years old leader of the german green party. the climate debate is served as a springboard for the greens triumph in recent years climate protection exit from calls renewable energy there are 2 topics that babcock is fought for since the beginning of her career. was once by moving into ice we had less than 30 years to really make a change to pace our way of life our prosperity and climb. and neutrality that is neat task of our generation in that store. was born in 1980 in northwestern germany and now lives in the east of the country near berlin she and her husband have 2 young children. their back has a degree in international law and spent several years abroad in the u.s. london in brussels she became politically active in the green party in 2008 focusing on foreign and security issues and she soon became a member of parliament 1st at regional level then in 2013 she entered the blandest tok the german parliament at the age of only 32 she quickly earned respect for her thoroughness and knowledge of detail from day one she radiat

she has pretty much made her career inside the green party has of course been on top of the greens for three years. but i think that she needs to sort of spread her appeal more widely to voters between now and then, if she is really going to become chancellor, as she hopes to do. brent: tonight the greens stand in stark contrast to the conservatives who are still struggling to choose their candidate and we understand that senior party members are working to resolve the issue. will they be able to give us a candidate by the end of the night? simon: it's really unclear. those who are battling it out are looking for the decision in the next few hours. the bavarian conservative leader has said it is up to the cdu, the larger party, but he is a much more popular man in the polls. as you say, it's a much more disorganized, chaotic process in which no one really seems to know when it might come to an end compared with the rather smoother unveiling of the candidate that happened today. brent: simon, as always, thank you. i will have more on the race to become the next german chancellor, next o

and germany's green party has a chance for the very 1st time to win the top job in germany it's placing of its faith in a new leader to take on america's conservatives this september. well i'm terry martin good to have you with us a massive shakeup in european football 12 top clubs from spain italy and england have announced the formation of a new breakaway super league the new midweek competition will be independent of european football's governing body you way for the super league is expected to be highly lucrative been include many of europe's top money making teams like manchester united ac milan and rail madrid as well as the 12 founding clubs another 3 are expected to join before the 1st season which according to a statement will start as soon as practicable. well you wave has threatened to sanction clubs that take part in the break whately they realize they released a statement rather saying the cult club's concerned will be banned from playing in any other competition at domestic european or world level and their players could be denied the opportunity to represent their nationa

is and helen she has risen to the top post within germany's green party. she is the rising star of german politics and elaine a 40 years old leader of the german green party. the climate debate has served as a springboard for the greens triumph in recent years climate protection exit from cold renewable energy there are the topics that bareback is fought for since the beginning of her career. once but i've been very we are less than 30 years to really make a change to base our way of life our prosperity on climate neutrality that is me task of our generation. was born in 1980 in northwestern germany and now lives in the east of the country near berlin she and her husband have 2 young children. their back has a degree in international law and spent several years abroad in the u.s. london in brussels she became politically active in the green party in 2008 focusing on foreign and security issues she soon became a member of parliament 1st at regional level then in 2013 she entered the belinda stock the german parliament at the age of only 32 she quickly earne

well the house she certainly does have a chance because above all her party the green party has been doing well in poll after poll they've consistently. shown that they've got a 20 percent national support in recent months and meanwhile the most popular party the conservatives the c.d.u. c.s.u. blog have been dipping well below 30 percent in recent months so the greens are the 2nd most popular party nationally and off the september's election it may well be that the greens have a choice whether to join a conservative late government with the kids with the conservatives no longer under americal of course or to themselves form a sort of left of center coalition and in that case 40 year old and in a bare block would be the next german chancellor should just add that i think anna laying a bare bones got a job to do now because she's an untried politician she has not held high office and she's she's relatively inexperienced so i think between now and september she's got to show the nation more widely that she has what it takes to lead the country potentially and we'll come back to you in

