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facing germany and other european countries from the f.d.a. and other similar policies in those other countries. sunday's election was a political trial for the day the party will have more than one thousand in the corner stone. this is end of this is a warning for german politicians that the people want something different but german people do not accept chancellor merkel's migration policy is to the extent that they have been implemented as. right wing parties now have seats in the parliaments of twenty. that gives the party leaders confidence. that their presence is beneficial and we will continue to work on building the europe we want with the pastor's freedom party has expressed similar sentiments i had a parliamentary election sent for october. our goal is to keep control of our country if that's what we intend to do we have high hopes. for. what sort of europe do the right wing parties actually want. good question pascal we know that they are anti immigration and she is a foreigner and see you all these populist parties across europe no

has to offer so in a sense there is a driver in germany a mainstream driver driver in germany to. create the german eyes to europe well i think you have to differentiate between the different styles of work to what you could call a german one to europe if you're thinking about better labor relations or training programs for workers i mean those are things that are part of the german economic model i mean that's that's very very different to a setting germany's political role and you'd have to try to make your judgment in the sense that the kaiser from the second. wanted to conquer europe but since it's a very very different story i want to focus on this issue of national identity identity because i think the wave. debated in articulated in germany somewhat different from the way this discussion folds out and some other countries i think germans tend to both merkel's supporters and marco's critics they tend to define who we. are in terms of the other in that case the migrants and do you see that as a moral historical phenomenon or is it situational sin simply because of the large i

polling so much stronger in eastern germany that in western germany the left party as well which is left over from the former communist party in eastern germany also doing much better in the east so it gives you an idea of how germans are voting regionally now voters have put the a.f.d. on tract under german parliament for the very first time that got thirteen percent of the votes based on our projected results and the party that lead candidates alexander gowland and vital have made headlines with provocative comments about migration and nationalism but many a lesser known members have also courted controversy here's your chance to me a few of them. thomas is a state prosecutor he's described refugees as invaders and called miracles open border policy a quote prelude to the extermination of the germans. that's of spunk and is from saxony and is on record as wanting to reestablish german borders along the one nine hundred thirty seven lines he's also been confirmed to have cooperated with the east german secret police the stasi to expunge story the deputy leader of the day she spread fake

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time do you think the world sees germany as a peacemaker now i think absolutely the world sees germany as a very important player on the international stage you probably remember some of the headlines after donald trump was elected saying america is now the leader of the free world so i think that germany has shown its willing to take more responsibility and certainly that was reiterated here by six and i think a lot of countries are looking for it to do so all right that is melinda crane chief political correspondent and alexander phenomena reporter on the scene in new york thanks to both of you for your thoughts. also at the u.n. general assembly president trump said he had signed an executive order that will allow tough new economic sanctions on north korea he made the announcement ahead of a meeting with the leaders of japan and south korea discuss the nuclear threat posed by pyongyang a new executive order will cut off sources of revenue that fund north korea's efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to human kind the order in hand says the treasury department's authorities

this decision that germany has made germany has shown to be possible. sets an example of that is important for al countries too. but that example didn't go down well in southeastern europe where refugees marks a welcome hungary soon a record a border fence to limit the influx while various balkan states fast tracked the new arrival straight through to austria and germany so much for the solidarity between european nations. the brief summer of exuberant welcome came to a sudden end. and meanwhile found herself accused of positively inviting refugees to. the charge that some way caused or promoted the influx of refugees is absurd. for such a long time we ignored the thousands of people arriving on lampedusa. the thousands drowning in the mediterranean. the thousands living under terrible conditions in cali waiting to somehow make it to britain. soon a mood of fear and hostility had erupted in germany as well extremists set fire to refugee hostels and attacks german police officers and journalists the anti immigrant anti muslim to get a movement enjoyed re

what do you want to know about germany's general election. ask d.w. your questions about germany. and america. and. write to us on facebook we'll answer your questions. today i'm speaking with director general about the media democracy and the man himself limburg welcome to the interview thank you mr. great to have you with us my name is thomas upon mr lemberg you have a special relationship to germany because you didn't grow up here. your father was a diplomat who worked in paris. and brussels what would you say is typically german . definitely the great german cuisine which you can always look forward to. and then the fact that people abroad always associate us with punctuality propriety trustworthiness. maybe not very much for a country like germany and. i think in germany there is a sentiment expressed by the word. which doesn't exist anywhere else i think that is very true that you can describe this feeling where you come from. to put a negative spin on it but there's something of an inclination towards political romanticism which doesn't exist in other countries. overall i t

