hello and welcome to the week in parliament. coming up: mps return to westminster after their summer break and begin debating a bill transferring eu laws into uk legislation. the brexit secretary says it's vital for an orderly brexit, but labour accuses the government of a power grab. let me be clear, this bill does only what is necessary for a smooth exit and... the combined effect of the provisions of this bill would reduce mps to spectators, as power pours into the hands of ministers and the executive. jeremy corbyn calls for an end to the pay cap for nurses — the prime minister reckons he's being profligate. poor pay means experienced staff are leaving and fewer people are training to be nurses. as a result of the decisions taken by labour, we have to spend more on debt interest than on nhs pay. and a labour peer tries again to end hereditary by—elections in the lords. we had a by—election last year where, i'll say this slowly, as it's unbelievable, there was an electorate of three and there were seven candidates. it w

parliament would normally make. so it's giving totally different powers on a totally different scale. let's put your whip's hat on. if you were in the government whips' office at the moment and you were facing no majority at all in the commons, what would you be doing? how would you be trying to keep your team onside? it's not just your team, it's the whole of parliament. if you alienate parliament, you will run into more and more difficulty. what we have done on the house of lords constitution committee is try to provide mechanisms which would help parliament to deal with a situation which could end up as a crisis if we are not careful. we have said that with the henry viii powers and the delegated legislation, every measure that the government brings forward should have a certificate saying whether it is any change to current law. and, if it is, we should have special mechanisms to give it more scrutiny than if it's just a straightforward transition. that's a very simple thing, but we have to make sure that parlia

the members of parliament that had been stuck in parliament the members that you saw walk into parliament and. i actually members of the elite of the presidential special forces command. many of them their faces have been highlighted close to the president on many occasions guiding him and then of course the parliament rules of procedure clear that if a member of parliament was been suspended doesn't leave the house then it falls upon the sergeant of arms. so it remains a big question why the sergeant of arms who was present then was not allowed to do their job and then of course we had to take extra security from the president to come and lift members of parliament out but of course on the streets he remains a very contentious much of the ruling but he has numbers in the house they have about three hundred and the evidence they have peace and the independence of sixty six i think forty eight of the sixty six independent m.p.'s are in the room and it was just us fifty six so if it comes down to a game of number the opposition doesn't stand a chance and the education that you see from the

the members of parliament that had been stuck in parliament the members that you saw walk into parliament and grab. the m.p.'s i actually members of the elite of the presidential special forces command. many of them their faces have been highlighted close to the president on many occasions guiding him and then of course the parliament rules of procedure clear that if a member of parliament was been suspended doesn't leave the house then it falls upon the sergeant of arms. so it remains a big question why the sergeant of arms who was present was not allowed to do their job and then of course we had to take extra security from the president's got to come and lift members of parliament out but of course on the streets remains a very contentious matter the ruling party has numbers in the house they have about three hundred and the evidence the m.p.'s and the independents are sixty six i think forty eight of the sixty six independent m.p.'s are in the room leaning and it was just as fifty six so if it comes down to give a number the opposition doesn't stand a chance and the education that you

now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. a controversial bill that turns all eu law into british law has passed its first parliamentary test — but the battle is far from over. it actually represents the biggest peace time power grab by the executive over the legislature, by the government over parliament, in 100 years. the government rejects accusations that it is riding roughshod over the democratic process. the government of the day must have a realistic opportunity to make progress with its business through the house. the motion that the house is being asked to agree today guarantees that the party with a working majority is able to do exactly that. and for mps worried about a government power grab, there's a lesson in how to tame the executive. i am no friend of the front bench. i thrash them and i lash them — thwack, thwack, thwack — on a regular basis! but first, mps voted on the eu withdrawal bill in the early hours of tuesday morning. a strange time of day to be making big decisions, but the timing provided a d

