Merkels designated successor and party leader on the bridge from common by step to down the power struggle to succeed or is now in full swing our topic today fiasco in for india will the a. F. P. Destroy americas legacy and. On. And on and. Thanks for joining us on to the point and welcome to our guests Matthew Condon is chief correspondent for the us magazine politico he believes the a. F. P. Hasnt destroyed americas legacy the a. F. D. Is americas legacy what happened in the regio offers a glimpse of the chaos that lies ahead for germanys political system and great to have derek scally with us he is correspondent for the irish times and he says german politics is finally enter the 21st century but its been all the titians are too naive or scared to notice. And of a welcome to vent alina fun to plato she writes for the economist and she believes fragmenting politics and strong extremes are up ending germanys traditional parties with the social democrats in even worse shape than americ
Local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. A look now at the federal role in improving School Bus Safety. The house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee on highways and transit heard from brenda sue fulton, among others. Today is a timely hearing with children out of school. To be done toeds keep them safe. Im interested in keeping them safe not only as a get on and off school buses but in keeping them safe in the streets as they go to school. It is true that school buses have a relatively safe safety record. Thatulton it is also true children are injured every day or every year in bus related crashes. More than, i believe, and most accidents, we owe it to our children, to the still dunes, to examine why these fatalities occur. Two these students, to examine why these totalitys occur, and what can be done why these fatalities occur and what can be done to prevent them. There are school buses in my own district. Oft take other modes transport
Today is a timely hearing with children out of school. To see what needs to be done to keep them safe. Im interested in keeping them safe not only as a get on and off school buses but in keeping them safe in the streets as they go to school. It is true that school buses have a relatively safe safety record. It is also true that children are injured every day or every year in bus related crashes. More than, i believe, and most accidents, we owe it to our children, to these students to examine why these fatalities occur and what can be done to prevent them. There are school buses in my own district. Most take other modes of transportation, including walking, biking or riding in a car, going on public transportation. Children are often at greater risk outside the school bus than inside it. 264ave figures showing students who died in School Transportation related accidents in the last 10 years. 97 were struck by a vehicle while walking near the bus. We are going to hear today from what con
A manual mccaw im referring to but the even younger and distinctly more conservative sebastian courts in just five months he reinvented a party that has been in government for thirty years renaming it simply asked in courts list and borrowing anti immigration rhetoric from austrias hard right wing populist their leader. Was also a big winner in last sundays elections together the two parties took nearly two thirds of the vote. The election result is being called a tectonic shift abroad as well as in austria so is austrias swing to the right a threat to europe thats the question ill be discussing with my guests its a pleasure to welcome pam and she is a journalist for germanys topps daily newspaper and she says the swing to the right in austria is not an exception but the norm all of europe is shifting to the right. And with us as well as ron kaufman he is the w. s Eastern Europe expert and he says if we end up positions itself as a right wing populist force in europe paris will respond
Michaels government to the brink of collapse and Big Questions are now being asked about how her cocoa allision can possibly Work Together in the weeks and months to come so our question here on quadriga this week is german stability a thing of the past question mark and to discuss that question im joined here in the studio by three astute observers of german politics beginning with Matthew Condon chief european correspondent at politico and matthew argues the german politics is becoming less and fuller a not less stable theres a good name he says for the type of confrontation weve seen in berlin over the past few weeks and that name that is democracy also with us is derek scally of the irish times who says germany stability obsession has done more harm than good to democracy in the merkel era more flexibility will bring fresh air fresh thinking and fresh problems into the political game interesting stuff in a very warm. To. The head of w. s Domestic Politics Department nina believes t