social democrats. and a triumph for the upstarts of german politics the far right alternative for germany you know we have been given an electoral mandate and we will accept this electoral mandate with humility because millions of voters have given us their trust. more on that and all tonight's results with analysis here in the studio and reaction from our correspondents in washington and moscow. hello i'm terry martin and welcome to the w. special coverage of the german election. i'm going to akhil has won a fourth term as chancellor but the election result was painful for the country's main parties they've lost a lot of votes compared to last election four years ago that's true not only for merkel's conservatives but also for the social democrats or center left coalition partners in the current government now both parties say they will work to win voters back. joy and despair for germany's conservatives they lost significant ground this time around the chancellor anglo-american will still serve a fourth term she says she'd wished for a better result which is now set to form a ne

now i spend the last few days among germans living in the united states and when they discuss elections for them two names invariably come up one is trump. honestly speaking most germans are repulsed by him second is america and here the situation is interesting because on the one hand many people support her and they say they are going to vote for her but on the other hand there is the sounds of drudgery. an exciting familiarity associated with her and i want to if that's the consequence of the chum phenomenon when the save some would say boring option seems attractive once again. i don't know i mean i think you're right in terms of thing moods at the end of last year there was a lot of thinking that mrs merkel had run out of steam and that. really wasn't very much of a future for her. but this year has looked a bit different. than supporters from back to her. in particular i think you know when you ask the other question about the relationship with the united states and the response to draw from. one of the features of the campaign was the search for a democrat for me to. in

kabul is the cradle of german democracy. and behind the scenes a rare look into the halls of power at the price tag. the elections have been the talk of the town this month them but in the real race is between current chancellor angela merkel from the conservative christian democrats and her main challenger martin shows these candidate for the social democrats have been television debates press articles and lots of talk on social media like in any campaign and the image the candidates project is we met up with a political photographer who knows the faces behind the camera. this september germany streets are lined with election posters big colorful attention grabbers many of them portraits of candidates especially of the ones running for chancellor. angela merkel for the christian democrats challenger martin shoots for the social democrats someone takes those pictures someone like mark darkie press photographer for thirty three years his beat is government quarter. his most frequent subject politicians from every party. it's funny because it's always something different because i get t

the german election campaign that's what i think is pretty much right especially when you compare this with the election france the election in the u.s. we just haven't seen that big wide scale effort to disrupt the german election but that doesn't mean there isn't any interference we've seen some smaller efforts especially from the global far right community and we want to show you just a few examples here this is from an online bulletin board called four chan and here there's a large group of right wing activists and they are trying to boost germany's far right party the a f d this thread features an arsenal of weapons that could potentially influence the election there's links to videos and means that are meant to spread online attacks against the rival parties there's tips for creating a fake social media profile even a link you see here to donate money directly to the f d a we've heard so much talk of course about a potential russian link some russian meddling even heard about a big hack of the buddhist tog computer system back in twenty fifteen we haven't seen any emails rel

democrats. plus a triumph of the upstarts of german politics the far right alternative for germany . we have been given an electoral mandate and we will accept this electoral mandate with humility because millions of voters have given us their trust more on that and all of tonight's results with our correspondents in the studio and around the country. i'm sarah harman welcome to d.w. special coverage of the german election americal has won a fourth term as chancellor but it has been a bruising night for the country's main parties both merkel's conservatives and the social democrats are projected to have suffered big losses meanwhile the far right are the evening's big winners let's dive in now and take a detailed look at the numbers this graph will give us the latest results as we have them these are the projected results based on vote count at one a.m. in berlin we can see there in black the conservatives have about thirty three percent of the vote at this point the s.p.d. twenty point five percent that's the central left party shown in red in pink you'll see the left party nine p

