now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. a controversial bill that turns all eu law into british law has passed its first parliamentary test — but the battle is far from over. it actually represents the biggest peace time power grab by the executive over the legislature, by the government over parliament, in 100 years. the government rejects accusations that it is riding roughshod over the democratic process. the government of the day must have a realistic opportunity to make progress with its business through the house. the motion that the house is being asked to agree today guarantees that the party with a working majority is able to do exactly that. and for mps worried about a government power grab, there's a lesson in how to tame the executive. i am no friend of the front bench. i thrash them and i lash them — thwack, thwack, thwack — on a regular basis! but first, mps voted on the eu withdrawal bill in the early hours of tuesday morning. a strange time of day to be making big decisions, but the timing provided a d

the parliament of the euro area as this one, the european parliament. the european union also needs to be stronger and how a fight terrorism. in the last three years a great deal has been done. we're still not reacting quickly enough in the case of cross-border terror threats. i therefore plead for the setting up for european investigative body that would make sure that data on terrorists and firefighters are exchange between her intelligence and belief services. i also believe there is reason enough for the newly set up european prosecutor to be responsible for the prosecution of cross-border terrorist crimes. european union should also have more influence on the world stage but it needs to be able to take its form policy decision most swiftly. time has come to take form policy decisions in certain cases by qualified majority. that is, allow under the existing treaty is lance there is a unanimous decision. and if there is reason to do that it would make our work more efficient. in defense more effort is required the setting up of european defense fund

the members of parliament that had been stuck in parliament the members that you saw walk into parliament and grab. the m.p.'s i actually members of the elite of the presidential special forces command. many of them their faces have been highlighted close to the president on many occasions guiding him and then of course the parliament rules of procedure clear that if a member of parliament was been suspended doesn't leave the house then it falls upon the sergeant of arms. so it remains a big question why the sergeant of arms who was present was not allowed to do their job and then of course we had to take extra security from the president's got to come and lift members of parliament out but of course on the streets remains a very contentious matter the ruling party has numbers in the house they have about three hundred and the evidence the m.p.'s and the independents are sixty six i think forty eight of the sixty six independent m.p.'s are in the room leaning and it was just as fifty six so if it comes down to give a number the opposition doesn't stand a chance and the education that you

only the european parliament and the chinese people's congress has more members. the bigger the parliament gets the more difficult it gets to enter the base and to keep the government in check because such a big parliament can't act as an independent institution anymore. because argonne again khan the parliament may have grown but the percentage of women has shrunk the new bundestag has the lowest percentage of female politicians and more than twenty yes a deficit which is particularly acute in the a.f.d. the f.t.p. and surprisingly enough christian democrats. here what you need to be news coming up next is how i know with business you should be looking at us tax reforms so do stay with us if you can. she's long been a symbol of.

the parliament of the euro area is this one, the european parliament. the european union also needs to be stronger in how it fights terrorism. in the last three years a great deal has already been done. but we're still not reacting quickly enough in the case of cross-border terror threats. i therefore plead for the setting up of a european investigating body that would make sure that data on terrorists and foreign fighters are automatically examine changed between our intelligence and police services. i also believe that there is reason enough for the newly set up european public prosecutor to be responsible for the prosecution of cross-border terrorist crimes. the european union -- the european union should also have more influence on the world stage, but it needs to be able to take its foreign policy decisions more swiftly. i think the time has come to take foreign policy decisions in certain cases by qualified majority. that is allowed under the existing treaties as long as there's a united decision by european council. there's reason to do that woul

only the european parliament and the chinese people's congress has more members. the bigger the parliament gets the more difficult it gets to enter the base and to keep the government in check because such a big parliament can't act as an independent institution anymore. because argonne again khan the parliament may have grown but the percentage of women has shrunk the new bundestag has the lowest percentage of female politicians and more than twenty yes a deficit which is particularly acute in the a.f.p. the f.t.p. and surprisingly enough christian democrats. that we know drawn up a little chorus on hans and brought it up on a mentee studious. contest we call it the joe one bottom it is going to be much bigger and the if t. have promised robust debate in parliament this is going to be a very different bottom one from the last one is did here's a deed it is and no one knows exactly what to expect apart from the fact that there are so much more deputies in parliament the question is exactly how the a of d. is going to operate in this new chamber that it is entering

