a 44 year old house painter turned politician from eastern germany couple or is seen as a compromise candidate who is backed by right wing as well as extreme right wing supporters within the party morton and incumbent was reelected co-leader. is germany s biggest opposition party in terms of parliamentary seats and its main focus now is to gain control of local governments outside the conference whole large crowds protested against the party. chief political editor has been covering the party conference and she said as this is testament. to the f.t. was become more professional more stable more mainstream its new leadership team of old and the professor from the west europe are more in tune into the full power from the east these 2 leaders will be able to deliver that to assert degree the hope is that the a of d.
government as defense minister which is clearly already aiming at the time passed on the on going to mark or when she wants to see germany engage more on the international scene also militarily our chief political editor michel a cure for the c.d.u. party conference in light sic great to have your analysis thanks. germany s relations with turkey are facing another stress test following turkey s arrest of a lawyer who works for the german embassy there now he s accused of spying and german officials are concerned he had sensitive documents on turkish citizens seeking asylum in germany. this turkish kurd has applied for political asylum in germany but the information that he gave during the asylum process was leaked to authorities in ankara because he s worried what will happen to his family his identity will remain hidden he told us anything could happen to them they could
for exchange and at the same time india knows that in terms of population it is almost always has a race with china who is the most populous country in the years to come but a large population also means very very large potential and here germany said he wants to make sure it s one of the 1st partners when india decides to open up and talk more significant trade with the e.u. . chief political editor michelle in delhi thank you very much. let s take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. the clashes broke out in hong kong on thursday night after police fired tear gas at proto more prosy protesters many of the demonstrators used halloween to do high down on facemasks the asian financial hub is facing another mass protest on saturday. north korea has confirmed it has test fired what it calls
surveys also suggest the far right and he immigrant alternative for germany a.f.d. is likely to enter the bavarian state parliament for the first time. we want to end economic migration and for our country to be lower abiding and safe and then there are the greens the environmentally friendly party is attracting not to have new support especially from left leaning voters they say they d be happy to join a coalition with a conservative c.s.u. if that party favors to get a majority. here by the sea it s clear for us greens in bavaria we re ready for governing. so on sunday it s possible that the varian politics will and a new era an era in which the c.s.u. might have to share their pretzels with the greens. chief political editor spoke to one of these c s u s top politicians and of area at the party s final