the parliament of the euro area as this one, the european parliament. the european union also needs to be stronger and how a fight terrorism. in the last three years a great deal has been done. we're still not reacting quickly enough in the case of cross-border terror threats. i therefore plead for the setting up for european investigative body that would make sure that data on terrorists and firefighters are exchange between her intelligence and belief services. i also believe there is reason enough for the newly set up european prosecutor to be responsible for the prosecution of cross-border terrorist crimes. european union should also have more influence on the world stage but it needs to be able to take its form policy decision most swiftly. time has come to take form policy decisions in certain cases by qualified majority. that is, allow under the existing treaty is lance there is a unanimous decision. and if there is reason to do that it would make our work more efficient. in defense more effort is required the setting up of european defense fund

the members of parliament that had been stuck in parliament the members that you saw walk into parliament and grab. the m.p.'s i actually members of the elite of the presidential special forces command. many of them their faces have been highlighted close to the president on many occasions guiding him and then of course the parliament rules of procedure clear that if a member of parliament was been suspended doesn't leave the house then it falls upon the sergeant of arms. so it remains a big question why the sergeant of arms who was present then was not allowed to do their job and then of course we had to take extra security from the president's got to come and lift members of parliament out but of course on the streets remains a very contentious much of the ruling party has numbers in the house there have been about three hundred facts the evidence the m.p.'s and the independence of sixty six i think forty eight of the sixty six independent m.p.'s are in a room and it was just as fifty six so if it comes down to give a number the opposition doesn't stand a chance and the education that y

the parliament of the euro area is this one, the european parliament. the european union also needs to be stronger in how it fights terrorism. in the last three years a great deal has already been done. but we're still not reacting quickly enough in the case of cross-border terror threats. i therefore plead for the setting up of a european investigating body that would make sure that data on terrorists and foreign fighters are automatically examine changed between our intelligence and police services. i also believe that there is reason enough for the newly set up european public prosecutor to be responsible for the prosecution of cross-border terrorist crimes. the european union -- the european union should also have more influence on the world stage, but it needs to be able to take its foreign policy decisions more swiftly. i think the time has come to take foreign policy decisions in certain cases by qualified majority. that is allowed under the existing treaties as long as there's a united decision by european council. there's reason to do that woul

has made it into parliament that. we will chase them. we will chase mrs merkel oh you are going and we will get our people and our country back please of it's always good. we begin the day with a germany transformed americal made history today a fourth term as germany's chancellor is hers to have but it will not be business as usual mrs merkel is now a weaker leader and whatever new government she constructs it is guaranteed to come with pitfalls that merkel has never had to master before in a world that has seen seismic shifts from washington to london to paris in berlin merkel's reelection should mean stability but it will not 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 chance america 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 dare we say boring brand of legisla

only the european parliament and the chinese people's congress has more members. the bigger the parliament gets the more difficult it gets to enter the base and to keep the government in check because such a big parliament can't act as an independent institution anymore. because argonne again khan the parliament may have grown but the percentage of women has shrunk the new bundestag has the lowest percentage of female politicians and more than twenty yes a deficit which is particularly acute in the a.f.d. the f.t.p. and surprisingly enough christian democrats. here what you need to be news coming up next is how i know with business you should be looking at us tax reforms so do stay with us if you can. she's long been a symbol of.

their common goal is to take the afd intoto parliament. russia friends, we need as a christian bulwark against an islamic land grab. it is time that we took a defensive stand. >> since 2015, people from all over the world have been coming here w without identitity paper, without us knowing who they are. >> enough of what we have been calling climate protection. that means quittining all the national and international agreements related to it. >> the afd's many faces -- are they policy or blatant populism? l lehmingng, policy or populism? to what degree is this leadership duo one reason for the upturn of support? i don't think it is so much of a reason. i personally think they could have a dog people would elect and would still have 8% or 9%. it is kind of a movement, anti-climate change -- first of all, anti-refugee policy, anti-europe, anti-all these things. i think it is not so relevant who was at the top. anti-,: anti-, anti-, but in particular, is the overarching theme anti-globalization? malte: yes, anti-globalization, but many things