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with germany and west germany, the communist government plays a major role. i think the afd, they have mainly gained in the east. the federal state has gained more than 30%. i think that in east germany, you don't have many foreigners or germans with foreign origin living there. you don't see many refugees. there is a strong anti—refugee sentiment. many analysts have said that if angela merkel did well in the election, china would be a major focus, notjust the eu but fundamentally developing better relations with china. do you think she will be able to be as ambitious with her foreign policy given this disappointing result? i think she will be ambitious and will probably join a coalition with liberals and the greens. they are both very keen on foreign policy. they are very pro—china, especially the liberal party. i think that will give her some backing. also for the eu, it is probably a good sign. both parties, both minor parties back the eu. when you looked at the liberal party tonight, when they saw their results, more than io%, they raised two european

germany and it's the smaller parties that the. party. will have to get on board to form a coalition with the most seats if either of them to become the next chancellor here in germany some of those smaller parties. who are left party we've got the green party there's the f.t.p. and there is of course the f.t. this is an election that they are hoping to gain seats in and the suggestions are that they could actually be the. formal position in the next parliamentary session here because all of the other parties have forming a coalition with them now there is one thing to be said about coalition government and that is no matter what the parties have come during this election period if they form. together they are likely to have to draw up a new coalition agreement a pavement road map for the next year and as a result of that many of the policies that they say that they will guarantee if they're elected into office could fall by the wayside not a surprise for many people in germany who are used to coalition governments but obviously it can al

and their significance for germany europe and the rest of the world election twenty seventeen germany has voted in to discuss the latest developments i'm joined here in the studio five three astute observers of german politics beginning with then a designer who was for many years with germany's a.r.d. t.v. network and one of the best known correspondents reporting on the german politics. also with us is alan posner a regular columnist for the berlin based newspaper the belt l.o.l. and a woman. continue to do w.'s political correspondent michelle. michelle i would like to begin with you a bit victory for angela merkel she has secured what is an historic fourth term in office but her conservatives got the worst result since nine hundred forty nine would you say yes well party has won the elections but this was by no stretch of the imagination a victory she will go down in history as. he's managed to basically impose her own political brand on the c.d.u. party and it looks like her own party is now paying dearly at the polls here and many and she herself finds herself in a position where

in germany every day but is that fact or fiction. well nowhere else in the world can boast more a proper form and says six thousand seven hundred ninety five year that's as many as those of russia austria italy france and the u.s. put together and if you count more than eighty opera houses with a year round schedule and a permanent and somber then germany has around as many opera houses as the entire rest of the world. as a matter of fact you have the choice of no less than eighteen are proper pharmacist each day in germany you're most likely to end up at verdi's la traviata it's clearly the country's most performed our projects the head of modes or its magic flute and that by the way we're no different from the rest of the world verdi is the most popular composer of. so no one can be when it comes to up from there's just one little flaw but it may be germany's undisputed opera capital but globally the city is only in third place behind moscow and vienna. but i guess we can live with that. what is the most successful german cultural

germany decides the day before the general election on t.w. the day dedicated to democracy from its dramatically killings in germany on to the present day how is the nation of culture during election year democracy day september twenty third one g.w. . going to the weekend and another edition of your i might let things off with the lid.

