person they defeated here was her absolute right hand man many people would say her yes man the person who will now be taking over the new group leader is someone who is promising fresh initiatives and independence that is a clear statement on the part of this parliamentary group that they are preparing to challenge the chancellor and there was our chief political correspondent belinda crean speaking with me earlier. what if there is one man who has had a front row seat to the ascent of a german chancellor and as the most powerful female leader in the world it is my next guest tonight dyckman rand europe s most widely read the most powerful newspaper for almost fifteen years i m talking about germany s build so now while he was editor in chief he became a major force in shaping public opinion in both world and german politics.
power there have been continuing crises domestic political crises and in fact ever more divisions both between the conservatives and between them and their coalition partners also dissatisfaction with the fact that both parties in this grand coalition the social democrats and the conservatives have seen a continuing drop in their poll numbers if there were to be elections held right now in germany they would not get a majority and then ultimately dissatisfaction with the chancellor s leadership the person they defeated here was her absolute right hand man many people would say her yes man the person who will now be taking over the new group leader is someone who s promising fresh initiatives and independence that is a clear statement on the part of this parliamentary group that they are preparing to challenge the chancellor. and there was our chief political correspondent
belinda crean speaking with me earlier. what if there is one man who has had a front row seat to the ascent of a german chancellor and as the most powerful female leader in the world it is my next guest tonight dyckman rand europe s most widely read the most powerful newspaper for almost fifteen years i m talking about germany s build. now while he was editor in chief he became a major force in shaping public opinion in both world and german politics. kai decline is among the most influential figures in german language media he served for nearly fifteen years as chief editor of the popular tabloid billed title before becoming publisher of the group. perhaps the most famous headline of his tenure was we are the pope the phrase took on a life of its own when german cardinal use of catching up with named pope benedict in two thousand and five. dyckman has enjoyed close ties to politicians he