glum faces at the spd.r germany, one of the alternative for germany, one of the most high—profile politicians is speaking. translation aggro i would also like to thank you all for the very hard election campaign we have endured. -- translation: but i think we now have a result that is tantamount to a party revolution. that is alexander gauland, pictures coming from the afd rally. it gives the germans and of a lot to think about. let's speak to jennifer the germans and of a lot to think about. let's speak tojennifer and bug, busy taking this in. it's not what the polls suggested, something quite different. not really, we're most surprised about the party of angela merkel, because that is a loss... much bigger loss than expected. it's a defeat, i would say. we just got the information the social democrats will go to opposition. so there might be... the idea of a grand coalition with the two biggest parties working together isn't going to happen? maybe, that the most important thing may be for the most importa

for me, it was easy to name the differences between our party and the spd, and the spd found it very easy to name the differences to our party. but whether i am responsible for all of this -- i mean, so be it. i take the responsibility, then. >> before the german elections, there were a number of parties who gave you ultimatums or guarantees, or set conditions. now, if there are no conditions, you have not said there were any ultimatums. what does your party want to see after the coalition agreement? chancellor merkel: well, we started talking about this today, but we have not concluded our discussions here. we will be discussing the issues with the csu, first of all. but you can basically assume that a sound budget, or questions of domestic security, will always be important issues for us. >> madame chancellor, this election is a watershed in the sense that now there is a party to the right of the conservatives in parliament. would you say the way you have delft with the a.f.d. was the right way to go in recent years? some leading politicians said, we do not talk to them. we do not

that's why the spd particular hot. trouble also among german workers in this election right now so from that perspective it is clear that for the spd is a very doc day indeed will have to hear what martin shows the leade. of the social democrats. says soon right here at the headquarters in berlin but i can assure you he will not be very pleased. and you know thomas for our viewers watching this and at how can we best describe what the sp de. um is considering or what they may have to do i mean it's almost like the nuclear option right. they're going to. go out of the government into. the opposition but they're doing it. to be a bulwark against the far right. well not only brand obviously that's one element but all the state it it also is on about their own pockets also about trying t. to reconstruct after four years when they were part of the ground coalition where they did indeed managed. a push forward some of their proposals for example that when it comes to the minimum wage but when they didn't get the credit with

for me, it was easy to name the differences between our party and the spd, and the spd found it very easy to name the differences to our party. but whether i am responsible for all of this -- i mean, so be it. i take the responsibility, then. before the german elections, there were a number of parties who gave you ultimatums or guarantees, or set conditions. conditions,e are no you have not said there were any ultimatums. see does your party want to after the coalition agreement? chancellor merkel: well, we started talking about this today, but we have not concluded our discussions here. we will be discussing the issues with the csu, first of all. but you can basically assume that a sound budget, or questions of domestic security, will always be important issues for us. chancellor, this election is a watershed in the sense that now there is a party to the right of the conservatives in parliament. we do see that the way you have dealt with the -- would you say that the way you dealt with the afd is the right way to go in recent years? some leading politicians said, we do not talk to t

a slightly smaller role because of the spd decision. with france, in terms of brexit? the big picture is that she is back. despite everything, the problems, trials and tribulations of the last four years, that was evident in her speech last night. despite what happened with the migrant crisis, which many predicted maybe her own doing, they believed she may have britain through those problems. an anchor of stability at the helm of germany. because of the wea ker the helm of germany. because of the weaker showing and the difficulties she has in terms of a coalition, her choice of coalition partners means that she will be able to devote less time to pushing for eu reforms, backing up emmanuel macron‘s ideas about how to reform the eurozone. one of her likely coalition partners will be the liberal democrats, pro—business. some problems there, not able to push ahead as much as she might have liked. for brexit, the meaning is that the uk will see little change. the coalition partners are all of the same mind, that the uk has to follow the scr

there was essentially no distinction between the cdu and the spd and the greens.tribute to a new power arising at the extreme right of the political spectrum. now i was mentioning how a lack of a plan b could affect angela merkel‘s negotiating position. but this is the chancellor seeming to accept the deal with the social democrats is out of the question. translation: of course we are going to establish contact with the ftp but also with the green party and i add, with also the spd. it is important that germany has a stable and good government. i have heard and i have listened to the words coming from the spd, but we should still talk to them and this has been the unanimous opinion of the members of our party. let's speak to ria schroeder, incoming fdp mp. congratulations on your party's results. you'll have to talk the chancellor? yes, we are very pleased with the results, but they are very busy and interesting times. what do you want from the chancellor in exchange for coming into government? we are focusing on severe changes in terms of education, digitalisatio

