polls and winning local elections. my guest is peter boehringer, vice chairman of the afd. is his party stirring sentiments that threaten german stability? peter boehringer in munich, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon, stephen. good to hear you again. well, it s great to have you on the show. and i dare say you are delighted to look at german national opinion polls which put your afd party at 20% plus in terms of public support. but you know as well as i do that federal elections don t come until 2025. how sure are you that you and the party can keep this level of support up? well, you can never be 100% sure here, especially mid term. the opposition usually is better off because at the end of the terms, the coalition parties, the government do things that please the people, so that might be difficult. and in afd s case, they usually do a lot of things defaming us. so we re expecting something. 0n the other hand, well, if they continue governing like this, we shouldn t go do
50s to the 70s but now often in a state of serious disrepair. it s a problem that has been known about for years. problem that has been known about foryears. five problem that has been known about for years. five years ago, a primary school building in kent collapsed, leading to wider concerns. good morning, sir. so the questions many parents are now asking of governments to mimic why act only now, just days before the start of the new school year in england? we the new schoolyear in england? we went the new school year in england? - went through this exhaustive survey of 22,000 schools after the initial incident in 2018. then, in the summer months, new information came to light that suggested that some of the buildings that had previously been classified as safe might not be. and so the education secretary acted immediately on that. the chancellor acted immediately on that. the chancellor said acted immediately on that. the chancellor said the government would spend what