and that's why this green party has. changed so much but i think we also have to look at the fact where the greens were only 4 years ago if you remember many of us were asking ourselves are they even going to make it into britain this stark and this was only 4 years ago and they were very much part of the establishment then and they were very much fighting for power and they very much compromising on all sorts of issues but then what they did and i think that is something that has tremendously helped them revitalize the party is they've stayed. on that topic they've stayed on on climate and of course the climate debate has picked up and that is not because of the greens but they managed to stay on the topic of the parties and sort of joining the game and they're all making climate policy a part of the party program but you know nobody's quite as this is a livable as that but also sorry when you saw the credibility you know we're now talking about establishing the greens are talking about establishing a climate neutral tr

and that's why these green party has. changed so much i think we also have to look at the fact where the greens were only 4 years ago if you remember many of us were asking ourselves are they even going to make it into this time and this was only 4 years ago and they were very much part of the establishment then and they were very much fighting for power and they very much compromising on all sorts of issues but then what they did and i think that is something that has tremendously helped them revitalize the party is they've stayed on that topic they've. on climate and of course the climate debate has picked up and that is not because of the greens but they managed to stay on the topic of the parties are now sort of joining the game and they're all making climate policy a positive positive program but you know nobody's quite as. well as that but also sorry when you saw the credibility you know we're now talking about establishing the greens are talking about establishing a climate neutral transatlantic partnership with jo

this is the news live from berlin for the 1st time in the party's history the german greens have a chance of taking control of the chancery and it will be on a little better book who will lead the party into the september elections as their candidates but shots also coming up turmoil in european football 12 of the continent's top clubs announced they're forming their own new super league but us 1st says it will consider all of a little measures to stop them. and the e.u. and us are warning russia of consequences if opposition leader alexander valley dies in custody his personal doctor say without intervention he may only have days left to live. musical and not australia create the current time frame travel problems family and friends separated by the pandemic finally reunited after more than a year we'll hear from some of the 1st travelers making views on the long way to go . gaddafi is welcome to the program the german green party has unveiled the woman they want to replace chancellor angela merkel as the next chancellor bear book been chosen to take on merkel's ruling conservatives in s

and that's why this green party has. changed so much but i think we also have to look at the fact where the greens were only 4 years ago if you remember many of us were asking ourselves are they even going to make it into this time again this was only 4 years ago and they were very much part of the establishment then and they were very much fighting for power and they very much compromising on all sorts of issues. but then what they did and i think that is something that has tremendously helped them revitalize the party is they stay. on that topic they've stayed on on climate and of course the climate debate has picked up and that is not because of the greens but they managed to stay on the topic of the parties and now sort of joining the game and they're all making climate policy a positive positive program but you know nobody's quite as this is a livable as that but also sorry but you know when you saw the credibility you know we're now talking about establishing the greens are talking about establishing a climate neut

bach she's the 1st chancellor counted at the green party of put forward the greens currently all around 21 percent of opinion polls they'll be hoping they can try and get more than not because they see themselves potentially leading the next government that would be a big shake up in german politics but there is a long time to go yet between now and. that election on the 24th of september. my let's bring in peter bester on who is a german m.p. for the alternative for germany party also the party's foreign a policy speaker peter thanks for coming us on the program an r.t. international today said german conservatives are sticking with. it even though all the polls show that he's really rather unpopular why have they done this do you think why does this quite normal and this party they don't care what the people want america even don't care what 'd the what they are on member of the party it's not so far away it's just. go the parties should decide who will be the leader and the members of the party they want to treat 3 men who is conservative and the upper are chicks and the party they c

germany's environmentalist greens party have chosen a co-leader of that babcock to stand for chancellor september's election opinion polls show the greens are close behind i'm going to merkel's conservatives who are heading for a standoff over their choice for chancellor candidates. and russia's prison service says jailed opposition leader at lex a novelli has been transferred to a medical facility it comes 2 days off of all these doctors said he was on the brink of death and needed urgent treatment developed he went on hunger strike 3 weeks go after being denied access to his own medical team. this is g w news from berlin you can find much more news on our website www dot com. or. after 16 years as german chancellor angela merkel is stepping down in september who will be her successor it could be her unattainable co-leader of the green party now the greens are going from strength to strings in the polls thanks to her the same cannot be said about merkel's own party to conservative governors who want to be the candidate have spent the last week locking horns and ugly private public figh

