forward to it through just mats as it is voted in a c.d.u. secretary general on the other hand on a great come current power the lead every likelihood that they would she and angle america would work together as a tandem for the coming three years and i m going to would stay in office and things in terms of the broad leadership of germany and europe would in the first instance say the same but we re already beginning to see a sense that i m going to medical is a bit of a lame duck and she would become more of a lame duck if she had a a want to be chancellor sitting beside her in the in or on the town and so that there s a two prospects in terms of you know whether where where where this goes in the next three four five six months well let s look at the shorter term with you simon now you know we are waiting for this very important vote as peter was saying so much hangs on this vote take us through what happens next that the three candidates have spoken what is happening now and what s
had got some support from different sections of the whole here so that was interesting in itself and but i would say for my money and a great campaign had a more measured unifying. she said that the party needs to have courage as it goes forward and it can win elections around the country and at national level it was almost a speech looking forward to a chance leadership role that perhaps she has arroyo on for the future all right well all three front runners there have spoken simon and peter and we ve heard the names now i think that come our mats and also yes spawn let s take a look at to get a get to know these candidates a little bit better. lisa other three candidates want to replace uncle america let s see you party leader they ve been crisscrossing the country making their
money for it. and agreed to come come by our staked out where they stand another party gets to choose that it s conference on friday where every places are now as party chair may replace the chancellor candidate in future elections until then the two will have to work together. all right peter let s start with you look at these three candidates what sets them apart from each other and perhaps the chancellor well i think you know you can spawn i don t really don t think he does have a chance in this room in this race but i think it is important to mention that he has put down a market that s been very important and he went into the health minister he s a popular helpmates he s viewed as doing a pretty good job but he sometimes you desire again to his do in his general political persona he s come across as much more light likable and he s definitely put on a mark of a future races of this kind and for his ambitions to become a future german chancellor as regards. k.k.
we can set the course for the future. all right setting the course for the future we have our correspondents back with us peter craven here in the studio simon young in hamburg peter also with you this time how could the party the c.d.u. the conservatives and perhaps also the country change under new leadership. of course was over for additional negative come come boy who s going to you know the two alternatives if this election c.d.u. party leader i think in relatively quick time there s going to be real frictions with angela merkel they go back an awful long way and there s a relationship between the two based certainly on fridges met inside to a certain extent say inside is one grudges that he holds from way back when about you know the way i m going to be in two thousand and to force him out of high c.d.u. office in parliament so i don t i m not sure that they would be able to work very well together and that would mean quite possibly and there is talk of this snap elections someti
that may be the sort of talk unifying tool that brings people behind her in the end but merits has definitely got his support any year he galvanized the audience to some extent with by saying you know the economy s doing well but the big parties in germany not least this one of been losing supporters over recent years and he said if we don t communicate clear policies that trend is going to continue so a warning from him of what might happen if the party doesn t change in the right direction all right as i m in there in hamburg and peter here with us in studio let s listen to what one cd the c.d.u. parliamentary leader earlier said about this big vote today. so with me is rough bring house the leader of the c.d.u. in parliament. is the big house everyone says this is going to be a close vote today how close do you think it s going to be i guess is the most