the former communist east germany and on the other side the form a west germany to form a. west germany that was in the western block these countries unified in nine hundred ninety when east germany basically collapsed and the problem there is this question of east germany simply in the sense ceased to exist and the people there have the feeling that. they were not really respect to the. and she knew not to be respected that in fact they were in some sense taken over by the west and that nobody really looked to their particular needs and that they are still being in some sense ignored by mainstream politics in germany and that goes especially this protest vote then against the established parties against the christian democratic union in against our going to marcus conservatives and also against the social democrats so there is this feeding of even more than a generation twenty five years later they still this feeling very widespread in that region of in some sense not really being taken account of that's part of the reason for this protest in the strength of this protest v

is germany next. we want to find out just how free and fair this election will be in the wake of attacks on the u.s. and french presidential elections just how big is the threat to berlin. and what impact is fake news having on the vote how is fake news being disseminated in germany and what is being done about it are german lawmakers adequately protected against cyber attacks can we expect targeted efforts to influence the vote from russia for example. berlin twenty fifteen. hackers break into servers and computers of the blandest talk to the german parliament because according to news reports the identity of the hackers is unknown. in belize using a fake e-mail purporting to be from the united nations about the conflict in ukraine hackers succeeded in the largest theft of data known to the german parliament. sixteen gigabytes of data were stolen that's the equivalent of about eight million pages of paper carsten no is a cyber security specialist in berlin he gets commissions from all over the world

so in germany for example the number of terms of office is limited for the president germany's head of state but not for the chancellor. if i understand you correctly you are opposed to limiting the period in office for chancellor to two terms for example. as we already said you have been chancellor for twelve years and have attended many un general assembly. what do you think when you hear a u.s. president donald trump threatening north korea with total destruction and the event of an attack toward time for. i am against threats of this kind and speaking for myself and the government i must say that we consider any type of military solution absolutely inappropriate and we are counting on diplomatic efforts. this must be vigorously implemented. in my opinion sanctions and enforcing these sanctions are the right answer but anything else with regard to north korea i think is wrong and dad is why we clearly disagree with the u.s. president. did you get to talk to him after his speech. i haven't talked with him since then i did speak with him before his speech a few days ago. i also made i

the best germany ever. smugness so i think you're right i think that's debatable i think the problem is that as these polls suggest people are a little bit too comfortable and oftentimes just when you're most comfortable is when things started to head south and for years a lot of very very smart people columnists and others have been saying to germany you really need to go back and start doing further overhauls to the economy to to make the economy more competitive going forward for the future that hasn't happened in our view it feels a little bit like germany is running on the fumes of traders again two thousand and ten reforms and so the question is what kind of government can really push through you know maybe a little bit more aggressive type of restructuring that is going to be needed in areas like digitalisation. in areas like the eurozone in sort of you know restructuring the euro zone to avoid the kind of crises that we've seen in recent years and i think that is most likely maybe in a grand coaliti

on board germany is the country that pays most into the e.u. budget if he wants a common budget and they don't go along the idea is dead in the water so he must have german support apparently the idea in paris and he did speak to the chancellor twice in the past two days is that he wants to get that plan out there before there's a coalition agreement in place before any coalition partners have locked in their policy on europe in other words he's hoping to influence the debate and get a foot in the door right now at this crucial juncture ok now merkel opened germany's doors in twenty fifteen and a lot of people say it's one of the reasons for party suffered such losses in this election because many voters disagree with that decision do you think the chancellor would fight for a european asylum office. of the type that he is proposing. let's say i think she could be receptive to the idea if it were to lead to a fairer and more equitable distribution of refugees within europe as is actually foreseen by e.u. law all of the euro your european union

germany . of arkle will have her for sure will like her made shots and she was lucky for the jamaica coalition for those of you not following the election so closely now wondering what exactly that means here's a breakdown of what could happen in just a few weeks time there was a. german parties really emerge with a solid majority from the elections so when it's over the try to make friends which is not easy after having tried hard to undermine each other's policies during complaining but the good news is for the politicians you can always see story we can't keep our election promise because our coalition partners won't let us which is not good news for the voters though you might ask so what was the point when you basically get a program that you didn't vote for. there is no guarantee that what you as a voter would like. to see in terms of politics going to really turn out there is no guarantee that you will be in the majority after the election and therefore there is no guarantee that what yo

