had spears exxon's in the one nine hundred seventy six helmut kohl was running against helmut schmidt he had no idea how long we were going to sell coal to voters he looked like an accountant and then we said well let's just having a walk around as we were nearer augers time and he just walked up to go as voters and we came up with the slogan the man you can trust and that was not really. oh these are. the free spirited vibe that the seventy's was reflected in the campaign ads. tell your parents to vote s.p.d. on. chancellor helmut they can do that. of course. he did t.v. debates between the candidates drew record audiences as if there was helmut schmidt decent unlikable fellow who is constantly dipping snuff and frenzy also stars who look like he just stepped out of the shower and hadn't had time to calm his hair. if you want to see how a t.v. election campaign should not be run have a look at this. is the sense that your election campaign has been a disgrace. if there's been a disgrace in this campaign it's your outrageous insult. enough. to stop doling out these unbelievable insult

>> 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 allow one to emerge, and that's why she is a lame-duck. >> i'm going to say the name we were talking about is gutenberg. we've got to go, i can hear the music here thanks very much for joining us. topic was what next for angela merkel. goodbye. ♪ >> this weweek on global 3000,e focus on marine life. sharks and rays s are falling sk of the adriatic coast.t. but w? animimal rights activists want dolphinariums banned - and ththey're outlaweded in many countries. but not in spain

relationship to photographers as helmut kohl or . i have to say that really isn't her thing. in many of biscuits photos of and that's not apparent she successfully makes her look completely relaxed. in twenty eleven she personally opened a photographic exhibit of the works of daniel biskup and jill must have. the exhibition was held at a german historical museum in berlin. just once speaking at the opening the chancellor complimented both photographers on their professionalism and talent. if you look i'm going to mark the correct i think i'm going to meryl is very correct she's precise and considered she looks at the consequences and she doesn't lose sight of that even if things sometimes develop more slowly this ones i think those are her main strengths and now danielle biskup will continue to record i'm going to map of korea for posterity. photographers who are more into fashion and politics were most likely at a milan fashion week we have news on that at the top of our express today so let's check out. milan fashion week finishing grand style with a tell you label dolce an

kohl and konrad adenauer what can you tell us about what clues that might give us about how this is going to pan out. well and then people were tired of him look cool and that is why he lost the elections and that will eventually which is because it is a very normal process will eventually happen to unless he doesn't sound like it for this discussion oh no no not not not any time soon but whether she will be in office in four years from now. no you know i just don't nobody could tap into her like could happen to him look cool and it's all was very complex for a politician to find a way out my theory is that has looked at both konrad adenauer and helmut kohl and concluded that they failed in two ways they did not allow a successor an heir to emerge and i think she will in this term. decide to allow one term merge and that's why she's a lame duck one sentence. i'm going to tell you i'm going to say the name that we were talking about is fun good that's a good thing back here the former german defense minister we're going to go now i can hear the music thanks very much for joining us h

she said she never wanted to conquer helmut kohl who was there for 16 yea rs, helmut kohl who was there for 16 years, then outvoted in a humiliating way so i think she's quite aware of the fact that this should be herfinal term as you quite aware of the fact that this should be her final term as you say, rightly so, she lost significantly, she will be under heavy pressure from her party to do something, to get the cdu back into power. is it a live issue that perhaps is not good for any country to have a leader for this long? we had surprisingly in the last week of the election campaigna the last week of the election campaign a discussion and the consensus in the parliament that we should change the terms extended from four years to five years, then give a from four years to five years, then givea limit from four years to five years, then give a limit of maximum two terms like the us president for a german chancellor and then a new one has to step up. george is watching in the uk on bbc news and once asked to what degree that globalisation played a role, frustrations with it? it was bowl