now on bbc news — we take a look back at the week in parliament welcome to the week in parliament. coming up: mps return to westminster after their summer break and begin debating a bill transferring eu laws into uk legislation. the brexit secretary says it's vital for an orderly brexit but labour accuses the government of a power grab. let me be clear, this bill does only what is necessary for a smooth exit. the combined effect for the provision for this bill would reduce mps to spectators as power falls into the hands of ministers and the executive. jeremy corbyn calls for an end to the pay cap for nurses. the prime minister reckons he's being profligate. poor pay means experienced staff are leaving and fewer people are training to become nurses. as a result of the decision the labour party took in government, we now have to pay more on debt interest than on nhs pay. and a labour peer tries again to end hereditary by—elections in the lords. we had a by—election last year, i have to say this slowly because it is unbelievabl — where there was an electorate of three and there

well one of the mandates of the parliament is scrutiny of the government or the parliament the legislative has to scrutinize the executive and in recent years this is not been done and this is why we've been elected into the parliament now because without us it will no longer be possible to avoid this christian they weren't able to just rubber stamp policy through without having properly debated them in the parliament without having the parliament call for this kind of scrutiny and this just doesn't go hand in hand with democracy and one of the things that you know platform is that you want to get rid of a right to asylum which is you know right for so long for refugees in germany you want to. just get rid of it we want to know. which is also the program to see to you it was in one thousand and one and don't really know what happened it's a party that just you know i got no core anymore they had to trade their own core values so it's absolute madness today we're calling what the c.d.u. called for thirty years ago. and you have to do this otherwise you have a situation like we have today wh

the members of parliament that had been stuck in parliament the members that you saw walk into parliament and. i actually members of the elite of the presidential special forces command. many of them their faces have been highlighted close to the president on many occasions guiding him and then of course the parliament rules of procedure clear that if a member of parliament was been suspended doesn't leave the house then it falls upon the sergeant of arms. so it remains a big question why the sergeant of arms who was present then was not allowed to do their job and then of course we had to take extra security from the president's got to come and lift members of parliament out but of course on the streets remains a very contentious much of the ruling party has numbers in the house they have about three hundred fact three hundred and three in peace and the independence of sixty six i think forty eight of the sixty six independent m.p.'s are in the room and it was just as fifty six so if it comes down to give a number the opposition doesn't stand a chance and the education that you see from

well and the mandate of a parliament is scrutiny of the government the parliament the legislative has to scrutinise the executive and in recent years this is not been done and this is why we've been elected into the parliament now because without us it will no longer be possible to avoid this christian they were able to just rubber stamp policy through without having properly debated them in the parliament without having the parliament call for this kind of scrutiny. just doesn't go hand in hand with democracy and one of the things that you know platform is that you want to get rid of the right to asylum which is you know right for so long for refugees in germany you want to. just get rid of it we want to know. which is also the program of the c.d.u. it was in ninety one and you know what happened it's a party that just you know i got no core anymore they betrayed their own core values so it's absolute madness today we're calling what the c.d.u. called for thirty years ago. and you have to do this otherwise you have a situation like we have today where if you have a right to asylum th

for the first time since the nazis and nationalist party has members of parliament and merkel's main rival would want to have to expect strong opposition how will the veteran be to govern this time this story. and welcome to the program as a broad them she was expected to win and she did but i'm going to merkel's reelection victory in germany on sunday is better sweet the chancellor's christian democratic union won thirty four percent of seats in the parliament one to stalin that's enough to be the biggest party but not for a majority government so she'll start talks to build a coalition at the same time eccles contending with a surge of support for the a.f.p. the nationalists won the largest far right representation in parliament since headless nazis in the 1940's we get to our guests in just a moment but first law and has more from berlin. the most important politician in europe the most important female politician anywhere the flag bearer for liberal democracy in an uncertain world four wins in a row for angela merkel even if her party's vote share shrunk and the far right emerged