who is the new macron in germany? we only have angela merkel for the time being. >> you know which name, but you're not going to mention it. >> the populists are fighting against each other and there's the rumor that the party will split into. it's not as organized. >> about to draw on your encyclopedic knowledge, we have a four term chancellor. there have been two that have gone before. what can you tell us about what clues that might give us about how this will pan out? >> germans were tired of helmut kohl. that's why he lost the elections and eventually because it's a novel process that will eventually happen to angela merkel. soon, but whether she will be in office four years from now, i don't know. knonow but it could happen to her like it happened to helmut kohl. it's always very complex for a politician to find a way out. >> my theories that angela merkel has looked at both of them and concluded that they failed in two ways. they did not allow a successor to emerge, and i think she will in this term decide to a

west in germany. i think the cultural and and societal explanation that i have just delivered this anti-globalization anti elite feeling that is even more important in the west in the east this is you know far big problem that was explained again and again also by the communist past i mean twenty eight years ago the fall this was a communist country the wall came down twenty eight years before and in this time there are people lived here in quite close society they had no experience with people from other cultures that is one of the explanations but also political reasons many say that the politicians here didn't deal enough with the problem of rising xenophobia in the east and germany have probably on the phone the mark thank you so much. as you can imagine the outcome of germany said action has been watched keen on the world particularly by germany's european neighbors a lot more on that from our correspondent in brussels in just a second first let's hear what some people in the streets of paris hav

in germany. yes but you're quoting a sentence andnd i'd like to hear mentions. i mean what brings people to us is more valuable than gold is the belief in europ. that is what i said and naturally i'll stick to my guns on not. because people who are. fleeing must die ash mass killings mass rape et cetera and come to us because they know that not just in germany but else when you're they will find democrats and democracy. prprepared to tae them in and protect them we can be proud of that in germany and across yours. so i wouldn't be this sentence. again and again. regarding immigration however we are facing major challenges. the good ones roots fighting we need to. join forces to solve especially all those who. are trying to help them. hundreds of thousands of people who have come. to germany and was met us at last sunday that everything she did in twenty fifteen she would repeat and do again. and i wouldn't advise it i must say. because we certainly made mistakes in not consulting our european mem

well that was germany's vice chancellor mark gabrielle addressing the u.n. just a few minutes ago in new york and for some analysis i'm joined by our chief political correspondent melinda crane right out the gate what is you make of gabriele speech well definitely there was a rebuke there and it was nearly explicit he started out by saying national ego ism is worthless as an ordering principle for the twenty first century which clearly is intended to say to president trump the whole idea that one country can go it alone and be successful at that simply doesn't work today and he cited germany's experience saying that when germany took that approach and of course that's exactly what it did during the second world war that it did not obtain peace and security but the reverse and he said it was when we learned to work together with other countries within the international framework of laws and institutions that we truly achieved peace so i think that example is in essence a way of putting out something that's positive rather than simply bashing the u.s. presiden

or it will be more likely for germany to pursue a relatively hard line. on the issues like euro zone integration if there is a coalition with the liberals with the freedom of crowds because they have already voiced some very clear positions on exactly that issue. on the other hand if there is a grand coalition then there may be a softer line when it comes to euro zone integration and so here again i think this is an issue that's interesting enough it's also not not really being discussed the eurozone the european union broadly are basically absent from this from this debate and i think we will see a heated debate only after election day and when it comes to forming a coalition because at the colors of the coalition will determine quite some of the course that germany is going that it is going to take on these european issues basically how do you think that's going to play out and how important considering all the issues and elements that we've discussed are these elections at at this time now for germany and particularly the e.u. . i think it comes at a r