fourth term as german chancellor, but it's her party's worst result in 70 years. translation: of course this shows we have not responded satisfactorily to the themes and situations that are important for the people. as party leader, i take my share of the responsibility. the spd of martin schulz also lose votes and are quick to announce they were quitting the grand coalition to head into opposition. the far right afd were the big winners, coming third in the polls. butjust a few hours later they were already squabbling amongst themselves. translation: it's been said the afd has become an anarchic party that could only be successful in opposition, not to govern. but i want to make real politics, so i've decided i will not be part of the afd in the bundestag. it isa it is a result that raises many questions are germany and the rest of the world. if you have a question about this, send it my way because we will be spending a whole hour on issues relating to the german election. we might be out of the studio, but you can still get in touch with me. #bbcos is the hashtag. hello, i'm ros atki

five three astute observers of german politics beginning with then a designer who was for many years with germany's a.r.d. t.v. network and one of the best known correspondents reporting on the german politics. also with us is alan posner a regular columnist for the berlin based news. hello and a warm welcome to today w.'s political correspondent michelle or michelle i would like to begin with you a bit victory for angela merkel she has secured what is an historic fourth term in office but her conservatives got the worst result since nine hundred forty nine would you say. yes well parties won the elections but this was by no stretch of the imagination a victory she will go down in history as. he's managed to basically impose her own political brand on the c.d.u. party and it looks like own party is now paying dearly at the polls here and many and she herself finds herself in a position where she is weakened as somebody talks with putting together a coalition now looking on to germany from the outside and having the german chancellor i'm going to mack will remain a fixture here sugges

been there waiting for the german elections and so in that sense having these elections since it's going to put a final bits of the puzzle into place and i think there will be quite dramatic move to reform in europe the ring clearly it is i think is that although as you say it's a very very very likely that mrs merkel is party will be the largest party it's not completely clear who the coalition partner would be the a future for germany and for europe would look very very different if it were a continuation of the great coalition that you have at the moment the s.p.d. the search for democrats and the christian democrats together or if mrs merkel has to find and a new coalition partner now i spend the last few days among germans living in the united states and when you discuss elections for them two names invariably come up one is chump. honestly speaking most germans are repulsed by him second is america and here the situation is interesting because on the one hand many people support her and they say they are going to vote for her but on the abjure and some on exciting familiarity

democrats. plus a triumph for the upstarts and german politics the far right alternative for germany. we have been given an electoral mandate and we will accept this electoral mandate which humility because millions of voters have given us their trust. more on that and all and so nice results with analysis here in the studio from our correspondents around the world. i'm sara harmon welcome to do w. special coverage of the german election i'm going merkel has won a fourth term as chancellor but it has been a bruising night for the country's main parties that's true for miracles conservatives and also for the social democrats for center left coalition partners in the current government now both parties say they're going to have to work to win back waters. the election night began on a high at c.d.u. headquarters then the realize ation a shift in the political center ground unfolding before them heralding an end to the country's grand coalition. only merkel could left the mood but let you could hide the fact this is her worst result as leader down but not out she's bracing for a historic fo

. the first german democracy was on the edge of bankruptcy and of civil war. he had to assert himself against the enemies of democracy and above all against one of them don't get done with talking about the rights chancellor. strays in the. november nine hundred twenty three the leader of the national socialists tried to topple the government in berlin. you know you're just asking. that very same night chancellor strays a man called a crisis meeting yeah listen to what it's like if you can which pushed it to. the president just how. do you think you would measure this because if. i just mention this is perceived. it. the president and the chancellor hébert and strays and how to act. on the night of the eighth the ninth of november nineteen twenty three the future of the german republic was at stake and he of all people had to come to its rescue . strays and. a man who during the world war had been an aggressive nationalist who wanted a worldwide german empire who believed in the monarchy and lamented its collapse. and now he had composed an appeal for the republic and against hitler.

