they strengthened three parties, they social democrats, the greens, and the fpd. >> they social democratsot be the only party trying to win allies. despite leading the conservative party of angela merkel to the first -- worst result, armin laschet did not concede his party's right to governor -- govern. >> no party can derive a mandate to govern from this result. that applies to the spd. the election campaign is over. no one can act as though they alone can decide who will form a government. that is why talks with potential partners are necessary. >> a looks as though the conservatives will not be getting first dibs in those talks. in their postelection press conference, the greens coleaders indicated it will be the social democrats they would turn to first. >> there is a certain logic to talking to the spd and fpd now, it does not rule out that we will talk to the conservatives. the fpd even went so far as to suggest they would speak to the greens before approaching the other two main parties. the main government in berlin will be made of three parties. an arrangement germany has not see

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it's a green party with rob, the social democrats, of the christian democrats to follow the path. so they are really a significant part of german political life. dr. pat. so the, the election results are the worst ever anglo merkel, c d u party, and the ruling lions. what has gone so badly wrong for them do you thing? well, 1st of all, it doesn't come as a surprise said f, the 60 years off the c d o being empower people in germany, one of the different government. this is something which usually is expected in democracy. second, and even more important, the c d. u, under the rule of america is adopted so many positions of the social democrats of the green parties. the christian democrats have cockpit to put a right way, social democratic and grim policies that voters now have the impression, well, why don't you vote for the regional or not only for the christian democrats as a copy of these policies? so the general minds in germany is leading towards the social democrats and towards the greens. i'd say a for b, c. and you will have to accept the road of an opposition party. now an

the social democrats say they've got a mandate in order to govern the social, the christian democratic union, also saying they could well for the coalition. as i mentioned with the greens and the free democrats, nobody starts these. go see ations though, until all of those votes are counted. not going to continue for a little while yet about as tight as it gets here in germany. i know many things complicated. he's still a good explanation. peter oliver, in berlin for as well. let's get a bit more understanding of this bit of analysis from dr. brooklyn, who's a professor of european studies at stanford university, also in berlin. very good evening to professor. so, according to the exit polls, the social democrats are just the head of the c d. u. it's very close. how significant is that? if at all well, it feels very good for the social democrats to be in a position like this when they have the lead for the very 1st time since 2002. and it was like rising from the ashes when you look back just a few months ago, they went down to 15 percent and no one could possibly expect a result like

that's the red of the social democrats, the black of the conservative union. and the yellow of the free democrats is particularly popular with business. not so much with anybody else. that brings us on to, to national flag coalition that you make a coalition, which is between the conservative union, the green party, and the free democrats. plenty of questions would be raised with that wall. then there's the kenya coalition. so called because of the can you flag as i mentioned, that's red, black and green. know mark is zada, who's the leader of the various christiy and social union quite funds these a jamaica coalition will of course he would, that would see him or his party at least to remain in government. what we are hearing though is when it comes to coalition talks, it may well be the free democrats, the pro business, low tax policy, the greens, the grid that want to see more taxes on the pro environmentalist agenda that they may have to hammer out. coalition talks before they involve parties that have one the share of the vote, because if those 2 can form

the germany's social democrats narrowly lead the way, with 26 percent of the vote, leaving the ruling christian democrats trailing in 2nd place, a support for angela marco's c d. u. c. s. u has shrunk considerably since the last vote 4 years ago, and is now the lowest since the lions was created 72 years ago. in 3rd place in the green party followed by the free democratic party and alternative for germany. the left part is very narrow, a fail to get past 5 percent threshold, but will still be represented in the bundis dog as it managed to win 3 constituencies. now, all ballots have been counted, although the result won't be considered official until it's announced by the election agency a couple of weeks from now. with reminder of how the system works, german voters don't directly choose the chancellor. they elected members of the button to start with al, go about picking a chancellor to lead him. practice is always a coalition government. the results from sunday's votes suggested coalition talks, could drag on for several weeks. well, let's cross life to berlin and get some more on t