this decision that germany has made germany has shown to be possible. sets an example of that is important for al countries too. but that example didn't go down so while in southeastern europe where refugees once i welcomed hungary soon erected a border fence to limit the influx while various balkan states fast tracked the new arrival straight through to austria and germany. so much for the solidarity between european nations the brief summer of exuberant welcome came to a sudden and in the meanwhile merkel found herself accused of positively inviting refugees to come. for. the charge that in some way caused or promoted the influx of refugees is absurd. for such a long time we ignored the thousands of people arriving on lampedusa. the thousands drowning in the mediterranean. the thousands living under terrible conditions in cali waiting to somehow make it to britain. soon a mood of fear and hostility had erupted in germany as well extremists set fire to refugee hostels and attacked german police officers and journalists the anti immigrant anti muslim pi

in germany unfortunately. it was the same story in the netherlands when far right populous to strong support in that country's recent parliamentary elections dutch lawmakers say german voters sent a similar signal the signal that i saw from the german elections is really that no one is immune to change and there is more fragmentation in germany while the center is still strong. i think we have to be mindful of what the far right is going to do the german green party's foreign affairs spokesman says this is a wake up call on the future of the e.u. . with this three pronged alliance between brussels paris and berlin we have a window of opportunity to take the initiative to bring the e.u. closer together but berlin has to be willing to play along. which being avoided with the far right is growing support in europe it may compel the e.u. to pay closer attention to the concerns of all europeans. there from germany well it's got the view from brussels our bureau chief max hoffman joins us now backs another four year

germany. and it gammon the woman with the red ponytail considers macko an enemy she wants to throw are out of office. he's done nothing for germans just foreign else does and says he. does a stronghold of the wrecked wing populist a.f.d. party. many local residents don't like the chance there or her government and they make that clear when she arrives for her speech yeah yeah yeah that's right those exists in many refugees came to germany in twenty fifteen or money there was a humanitarian emergency of the first thing it's was to comes to. this nation the in the. in this just enough i would like to thank all the local politicians it's a gun to the gun to the churches and n.g.o.s and associations for all they did to help people get justice you know under men's suits on. the crowd reaction is mixed some obviously disagree with the chancellor. many of the refugees are following the election campaign closely. but on and off shon his friends arrived from afghanistan in two thousand and fifteen. and

countries like france germany and the u.k. now they've been pushed to the borders of the european union in france the socialists scored a humiliating six point three percent in this year's presidential election if they really abandon power in germany italy is the last important bastion for now nobody believes that they really provide us to the pressing problems off the people that say at the no in the noise income brackets and you know basically that's why i think votes have gone down everywhere for all for them so i think it's a lot about. what social democracy should stand for namely a more equal society. equality was the hallmark of socialist and social democratic leaders like billy bunter in germany. or false i mean total in france they represent at the pinnacle of the modern and successful political left in your. eye today only jeremy corbett in the u.k. is bucking the trend by steering his party farther to the last look on the wall right over there is that right the solution wonderful festival. in brussels the party of t

bush to germany decides the day of decision is near the coast you want germany to follow impatience is a virtue of it we are ready to take responsibility if. we have more than enough parties participating in incompetent governments but not a left party germany can do better. polls in germany open on september twenty fourth what do germans want for their country. what do the different parties stand for. and which party will come out on top. d w your expert on germany's bundestag election two thousand and seventeen. germany decides german bundestag election two thousand and seventeen on d w. this is d w news live from berlin a powerful earthquake strikes mexico the second in as many weeks the death toll from the seven point one magnitude tremor has been rising fast and now stands at more than two hundred include.

