Tell you what they might mean for chancellor Angela Merkel as she tries to form a new coalition government. And in austria Sebastian Cortes has declared victory just months after being appointed leader of the conservative Peoples Party hes promised tough new immigration policies well take you live to the. Talk of the show its great to have you with us my names sarah harmon votes are being counted in a Regional Election in the german state of lower saxony and this result could have a big influence on Coalition Talks here in berlin its been a bad night though for chancellor Angela Merkel and her christian democrats or c. D. U. But its been a good night for the social democrats lets pull up the latest projected results for you know. Now you can see there in black the city was coming in second with thirty three point seven percent of the vote the social democrats are s. P. D. There and red made some big gains there coming out on top with thirty seven point seven percent of the vote the gre