a coalition with them for years the a.f.d. has benefited from feelings of insecurity and of being neglected in the east it has taken on the slogans of the civil rights movement in former communist east germany berlin grand coalition partners the c.d.u. and the s.p.d. especially are looking to the state elections with apprehension the s.p.d. is suffering from dwindling support and membership. and the c.d.u. is no longer getting through to their core voters in the east not a good sign for under the medical s grand coalition. the likely winners of the state elections apart from the f.t. will be the greens their forecast to get record results in both saxony and brandenburg. with just 2 days to go until those state elections that bring in our chief political editor now michelle a christian as she is in the state of brandenburg for us in the small city of conics in bristol house and is the final day of campaigning and she s been keeping
state has about $4000000.00 residents and is doing rather well economically with the auto industry and high tech but saxony has also developed a thriving right wing scene a year ago right wing extremists occupied the streets of chemists for days violent crime motivated by right wing extremism is that a record high. saxony is governed by a grand coalition of center right c.d.u. and center left s.p.d. on the party the c.d.u. has led the government here since german reunification it may remain the largest party but is said to lose votes especially to the far right populist a.f.d. and state premier may struggle to put together a new coalition. i m a democrat i m against a minority government i ve also said i won t coalesce with the f.t. or the left party for reasons of policy and personnel the rest of us will have to
a grand coalition of center right c.d.u. and center left s.p.d. on the party the c.d.u. has led the government here since german reunification it may remain the largest party but is said to lose votes especially to the far right populist a.f.d. and state premier may struggle to put together a new coalition. i m a democrat i m against a minority government i ve also said i won t coalesce with the f.t. or the left party for reasons of policy and personnel the rest of us will have to be able to talk to each other and be able to form a government as democrats. brandenburg potsdam is the capital the state surrounds berlin and has about 2500000 inhabitants brandenburg is also doing well economically if it weren t for the lignite problem the mining apparatus may grind to a halt soon germany plans to phase out the coal industry which many people here
and that has created a lot of friction between the 2 leading members france and germany. the e.u. commission the heartbeat of the european union. 28 heads of state and government have gathered in brussels to decide on the new leader but chancellor merkel cautions against high expectations. here in germany we have the situation that both my party the c.d.u. and the s.p.d. are committed to the top candidate but that s not always the case in the council as we have known for a long time and we will discuss this but we might not have a result today. kind of given this gift the european party s top candidates have been campaigning throughout the e.u. liberals conservatives greens and social democrats but the french
there is no consensus on who should replace him and that s has that has created friction between the 2 leading nations france and germany the e.u. commission the heartbeat of the european union. 28 heads of state and government have gathered in brussels to decide on the new leader but chancellor merkel cautions against high expectations. here in germany we have the situation that both my party the c.d.u. and the s.p.d. are committed to the top candidate but that s not always the case in the council as we have known for a long time and we will discuss this but we might not have a result today. kind of give you the european party s top candidates have been campaigning throughout the e.u.