for the first time in sixty years. a far right party the a.f.d. will be a part of the german parliament today the a if these top candidate warned his party plans to quote hunt down chancellor merkel even if possible have her arrested for her refugee policy and with that the politics of conflict moves into a parliament that is known around the world for its consensus compromise and there we say boring brand of legislative what can the world expect from this transformed germany what would the world like for mongul america or earlier tonight here in berlin she hinted that for now hanging on is enough not all of these the months of didn't let's not mince our way it's we expected a slightly better result that's clear. but we can't forget that we had a very challenging four years in office is that what they would have but that's not why it's why i am happy to reach the strategic goals of our election campaign by compass and i. visit the c.d.u. and c.s.u. is the strongest party. we have the right to form the next government and no government can be formed without us. but that's not

country and our people back again. tough talk from the op starts of german politics the far right alternative for germany they are set to enter parliament as the third strongest party and merkel's challenges don't just come from the right now she needs to lead tricky talks on forging a governing coalition to n.p.r. not it was it's just you'll accept the invitation to talk about us but we will stick to our opinion we want to change the country so we're not in politics in order to have power as we. can the chancellor bring together to very. different parties into one coalition we'll examine that and all of the other election results coming right up here on d w. sarah kelly a very warm welcome to special coverage of the german election angela merkel has won a fourth term as chancellor but the election result was painful for the country's main parties they have lost a lot of votes compared to the last election four years ago that's true not only for america's conservatives but also for the social democrats or center left coalition partners in the outgoing government now both parties s

funding for it so sacred that the german government wants to earmark even more money next year three hundred million euros a whopping twenty three percent of the budget that's the plan to anyway. but what is reality and what is simply pretension are we an opera paradise does no one produce as much theatres we do are museums more popular than soccer let's see off to survey the cultural nation examine the facts and tell the real stories behind the myths and since we're in germany let's get started with the subject of money i'm willing to bet that's one area where we really are european champions. germany spends more than ten billion euros for culture for public funded theatres orchestras exhibitions heritage conservation that's one hundred twenty three euros per capita ok if you were to simply distribute that money then everyone could buy themselves a basic lawnmower or a mid-sized flatpack bookshelf or eight standing on tickets for a buy on home game but that's out of the question culture is at least a sacred to germans a soccer but we aren't european champions in this discipline eith

merkel said a month ago that means there are no natural coalitions german voters of various crucial issues to think about especially immigration merkel's been both praised and criticized for her two year old refugee policy she's noticeably backtracked on the so-called open doors approach as the election draws near there's also been a rise in far right and nationalism largely in response to merkel's open arms policy that friction has dominated german politics lately on foreign policy toward trump becoming u.s. president has changed the balance of western leadership and publicly snubbed merkel germany's next chancellor will have to manage the change in transatlantic relations but to give us more insight on what to expect in the upcoming german elections we are joined by york for brig senior transatlantic fellow central and eastern europe at the german marshall fund of the united states in berlin in london we have nina shake european political analyst at hand very strategy and bethany alan ebrahimi an assistant editor of foreign policy covering the german elections also in berlin very

triumph for the upstarts in german politics the far right alternative for germany . the end all we have been given a look at her own mandate and we will accept this electoral mandate which humility because millions of voters have given us their trust moral not and all of the evening's results with our correspondent in brussels the boss analysis here in the studio. i'm sarah harman welcome to the w special coverage of the german election uncle miracle has won a fourth term as chancellor but it has been a bruising night for the country's main parties both merkel's conservatives and the social democrats are projected to have suffered big losses meanwhile the far right of the night's big winners let's dive in now and take a detailed look at the numbers so far so here's the result as they stand it is midnight here in central europe and we can see in these projected results miracles conservatives taking about thirty three percent of the vote you see that in black bear the s.p.d. the central left forty twenty point six percent in red the left party nine point one percent the greens eight point

theo. i. the german federal elections are running more than six hundred paul events. in our other world headlines with north korea warns that a missile strike on the u.s. mainland is inevitable after american bombers fly close to its coastline and president trump takes another swipe on twitter plus. i. protest the rests in the spanish region of catalonia as it pushes for independence from madrid. there is one in the afternoon here in moscow this summer the twenty fourth of september i'm calling bray with a mix of today's world developments on some of the biggest stories of the week as well first for you it's of course election day in germany with tens of millions of voters deciding the shape of the next parliament in europe's most powerful country for a look at what's at stake let's go live once again to berlin. good afternoon to you welcome to the special coverage. of the polling stations now for several hours for the federal election if you pay a lot of attention to. reelection polls you'll be thinking that i'm glad michael said to become chan's level will be a fourth straight b