and the question them a credit union would allow swap of places that the social democrats will take. the chancellor re and the christian democratic union only the vice chancellor had said he was in such a bad condition after makeover that i don't see this happening. so they will be something like a free party coalition. and that can take a long time until they agree on what is that nailed down in a coalition treaty. c, d. u has never had any results anywhere close as bad as they have tonight. lasha doesn't for the next government, i think the knives are going to come out in the c d, u. and there's going to be like real butchery going on. they have to basically do is to renew them to renew the party and have any hope of ever regaining above 30 percent. again, that's the voice of a germany and exit polls and jones, the country could be, had it for a change of direction with the s b, just slightly ahead of marco's, c, d. c. as you still too close to cold, but we're will be keeping you updated as those results come in. the 7 troops have been on a heightened state of alert at the cost of

on those preliminary results give the central f social democrats san ardo. when party leader show a south occurred victory saying he has a mandate to lead the nation anglo merkel. christian democrats finish 2nd with public support for them dropping to an historic low. they're already cold. indeed from within the c d u for its leadership to step done after the pur, showing and 3rd place, the greens, which many know see as potential kingmaker in the upcoming coalition talks or europe correspondent peter oliver is in berlin. he cannot give us a fuller breakdown of the votes on what it means for germany. these preliminary result results are written, they usually fairly accurate. we won't get the official result for a little while yet. but what it shows is the social democrats, how would they select, should they want it in the terms that they've collected the most amount of votes? it doesn't mean that they directly get to form a government just yet will have more or not. just let wild jen and politics never as simple as that foot. yes. when it comes down to clear

but then joining talks with the social democratic party.— then joining talks with the social democratice are big differences between you and the i differences between you and the liberals. do you think it's realistic for you to form what you call a climate government with them in it? tt call a climate government with them in it? . ., , , ., call a climate government with them init? . ., i, ., ., in it? it will certainly be a tough negotiating _ in it? it will certainly be a tough negotiating process. _ in it? it will certainly be a tough negotiating process. that's i in it? it will certainly be a tough i negotiating process. that's obvious because they have this kind of voodoo ethanol makes. they don't want to raise taxes and they don't want to raise taxes and they don't want to raise taxes and they don't want to take on new debt, but we also have to make a lot of investments into our futures. be also have to make a lot of investments into ourfutures. be it public schools, be at the climate crisis and transforming our industry. what we need is a consensus on how we are financing our pla

the christian democrats have cockpit to put a, the right way, social democratic and grim policies. that motors now have the impression, well, why don't you vote for the regional or not only for the christian democrats as a copy of these policies? so voting is over in germany, and it's the social democrats who are celebrating. but there's a lot of talking to do before the next government cindy. the next chancellor is confirmed. we'll make sure you don't miss any of the days. big developments here on our team. ah, ah. media outlets say they're deeply concerned over claims. the ca was plotting to kidnap and perhaps kill julian assange, a new yahoo article includes testimony from key witnesses on the ca had fury wiki league, so called volt 7 disclosures on the u. s. by agencies, activities. while it goes all the way back to 2017, when assange was 5 years into his stay at the echo dory and embassy in london. and that was also when wiki leaks began. publishing its volt 7 documents, a series of document leaks, exposing the methods and tools that they use in terms of computer hacking. now,

the yet plenary results suggest it is norwin for the centre left social democrat party leader. all our shows has declared victory saying he is a monday to lead the nation under the merkel christian democrats finish 2nd with public support for them. dropping to a historic low. that's the headline for them on. there are already calls from within the c d. u for its leadership to step down after the per showing 3rd place. the green switch is seen by many as an authority. really in the upcoming coalition talks possibly a king maker and or europe corresponding peter all over, isn't berlin with a full breakdown of the vote on what it means for germany? these preliminary result results are written, they usually fairly accurate. we won't get the official result for a little while yet, but what it shows is the social democrats, how would they select, should they want it in the turn that they've collected the most amount to vote. it doesn't mean that they directly get to form a government just yet will have more. not just let wild jen and politics never as simple as that. yes. when it come

i just really narrowly behind the social democratic party. so he says, we still want to build a coalition as well as well, also with the greens and also with the free democrats. so this option is still really much on the table and lash at is actually in his political career known for coming back after. after going down after losing an election, so it's not uncommon for him to keep fighting. although of course, a lot of people are wondering after such a loss. can he really lead the new government? well meanwhile, the german capital berlin look set to get a trust female mer the centre left social democrats appears to have defended their hold on the mayoral post in berlin. setting from this gifts he, on course to become the city is top official. now initial projections indicated that the greens had one but then follow up counts, show them falling behind and moving on and insert on tension is deepening between the military and civilian factions. of the transitional government. there it was created on the power sharing deal to oversee the countries