and that's why this green party has. changed so much but i think we also have to look at the fact where the greens were only 4 years ago if you remember many of us were asking ourselves are they even going to make it into this time and this was only 4 years ago and they were very much part of the establishment then and they were very much fighting for power and they were very much compromising on all sorts of issues. but then what they did and i think that is something that has tremendously helped them read vitalize the polity is they stay. on that topic they've stayed on on climate and of course the climate debate has picked up and that is not because of the greens but they managed to stay on the topic of the parties and now sort of joining the game and they're all making climate policy a part of the party program but you know nobody's quite as. well as that but also sorry when you saw the credibility you know we're now talking about establishing the greens are talking about establishing a climate neutral translucency p

germany's environmentalist greens party have chosen a co-leader of the babcock to stand for chancellor september's election opinion polls show the greens are close behind i'm going to merkel's conservatives who are heading for a standoff over their choice for chancellor candidates. and russia's prison service says jailed opposition leader let's say novelli has been transferred to a medical facility it comes 2 days off in the belize doctors said he was on the brink of death and needed urgent treatment developed he went on hunger strike 3 weeks go after being denied access to his own medical team. this is g w news from berlin you can find much more news on our website www dot com. after 16 years as german chancellor angela merkel is stepping down in september who will be her successor it could be her unattainable co-leader of the green party and the greens are going from strength to strings in the polls thanks to her the same cannot be said about merkel's own party to conservative governors who want to be the candidate have spent the last week locking horns and ugly private public fight

and that's why this green party has. changed so much but i think we also have to look at the fact where the greens were only 4 years ago if you remember many of us were asking ourselves are they even going to make it into britain this time and this was only 4 years ago and they were very much part of the establishment then and they were very much fighting for power and they very much compromising on all sorts of issues. but then what they did and i think that is something that has tremendously helped them revitalize the party is they've stayed on that topic they've stayed on on climate and of course the climate debate has picked up and that is not because. the greens they managed to stay on the topic. of joining the game and they're all making climate policy a positive positive program but quite as. also sorry when you saw the credibility you know we're now talking about establishing the greens are talking about establishing a climate neutral. political policy making the huge scale and scope and i think i mean i think. a

party now the greens are going from strength to strength in the polls thanks to her the same cannot be said about merkel's own party to conservative governors who want to be the candidate have spent the last week locking horns and ugly private public fight in the voters say they don't like what they're seeing tonight choosing a chancellor candidate here in germany helped to make the competition green with envy i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. there isn't as a time when all the arguments have been many everything you said and then it has to be decided tommy need to talk to each other in the coming days even because i'm ready to take responsibility. and that's the aim is that the c.d.u. i'm serious you card to use when the federal election wouldn't is toxify given in charge of the decision on whether they sought to come to accept it on knots can only be decided by the c.p.u. in the end it's. also coming up fly like an airplane hover like a helicopter and go down in the history books that is what happened today when a small robotic chopper named ingenuity lifted off and hovere

but also for underling up bad luck in the green party. i think we can say it's not there biden would have no problems with having a green government here in germany julia is under law here in berlin an entirely new turmoil our correspondent in texas tonight to both of you thank you for well as i said one of the spoils of being president is getting to set the narrative my next guest is a veteran in decipher dissecting presidential and political narratives frank sesno is a former white house correspondent and former c.n.n. washington bureau chief he is now with the school of media and public affairs at george washington university frank it's good to see you again it's good to have you on this show again what about this president last night he presented his blue collar blueprint for 21st century america he obviously has supreme speechwriters does he have a message to ensure that his plans become wall. well he doesn't plan to be sure that they're going to become law because they have to get through that 5050 senate and plenty of other hurdles