now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. coming up: mps return to westminster after their summer break and begin debating a bill transferring eu laws into uk legislation. the brexit secretary says it's vital for an orderly brexit, but labour accuses the government of a power grab. let me be clear, this bill does only what is necessary for a smooth exit and... the combined effect of the provisions of this bill would reduce mps to spectators, as power pours into the hands of ministers and the executive. jeremy corbyn calls for an end to the pay cap for nurses — the prime minister reckons he's being profligate. poor pay means experienced staff are leaving and fewer people are training to be nurses. as a result of the decisions taken by labour, we have to spend more on debt interest than on nhs pay. and a labour peer tries again to end hereditary by—elections in the lords. we had a by—election last year where — i'll say this slowly, as it's unbelievable — there was an electorate of three and there were seven candidates

has made it into parliament that. we will chase them. we will chase mrs merkel oh you are going and we will get our people and our country back please of it's always good. we begin the day with a germany transformed americal made history today a fourth term as germany's chancellor is hers to have but it will not be business as usual mrs merkel is now a weaker leader and whatever new government she constructs it is guaranteed to come with pitfalls that merkel has never had to master before in a world that has seen seismic shifts from washington to london to paris in berlin merkel's reelection should mean stability but it will not for the first time in sixty years. a far right party the a.f.d. will be a part of the german parliament today the a if these top candidate warned his party plans to quote hunt down chance america even if possible have her arrested for her refugee policy and with that the politics of conflict moves into a parliament that is known around the world for its consensus compromise and dare we say boring brand of legisla

their common goal is to take the afd intoto parliament. russia friends, we need as a christian bulwark against an islamic land grab. it is time that we took a defensive stand. >> since 2015, people from all over the world have been coming here w without identitity paper, without us knowing who they are. >> enough of what we have been calling climate protection. that means quittining all the national and international agreements related to it. >> the afd's many faces -- are they policy or blatant populism? l lehmingng, policy or populism? to what degree is this leadership duo one reason for the upturn of support? i don't think it is so much of a reason. i personally think they could have a dog people would elect and would still have 8% or 9%. it is kind of a movement, anti-climate change -- first of all, anti-refugee policy, anti-europe, anti-all these things. i think it is not so relevant who was at the top. anti-,: anti-, anti-, but in particular, is the overarching theme anti-globalization? malte: yes, anti-globalization, but many things

well one of the mandates of the parliament is scrutiny of the government or the parliament the legislative has to scrutinize the executive and in recent years this is not been done and this is why we've been elected into the parliament now because without us it will no longer be possible to avoid this christian they weren't able to just rubber stamp policy through without having properly debated them in the parliament without having the parliament call for this kind of scrutiny and this just doesn't go hand in hand with democracy and one of the things that you know platform is that you want to get rid of a right to asylum which is you know right for so long for refugees in germany you want to. just get rid of it we want to know. which is also the program to see to you it was in one thousand and one and don't really know what happened it's a party that just you know i got no core anymore they had to trade their own core values so it's absolute madness today we're calling what the c.d.u. called for thirty years ago. and you have to do this otherwise you have a situation like we have today wh

and if you say parliament the number of their parliaments and they are not like in any form of government nobody is like forming a coalition with them but you had a few. few recent examples for example that are sex and yet being where the c.d.u. although being in a coalition with other parties like line themselves together with a decided together with a key to like to like support emotion and like like going through some some like form of form of motion together they have the members of the state parliament so i think like this i don't know where this will lead but i definitely think that there will be some form of normalization once they are in the parliament and work work in the government and students so we got this tweet from julia and christoph i'd like to get your take on it she says the most up to date polling shows the official opposition will be the air fifty or the socialist left leaning people should see this and vote dialing kay. kristoff do you think that people will coalesce around another third party or. group. to be honest i wouldn't i wouldn't think. you know it's not in