the general secretary of the social democrat said his party at the mandate to govern by the christian which is led for the last 16 years under angler merkel still want the chance to leave the country. here is a europe editor. cheering excitement ricocheted around the headquarters of germany's social democrats tonight, dismissed as political has—beens, not long ago, the smell of election victory, even if a narrow one, now hung in the air. results, though, still need to be confirmed. there he is, the man the social democrats hope will be germany's next chancellor, but this has been a very tight election, and the make—up of germany's next government is farfrom 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 democrats. 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

they said, who should form the next government, the strength and cheap parties, the social democrats, the greens and f d p. this is therefore the clear mandate of the citizens of this country have given . these tree should form the next government be while the leader of the christian democratic union says they're ready for talks with the green party and f. d. p. government, conservative party trails and social democrats by slim margin the see to use or its popularity full of to chance langley medical decided to step down. it is the 1st time in 16 years at the party last, an election step asked him to stand by for his embellishment and step. so i left shoulder. he says he has the mandate to govern. how hard will it be for him to find them? well, that's a very good question. all of shows didn't waste any time this morning. as soon as germany woke up and realized that the social democrats had won the elections, although it's a very, very narrow. when all of shoals came out, he sat, the german public has spoken. we have gotten the monday together with the 2 other parties who won during th

the christian democrats have cockpit to the right way social democratic and grim policies. that voters now have the impression. well, why don't you vote for the regional or not only for the christian democrats as a copy of these policies? we also got reaction from constantine casa charles, the deputy chair of the opera chamber of russia's parliament. he sees that if a new government in berlin chooses to go back on germany's commitment to the nor stream to gas pipeline, its reputation as a reliable partner will be badly damaged just because of the cause. it's a, it's a tremendous amount of work that was put into no stream to scrub because the head of states are leading party changes in one year, a pin country. it would show europe in institutions and not function properly, in my opinion, to prove it legal capacity and ability to european democratic machine should be able to resist attempts made and short term self interest to stop the project. russia does not seek to impose on the german election, therefore, we will not give any assessment of the candidates. the most importan

-- greens and the social democrats? least to get as much of your program through in a coalition treaty. where you can get compromises where you can say this is worth it to go into a coalition. >> do you sell the verdict of sholz that there's a logic of the government that there is for you to w, with the c.d.u.? >> that's if politics is only pure lodge iraq but everyone knows that is not true. in the end it is about content and trust. and it is not the winner, it is the one who wins evening in germany. if winner probably has more of a right to say but we as f.p.d., we will look is sit possible to do more with the christian democrats and the greens or for with the social democratsnd the green unless that will be the question for the next few weeks. >> the greens and s.p.d. are both pushing an aggressive agenda but your leader said ll taking climate change seriously but i'm not willing to wreck the economy, even in the short come. >> politics is not about the way you solve a problem at first. it's the question that you fir

be the largest party since a long time the social democrats could have $1.00 to $2.00. and it also means that the, you can do this on my lunch at all. those charges are very much equal now in projects please. all of last sunday we are not happy with your name and you say yeah, put a government because you will have solution and a smaller 5 you will have to decide will be the next job. so how this next solution will look like sol, shown to see him out on say geez, to finance minister on the la, moved to the 5, chancellor jackson himself as a new on marque last, well, basically being calm and also modest. he has also shown he has government experience, he's been the minister twice in our cabinets. he's also in the mayor of hamburg. so he's saying i am the man who has 90 people are really lot to to feel if you look to speak to me. so dominant, not only until me, but also on the your face. indeed, i believe he's just started addressing that very large crowd there behind you. and he is looking very, very happy on that stage. indeed, that's listening to a little of what he ha