will be see the spd even. moving traditional lead towards russia mall like good they did in the past four years. what you will? de. liberals do. in this respect movie at afd o. get mall even more support from russia like they did in in in the past over the past months of very interesting questioning bury them well a lot of very interesting question we don't. have the answers yet room of what will we do in our relationship with the nato o. will be is it will this new coalition support the two percent goal but probably not. o. like they did. like grammatical to make at stephanie is a lot less fun than it sounds a because you can imagine that german chancellor who has been. basically organizing those sanctions against russia in the mosque she was the main person here in europe. during that's en and across the table you have christian lindner from the free democrats who basically already declared. and crimea a dead loss that's what i think they did a good en las do it the russians have it so what's the message. an

is down on their 20%. -- in down, and the spd is down on their 20%. —— in reality, they only have 13%have 1396. i want to move you on eventually, because i know that you wa nt to eventually, because i know that you want to get to meghan markle. we are to meghan markle watchers. but when they say that they want to hide the government down, nobody needs to be reminded of what they mean by that they wish. —— hunt the government down. david davis says he plans to become the prime minister, but has oui’ become the prime minister, but has our supporters not to conflict with downing street. i'm not impressed by the story, because it says that he's ready to mount a pity she is forced from office. we knew that, really. and secondly, as you rightly pointed out, at the end of this, there are four bullet points, and it says that he is telling his supporters not to clash with downing street. so he's not going to do it, and we're back to where we were, which is that the prime minister position is weak and unstable. there is lots of talk that she will not last long and so on. but when will this happ

is the future for the spd that you're going to move to the left and play more the social card? >> i think chancellor merkel tried to give the impression there are no differences between the two parties. that's wrong there are differences. it's easier to show them if you don't govern together in a coalition cabinet, but rather lead the opposition against the conservative policies. we have totally different understandings of tax policies, policies for elderly people, for education,policies a lot of other things. don't want a rise in the military budget 30 billion euros a year, we would rather spend the money for education, families and future. there are huge differences they will come more easily if we're in the opposition. i guess that will be the fundamental for winning the next election in 2021, four years to go now it's time for gous to got the opposition >> you're sticking with your partly leader, martin schulz, also responsible for the bad results of the cdu spd why are you sticking to him as the party leader >> i think martin schulz led a remarkable campaign. he was electe

the spd said we're going into opposition right away. now it looks like a jamaica coalition could take up to 100 days >> uncertainty is twofold. it will make a coalition and will it be stable. so if they succeed in creating a coalition, i think they will do so before the end of the year. so that's not the big issue, but then the question is, you know, will they agree and how stable will this coalition be. >> the index has dropped slightly in september. not a huge deal. was this a sort of, you know, harbinger for what was about to come was there nervousness among the business leaders about what this new coalition would look like or would you dismiss that >> i would dismiss that. i think that the companies are really taking a breather the german economy has been moving upwards more or less constantly you know, there are sectors, you know, really running at full capacity and i think, you know, it's just a breather it's not a turn around >> have we hit the peaks over the summer do you think we can go back towards the peaks in the third quart

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tonight the centre—left, spd held a rally in central berlin.martin schulz, at least mentioned brexit, an issue that's been largely absent from this campaign. but as a former president of the european parliament, he seems less someone to harness german public unease, more a member of the european elite. the spd have never really managed to move the debate away from the migration crisis, and anyway, as part of a grand coalition with the chancellor, they were party to some of that also. and their candidate has been lacklustre also. when the vote comes in on sunday, everyone expects angela merkel to remain in the driving seat. this challenger, like the others she's seen off, we'll have to head to the margins while the chancellor forges her new coalition. to unpack the election and its likely consequences, we've got two great experts with us. the editing chief of bilt and also the foreign editor of another paper and biographer of angela merkel. the apparent absence of brexit in this election that was the public cheated of a debate that should have b

come to germany, the spd is really behind that. westernhe rest of europe and the u.s.to find politicians looking for that. economists going to stay with us. we have a lot more to talk about. he told me he is still hopeful the spd can turn things around but they are trailing of the cdu by a lot. don't miss our 30 minute show at 8:30. germany decides, the latest political and market analysis in the lead up to the election. nine days to go. this is bloomberg. matt: welcome back, the european open. the german election is nine days away. martin schultz is social 20%cratic party has lifted in the latest poll. a member of the spd says he is hopeful they can turn things around. 50% of voters have not decided. that is huge. we have never had this 10 days from election day so far. that was 20.re it now is 50. my party will change so the fields of debate in the next 10 days will get a better outcome. green, the chief .conomist and asset management it doesn't look like the spd will get close to the cdo. tryrdless, when you individualize europe in 2018 is angela merkel clearly at t

if the spd goes back into a grand coalition, leaving the afd has the main opposition party, they seemtly less stable than the pirate party. there are some a differences between the afd. guest: we have never been here before in germany. andming the polls are right the afd gets a sizable result for their circumstances on sunday, so it is very unpredictable. it will go after the mainstream parties and what the mainstream parties are saying, what will be best for german democracy versus this alternative for germany party does not become the main opposition party. we will have to take it from there. guy: final question. once we get past the election, it's monday morning. who will you be listening to? for the time being, it will be angela merkel. they are already setting out invitations for events happening in three or four weeks time with angela merkel's name on them. the coalition talks will surely -- they take a long time anyway in germany, weeks -- the last time was just before christmas, everything was worked out. that is what we will be looking for. it depends if merkel comes out of t