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they wanted to take back control parliament. —— make it control back to parliament. this does not do that. it gives it back to ministers who don't want to be held accountable to this house. allan this bill is necessary to ensure an orderly brexit. —— this bill is necessary. the other option is one of chaos, uncertainty and the abrupt evaporation of laws overnight, leaving us with nothing but are vacuum. it sees to strip that parliament of its power and wants to transform this house from the beating heart of our sovereignty. turning us into bystanders. mr deputy speaker, let us bystanders. mr deputy speaker, let us make no mistake, this bill is not about delivering the will of the people, rather, it is about gagging out people, rather, it is about gagging our democracy and this house by the way of a false discourse. the arguments that have been made against this bill would just say this is a power grab, it is quite clear from what ministers have said, from what the legislation has said, from what the legislation has said, from the restrictions that are placed on m

has entered the federal parliament will have to analyze and evaluate what happened because we want to regain those who voted for the a.f.d. . the day in barber has the latest from berlin. they were always expected to win but sundays or celebrations at c.d.u. headquarters and get a miracle now gets to govern for a fourth term and for the chancellor who's managed to overcome every challenge thrown her way the job of forming a ruling coalition isn't stacked because we the c.d.u. c.s.u. are the strongest party we have a mandate to form a government and there can be no government formation against us. bill and was also hosting a world class marathon near the finish line many eyes were on who'd manage a late sprint for seats here in germany's national parliament where the race for seats here at the buddhist toggle parliament is over and the winner was never really in doubt but one of the main are known as was exactly how big the presence of the right wing populist party. for deutsche runs would be. in the event it did better than anyone predicted. not only does it enter the bundestag for th

as parliamentary group but to sit as an individual member of parliament. frank a petri is unlikely to be the last in the f.t. to distance themselves from the extreme right elements within their own party but chancellor angela merkel is facing bigger problems after the social democrats ruled out forming a grand coalition with her conservatives the three way partnership with the business friendly liberal democrats and the environmentalist greens seems the only possibility even if it's all smiles in public their political outlooks remain worlds apart they are likely to demand a heavy price for making any compromises meanwhile the bavarian christian socialists the c.d.u. sister party are also threatening to quit their alliance with merkel's conservatives unless their demands are met. in my view it's absolutely essential that we set out a clear commitment to stemming the influx of refugees in other words a cap on numbers. that's what we've promised people. the f.t.p. and the greens are unlikely to go along with any cap on refugees it almost seems as if the chan

and it is about preventing a party of agitators from entering parliament on sunday if the f.d.a. is elected into the pond to star in the grave digger. democracy parliament for the first time since one thousand nine hundred forty five i am telling these people here in berlin you are enemies you can't see i want to live in the country use the opportunities provided by the democratic system and then disappointed by something vote for politicians who will destroy democracy if an example from a political point of view is the anti liberal and takes civic parlier. and it's not only top german politicians who see the a.f.d. party as a threat a lot of media outlets do too many said it might be better not to vote at all than to vote for the a.f.p. and claimed the party could actually pose a threat to democracy in germany political analyst stephen must know was with us earlier on in the studio he told us the breakthrough for the f.t. tonight is entirely actually merkel he seems to just sort of. go with the flow and whatever is necessary at the time she does and that seems to be it because i

for the first time since the nazis and nationalist party has members of parliament america's main rival would want to have to expect strong opposition how will the veteran to govern this time this story. and welcome to the program is a product she was expected to win and she did but i'm going to merkel's reelection victory in germany on sunday is best to sweet the chancellor is christian democratic union one thirty four percent of seats in the parliament one just og that's enough to be the biggest party but not for a majority government so she'll start talks to build a coalition at the same time medicals contending with a surge of support for the a.f.p. the nationalists won the largest far right representation in parliament since headless nazis in the 1940's we get to our guests in just a moment but first law and sleep has more from berlin. the most important politician in europe the most important female politician anywhere the flag bearer for liberal democracy in an uncertain world four wins in a row for angela merkel even if her party's vote share shrunk and the far right emerged onc