-- greens and the social democrats? least to get as much of your program through in a coalition treaty. where you can getompromises where you can say this is worth it to go into a coalition. >> do you sell the verdict of sholz that there's a logic of the government that there is for you to who, with the c.d.u.? >> that's if politics is only pure lodge iq but everyone knows that is not true. in the end it is about content and tst. and it is not the winner, it is the one who wins evening in germany. if winner probably has more of a right to say but we as f.p.d., we will look is sit possible to do more wh the christian democrats and the greens or for with the social democrats and the green unless that will be the question for the nt few weeks. >> the greens and s. a both pushing an aggressive agenda but your leader said i'll taking climate change seriously but i'm n willing to wreck the economy, even in the short come. >> politics is not about the way you solve a problem at first. it's the question that you first have to a

the ah and so with all votes counted, it is a narrow wind for the centre left social democrats party leader. sholtes has declared victory saying he now has a mandate to lead the nation. i'm villa, medical it's christian democrats are trailing in 2nd, followed by the greens and for a full breakdown of the vote. and what it means for germany is our correspondent peter oliver. these preliminary result results are written. they usually fairly accurate. we won't get the official result for a little while yet, but what it shows is the social democrats, how would they select, should they want it in the terms that they've collected the most amount of votes? it doesn't mean that they directly get to form a government just yet will have more not just let wild gen and politics never as simple as that. but yes, when it comes down to clear when it and loses, the winners have been the social democrats picking up almost 26 percent of the vote . and when you look at the fact that just before the summer, this year, they were polling it 10 percent lower. than not, but this is one of the biggest comebac

why is it called that because of the color of the parties to read for the social democrats, the yellow for the free democrats who are economic liberals, but not particularly socially liberal and of course green for the environmental party, the greenhouse. dominic, you made the point, of course, that this is going to be weeks of talk. this is not going to be resolved anytime soon. and of course, in the meantime, germany has to have a some sort of governance in, in some form how. how does this work? what are the variables we're looking at here? ok, so the 1st thing is absolutely, it's going to take weeks in the course of the last 34 years in every election that has been for the past 34 years. so that goes back before the fall of the berlin wall. it is taken at least a month for every government to be agreed upon following election. so if that's the template, then we have weeks ahead of of, of ourselves, but it could be months. now in that time, while discussions continue, the government that have been in existence stays in existence. so that means that angle america stays as chancellor u

even though that in her report, the, the social democrats and all of shows does have a narrow lead. he still would need to have talked with both the green party and the liberal democrats do those of in the end, the king makers here. so we're going to have to see what's going to happen there because also if you look at the green party, the green party wouldn't give it support to the social democrats. but the liberal democrats would prefer to have the center, right, the christian democrats of lashes. so it's going to be very tough dogs. now what we heard is that probably the greens and the liberal democrats was 1st told big oceans together and then try to reach some sort of compromise and then have the further talks with probably 1st, if we look at the election result, the 1st step should go to all of scholes. but that's not necessarily written into books, but that's what should happen. otherwise they would try to have tools with this center right with admin lashley. now this wouldn't be the 1st time in german history that the 2nd one or a d n. after the correlation negotiation manages

the strength of 3 parties, the social democrats, the greens and f d p. this is therefore the clear mandate that the citizens of this country have given these tree should form the next government. meanwhile, the leader of the christian democratic union says they already talked with the green party and the f. d. p. the governing conservative party trails. the social democrats, by slim margin, the cd you saw its popularity full of the chancellor anglo medical decided to step down. it is the 1st time in 16 years that the party lost an election. let's bring in tony k, new standing by force in berlin. so dominant goal of shots, he says he has a mandate to govern. yeah, he's pretty unequivocal. he believes that as the man whose party has the most votes and the most seats in the new parliament, which will form in the course of the next few weeks behind me. but that gives him the authority to stake your claim. as the next chancellor of this country, he says that the voters believe that the traffic light coalition, so named because of the colors of the respective p

even with mister schultz, social democrats. all with mister lashes, kristian democrats, although he led his party to its worst ever defeat armand lush. it insists it can govern despite coming 2nd. it's not automatically the case that i think party title today, if we can party they will talk with in the, in the greens made clear yesterday that they want to talk to each other 1st, which i think is fine. but not everyone in lasha, the governing party is putting on a brave face to see the youth stake prime minister as a suggested the party leaders should take responsibility for the defeat. no such thoughts over at social democrat headquarters. this is their 1st federal election when in almost 20 years, and soon they hope all of shots will replace angle emacula. the chancellor, dominant cane al jazeera berlin, and germany's centre left social democrats scored a bonus election when in the capital berlin, the city is set to install its 1st favor female mayor with francisco, you fail course when the top post, she'll take over from the s