green party veteran to form a party co-leader became one of germany's 1st green federal cabinet ministers in 1998 most of the teen 23 years after you 1st sat down at the federal cabinet table is germany finally ready for a green chancellor. removing this we are already seeing new story could be a new situation sent from decades back to race in the election result times conservatives against the. now we've traced new records the new race is. green against like. the power of changing society against do who go around to nice day to screw that is the new challenge for us and will this challenge was necessary then we name a man in a band or as a candidate who chancery careers we fight to become the leading power in doing so you mentioned the challenges that are now under but i know they are bad but has absolutely no government experience and she's going to be running against one of 2 conservative candidates who are state premiers of large german federal regions so parties really made the right choice there yes we did and perhaps i can as a person tell you a story as i and her government in 98

it's good to have you with us we begin tonight here in germany with the green party . staking its claim to lead europe's biggest economy for the 1st time ever the greens have announced a chancellor candidate her name is on the lena berba and she aims to succeed i'm going to america if the greens win september's elections and the numbers are looking good opinion polls place them 2nd only by a small margin to until americans conservatives. with 2 party leaders one needed to step aside and harvick did so making an early now bear book the 1st green chancellor candidate ever in her 1st speech she promised a renewal in german politics and a departure from the status quo. he misses the matter if i get him must make changes to create a fair country a country where daycare centers and schools are truly the best places to be in a country where caregivers genuinely have the time and above all the resources to care for people so can my country in which the state functions digitally and serves its citizens. a diverse and cosmopolitan country a values based and strong democracy via

party now the greens are going from strength to stream in the polls thanks to her the same cannot be said about merkel's own party to conservative governors who want to be the candidate have spent the last week locking horns and ugly private public fight in the voters say they don't wife what they're seeing tonight choosing a chancellor candidate here in germany helped to make the competition green with envy i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. good and dark as a time when all the arguments have been made everything is said and then it has to be decided. we need to talk to each other in the coming days and he didn't because i'm personally ready to take responsibility. and that's the aim is that the seat and sears you parties within the federal election wouldn't just tax by giving in charge of the decision on whether this off a company excepted be decided by the c.p.u. in the end. also coming up fly like an airplane hover like a helicopter and go down in the history books that is what happened today when a small robotic chopper named ingenuity lifted off and hovered over the surf

but also for on a little bit of a can the green party. i think we can say would have no problems with having a green government here in germany julius randle are here in berlin an entirely new turmoil our correspondent in texas tonight to both of you thank you for. well as i said one of the spoils of being president is getting to set the narrative my next guest is a veteran in decipher and dissecting presidential and political narratives frank sesno is a former white house correspondent and former c.n.n. washington bureau chief he is now with the school of media and public affairs at george washington university frank it's good to see you again it's good to have you on the show again what about this president last night he presented his blue collar blueprint for 21st century america he obviously has surprised speechwriters does he have a message to ensure that his plans become wall well he doesn't plan to be sure that they're going to become law because they have to get through that 5050 senate and plenty of other hurdles but that he's go

party he's the greens spokesman on eastern europe policy and he's a member of the german parliament's foreign policy committee mr it's arsene is good to have you on the program to get us started i'd like to read a quote from the chairman of the foreign policy committee norbert rootkit he was quoted in the new york times as saying however embarrassing it is for me the greens have the clearest stance of all the parties on china and russia and he also said the greens are a much more realistic and preferable partner for us on foreign policy nice words for your party so if the government asks you what it should do next about president putin what will your answer be. but i think that what mr putin is calling red lines is actually a red herring it is clearly did he's trying to mobilize his population because he's under 3 or criticism and they've got elections in the autumn and it's a real tough situation for this regime for this system of purity in because the people running away of the system so they're trying to mobilize to hold the on who glacial mobilized creating trouble and it would do