so essentially, four values that put the "s" back in spd looking at the social nature of the party and trying to win back a lot of voters who feel that the party has forgotten that side of their history and their promise. so, again, a clear focus on those voters who say, you know what? the economy is doing well, but we're not feeling it. >> there in central berlin, linda crane. as campaigning draws to a close ahead of sunday's elections why not join our conversation online? get all of our coverage at our website dw.com. there is also plenty of content on our facebook page and twitter. look for the hashtag # germany decides. do get involved and tell us what you think. britain's prime minister has delivered a major policy speech in italy to give fresh impe 'tis to brexit negotiations which the e.u. describes as stalled. speaking in florence teresa may called for a two-year transition phase after britain leaves the european union to help businesses adjust. the prime minister also stressed that london wants to be a strong friend and partner for brussels. she also has sought to calm the fea

the spd of martin schulz also lose votes and are quick to announce they were quitting the grand coalitiono head into opposition. the far right afd were the big winners — coming third in the polls. butjust a few hours later they were already squabbling amongst themselves. the alternative for germany is now the third biggest party in this country. it's anti immigration, anti islam and anti merkel. its vote exceeded most polls and reached 12.6%. over a million voters left the christian democrats for the afd. almost half a million from the social democrats did the same. co—leader alexander gauland repeated today a key message. he said "we say i don't want to lose germany to an invasion of foreigners from a different culture." but national representation brings with it a new level of pressure — and already the afd is showing the strain. at the the same news conference another party leader, frauke petry, said she'd notjoin the afd's parliamentary group because of "disagreement over content". and she said this. an anarchic party translation: it's been said that the afd has become an anarchic par

the most likely scenario is still a grand -- with the spd party.o working with the spd and wants eurozone reform done in her legacy and probably final term. the so-called jamaica coalition is the second most likely scenario. it would not be bad for the european union. if we are talking about a , thiscoalition situation is a social democratic party that is unable to distinguish itself and separate itself from merkel's party when they tied together. they have been in a coalition so long, they cannot distinguish themselves, come election time. what is a deciding factor for the social democrats? will not join we this grand coalition, we will step -- step aside. could it also depend on what we seen -- see from the association for deutsche land? george: you are right, there spd has had a difficult time distinguishing itself from a mrs. markel -- merkel. in a grand coalition working with mrs. merkel, it is hard for them to suggest they are different or could offer different policy. to be fair, every time they have taken part in government, they have extra

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matt: if the spd does not want to play ball, if they do not want to go into a grand coalition and wouldfer to be in the opposition, which could make some strategic sense for the next election, then you have to get the greens and the stp at least with today's polling numbers to agree to a coalition. it does not seem like one of those -- the smaller parties want to do that. tony: that may be what they are saying now. on that night we will see or i should say after six caught the am after we were just told. -- as we were just told. tough matchup. green party and environmental party in this free market and the free democratic party. deals have been cut four and angela merkel has governed with two different partners during her 12 years area this one would be difficult. wrotetony wrote the book, a book on angela merkel so he knows what he is talking about. germanymberg news government editor. we will take a look at the movers in today's trade including meeting -- munich re that said it might miss its profit guidance for the year. the open is seven minutes away. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: we a

what might be the case this year worse spd might even face results than four years ago.n 2009 was 23%. schulz would need a major victory in order to reverse this trend. it looks like he lost the debate, clearly, and they are losing ground in the last two weeks. there is a lot of talk about the so-called jamaica coalition. the liberals, the sdp joining forces with the green party in order to form a coalition. how likely do you see that? polls to thisthe day, this would be a possible option mathematically. this new coalition. and i think if the numbers in the election open this possibility, there is a good chance we will have this kind of coalition because i would assume there would be people within the spd, if the result is very bad as it looks like right now, who would say we would rather go into the opposition and leave the field for the other parties. any major obstacle between christian, greens, and the liberals. there has been some are hurtful on the regional level going on in northern germany. i think this is a very likely option, if other coalitions are not possibl

he also wants to enhance his chances that he stays on as spd chairman. after the election so i think here he achieved the very minimum of terms of what to what he has achieve. whether voters actually know more about what the next government will actually live right terms of future issues i'm not entirely sure because. they didn't ask anything about on eurozone they didn't ask anything on russia russia has eryngium on european security. china didn't play a role although why it and if the debate was largely illiterate on the economic front sir. but that's mostly due to the moderators. what we did see is a yeah i looked at the clock as they were finishing up upon migration? interestingly enough i spent half of the entire allotted time on migration and a lot of that was looking. backward some of it of course was on integration and what do we do about. islamist prix de bad the imams who are. preaching things that are counter to our values. all of that was interesting but on most about they were more or less in and then in the closet in their closing statement

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