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the preliminary results show it is the center left social democrats who finished top party lead a shelf declared victory saying that he has a mandate to lead the nation anglo americans. christian democrats came 2nd public support for them. dropping to a historic low visibility calls from within the c d. u for leadership to step down . after that showing and 3rd place came, the greens, which many now see is being potential king makers in upcoming coalition talks correspondent liter oliver's in berlin. with a full breakdown of the votes and what it means for germany. these preliminary result results are written. they usually fairly accurate. we won't get the official result for a little while yet. but what it shows is the social democrats, how would they select, should they want it in the turn that they've collected, the most amount of votes. it doesn't mean that they directly get the form of government just yet will have more or not. just let wild jen and politics never as simple as that, but yes, when it comes down to clear winners and losers, the winners have been the social democrats

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u votes could go to the green party or the social democrats shadae. it's a shame that merkle doesn't want to run any more. cd you people are bit unsettled and are scared that things won't be the same, although they shouldn't be. renewal is important. everyone believes that from all parties. so it's good to have a new coalition. germans expected to spread their votes among the more parties than usual. the election will be followed by coalition negotiation that could last weeks . if not months, is not yet clear whether germany's conservatives will be included. now there are 3 days left to the election. the greens are expected to do pretty well, maybe double the number they did at the election. but at the end of the day that we are present mostly used was 2 thirds of the 60000000 german voters are above the age of 40 and 50 rather. and they typically look for the ability and consistency. okay, hold me the life for us and for, but very up. thank you very much indeed. whoa, the, the stay with this. we can talk night with mathias brookman, these german jour

what will be the 1st change at the top since 2005, the preliminary results show the send to less social democrat finishing on top party. the role of schultz declared victory saying that he now has a mandate to lead the nation angler. medical's christian democrats came 2nd with public support for them dropping to uninstall at low. there's already calls from within the c d a for leadership to step down to that poor showing. and then 3rd place came the greens now see them as potential king makers in the upcoming coalition talks. correspondence to oliver is in berlin with a full breakdown of the vote. and what it means for germany. these preliminary result results are written. they usually fairly accurate. we won't get the official result for a little while yet, but what it shows is the social democrats, how would they selection? they want it in the terms that they've collected the most amount of votes. it doesn't mean that they directly gets a form of government just yet will have more or not just let wild jen and politics never as simple as that. yes. when it comes down to clear winners and losers

that's the message from the leader of germany centre left social democratic policy, which was a narrow lead and sundays parliamentary elections. of shult says he would like to form a coalition with the greens and the free democratic party. the climate crisis is likely to pay play a crucial role during the talks in the coming weeks. the veil of dick loggers, of the wars have spoken very clearly. they said, who should form the next government, the strength and 3 parties, the social democrats, the greens and f, d p. this is therefore the clear mandate that the citizens of this country have given these tree should form the next government. meanwhile, the leader of the christian democratic union says his party is also ready for talks with the green party and the f. t p. the governing conservative party trails. the social democrats, y slim margin the see to you. so it's popularity full after chance. langler medical decided to step down. this is the 1st time in 16 years, it's fallen behind in an election. it's also foggy. there is no question that this resolved cannot, must not, and will not

1st change seen at the top since 2005 ah ah preliminary results shows that it's the center less social democrat, so you can tell top part of the role of shelf declared victory saying he has a mandate to lead the nation and glib ankles. kristian, democrats was 2nd public support for them dropping to an historic low visibility calls from within the c d. u. for leadership to step down. after that poor showing and into place came the greens many see them now as potential king makers in the upcoming coalition discussions. of correspond, peter oliver is in berlin with a full breakdown of the votes and what it means, the germany these preliminary result results are written. they usually fairly accurate. we won't get the official result for a little while yet. but what it shows is the social democrats would they selection, they want it in the terms that they've collected the most amount of votes. it doesn't mean that they directly gets a form of government just yet will have more or not just let wild jen and politics never as simple as that. yes. when it comes down to clear winners and losers, the winn