kohl and concluded that they failed in two ways they did not allow a successor an heir to emerge and i think she will in this term. decide to allow one term merge and that's why she's a lame duck one sentence about i'm going to tell you i think the night that we were talking about is fun good that's a good thing back here the former german defense minister we're going to go now i can hear the music thanks very much for joining us i hope we can you plenty of food for thought what next frankly michael by inches. pushing then minutes running for a better future. for miss america and hope the prospect of crisp air is. the enterprise many riches need only through sports manages and day one they can. run is jenny is marathon run is in europe. fifteen minutes. yeah. and i think one day this war will be considered a cruel and unjust war but it certainly all citizens of ukraine every man woman and child of. their homeland of the enemy invades. no one wants russia here in the midst and which is a. rebel against a mighty global news that matters. d.w. made four mines. in seventeen beethoven c'e

after sixteen years the helmut kohl era has come to an end thank you. and the free democrats out of the government to be for the first time in nearly thirty years they were no longer able to play the role of coalition kingmaker. this campaign ad stressed the party's role in defending the country against an s.p.d. green coalition. in desperation the free democrats changed course. they vowed to win eighteen percent of the vote. with their lead candidates kito best of ella took a light hearted approach to the campaign. other dear have to be up. for a time the f.t.p. straight off the path of a serious political party or the globe angle they could use gimmicks to get ahead but the voters didn't like it or and as had a radio program it may come out of the. and there was something else the voters didn't like showed i had promised to cut unemployment but he didn't and early election was called for two thousand and five the s.p.d. was in a tough spot and it was trailing badly in the polls show it as painful economic reforms had alienated much of the electorate.

helmut kohl dubbed her his assassin. she was the first of his ministers to put the knife in after a major party donations scandal, a blow that ended his long career. and her slow and steady outmanoeuvring of rivals in those early years still defines her. after gerhard schroeder, the bullish spd chancellor patronised merkel, she vowed to put him in a corner and eventually, she did, beating him to the top job in 2005, a glint of ice in the soul. of course she is a cunning person. when i was in the chancellor's office, they all underestimated her. merkel was the most underestimated person. she looked like the shy daughter of a protestant minister, but we did not see that she had a sharp and analytical mind. blair, who merkel liked very much, was charming, clinton was charming, 0bama tried to charm her, she has no charm, she does not have that way to win people. she is waiting and see, but at the end, she is the only survivor and it is like in a boxing ring. the other one is fighting like a maniac and she has one punch. at l

kohl 's victory for wins but the same time, she has this issue now of how to put together a coalition government. and it won't be so easy. the resulting quite staggering about the far right in such numbers, probably 90 in the german parliament, returning to a position of relative prominence in german politics. we don't know much about them in terms of policy apart from their stance on immigration. in terms of economic policy we don't know anything about what they want to go for. but when you talk about the coalition, the times has a double spread on the fact that it is a huge challenge for her because it would be the first former party government and we know only too well in the uk have to she coalition bar but she is very skilled, —— how difficult coalition r. she has had to be skilled over the years. she is a very good operator, she isn't flashy but she thinks through issues, she doesn't rush, and she will not be able to rush this. she isn't bossy either. she is firm. she knows what she wants, its nature. i remember interviewing her and there we re remember interviewing her and

for what would become her fourth term in office making her germany the longest serving leader after helmut kohl remember him back in the eighty's and ninety's how he dominated the position that many of her rivals have come and gone through her twelve years at the top. has more now on how she's become something of a political survivor. she is the rana saurus ranks of politics. mighty much like the dinosaur. extinction twelve years in power when you think she was somebody that. you. could. how has she lost in these long hard hours through does he say you a crisis a migrant crisis tara. and leave me in migrants in a year welcome to germany voters got cold feet but merkel she's a survivor a political prodigy who has learned to work out of anything to say exactly what the voters want to hear and isn't it's all those who have been persecuted who are refugees displaced by war should be allowed in europe and then it's current or if i could i would turn back time many many years to prepare better together with the entire government and those responsible for the refugees you turn a one of my old spe