parliament would normally make. so it's giving totally different powers on a totally different scale. let's put your whip's hat on. if you were in the government whips' office at the moment and you were facing no majority at all in the commons, what would you be doing? how would you be trying to keep your team onside? it's not just your team, it's the whole of parliament. if you alienate parliament, you will run into more and more difficulty. what we have done on the house of lords constitution committee is try to provide mechanisms which would help parliament to deal with a situation which could end up as a crisis if we are not careful. we have said that with the henry viii powers and the delegated legislation, every measure that the government brings forward should have a certificate saying whether it is any change to current law. and, if it is, we should have special mechanisms to give it more scrutiny than if it's just a straightforward transition. that's a very simple thing, but we have to make sure that parlia

going to have open racism in parliament. there anti semites in their ranks they're hard line nationalists there are conspiracy theorists revisionists it's. one of my colleagues is calling them a bunch of crazies i think that's perhaps slightly overstating it but you will see to booze being broken left right and center the silver lining by the way is that. this will sort of breathe life into a parliament that has been known for rather tepid debates and it will force the mainstream parties mainstream policy makers to work much harder to win the argument and solve people's problems well christopher we were just looking at those numbers that either showed us of where the f.t. is drawing its support both geographically but also where they gotten boats from other parties and it's right across the board how do you account for the a fifty success i think there are there are two explanations essentially it's. in itself is an anti-establishment policy then narrative is we tell it like it is we punch of the the empty rhetoric that's co

and in thirteen out of the sixteen state parliaments here in germany and so as we have seen the far right is on track to be the third largest party in parliament and tonight's result means they'll enter the federal legislature for the first time this after having been a magnet for controversy here in germany with a deliberately provocative campaign so let's take a closer look at just what the f.t. has in store for the country. it was the results they'd been dreaming of not only has the f.t. made the sense of the german parliament it's become the third biggest party many calling it a seismic shift the day after the leaders a promising to change the country. german government whichever way it is formed shall dress warmly we will hunt them. we will hunt mrs machall or whoever and we will take our country and our people back again. and so we're going. yeah i d.v.r. the f.t. was elected for its content for its position was set for the people who have given us that trust the first thing we will do is to keep office promise we will initiate a parliamentary investigation into macca househol

the nationalists won the largest far right representation in parliament since headless nazis in the 1940's we get to our guests in just a moment but first law and has more from berlin. the most important politician in europe the most important female politician anywhere the flag bearer for liberal democracy in an uncertain world four wins in a row for angela merkel even if her party's vote share shrunk on the far right emerged once again it was a problem she was quick to acknowledge you know when you win from let's mark we want those a.f.d. voters to move to come back to us through good political work we want to solve the problems people are facing these might be shoes of integration and illegal immigration but there are also questions around services in rural areas or questions of public transport or opportunities for farmers as recent opinion polls have predicted the far right and see immigrants alternative for germany which wants to close mosques and stop immigration took thirteen percent meaning more than eighty seats in parliament yet the disorganized by monday morning the woman who

and this system was ratified by every member parliament, including the uk parliament. so every euro spent has a specific legal base. and if you read our financial settlement position paper, you'll find all the details there, line by line, allthe legal basis corresponding to the different areas of expenditure for the seven—year period. plus other areas of commitment in the medium and long—term. so the council legal service is behind this, commissioner legal service as well. they all believe that any commitments of the 20 member states need to be honoured by the 28. and this is based on the own resources system. if a decision was taken own resources system. if a decision was ta ken before own resources system. if a decision was taken before brexit, even if it only comes to fruition after the withdrawal of the uk, this rule still applies. in the withdrawal of the uk, this rule stillapplies. in the past, iwas responsible for regional policy. and those seen in the uk and the other 27 member states, there weren't so many back then. but you have projects for infrastructur

