andreea stepped down after her social democrat party s disastrous showing in the recent european elections but also after being criticised for her performance as party leader mencken says she would push ahead with the coalition but others are not social. after a year in the top job with the s.p.d. andree analysis she s standing down because she feels she can t go. discussions in the parliamentary group and feedback from the party have shown that i no longer have the necessary support to carry out my duties on monday i will therefore resign as chair of the s.p.d. and on tuesday i will resign as chair of the s.p.d. parliamentary group nala says resignation follows a party s dismal performance in last month s european elections its worst ever showing at the polls gave the city vivisected results that we have so far extraordinary disappointing for the s.p.d.
with sound marketing potential by placing a warning label on music products. rock and religion clash that brings many parallels. for the 2 really so good reconcilable. god the devil and rock n roll. june 17th on t.w. . german chancellor angela merkel s coalition government has plunged into crisis with the surprise resignation of the social democratic party leader andrey analysis the s.p.d. is the junior partner now alison anstead a patch after the s.p.d. suffered its worst ever results in last month s european elections.
right for some analysis on all this i m joined in the studio by dee w. s political correspondent kate brady so kate no this was in fact supposed to put her leadership of the parliamentary group to a vote just this coming tuesday so why the sudden resignation exactly is a surprise that she has decided to take this decision into her own hands of course that vote had already in fact been pulled forward from september after those dismal losses which you talked about there and this really is a time for a lot of question in the s.p.t. now to see exactly what direction they want to go and of course they ve suffered huge losses they completely missed the correct issues in which they were they were really necessary to come pain on the head of those elections and so there s going to be a lot of soul searching now once again in the social democrats to see exactly what direction they want to go and so with knowledge vacating the leadership of the s.p.d. what does this mean for the s.p.d.
position saying that they still stood behind andrea not us despite these dire results just 7 days ago in the elections and so some people were taken by surprise that she decided to kind of step back from the double at the same time by for a poly mentor group leader of the social democrats as party leader and many leading figures have expressed their regret that she is standing down while others have called now for the s.p.d. to unite but they certainly does seem like a very strong case of deja vu here these are statements that we heard again also previously after the federal elections here in germany in $27.00 tane about the s.p.d. reuniting and finding what it stands for again so this is going to be a huge challenge for the s.p.d. they ve already missed a huge opportunity because there were some critics of course within the party as well warning them that they shouldn t have gone into yet another coalition with. cd
pole is not the c.d.u. or the s.p.d. but is the greens and new poles emerging josefa now we ve heard max talking with mass market to stagger yesterday about the she s the commissioner for competition also a candidate for the top job a to lead that european next commission let s hear what she had to say about the a shifting alliances in the european parliament oh but i m danish this is what we do we try to find my your everyday business as in very difficult circumstance when you re a minister in denmark when you wake up in the morning you don t know if you have my doors you buy lunch so the necessities you work with everyone to see what are your interest how can we come together how can we make this happen this is exactly what we will be doing for the next couple of days ok back that was a pretty positive assessment of what a coalition politics will be in the european parliament traditional parties will now have to work together with smaller pro european forces that s not new for her bu