kohl the full charles lee foster play in some a summer this year i'll take to be the longest serving child of all from multiple to small for the job and if it was seventy full. time i remember she was always there i mean i can't really remember a time when she wasn't like the chancellor and i don't even know who came before her mission a mission to underline that as an event on us to move on to the mac of a said i think she was elected in two thousand and five for the first time i was like seven she's just been around for ever she's always been an image she's been in power a long time i think there's to be some is one can double the size also. i've never been an adult without under american governing. in two thousand and five she was elected for the first time i was only thirteen. a boy from my school died in a traffic accident. in fukushima the core melted people died. i went to mississippi for a year as an exchange student. blacks voted obama whites mccain barack obama became the first black president. and i'm all over. america. as the early results start to trickle in on sunday ni

kohl who dominated throughout the eighty's and ninety's michel notes that many of her rivals have come and gone throughout the twelve years the talk of these drugs they have reports now and how she's become something of a political survival. she is the rana saurus rex of politics. my team much unlike the dinosaur. steamship twelve years in power and you know when you think she won sometimes you. look. out and she lost in these long one yard our students they say you have a crisis of migrant crisis you wouldn't tara. and meet me in migrants in a year welcome to germany voters got cold feet but merkel she's a survivor a political prodigy who has learned to work the whole way out of anything to say exactly what the voters want to hear and isn't it all those who have been persecuted who are refugees displaced by war should be allowed in europe and then it's current or if i could i would turn back time many many years to prepare better together with the entire government and those responsible for the refugees. it's a one of my speciality take gay marriage back yes mrs merkel is offended sin

seemed made to order for then chancellor helmut kohl she was just what he wanted for his west and male dominated christian democrats young a woman and from the east as coles protege was appointed minister for women and youth in the first cabinet of the reunify germany. in november one thousand nine hundred ninety year after losing the chancellorship cole was still the honorary chair and running patriarch of the christian democrats but then came a scandal kohls party the c.d.u. had run an illicit slush fund involving donor contributions uncle american broke ranks and made a move that would rock the already shaken old guard of the party in a prominent daily she wrote an article proclaiming the end of the cold era a few months later america was party chairman this was the moment she would later revealed when she first believed she could become chancellor. if. she was neither a man nor a catholic nor from west germany. so she was the exact opposite of the leaders of her party. let's make this mother fit your party leader and send her packing after a year or at most two that proved to be a

kohl in the eighty's and ninety's michael notes the many of her rivals have come and gone through her twelve years at the top. more as more on how she's become something of a political survivor. she is the to run a saurus rex of politics ancient indomitable mike but unlike the dinosaur no way sting should twelve years in power hungry with no way to think she was such . a. little. power and she lost it these long watching our get out through does he say euro crisis that migrant crisis on terra. and lead me in migrants in a year welcome to germany vote it's got cold feet but merkel she's a survivor a political prodigy who has learned to work the whole way out of anything to say exactly what the voters want to hear and isn't it's all those who have been persecuted who are refugees displaced by war should be allowed in europe and then his current if i could i would turn back time many many years to prepare better together with the entire government and those responsible for the refugees you turn us a one of my cold speciality take gave me. each call back yes mrs merkel is offended since t

americal seemed made to order for then chancellor helmut kohl she was just what he wanted for his west and male dominated christian democrats young a woman and from the east. coast protege who was appointed minister for women and youth in the first cabinet of the reunify germany. in november one thousand nine hundred nine a year after losing the chance to ship cole was still the honorary chair and ruling patriarch of the christian democrats but then came a scandal. the c.d.u. had run in a listen slush fund involving donor contributions. and broke ranks and made a move that would rock the already shaken old guard of the party in a prominent daily paper she wrote an article proclaiming the end of the coal era thank you months later it was party chairwoman that was the moment she would later reveal when she first believed she could become chancellor thankful. she was neither a man nor a catholic nor from west germany and so she was the exact opposite of the leaders of her party. let's make this mother think your party leader and center packing after a year or at most two that proved to be