to this special edition of pop export this time around we take an in-depth look at german reggae star gentleman. we'll be following the evolution of his career his life credentials. and meeting some of his famous friends. a gentleman is germany's. he's shifted over a million records to date and has even made a name for himself in the birthplace of reggae jamaica. like. the one. in the germany has been honing his reggae sound and vocals for over twenty . years so diverse that i can find a song for every atmosphere so i never tire of it and that's the biggest misunderstanding about reggae that it always sounds the same if you listen to jamaican radio station you notice how varied the music is and the and shouted and. just the music i. just commitment has been rewarded with a string of hits singles and albums the second album journey to john and have a disc and a german record industry award for best newcomer. the two thousand for follow up confidence shot to the top of the german charts and sold a quarter of a million copies. and it's kept on coming two thousand and seven is and ot

now for oh mexico and to discuss that question i'm joined by three keen observers of german politics beginning with andreas occludes of humbles about global the english language version of that publication who says i'm going to medical is now a lame duck and will get weaker as a fourth term progress is but in a world of bullies dictators prima donnas of trumps cames putin's and out of one's chair remains a law passed best of the word lust that's interesting also with us is political analyst but as a not formally a very familiar figure on the a.a.r.d. t.v. network. that europe needs angle america's leadership more than ever but after her devastating election setback she faces the desperately complex task of forming a new coalition. correspondent for the french weekly magazine. she says with the we can dangle americal emanuel micron's dream of a fresh start for europe is suddenly much more complex much to talk of us begin with you pascal's tell us if you would give us a little bit of a flavor of how the election outcome here in germany has gone down with all the surprises it brought wi

developments i'm joined here in the studio. five three astute observers of german politics beginning with venice ana. who was for many years with germany's a all de tv network of one of the best known correspondents reporting? german politics. bogen better. also with us is alan poznaba a regular columnist for the berlin based newspaper de bell tyler allan and will most into to dw's political corresponden. michela could snap richard i would like to begin with you web pitzer victory for angela merkel she has secured what is and historic fourth term in office. butter conservatives got the worst results since nineteen forty nine. would you say. yes well you have party won the elections but this was by no stretch of the imagination of victory. um c. will go down in history as. as hans of music minus two basically impose her own political browned on the cdu party. and it looks like her own party is now paying dearly and out the of polls here in germany and she herself finds itself in the position where she is weakened. as somebody talks with putting together a coalition now it looking on t

be easy. what is the result for germany german elections the day after in the news on t.w. . alone a very warm welcome indeed to this special edition of quadriga coming to you from the heart of berlin where heads are still spinning after sunday's election outcome angle americal secured a fourth term in office as chancellor but who will be joining her in government will only become clear in the days or more likely the weeks that lie ahead the chancellor social democratic rival martin schultz failed to convince enough voters that he should get the job and save the s.p.d. will now lead the opposition but for many the clear winners in this election are the third placed alternative for germany the far right a.f.d. who have made it into the bundestag for the very first time so today on quadriga we're examining the election results here in germany and their significance for germany europe and the rest of the world election twenty seventeen germany has voted in to discuss the latest developments i'm joined here in the studio by three astute observers of german politics beginning with verizon

right party is on course to enter parliament for the first time what could it mean for german politics we will have all of the analysis. plus in other news north korea upped the ante against the united states foreign minister tells the un that an attack on the u.s. mainland is now inevitable this after u.s. fighter jets fly near north korea and an unprecedented show of force. and fortress dortmund undefeated at home for more than two years and yet to concede a goal this season they topped the table as they hosted luncheon gladbach did the phones maintained their unbeaten run. i'm sorry kelly a very warm welcome to our special coverage of the german elections polling stations are open and germans are deciding whether angela merkel will serve a fourth term as chancellor with sixty one million eligible voters the polls give merkel a comfortable lead her conservatives are set to head up a new coalition but the far right alternative for germany party is poised to make history by winning its first cvs in the national parliament merkel's main challenger the social democrat leader mar