a 40 year old green party co-leader and she will have a lot in common in terms of policy with the 78 year old moderate. that's right and i mean i think it's remarkable to see what's happening over here in germany i mean for the 1st time in 16 years the name on the ballot and i could be angela merkel again i mean there's exactly 150 days to go until german election day and you mention the polls right now the greens are in the late i think there's still a lot of runway for the c.d.u. to continue to come back but at the same time you're absolutely right germany is facing some of the same issues to determine how to bring back the economy how to get ready for climate change and i think that what the green party has laid out so far is that they also want to spend big not just on the economy but also on green technology and green jobs and i think that's one path forward for both of joe biden as he laid out yesterday but also for underlain up evoked in the green party yeah i think we can say that joe biden would have no problems with having a green government here in germany chile is under l

we're joined by your topol us she's a member of the european parliament from germany's green party and also a licensed pharmacist thanks for being with us this morning as polished for stock would you recommend astra zeneca to everybody. i think we should differentiate between countries that have several vaccines to choose from and can trees that must rely on astra zeneca so i do understand the decision of the british a story to you saying for the under thirty's will use another vaccine that ye may have clarified that the risk is incredibly small and that the benefits outweigh the risks so if a country only has as president it should be given to all age groups what do you make of germany re germany which itself is suffering a shortage of med vaccines it seems what do you make of germany recommending astra zeneca only for people over 60 will germany has taken the decision to take the lowest possible risk and recommending astra zeneca over sixty's and giving the under 60 years biotech pis. under 60 that are being vaccinated today are mostly health care professionals are people working in

party he's the greens spokesman on eastern europe policy and he's a member of the german parliament's foreign policy committee mr it's arsene is good to have you on the program to get us started i'd like to read a quote from the chairman of the foreign policy committee norbert rootkit he was quoted in the new york times as saying however embarrassing it is for me the greens have the clearest stance of all the parties on china and russia and he also said the greens are a much more realistic and preferable partner for us on foreign policy nice words for your party so if the government asks you what it should do next about president putin what will your answer be. but i think that what mr putin is calling red lines is actually a red herring it is clearly did he's trying to mobilize his population because he's under 3 or criticism. they've got the elections in the autumn and it's a real tough situation for this regime for this system pretty and because the people are running away of the system so they're trying to mobilize to hold the on hook relation modernised creating trouble and it wo

what about the green party? is the green party not the party that is supposed tprotecthe environment, by its own nature? >> um, i would expect they act as so, but it should take a close look at the programs they have for the election. r example, the amount of renewable energy they plan an addition is not enough to cover the energy needs. for example, the atomic power plants. so there's a lot more that needs to be done than what is offered at the moment. brent: would it actually be doable? is it something that could be put into effect? >> absolutely. just to give you one example, the climate protection law says -- it gives the path until 2030. it is lacking information as to what happens further on. calculate myself, for example, -- calculating myself, for example, if you take the substitutions spent on fossil energy, it's about 50 billion per year. euros. if you take that and build solar type energy on plenty of roofs in germany, we could reach the goal of the climate protection law within three years. just thre

germany's green party makes its 1st ever bid for chancellor and any other native bethought him as their candidate to take over from angela merkel. and russia moves opposition leader elects in the valley to a prison hospital to his team once he has days to live the e.u. and the us one wants to go off the consequences of only dice and constitute. an him which is good to have you with us we'll be in the u.s. state of minnesota where jurors have begun deliberations in the trial of a former police officer charged with killing george floyd they are tossed now with deciding whether derek chauvinistic guilty of 2nd degree murder and people across the country are bracing for the verdict. guilty or not guilty that's the question 12 men and women will have to answer while the country waits for the defendant derek chauvin was fired from the minneapolis police department last year after george floyd died in his custody a video of the incident shows chauvin holding floyd face down with his knee for more than 9 minutes it's sparked a nationwide protest against police brutality. i can't breathe in rest

