in the last months chancellor. c.s.u. leader. and leader. were repeatedly forced to hold crisis summits each time they only narrowly avoided a coalition breakdown that has harmed the co

but also for the social democrats. macca himself will carry some of the blame for the bavarian results and coalition partners will make sure to try to make take the maximum of it. and unrest that they know own party is growing and you said you believe that the votes will be a victory for democracy what did you mean exactly is that supposed very positive spin on completely and i'm i will start with that i think on two parts first of all i think it's absurd for democracy to be ruled by the same party for sixty years in that sense moving closer towards a change of government in bavaria is good for democracy and it's also good for the state because parties that are too long and get too crusty. but secondly i think perhaps even more important in. this political climate that we have no i think this use you in bavaria is getting punished for being too populist too populist populist anger to cross to the c.e.o.'s you've been a co-host of jim of politics for sixty years tell us a little bit more about the policy of the party ha

angela merkel's shaky coalition government as both the main parties suffered heavy losses metals social democrat partners threatened to quit the coalition will be asking is this the beginning of the end for the chancellor. and brazil is on the verge of electing a populist far right a president that's giant both in our roots the contest has split the country is left as challenges says' democracy is at stake. as pittsburgh mourns the victims of the synagogue shooting many of blaming the killings on the current political climate the f.b.i. has praised the quick response of the police saying more would have died otherwise . i'm christine one welcome to the program germany's governing policies have been hit with big losses in regional elections today the results from the state of his say could threaten the survival of the federal alliance between michael's conservative c.d.u. and the social democrats it's take a look at the latest projections to see do you want twenty seven point four percent that's a fall of ten point nine percent since the last election has said that was in two thousand and thirtee

you know that our view was that the social democrats are in this grand coalition with your party the christian democrats and it's having is having serious problems right now yes but these problems in the structure of this party it's a pity but they have to solve most of these problems for themselves if they might say ok. break time out in the opposition i wouldn't recommend it but it's possible and have a a minority government until twenty twenty one or would you go into a government with the greens. there was two times we had the chance to have a government as the greens the first time two thousand and thirteen and i was very in favor of that they decided that's too early for them and they wanted to go into the to drink a little bit of tea and wait up there we will know that they're almost at parity with the with the c.d.u. . and wait and see and the second time the liberals say no you know to this possibility the people around the world looking at the situation are going to ask ok a miracle is leaving who's going to replace or. the funny thing is that the common. common sense that d

can do can show how much you know social democrat policy is in what the government is doing but she herself in a press conference this morning said that you know today is not the day for personnel decisions what's needed is for a collected and calm analysis of the results and there's going to be a meeting of the leadership next weekend and there will be more meetings in the days and weeks ahead of course to work out what the right response sees the party have said there are five key policy areas including things like pensions policy in child care policy and so on a core social democrat policy areas if you like where they say they want to bring forward policy and legislation over the next twelve months if they don't see that and they can't put a clear s.p.d. label on it then there's no point in being in government with angle americal and they may well therefore pull out even before ban and that presumably would spell the end of americans chancellorship rights it seems like only germany's big political parties the both of them and the governing coalition and sums of crisis mode and of course

also another european countries namely that the big traditional party the conservatives the social democrats are losing ground undock ground is precisely going to smaller parties dyke the greens not the far right that there would be for germany fragmenting the political spectrum in germany and in other parts of europe as well all right so you mentioned there's this trend and indeed it seems like over the last several weeks all the opinion polls coming through show that miracles conservatives in has that are set to lose quite a significant amount of support now how bad a blow is this going to be then for america's future if her city who is defeated so badly that is the essential question how bad it will be for the conservatives how bad it could be for other parties as well i think michael's conservatives could be in a way pleased if they managed to get the best result out of all other parties that would give them the mandate to form a regional government and they could then present that in a way as a victory although it is absolutely evident of courting to most if not all polls that they will

to regain that trust how they plan to improve their work when both the conservatives and the social democratsunder such pressure given the result in bavaria and given other results in the past as well one area that has been discussed here in berlin where they could focus on is leaving aside ravi's not focusing primary. we are exclusively on the issue of migration which as you know has been the key issue for the past few years but focusing on other topics as well that for voters are particularly important i'll just give you a few examples education infrastructure health care for the elderly all those are issues that voters have said on repeated occasions that they want the politicians in germany at the federal level down to regional level to focus on and that's one area where i'm going to michael i have government could certainly work on in the next few months of trying to regain the trust from voters that has been lost completely presumably this is why the domestic issues this is why voters are losing faith in germans conservatives yes undoubtedly that's one of the of the reasons the fact tha

and the social democrat s.p.d. and the greens are one of the smaller ones in fact in german parliament and bundestag they have the smallest parliamentary group and now they could come out second. and that would turn the system upside down upside down we're in for very interesting times on your courage thank you so much for laying it all out for us greatly appreciate it. now to the story of journalist and author michael scott moore who traveled to somalia to write a book on piracy round up and along the coast of east africa but ended up being captured himself by pirates and held prisoner for more than two and a half years he was covering the trial here in germany in hamburg of somali pirates and their failed hijacking of a german cargo ship and decided to delve deeper into the subject matter having made it safely to the somali pirate village of hope you know he was on his way back to the airport in the central somali town. and when he was taken hostage back in twenty twelve hour ransom raised by his mother secured h

the social democrats of also lost support. in the very so it it really is i think. the kind of phenomenon that we also saw and britain was frank set that we saw in the united states with the election of donald trump. that voters are not happy with politics as you know what the status quo with the way t that things have alwas then they want to change so you've seen the fire villa. the voters are are doing pretty well in the polls. yeah if you want right and and the greens are doing very well but those two big you know sort of centrist established parties are not. the parties that are in control in berlin and the city exactly. the greeks we would much timing under really want to know why the greens are so successful at this point in time 18% twice as much as last time i think through no merit of the or whatever. they just. waiting for never gone to so whatever and they just collect what's left on the floor there are lots of people but he knew who was suddenly talking about the a new ice option in german politics we seen before the national level we seem to b. brought

i think it puts more pressure on the social democrats to continue to to to continue this also action they've been soul searching for a long time how do we react to this new start of politics. so how it might be their next move in the game of political chess if they do it well they will try to stay so for democrats which is not just a question of values and the question of policies with this mother not a question of talking about politics in terms of policies and programs not in terms of symbolism but in terms of these are the challenges these are the issues that are on the table these are the problems that we need to solve and these are the values that we stand for and that's what was the just the solutions and this holds very technocratic it sounds almost boring and that's what social democrats are the they have exciting values and they have boring solutions for problems that are on the table and i think the show. shouldn't sort of the should make that mistake that some of the youth wing and some other in the party are making trying to sort of to copy in that case not the f.t. but a

the coalition agreement that they agreed when they of the obviously formed that coalition the social democrats and the conservatives on the other hand there are those who are saying that merkel is very much weakened the fact that she's leaving the party chair position weakens even further and that dot could spell new problems for the grand coalition so there are different views as to what this actually means for germany's government and tell us before we continue let's listen to what people on the streets of berlin had to say much on decisions. i think it's too bad i think she's done a fantastic job but she's just lost support maybe she also doesn't feel up to doing the job like she's always insisted on doing when i'm thankful for what she's done but maybe it's time for something new that. size it's all in from outside who was nora's the other day the steve you should leave out the the right step you can't call this government a government anymore it's only about blaming each other. particularly mrs merkel is not interested in your opinion of the people anymore therefore she should be consiste