for the first time since the nazis and nationalist party has members of parliament america's main rival would want to have to expect strong opposition how will the veteran to govern this time this story. and welcome to the program is a product she was expected to win and she did but i'm going to merkel's reelection victory in germany on sunday is best to sweet the chancellor is christian democratic union one thirty four percent of seats in the parliament one just og that's enough to be the biggest party but not for a majority government so she'll start talks to build a coalition at the same time medicals contending with a surge of support for the a.f.p. the nationalists won the largest far right representation in parliament since headless nazis in the 1940's we get to our guests in just a moment but first law and sleep has more from berlin. the most important politician in europe the most important female politician anywhere the flag bearer for liberal democracy in an uncertain world four wins in a row for angela merkel even if her party's vote share shrunk and the far right emerged onc

they wanted to take back control parliament. —— make it control back to parliament. this does not do that. it gives it back to ministers who don't want to be held accountable to this house. allan this bill is necessary to ensure an orderly brexit. —— this bill is necessary. the other option is one of chaos, uncertainty and the abrupt evaporation of laws overnight, leaving us with nothing but are vacuum. it sees to strip that parliament of its power and wants to transform this house from the beating heart of our sovereignty. turning us into bystanders. mr deputy speaker, let us bystanders. mr deputy speaker, let us make no mistake, this bill is not about delivering the will of the people, rather, it is about gagging out people, rather, it is about gagging our democracy and this house by the way of a false discourse. the arguments that have been made against this bill would just say this is a power grab, it is quite clear from what ministers have said, from what the legislation has said, from what the legislation has said, from the restrictions that are placed on m

and at last an opposition in parliament that will oppose the government. piccy to cause trace in the capital of resistance to america as one of the speakers at monday's demonstration told the crowd you now have a voice in parliament. ok let's go now to dresden i'm joined by a correspondent there on the mark very strong support for the if the in saxony including in dresden where you are and what's why in that. well. there is also the other side i mean i've spoken to many many people who say they are ashamed they are embarrassed of this result and they are really also ashamed of the image that goes from this town from their state to the rest of the world when they hear about this result a of the strongest party here you also find supporters of the opposition to this all the a.f.d. of course because still i mean even if there are two percent have voted in some areas the a.f.d. seventy percent have voted differently and there's also for example young people coming every monday here with their whistles with their music and they show their opposition against aga

has entered the federal parliament will have to analyze and evaluate what happened because we want to regain those who voted for the a.f.d. . the day in barber has the latest from berlin. they were always expected to win but sundays or celebrations at c.d.u. headquarters and get a miracle now gets to govern for a fourth term and for the chancellor who's managed to overcome every challenge thrown her way the job of forming a ruling coalition isn't stacked because we the c.d.u. c.s.u. are the strongest party we have a mandate to form a government and there can be no government formation against us. bill and was also hosting a world class marathon near the finish line many eyes were on who'd manage a late sprint for seats here in germany's national parliament where the race for seats here at the buddhist toggle parliament is over and the winner was never really in doubt but one of the main are known as was exactly how big the presence of the right wing populist party. for deutsche runs would be. in the event it did better than anyone predicted. not only does it enter the bundestag for th

fifty one members of the european parliament you can even send them a message or ask them a question if you have one. the help of our main attraction is a three hundred sixty degree theater where you can watch the european parliament in strasbourg actively debating and you're in the midst of this movement you can take a seat like a european representative and want european democracy live in action. here too people can choose between the twenty four languages and by the way the european house is open seven days a week and entry is free of charge. your tongue and jordan lives in one of the e.u. member states and ireland and she invited us to take a tour of her hometown dublin i bet after this video you'll understand why the irish are famous for their cheerfulness and hospitality. had made a false. clear sirish are gaelic on mains one hundred thousand welcomes to my job and i'm tanya i can't wait to show you my city of joplin. even though dublin has one point two million people it really feels like a large village wherever you go you get a sense of friendliness meeting no clue how to ch

