experience your insights and stay safe thank you. we re here in germany. go to the polls in the german heartland in the state of turin go this weekend it s an election that is shaping up to be a crucial test for chancellor angela merkel s conservative c.d.u. party the far right. now that party has been polling strongly and it could overtake the conservatives as the state s number 2 party behind the post communist left party the regio was part of the former east germany before rediff occasion in 1900 it s the only german state with a governing coalition headed by the left party our very own reporter on your call who returned to her old hometown air fort to gauge the mood ahead of sunday s vote . oh no they did brick house this and merrill and the waste just like in fairy
position and he was unopposed and he even won backing from mainstream parties such as german chancellor angela merkel s conservative c.d.u. but now they want him thrown out of office. that is not big a small industrial park a bakery a hotel and a pizza place but now many people in germany are interested in knowing how the small town and has in the center of germany elected stephanie out a few days ago the politician from the extreme right wing n.p.t. announced on facebook that he was elected in the simple administrate to stop but from the people for the people he added to his post the vote was unanimous including votes from chancellor angela merkel c.d.u. and her coalition partner s.p.d. one of the council members who voted for yonks defended the choice if those who can and we are trying to help the people and address their issues that s all party membership doesn t play a role for us as well as stephanie jacks has worked for the n.p.t.
ends in 2021 the pollster in protest found that 61 percent of voters want merkel s grand coalition to stay in government until the next scheduled election now this poll was conducted this week right after 2 regional elections last weekend and those elections saw a surge for the far right alternative for germany party mainstream parties such as the chancellor s conservative c.d.u. they just managed to hold the 2nd place the w. s keep brady visited one of the a strong hope. it doesn t get more east than this over there is poland and over here or at the most eastham point in germany in the eyes of our but this tiny borough in the eastern state of saxony has become known for something else in the past week no other borough in saxony has so many voices for the f.d.a. is here almost half of nizar our voted for the far right after less than 2000
do that to help contextualize this u.s. request we ve got to team coverage correspondents a kid at our parliamentary studio here in berlin and helena humphrey in washington a very good evening ladies great to have you here with us kate want to give you the 1st word if i may how does the german government view america s request to join a potential future naval security coalition well this request is being hell avail of hello the very much at the moment we ve already heard from the head of germany s foreign affairs committee who s also from chancellor angela merkel s conservative c.d.u. policy and he basically ruled out any kind of robust hands on intervention in the region in any u.s. led mission so there s a big sense of reluctance here in berlin right now to join in any mission which
and final term as chancellor and that would go until 2021 but of course they say resignation from andrea knowledges today has of course sent tremors through this coalition and has yet again brought into question the credibility of this government is it still stable enough to lead in the end was even stable enough in the first a place of course there were always concerns and criticism from both sides but particularly from the more left leaving wing of the social democrats that going into this government this governing coalition once again wouldn t give the social democrats the time and the space to redefine its profile but some that s also something which the conservative c.d.u. is also trying to do right now so radio have to say exactly how. and of course the 2 coalition parties actually intend on a continuing forward with this very fragile coalition now hands as we just heard merkel is very cane she wants to keep the government going wants to continue their