what's going to move into parliament when those party comes into parliament it will be a lot more robust you might say in a positive way debates it may also be a lot more poisonous debate and there is some question amongst certainly certain sections of this of the party about whether or not they even support parliamentary process and democratic processes even though they have participated in these elections there's some thought whether they really think problem and is a place where politics should be made or the way a country should be governed all right and we will see how their popularity indeed shapes up as we mentioned germans just beginning to head to the polls this morning hans brandt with the very latest our political correspondent thank you. and if you are just joining us you are watching special coverage of the german elections as we mentioned polling stations have opened in germany for the parliamentary elections here polls show that incumbent angela merkel is poised to win a fourth term as chancellor they also suggest that the far right alternative for germany party will enter

hello and welcome to thursday in parliament. coming up: the brexit secretary david davis says a bill to transfer eu laws into uk legislation is vital. let me be clear, this bill does only what is necessary for a smooth exit. and to provide stability. but labour reckons it's a government power grab and will vote against it. that we are leaving is settled, how we leave is not. this bill invites us to surrender all power and influence over that question to the government and to ministers. also on this programme: ministers pledge support for british territories hit by hurricane irma. and a former cabinet minister launches a stinging attack on disgraced pr firm bell pottinger accusing it of... running a pernicious and poisonously racist smear campaign in south africa. but first: mps spent the afternoon on their first day of debate on the eu withdrawal bill. which originally had the rather more catchy informal title of the great repeal bill. it repeals the european communities act of 1972 which took us into the european community and

will change the nature of political debate in the next parliament. they are going to be getting around ninety seats in the next poem and that is a sizeable portion of the parliament many of the candidates that we believe are going to get seats come from the far right wing of the party and some of them are. openly racist some of them anti semites you've got hardline nationalists there revisionists conspiracy theorists so it's going to be they're going to break one to boo after another you're making them sound pretty bad but we just learned that like thirteen percent of voters chose this party why well it was largely a protest one of the statistics coming out this evening is that sixty percent of the voters voted for the a.f.p. not because they wanted that party in parliament but because they were disappointed with other parties so it is a protest vote. i think it is down to the chancellor merkel's open border policies letting in over a million refugees back in twenty fifteen here to germany that still divides the country and there are still many peopl

correspondent: no one in the european parliament is exhaling yet. lawmakers in parliament are deeply concerned about the strong showing of the far right in germany's election. >> experience has shown that such a right wing, radical party can poison the discourse. that is what we have seen with the u.k.. the program exit party -- the pro brexit party had no representatives in parliament but they still managed to turn the conversation. correspondent: it was the same ory in the netherlands went far right populists drew strong support in the recent election. >> the signal i saw from the german election is no one is immune to change. there is new fragmentation in germany. we have to be mindful of what the far right is going to do. correspondent: the german green party says this is a wake-up call. >> with this prominent alliance between paris, brussels and berlin, we have the opportunity to bring the eu closer together. berlin have to be willing to play along. correspondent: the far right's growing support in europe make unhealthy eu to play closer concer

german parliament. not this is the biggest crowd here right now but i can't right now from being a bundestag where small crowd gathered is about. expressing don't be sad expressing their anger at the far right party for the first time since second world war. could enter the parliament is also a lot of police presence what is quie tell you is. that what these people are protesting just above them in this caused a book beyond on his high rise building. there's the alternative for germany party celebrating of course that they want that they want by of the the authority to appoint a percentage points in the third place. in the german parliament near the aids sir real image there that you just painful worse. of funny and we saw images of the growing police presence there alexander plots and i are do you get the sense that there is. concern about this for just becoming violent it anyway. well the danger here is of course at that there are also a lot of people from the far left who are mixing up enormous civil

it is about preventing a party of agitators from entering parliament on sunday if the f.d.a. is elected into the pond the stock market and the grave diggers of democracy and a parliament for the first time since one thousand nine hundred forty five i am telling these people here in but you are enemies you can't say i want to live in the country use the opportunities provided by the democratic system and then disappointed by something vote for politicians single destroy democracy is fine example from a political point of view he is the anti liberal and takes civic party or part time . and is not only top german politicians who see the a.f.p. policy as a through us a lot of media outlets do too many so they might be best not to vote as told and to vote for a.f.p. and claim the party could actually pose a threat to democracy in germany. but does journalist just a no lead believes the election result could force the government to ring think it's immigration policy. i think basically it's an enormously psychological breakthrough for the germans itself that the a of d. just became

