The Second Season of our documentary series. Explore. Starts november twenty fourth. Whatever happened to Martin Schulz the former leader of germanys social democrats who challenged angola muckle last year for the chancery and failed spectacularly well hes my guest this week here in berlin why did you Campaign Fail and how does he react to criticism of his time as president of the European Parliament. But intrudes welcome to conference on thank you. Looking back on your campaign to become chancellor you admitted that you had made stupid mistakes you said miscalculations but the biggest problem was trust wasnt it you broke the promises why. And you in the complaint i thing it was not a lack of trust it was. A very specific atmosphere going to america tried successfully to escape from what we need in the Election Campaign open confrontation the competition of arguments for the best solutions and was very promising not to enter a coalition with the conservatives after the campaign yes you
about extravagance why i was the first one who was criticised by all this pre-decimal never criticised for it this was because i was a political figure and people and trying to make the european parliament more influential more powerful and then you earn also such a tax i didn t invent it i earn the then by the way my predecessor had more people in the stuff than me i would use that when i started in two thousand and twelve or reduce the size of most of the shows a year never never by the way never these people took note of that the decision i reduced the members of my staff in relation to my predecessors which should say year ago you advocated a united states of europe a new constitution for europe you said any country that didn t adopt it should have to leave the european union by this draconian stance who wants who wants a united states of europe these days me for example i want that i suggested because