party in the green party is doing very well in the polls nationally so for all of those reasons mr sort of for many people would appear to be the bolder choice i did time when germany is struggling whereas mr nash it represents continuity with the middle of the road reading my the course is the chancellor and it looks like there are a lot of people who are tired of that direction if you look at the national polls you see that it's a cd you is definitely struggling it has been losing support melinda crane in berlin thank you. now in the bundesliga minds boosted their survival chances with a late victory against cologne the 32 win continues their climb up the table but the result means the end of the road for cologne's coach he's been fired with the team stuck in the relegation zone. marcus gives those cologne hadn't won in 7 games the home coach would have feared the worst when mind scored with their 1st shot on goal john paul boy put the finishing touches on a neat move. close one handed the way back into the game on half time penalty the verdict on 3 tutors equaliser just rewards for c

. >>> germany's green party announces a candidate amid the autumn election. >>> and juventas shares climb as they join 11 of the other biggest clubs. announcing plans for a european super league >>> good morning happy monday we have a busy show to get through today. we're just going to start off with the developments overnight between the u.s. and china the two countries have set aside some of the differences and pledged to tackle a climate cries crisis the two countries issued a statement. chinese president jiping is rumored to talk about more on the climate plan and the president of aiib is joining us down the line pleasure to have you on the show today. clearly one of the big themes of the forum is talk of climate change and there has been progress on that front overnight as i was just talking about. you can't really talk about climate change without assuring the world's major polluters are really taking steps to bring the situation with under control to that effect, if we look at china, although they are beginning to set ambitious targets with reducing carbon emissions, if you look at

the green party is the green party not the party that is supposed just by its own nature to protect the environment. i would expect they they act as it but. if you take a close look at the program they have to hold the election. for example the amount of renewable energy and in addition is not enough to. cover the energy meet once for example the. all plans would be definitely shut off so that is. a lot more that needs to be done and one of those programs at the moment if the wall were to be toughened and changed to fit what the ruling today dictates would it would it actually be doable is it something that could be put into effect absolutely just to give you one example. protection of all. emissions reduction until 2030 and this wrecking of information what happens for the long. delay to myself for example if you just take the. substitutions that. spent for fossil energy. if it's about 50000000000. but yeah. if you take that and it's built just full of all type solar energy. then geo groups enjoy many. we could reach the goal off the climate protection all within 3 years just 3 in

a 40 year old green party co-leader and she will have a lot in common in terms of policy with the 78 year old moderate. that's right and i mean i think it's remarkable to see what's happening over here in germany i mean for the 1st time in 16 years the name on the bells and i could be angela merkel again i mean there's exactly 150 days to go until german election day and you mention the polls right now the greens are in the late i think there's still a lot of runway for the c.d.u. to continue to come back but at the same time you're absolutely right germany is facing some of the same issues to determine how to bring back the economy how to get ready for climate change i think what the green party has laid out so far is that they also want to spend big not just on the economy but also on green technology and green jobs and i think that's one path forward for both joe biden as he laid out yesterday but also for honestly not be able to in the green party yeah i think we can say it's not the job i would have no problems with having a green government here in germany julius randle are her

history germans greens germany's greens have a chance of taking control of the chelsea party leaders have picked their box to leap the left leaning greens into the september 26th election. all right stick with us the news continues here in d.w. business with rob watts is up next and i'll see if the top of the hour. where all. the key to good. old is. the stories that matter to you. know. when. we are here is actually on fire. times. it could transform your a fan full and it's fine i'm serious the continents richest clubs are saying that planning a soup but me with its own t.v. rights and profit sharing a look at what's being widely criticized could mean for the business of the game. also coming up europe's footballing elites on the only one strong. in deals the e.u. has just agreed a new partnership with dozens of nations in africa the caribbean and the pacific we'll take a look at it. it's easy to read business on mobile in berlin welcome to the program told of europe's biggest and richest football clubs have announced plans to form their own competition the founders of the european