the preliminary results show that it is the center left social democrats who finished on top party leader ala schultz has declared victory saying that he has a mandate to lead the nation. grammatical christian democrats finish 2nd week, public support for them. dropping to a historic low. there's already calls from within the c d, u priest leadership to step down after that poor showing. and in 3rd place is the green party, which many now sees potential king makers in the upcoming coalition talk saw correspondent in europe. peter oliver is sir, now from berlin. with a full breakdown of the vote and what it will mean for germany. these preliminary result results are written. they usually fairly accurate. we won't get the official result for a little while yet. but what it shows is the social democrats, how would they select, should they want it in the terms that they've collected, the most amount of votes? it doesn't mean that they directly get to form a government just get, we'll have more, not just let wild gym and politics never as simple as that. but yes, when it comes down to clear wh

the with all the votes counted, it's a narrow wind for the center left social democrats party nita lab sholtes as declare victory thing. he has a mandate now to lead the nation. anglo merkel is christian democrats, so trailing in 2nd, followed by the greens. let's get a full breakdown of the vote and exactly what it means for the future of germany. it's our europe correspondent, peter on it. these preliminary result results are written, they usually fairly accurate. we won't get the official result for a little while yet. but what it shows is the social democrats, this election, they want it in the terms that they've collected the most amount of votes. it doesn't mean that they directly get to form a government just yet will have more or not just let wild jen and politics never as simple as that. yes. when it comes down to clear winners and losers, the winners have been the social democrats picking up almost 26 percent of the vote . and when you look at the fact that just before the summer, this year, they were polling it 10 percent lower than not. but this is one of the biggest comeba

dave decided the social democrats. decided the social democrats for...the uk, there are shortages of fuel. there is a large number, more than half, which have already run dry, and those others are running dry quite quickly. albania opens its doors to the sling afghanistan. we talked to the man who has agreed to stay on as man mark's ambassador to the un. -- on as man mark's ambassador to the un. —— me and myanmar�*s. and a church in la palma collapses after being engulfed in a river of lava as the spanish island's volcano continues its disruption. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it is 7am in singapore and 1am in germany, where exit polls suggest the tightest of races in the general election, with little separating the two main parties in the race to succeed angela merkel. but according to the latest projections, her party, the cdu, now that by armin laschet, appears to be trailing olaf scholz�*s center left spd. let's take a look at the latest book projections. they have the centre—right conservative cdu on 24.2%, the c

both parties at the top, the social democrats and the christian democrats have a chance to form a coalitiondu, your .a l parliament. but if the cdu, your -a , is parliament. but if the cdu, your party. is to _ parliament. but if the cdu, your party. is to do — parliament. but if the cdu, your party, is to do that, _ parliament. but if the cdu, your party, is to do that, it is - parliament. but if the cdu, your party, is to do that, it is going l parliament. but if the cdu, your| party, is to do that, it is going to have to cut a deal with the greens, almost certainly, and the greens had criticised the cdu for being far too slow on climate change, so how can they convince the greens that he has they convince the greens that he has the right man to work with? weill. the right man to work with? well, he has already reached _ the right man to work with? well, he has already reached out _ the right man to work with? well, he has already reached out to _ the right man to work with? well, he has already reached out to the - has already reached out to the greens tonight. he said that there is a rea

then the liberal party that tons of a and from the coalition with the mean and the red and the social democrats. of course the kind of falsification of the what the board to set expected. so you cut a long story short. my view is most likely be a coalition been offered and christian democrats unless it will be the chancellor. next chancellor. the greens definitely. and of course also the liberals. well, it's very interesting commentary. you get there about a potential coalition government being fallen. hey, i wanted to mention a couple of names. you mentioned one of them just now. if the polls are to be, believe germany is likely the end up with either. oh, laugh schoultz, s t p or automated lasha of the cd us chancellor. now, these names may not be terribly familiar to a lot of people, but how different are these men and how much will it matter? which one of them gets to the top? the problem, of course, of all of shows of the social democrats they, they form the coalition for the reasons and maybe most likely then even if it comes together to a majority of the communist party than the whole po