kohl the man who also happened to be her mentor during her early days in political office. so let's take a look now at some of the political leaders from europe and across the world until of merkel has seen or during her time in office. how. well twelve years in office is a long time and during that duration three terms so fall and go merkel has seen highs and lows and let's start now by the fact that germany has for a long time during her first term and even into her second term in office seen as the powerhouse the engine over europe in terms of its finances but that was hit slightly during the euro crisis that we've seen over the last ten years or so with germany having to bail out many other countries and forcing the european union to help bailout many other countries including greece we've also seen the migrant crisis with around a million refugees coming here to germany and then of course they have the many incidents of terror. with those issues of terrorism. and those terror attacks that not just in this scene but other parts of germany have been some of the reasons w

kohl remember how he dominated throughout the eighty's and ninety's michael knows that many of her rivals have come and gone through her twelve years at the top party correspondent has more now on how she's become something of a political survivor she is that ran a source ranks of politics should. my much like the dinosaur. extinction twelve years in power and then when you think she was nothing but you. could get. out and she lasted this long while you are at our students they say you got a migrant crisis you wouldn't tara. i mean ian migrants in a year welcome to germany voters scott cold feet but merkel she's a survivor a political prodigy who has learned to work the whole way out of anything to say exactly what the voters want to hear and isn't it's all those who have been persecuted who are refugees displaced by war should be allowed in europe and then his current if i could i would turn back time many many years to prepare better together with the entire government and those responsible for the refugees you tell us a one of my speciality take gay marriage fall back this mrs merkel i

merkel entered politics later joining the christian democrats she seemed became chancellor helmut kohl the 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 sets 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 and try to find a peaceful solution when possible one of her biggest achievements is in balancing g

kohl was in there for sixteen years and people went through that process of having him where they thought stabilities to sustainability he was somebody they could trust come on german unification and all that pretty well so i think that she's had the benefit of being able to travel through a crisis make sure that people feel like it's competent. governance but this is always a problem around the corner and there's going to be plenty down the road if she gets re-elected. what role will merkel have to play if she does get reelected because here in germany we all. and say oh she is the new leader of the free world out there trumps election is that a view that's shared in the u.s. i mean i think that people know her because she's been in office for twelve years and therefore the other candidates are not particularly well known but no i think it's more a question of the fact that she has been sustained sustainable and to some extent she's remained popular my sense is that people look at and say if europe is going to hold together they're going to need someone who's got the talent to do that an

kohl the full charles lee foster way in some a few summers this year i'll take to be the longest serving child from multiple to small to the german empire in germany. so it's possible that three five o'clock really costs for an election which was considered the litmus test and exam a popularity compliments of the public policy she has been shot now for quite some time she seems now that will remain so many young people who don't mind or local was chancellor possible remains the political backdrop of. the time i remember she was always there. i mean i can't really remember a time i sure wasn't like the chancellor and i don't even know who came before her mission a mission went on until i met her as only madonna's catalog in the mag of a said i think she was elected in two thousand and five for the first time i was like seven she's just been around forever she's always been an image she's been in power a long time i think there are some pieces i disguise from my kind don't have a size also. i've never been an adult without under american governing. in two thousand and five she was elected

kohl remember how he dominated throughout the eighty's and ninety's michael knows that many of her rivals have come and gone through her twelve years at the top correspondent has more now on how she's become something of a political survival. she is the rana saurus rex of politics. mighty much like the dinosaur. extinction twelve years in power. she was young but she. could. how has she lost it these long hard hours or does he say you a crisis a migrant crisis when tara. linnean migrants in a year welcome to germany voters got cold feet but merkel she's a survivor a political prodigy who has learned to worm whole way out of anything to say exactly what voters want to hear and isn't it all those who have been persecuted who are refugees displaced by war should be allowed in europe and then it's current or if i could i would turn back time many many years to prepare better together with the entire government and those responsible for the refugees you turn a one of merkel speciality take gay marriage for bacchus mrs merkel is offended since two thousand and five you supported discrimination