running in the election what about the green party is the green party not the party that is supposed just by its own nature to protect the environment. i would expect they they act as it but. if you take a close look at the program they have all the election. for example the amount of renewable energy plan in addition it's not enough to. cover the energy neat once for example the. all plans will be shut off so that is. a lot more that needs to be done what is programs at the moment if if the wall were to be toughened and changed to fit what the ruling today dictates would it would it actually be doable is it something that could be put into effect . absolutely just to give you one example the. protection of all. emissions reduction until 2030 and it's wrecking information what happens for the long. casualty myself for example if you just take the. substitutions that. spent for fossil energy. it should about 50000000000. per year 1000000 euros. if you take that and it's built just full of. solar energy. then just roofs enjoy many. we could reach the goal off the climate protection all

because we have a green party in france which is. the state where the green party here was about 10 or 15 years ago so very left wing. you know having all sorts of conflict within each other and not at all ready to be made to be to have a president a green president that's far far far away in france so that's very interesting how did the green move of the then change how did they become problematic and ready for the government that's very interesting for them as well and then who is going to descend the colors of the conservatives and why is the conservatives so parties. so these are a very interesting what was your comment to that question about the journey that the greens have been on whether you know they were. a hippie party that's how they were a chaotic party and tea party many people to know that they're somewhere else they're effectively part of the establishment they all the establishment are they don't want to quote a friend of mine who works for the greens she was looking on she's not a politician she just looked at them d

news live from bowling for the 1st time germany's green party has a chance to gain the top job in german politics and is placing its face in on a book. conservatives in national elections in september try to win the shots. also on the proper term all in european football 12 of the continent's top clubs announced they're forming their own new super league but says it will consider all available measures to stop the. new zealand australia create a quarantine free travel by family and friends separated by the pandemic finally. after more than a year we'll hear from some of the 1st travelers making use of along the way to his . class now side celebrating a new era of space exploration with the 1st controlled flight over on the clock on small helicopter called ingenuity to successfully rose into the planet's dusty m. m go out of as well come to the program here in germany their green party os taking back claim to lead europe's biggest economy for the 1st time in the party's history names accounted for chancellor on early enough. now em's to succeed on the american if the greens win september'

chances really are good because the party's chances are good the greens have been doing well in poll after poll in recent months consistently polling above 20 percent that makes them the 2nd party in german politics at the moment so it may well be that come the general election in september the greens are then in a position to choose whether to join a conservative led coalition or perhaps to themselves lead a left of center coalition in the 2nd case aniline of bear book just 40 years of age would become germany's next chancellor and i would just say that bareboat probably does need now to over the next few months present herself to a wider public she's not. not a very troy politician she hasn't held high office her career has been mainly within the green party so she'll need to sort of spread her appeal if she wants to indeed end up becoming the next german chancellor as some or all of this is happening as the political or the leadership conference is still being played out among the c.d.u. and c s u where we at with that. well we have to the 2 contenders in the race to be the candid

bach she's the 1st chancellor counted at the green party of put forward the greens currently all around 21 percent of opinion polls they'll be hoping they can try and get more than that because they see themselves potentially leading the next government that would be a big shake up in german politics but there is a long time to go yet between now and that election on the 24th of september we heard from peter by a. member from the alternative for germany party he thinks arming lash it's nomination could prove a fatal blow for german conservatives in the long run. it's quite normal in this spot to day don't care what the people want america even don't care what the what they own members who are on the party that is a reconnaissance office. system because even now we have a chancellor who as not to make jory c.e.o. of the people behind her you know angle america was elected just with some 5536 percent and the riyadh going to have again chancellor who will have just some 30 percent then he has. he must look for a pot and now it's going to be most probably a coalition between. the conservati

