representative, do you think he is going to concede now that it is going to concede now that it is not up to him scholz. it is not up to him scholz. it is not up to him scholz. it is up to the party leadership. they will meet this morning and pretty much the result will be telling. he is not only the frontrunner of the party but the chairman of the cdu so if the chairman of the cdu so if the party decides the leadership, we re not going for building a coalition, then actually, he s politically dead, you could say. so in this regard, it s about political survival for him personally but also for the cdu, of course, they will not admit, at this early stage, i think, that this is done because realistically they could form a government with the smaller parties, the greens and the liberals, but it s pretty much up to the smaller parties this night or this day. smaller parties this night or this da . . . this day. the arithmetic will work but this day. the arithmetic will work but p
despite all the great crisis management, she was never good in doing really big political visions and this is now the time so we kind of have yes, germany is behind most other states when it comes to digitisation of its country and we have seen it in the pandemic, schools have been far behind and a couple of others is also and on climate change so she started as the climate change chancellor but germany is not performing very well in this regard so there are huge homework to be done and it s driven by the smaller parties, this kind of dynamic. i driven by the smaller parties, this kind of dynamic.- this kind of dynamic. i have time to ask this kind of dynamic. i have time to ask you this kind of dynamic. i have time to ask you your - time to ask you your expectation, most likely outcome? expectation, most likely outcome? ., , outcome? for the time being i would get outcome? for the time being i would get my outcome? for the time being i would get my money - outcome? for the ti
announce his arrival of the international stage just yet. have you got ten seconds for the bbc, a message, do you think you will be sitting next to borisjohnson soon, sir? although the candidate says he should leave the next coalition. translation: it coalition. translation: it certainly is going to be a long night but it s also certain that many german citizens voted social democrats. because they want a change in government and because they want their next chancellor to be called olaf scholz. ., , ., scholz. and the conservative headquarters, scholz. and the conservative headquarters, with - scholz. and the conservative headquarters, with happy . scholz. and the conservative . headquarters, with happy faces. disappointment that angler michael s party had not done better. at the cdu candidate who wants to succeed her as chancellor argued he could still run the country. translation: still run the country. tuna/mom- still run the country. translation: ~ ., ~y ., , translation: we
bringing the party into government so in a way, he needs to deliver. but the question is which of the big parties will give him the best options in terms of ministries and the representation of the political conditions and that is pretty much where we are in the marketplace where the big parties need to offer something to the smaller. to the smaller. interestingly, after the results to the smaller. interestingly, after the results started to i after the results started to come through, we heard the language from the greens and the free democrats was similar, about renewal and moving forward and a bit of change. of course the point about coalition government and reaching a deal is it s about compromise, which tends to focus back towards the centre so what prospects do you think germany has of making any significant change in the direction of the country. i think as you said, changes really thought of the question is which direction the change will go and that s the obvious legacy of
largest party, centre right christian democrats, the party of angela merkel, has endured its worst ever result in a national election. according to the german electoral commission, this is how it all breaks down, the centre right conservatives cdu/csu are on 2a point 1%, the centre left spd on 25 .7%. to form a majority of seats in the parliament, they would each need at least two partners if they are going to work together, and they are not, we think, so the liberal free democrats and the greens will be effectively the kingmakers in coalition negotiations. nick beck has this report. after a sunday of election drama, they partied into the night. but today, germans are waking up with no clear idea of how the new government will take shape. all of shall as the people have chosen him to lead them but he was not ready to