kohl in the eighty's and ninety's remember battles here well local notes many of her rivals over all this time of. twelve years at the top elections every four years of course . has more next on how she's become something of a political survival than. she is the rana saurus rex of politics. my team much unlike the dinosaur. extinction twelve years in power because you think she was nothing but. how has she lost it these long hard hours through does he say euro crisis the migrant crisis will tara. lead me in migrants in a year welcome to germany voters got cold feet but merkel she's a survivor a political prodigy who has learned to worm whole way out of anything to say exactly what the voters want to hear and isn't it all those who have been persecuted who are refugees displaced by war should be allowed in europe and then it's current or if i could i would turn back time many many years to prepare better together with the entire government and those responsible for the refugees you tell us a one of merkel speciality take gave marriage fall back this mrs merkel is offended since two th

kohl. what an eventful time it's been for her as well over the years angela merkel is had a fair share of crises to say the least a your crisis than my current crisis and of course a number of deadly terror attacks. coming into the country in a year that's a heck of a lot of people can contend with on every level the admin the social side of it. look after these guys have been off the top of many a politician but not merkel she's made it through she's carefully shifted a stance if you look carefully at it over time to come to the public mood. and using those who have been persecuted who are refugees displaced by war should be allowed in europe and then it's current if i could i would turn back time many many years to prepare better together with the entire government and those responsible for the refugees but one thing that angela merkel is rather good at is making you take gay marriage for instance. pull back this mrs merkel has had it since two thousand and five you supported discriminati

kohl the previous charts the past passed away of course in summer this year apart from of course prince also a bismarck of the german empire bengal markel could well be not only the first female charge of the first charge for east germany but also the longest serving charge of germany so very much a toss i would say for the litmus test that was the selection for merkel's popularity with voters and for the public's confidence in how policies she would have liked to have been. as you say is the pension all they have lost seats a lot of the boys and policy seems to take off once again. many of the young voters might remember a time when michael was shot so much as not just some long seems like it's going to stay that way cool now please let's take a look at. the time i remember she was always there i mean i can't remember a time when she wasn't like the chancellor and i don't even know who came before her mission a mission to underline that as only madonna's chatham longer the mag of a said i think she was elected in two thousand and five for the first time i was like seven she's just been

the challenge of course over her governing period so four loko previous helmut kohl from the margaret crisis to all the terror attacks in germany last here the crisis the financial crisis in the eurozone as well she has faced accusations of flip flopping on many policies from the open door refugee policies to gay marriage as well many voters do support her there is a period of stability in germany perceived by many powerful unemployment because of the strong and stable still largest one in the european union so many voters do see her of course as a strong and stable hand we've heard those words before but that is that is the truth so as a result duke we're going to cross over to you equate i'm going to cross over from that and you hear me. yeah we're going to leave you for now because modern show says speaking from the s.t.p. is to disappoint and i for them this and i'm not going to carry on any grand coalition let's listen and hope it's translated. we can all sing and also you know find them on find a different kind of you know our friends of the social democratic party thank you ver

kohl let's take a look now at some of the presidents and prime ministers from across the world in the twelve years that merkel has seen come and go during her time in office. now there have been big aha lies and lows during my season merkel's time in office here in germany some of the highest included the fact that germany has been the engine all of the news but then they have been losing to news of the economy as well with the euro crisis that we saw in gulf you are both of the last ten years the micro crisis and of course those terror attacks. well in two thousand and sixteen those issues caused such a deep in the polls many people thought that angela merkel may not even stand for this truth but she has been able to push those polls back up and of course here we all the night before the election and she is standing hoping to be a chancellor for a fourth time now one of the reasons that she's been able to reclaim that popularity is because she's very astute seeing the public opinion is and how it's changing now some people have said that's actually not being a state it's flip floppin