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but first germany's chancellor speaks out on north korea crisis just days ahead of germany's general election on the americal said she disagrees with trump's military ultimatum to north korea as part of a d w exclusive interview merkel offered germany's help and negotiating a diplomatic solution yesterday trump told the un that the u.s. would destroy a north korea and inappropriate response as miracle take a listen. i promise you is the only way to solve the north korea conflict according to the german chancellor in an exclusive interview with g w hunger merkel spoke out in favor of multilateral negotiations involving international partners such as china russia and the united states even if this conflict is far away from germany it's one that also affects us that's why i'm prepared to assist the foreign minister to assume responsibility here. we took part in negotiating the iran agreement which i think is good and better than having no agreement at all. it took many years but in the end it did limit iran's possibilities for nuclear armament. addressing the u.s. president's threats to

football made in germany. digitisation was meant to be one of chancellor angela merkel's campaign platforms she won the election and is busy building a coalition but digitalization hardly made a paper cybersecurity experts say germany's not even prepared for what's coming just one of the topics on made in germany and beneficial and a work mate of mine called me fancy pants i can't wait to show this next line of fashion clothing is going digital three d. printed clothes that connect to the internet and even communicate with the washing machine is cloudy and muggy on the router with the next part in our series digital germany. address that lights up my limited wanted one she described the design in detail back in one thousand nine hundred fifty eight but it's taken this hmong for technology to catch up. on fashion label electro couture has created the dress and decked out with modern l.e.d. . incorporating digital technology into clothing is still just a nice in the fashion world. founder liza long shows me how

football made in germany. hash tag germany decides the election in germany a historic turning point big losses for the two main parties and a first for the far right angle in the uk it remains chancellor but forming a government won't be easy then what does the result for germany german elections the day after in the news on d w. even when she's in the limelight uncle america is never keen on taking center stage the german chancellor prefers to avoid the public displays of power enjoyed by many of her contemporaries but despite her reticence for more than a decade on going to merkel has been one of the most influential and powerful figures in germany and around the world. for years this has been the familiar image of uncle america a central figure among the world's leaders during her chancellorship germany consolidated its position as a leading car within europe like no other german politician machall has come to embody this new leadership grow one that is devoid of pomp and grand you. hers is an approach that

we had the wall, east germany and west germany. chancellor merkel grew up in the east, so she really has experienced that. the other thing, because of the close ties from east germany to russia we have a traditionally closer relationship to north korea because russia was a partner in the korean war with north korea, so there is some relationship from germany to north korea and i think this is what angela merkel refers to. sarah: so there is history, but we have to remember that we are four days away from the general election. how do you think her comments about donald trump will play out with the german voters, because talking bad about donald trump is a way to score points. ines: that is right. everything angela merkel says four days before the election is connected to the election. she is always campaigning. and indeed, germany loved barack obama. germans found him so cool, especially after the bush years. it was really a change. and now ere is donald trump, we just do not know what to do with him. one day he says so -- and the n

germany europe. and the rest of the world election twenty seventeen. germany has voted in to discuss the latest developments i'm joined here in the studio. five three astute observers of german politics beginning with venice ana. who was for many years with germany's a all de tv network of one of the best known correspondents reporting? german politics. bogen better. also with us is alan poznaba a regular columnist for the berlin based newspaper de bell tyler allan and will most into to dw's political corresponden. michela could snap richard i would like to begin with you web pitzer victory for angela merkel she has secured what is and historic fourth term in office. butter conservatives got the worst results since nineteen forty nine. would you say. yes well you have party won the elections but this was by no stretch of the imagination of victory. um c. will go down in history as. as hans of music minus two basically impose her own political browned on the cdu party. and it looks like her own party

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as the cold war thought the burning wall dividing west and east germany. merkel entered politics later joining the christian democrats she seemed became chancellor helmut kohl protege a woman and former east german she symbolized a new united country in two thousand and five she won a narrow victory over gary hart schroeder becoming chancellor of a grand coalition during her twelve years in office angela merkel has drawn some key lessons from her previous s. and she's remain flexible during the refugee crisis an open door policy has allowed the country to bolster its plummeting population and in the same way the previous transfers have tried to balance both eastern and western powers so she has struggled to overcome rival political impulses within her own country and abroad she has played a pivotal role in balancing western interests with those of putin's russia and increasingly confrontational turkey and the present. and heritage policy traditions but she's maintained a very pro european policy and a sense that germany should talk to both east and west an