parliament before. and only send people like me samoyed. well you buy that and then behind him what you would find the people like. and they found stories so i know you know i'm friends with just a machinist and all of our parliament good to you and others. and i could spend the evening telling you you know what the strategy is you know they're always trying to push the limits of and trying to get across a red line and to give you pause and as though it wouldn't work as well and i can only because i commend to the speaker of the next one is starting to be very consistent and his or her approach to such a taboo is easy for. me. and replace mr lynn is no i was talking about certain contradictions in your party program before but now imagine if you missed a moment you would be leading the opposition as it were in such a situation was really. d.s.p. day and thank you for mentioning that we were on the right side of you know not doing the national socialist period plume this was our task will be to deal with

won the second most seats in parliament about twenty percent the party has been n. coalition with merkel c.d.u. for the past four years but leader martin short says that's about to change you see . this. ice dude in order to become the chancellor and that's why i didn't want to be a minister in the cabinet and that's why it is correct that i recommended to the speedy leadership that we should enter into a position. so with that in mind what coalitions are possible let's take a closer look at how the results break down merkel c.d.u. party won thirty four percent of seats in the wonder star and the s.p.d. won twenty one percent of the f.t. far right party was third with thirteen percent the remaining three parties all won around ten percent of seats in parliament merkel is largely expected to build her coalition with the pro-business f.t.p. party and the green party. well let's bring in our panel who all join us from berlin today day trek one cow is a retired german ambassador and former permanent representative to the e.u. thorsten bena is director of the global publ

as you mentioned there he addressed the twelve parliament this is the parliament that was elected in these last election that you just mentioned but basically what unprecedented is that you have a president addressing them opening the parliament you may or know not be the be president or the next thirty three days this is of course we're going to have that vote thirty three days from now can you know if you did address that first he welcomed and congratulated the politicians for being elected and then he said that he strongly disagreed with the supreme court decision that he would respect it because he respected the institutions and the constitution of this country he made some other points one of them particularly referencing that the three arms of government the government here must remain independent independent from any foreigner local interference you also mentioned special interest groups and told politicians to be on their guard to watch out for any of this kind of influence and you also said gave giving a message that the country despite everything that's going on the governi

s parliamentary group but to sit independently in parliament for the time being. petrie is unlikely to be the last in the f.t. to distance themselves from the extreme right elements within their own party but chancellor angela merkel is facing bigger problems after the social democrats ruled out forming a grand coalition with her conservatives a three way partnership with the business friendly liberal democrats and the environmentalist greens seems the only possibility even if it's all smiles in public their political outlooks remain worlds apart they are likely to demand a heavy price for making any compromises meanwhile the bavarian christian socialists the c.d.u. sister party are also threatening to quit their alliance with merkel's conservatives unless their demands are met. as. in my view it's absolutely essential that we set out a clear commitment to stemming the influx of refugees in other words a cap on number. that's what we've promised people. the f.t.p. and the greens are unlikely to go along with any cap on refugees it almost seems as if the chancellor

it's the first time the afd have entered parliament. and tonight, there are protests outside their headquarters. let's join my colleague ros atkins in berlin. this election was supposed to be the one which went to plan, which would be business as usual, and angela merkel and her cdu party emphasised repeatedly that stability would be the priority it would be what she would deliver, but the voters have not endorsed that message. here are the latest exit polls. this would not be what angela merkel would want to see. angela merkel‘s cdu/csu got 32.9 per cent, a loss of 8.6 per cent. in the last election they got over 4196. in the last election they got over 41%. also a disappointing night for the social democrats. her current coalition partner, the social democrat spd, has 20.8 per cent — that's a loss of 4.9 per cent. i frankly disastrous result which will lead to this soul—searching about the centre—left in germany. all four of the smaller parties made games. —— gains. the left get 8.9 per cent, the greens 8.9 per cent, the l