Hello and welcome to the programme. In the last 2a hours voters in germany have redrawn the countrys Political Landscape, and the effects are likely to be felt right around the world. Chancellor Angela Merkel will serve a fourth term in office, but her authority has been weakened as her party, the christian democrats, seeks to build a new coalition. Protests have also been held in several cities after the anti immigra nt alternative for deutchland party was forecast to win seats in the federal parliament for the first time. Damian grammaticas has more on that in a moment, but first, heres our correspondentjenny hill, on the political fallout. It has been a frustrating night for Angela Merkel. A brave face, though, for the cameras, and for the party faithful. Mrs merkel has won the election for them, but it is not the victory they had hoped for. Support for her conservatives is lower than it has ever been under her leadership, a verdict perhaps on her decision to open germanys doors to
In the last 2a hours voters in germany have redrawn the countrys Political Landscape, and the affects are likely to be felt right around the world. Chancellor Angela Merkel will serve a fourth term in office, but her authority has been weakened as her party, the christian democrats, seeks to build a new coalition. Protests have also been held in several cities after the anti immigra nt alternative for deutchland party was forecast to win seats in the federal parliament for the first time. Damian grammaticas has more on that, in a moment, but first, heres our correspondent, jenny hill, on the political fallout. It has been a frustrating night for Angela Merkel. A brave face, though, for the cameras, and for the party faithful. Mrs merkel has won the election for them, but it is not the victory they had hoped for. Support for her conservatives is lower than it has ever been under her leadership, a verdict perhaps on her decision to open germanys doors to a million refugees. Translation l
Voters in germany have redrawn the countrys Political Landscape, and the effects are likely to be felt right around the world. Chancellor Angela Merkel will serve a fourth term in office, but her authority has been weakened, as her party, the christian democrats, seeks to build a new coalition. Protests have also been held in several cities after the anti immigra nt alternative fur Deutschland Party was forecast to win seats in the federal parliament for the first time. Damian grammaticas has more on that in a moment. But first, here is our correspondent jenny hill on the political fallout. It has been a frustrating night for Angela Merkel. A brave face, though, for the cameras, and for the party faithful. Mrs merkel has won the election for them, but it is not the victory they had hoped for. Support for her conservatives is lower than it has ever been under her leadership, a verdict perhaps on her decision to open germanys doors to a million refugees. Translation lets not beat about t
A 300 billion industry. Germanys election result has redrawn the countrys political landscape, with an Impact Likely to be felt right around the world. Chancellor Angela Merkel will serve a fourth term in office, her christian democrats have remained the largest party. But her authority has been weakened by the right wing afd, a strongly anti immigrant party, which has won seats in parliament for the first time. Our correspondent Damian Grammaticas is in berlin. A grammaticas is in berlin. Victory eclipsed by what i happened . A victory eclipsed by what has happened . Yes, good morning from berlin. Germany has voted, Angela Merkels party has come out on top, so merkels party has come out on top, so she will be chancellor for a fourth time. This is a surprising showing for the alternative for germany, the first time a right wing nationalist party will be represented in Germany S Parliament in decades. This is the breakdown. The right wing afd party which has as yet not been represented
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