predecessors. welcome to comb sophie shevardnadze german chancellor angela merkel looks all set to win another mandate in the upcoming election. for the right to the fourth term be asked smoots as it loops and what will this vote. for. evans to york launch today it's better in german diplomat and former ambassador to russia is my guest today. and the rise of populist politics mergers of euro skepticism from both right and left and voter fatigue with established candidates instruments turned to take center stage for election season chancellor angela merkel expected to secure fourth or you know how will the choice of europe's most powerful nation influence the e.u. when the chancellor set out to reform the block after a challenging period and how radical of a shakeup will this election be for the union. dr adams to york phone student it's welcome to the show it's good to have you with us one more time so oh who are the germans choosing here the t.v. debate between the leading candidates showed that there isn't much difference between social democrats march and shoals and christian democr

of american german relations now that trump is in the white house and the far right is moving into the german parliament that's coming up in about eight minutes. we begin the day with the day after it has been twenty four hours since the results of the german election began shocking and surprising some delighting and satisfying others of the takeaways are clear chancellor uncle americal will retain her position for an historic fourth term but her power has been diminished her conservatives along with the other mainstream party the social democrats together gave up almost two million votes to the new party in parliament the far right alternative for germany the a f d and like a script from a donald trump campaign speech candidates last night valved to quote take back the country and they promise to hunt down the german chancellor with an investigation into what the party claims are possible crimes in connection with her refugee policy but first the a.f.d. will have to bring its own house in order to day the party leader and its best known member this woman petrie she resigned just a

his intention to be the leader of the opposition there in the german bundestag he also said that as soon as one match is over you have to think about the next so not focusing so much about the mistakes of the past but rather the plan for the future and i understand that our correspondent is standing by for us at s.p.d. headquarters let's see if we can bring in thomas sparrow with the very latest and thomas you know what do you make of this speech that we just heard from him and just his tone generally speaking over the past twenty four hours. sorry you summed it up perfectly i completely agree with your assessment that it was martin shows trying to focus on the future of us lee it is clear that the party made plenty of mistakes in the past few months and years but this was martin shows right behind us here at the s.p.d. headquarters trying to present what the party will look like in the future that is obviously still unclear that's something that party groups will start to discuss today today we will have the the first party meeting to try and precisely fill that assessment with con

keynote special from toronto i'm here with my german colleagues at the toronto international film festival called now. i'm canadian it's basically a home game for me what about you i mean what do you think makes toronto and so special well i think this is the first hollywood meets the international cinema and one can always discover here a new film trends that's right i mean that's one of the we got one of the one of the trends that we found this year was for sport movies this year we've got some of the sports greatest rivalries up on screen including the opening night movie where you have two tennis giants and the fateful day they met on the biggest court of all . its nine hundred eighty swedish star byun blank has won wimbledon the world's number one tennis tournament four years running and he's now in his fifth final. his opponent american upstart john mcenroe in the history of tennis there's never been a rivalry quite like this one never before were two players so different in style or character i think the physical part of the role was very important but but also the psycholo

with friends all over the world. online and interactive. german to go. learn german for free with d w. p. this is news live from girl a germany votes to elect a new government will it be four times in a row for angela merkel as chancellor her main challenger martine scholtz is hoping to pull off a shock victory but the chances are slim after a lackluster campaign. also coming up north korea ups the ante against the united states. foreign minister tells the un that an attack on the u.s. mainland is now inevitable. i'm sorry kelly a very warm welcome to our special coverage of the german elections the polling stations are open and germans are deciding whether angela merkel serves a fourth term as chancellor more than sixty one million people are eligible to cast their ballots and they are expected to deliver merkel a clear victory and the other result would count as a major surprise if she wins merkel will probably need to find a coalition partner to form a government and that is where the race gets interesting will there be another grand coalition with the social democrats or will sh

turnaround of ice with his food it's clear that it's to his was to the next german government has to follow a clear european compass on this compass has to point to all georgia i'm not towards populism so i think that he should wish to fulfill this most i want to name anything now that i explained and i want to run you red lines. also on the show the view from washington i'll talk with a u.s. congressman about the future of american german relations now that trump is in the white house and the far right is moving into the german parliament that's coming up in about eight minutes. we begin the day with the day after it has been twenty four hours since the results of the german election began shocking and surprising some delighting and satisfying others of the takeaways are clear chancellor uncle americal will retain her position for an historic fourth term but her power has been diminished or conservatives along with the other mainstream party the social democrats together gave up almost two million votes to the new party in parliament the far right alternative for germany the a.f. d. and li