party he's the greens spokesman on eastern europe policy and he's a member of the german parliament's foreign policy committee mr it's arsene is good to have you on the program to get us started i'd like to read a quote from the chairman of the foreign policy committee norbert rootkit he was quoted in the new york times as saying however embarrassing it is for me the greens have the clearest stance of all the parties on china and russia and he also said the greens are a much more realistic and preferable partner for us on foreign policy nice words for your party so if the government asks you what it should do next about president putin what will your answer be. but i think that what mr putin is calling red lines is actually a red herring it is clearly did he's trying to mobilize his population because he's under 3 or criticism and they've got elections in the autumn and it's a real tough situation for this regime for this system of cruelty and because the people are hunting away of the system so they're trying to mobilize to hold the on completion mobilized creating trouble and it wou

party he's the greens spokesman on eastern europe policy and he's a member of the german parliament's foreign policy committee mr it's arsene is good to have you on the program to get us started i'd like to read a quote from the chairman of the foreign policy committee norbert rootkit he was quoted in the new york times as saying however embarrassing it is for me the greens have the clearest stance of all the parties on china and russia and he also said the greens are a much more realistic and preferable partner for us on foreign policy nice words for your party so if the government asks you what it should do next about president putin what will your answer be. but i think that that mr putin is calling red lines this is actually a red herring it is clearly did he's trying to mobilize his population because he's under 3 or criticism and they've got elections in the autumn and it's a real tough situation for this regime for this system of purity and because the people are hunting a bit of the system so they're trying to mobilize to hold the on completion modernised creating in front of

brent: a member of the german under stock for the green party -- german bun tdestag for the green party, thank you. we appreciate your efforts. here are some of the other developments in the pandemic. health-care workers have been protesting in turkey, calling for a stricter lockdown amid a record number of daily infections. turkey closed restaurants and events and has imposed a nighttime curfew. top japanese official says that canceling this year's olympics in tokyo remains an option if the country's fourth wave of infection becomes too dire. there are now 99 days before the opening ceremony. and the mayor of rio de janeiro in brazil tested positive for covid-19 for a second time. he first contracted the virus almost one year ago. how to answer this question -- how can you capture a year's worth of emotions and trauma, the anxieties and losses, how do you capture all of that when the year in question was 2020? judges of the world press photo contest have selected the one image that they say tells the story of an unforgettable gear. it was taken by a danish photographer ended portrays t

well the green party stands a chance in the sense that it is riding high in the polls and they've appointed this charismatic young woman to lead them into the election and it may well be that come september the green party have a choice of who they might form a coalition with perhaps with the conservatives perhaps with other parties on the left of german politics and it will be a battle certainly in parts of between generations the older conservative man and the younger green woman you have your political correspondent thank you now most european countries have been relying on log downs masks and travel bans to keep growing virus cases down during the pandemic but sweden has taken a different path as its top a pretty knowledge it doesn't agree with lockdowns and that's turned the country into an oasis of freedom but sweden is now seeing a surge of infections health authorities there are urging people to follow their advice but will they listen you know we use teri schultz reports. sweden seen as the land of sweet liberty for those chief ing against coronavirus closures curfews and mandatory

balk she's the 1st chancellor counted at the green party of put forward the greens currently all around 21 percent of opinion polls they'll be hoping they can try and get more than that because they see themselves potentially leading the next government that would be a big shake up in german politics but there is a long time to go yet between now and that election on the 24th of september. at our europe correspondent peter all over thank you. and italian business my knock elated with sputnik 3 has lashed out at you quote discrimination russia's shot is likely to be shot out of brussels coated certificate scheme until it's approved by the european medicines agency but i like the other lot of elderly who travel to russia to get vaccinated so as not recognising sport is outrageous. i was a really each shock when i should is a google the council of the region and we're all mine when we secretly meet it's located in the deeds or some of the book they did do the western. minister of health and the task it was going on even more for people which are vastly to do with me he said. eve luke in th