reasons firstly donald trump is in addition to american populism which is quite different from german right wing movements of the past and present you can't compare them what gallant was saying and i know him very well this was actually not to donald trump it's pure so-called conservative revolution of the one nine hundred twenty s. which led directly to fascism what is he saying we take back the country we give it back to the people this is one hundred percent done that yes yes but it means something different in the german context because who are the people he and his party say have hijacked germany it's the western elites it is the united states of america it's the so-called east coast capitalist by which which is code word for the jews it is as alice vida his co. you know co-chief of the of the of the f.t. said the vick the victors of world war two creating. a civil war in germany in order to exploit us this is. fascist ideology which has nothing to do with champion populism i really want to draw the line and the point is that they do it they're doing this they want to fundamental

the nation of culture fearing election year where do the german people see their place in europe and the world. democracy day today on d w. each week we talk about arts and culture but today we're going to talk about facts and figures and about the question where the germany has the best of all cultural landscapes first let's fly from south to north. germany has more than five thousand museums one of them is the pina could take demo down in munich. germany is the land of opera with six thousand eight hundred performances every year. and dressed and is its most famous opera house. the country smallest theater is in the town of now on board with just eighty seats there are one hundred forty two public theaters all together in germany. one of the world's most important arctic submissions is held in castle every five years documentary. about ten new art shows open to the public every day in germany berlin has more artists than anywhere else in germany one in every hundred people is an artist here. the new cultural highlight is the ebb philharmonia in hamburg with record numbers of visito

meet the germans new and surprising aspects of noise and culture in germany. us american music takes a look at germany it is increasingly at their traditions every day lives and language and there's a lot of. young good stuff. like the french big guy r t w dot com the germans. i'm going to america gets a fourth term as chancellor but she is a wounded leader and she'll have to contend with the far right party in the new parliament right here in berlin now this all makes germany something that it hasn't been in more than a generation on predictable tonight the world's first reactions a wish list and a reality check i'm bringing off in berlin a special election edition of the day starts now. with. him on the form there is no need to mince words we would have liked to have had a better result but design it's that bit today the social democracy. and all it's now down to us to form a government and against us no government can be formed with a body and it's like a grand coalition is. one that really naturally there is a challenge facing us in the future and that is that the f.d.a. ha

germany's parliament for the first time in decades. nothing in the german parliament will stay as it was behind the scenes power plays and party leaders sounding each other out the first bombshell came from the f.t. as one of the leaders of the far right party walked out of its news conference. i have decided not to be part of the f t's parliamentary group but to sit as an individual member of parliament. just to be. frank a petrie is unlikely to be the last in the f.t. to distance themselves from the extreme right elements within their own party but chancellor i'm going to merkel is facing bigger problems after the social democrats ruled out for me a grand coalition with her conservatives a three way partnership with the business friendly liberal democrats and the environmentalist greens seems the only possibility even if it's all smiles in public their political outlooks remain worlds apart they are likely to demand a heavy price for making any compromises meanwhile the bavarian christian socialists the c.d.u. sister party are also threatening to quit their alliance with merkel's conse

. coming back up to the german elections now what effect are they having on the financial world telling us or textbook economics of course to me where there is political uncertainty we can expect to see a knock on effect to the business community in the longer those talks over a new coalition government here in berlin well the more german business confidence stands to be shaken so it's no surprise really that companies here for a quick resolution and that's not the only thing business leaders in germany. voices and german industry have expressed support for a potential coalition between angle americans conservatives the free liberal democrats and the greens saying they're confident common ground could be found among them the federation of german industries the b.t.i. also says it's important that the parties and sure germany's competitiveness as a business location is sustained it's calling on the government to provide a three hundred million euro investment package saying companies need clear signals germany's chambers of commerce and industry are making similar demands. the business comm