and this system was ratified by every member parliament, including the uk parliament. so every euro spent has a specific legal base. and if you read our financial settlement position paper, you'll find all the details there, line by line, allthe legal basis corresponding to the different areas of expenditure for the seven—year period. plus other areas of commitment in the medium and long—term. so the council legal service is behind this, commissioner legal service as well. they all believe that any commitments of the 20 member states need to be honoured by the 28. and this is based on the own resources system. if a decision was taken own resources system. if a decision was ta ken before own resources system. if a decision was taken before brexit, even if it only comes to fruition after the withdrawal of the uk, this rule still applies. in the withdrawal of the uk, this rule stillapplies. in the past, iwas responsible for regional policy. and those seen in the uk and the other 27 member states, there weren't so many back then. but you have projects for infrastructur

only the european parliament and the chinese people's congress has more members. the bigger the parliament gets the more difficult it gets to enter the base and to keep the government in check because such a big parliament can't act as an independent institution anymore. because argonne again khan the parliament may have grown but the percentage of women has shrunk the new bundestag has the lowest percentage of female politicians and more than twenty yes a deficit which is particularly acute in the a.f.p. the f.t.p. and surprisingly enough christian democrats. that we know drawn up a little chorus on hans and brought it up on a mentee studious. contest we call it the joe one bottom it is going to be much bigger and the if t. have promised robust debate in parliament this is going to be a very different bottom one from the last one is did here's a deed it is and no one knows exactly what to expect apart from the fact that there are so much more deputies in parliament the question is exactly how the a of d. is going to operate in this new chamber that it is entering

to all future members of parliament. always be aware of your response ability of what we have to do the for this country and for the voters who trusted us we owed them and we will deliver many many fine. i. mean i'm still. alive. well you know what. i look at it all. i know i'm. right i'm yeah. i'm. right i'm happy to have a picture of three of us but let's make five in this sentence because she's the most attractive and. how do you come to my explaining prose with this from the f.t. as well but you wish you were there so thank you for being with us tonight to give us your insight not just about the success as it seems to have been of your politics tonight but ramifications of the other results of the come through tonight and some of the failures as well. popping the champagne corks but of course a lot of people very happy about what happened tonight as well that they have to go and since it's all the most right wing party to win seats in parliament in sixty years what it's like what's it like inside the come over see th

parliament for the number of the parliaments and they are not like in any form of government nobody is like forming a coalition with them but you had a few few recent examples for example the set of facts and the i think where the c.d.u. although being in a coalition with other parties like lined themselves together with a hefty like decided together was a key to like to like support a motion like like going through some some form of form of motion together they have the members of the state parliament so i think like i don't know where where this will lead but what i definitely think that there will be some form of normalization once they are in the parliament and work in the government institutions so we got this tweet from julia and christopher by to get your take on it she says the most up today polling show the official opposition will be the f.t. or the socialist left leaning people should see this and vote dialing. kristoff do you think that people will coalesce around another third party oh. i wouldn't i wouldn't think. you know it's not in the hands of the to be honest what

if you say parliament the number of their parliaments and they are not like in any form of government nobody is like forming a coalition with them but you had a few. few recent examples for example that are sex in the epping where the c.d.u. although being in a coalition with other parties like line themselves together with if we decided together with a key to like to like support emotion and like like going through some some like form of form of motion together they have the members of the state parliament so i think like that i don't know where this will lead but what i definitely think that there will be some form of normalization once they are in the parliament and work work in the government and students so we got this tweet from julia and christoph i'd like to get your take on it she says the most up to date polling shows the official opposition will be the air fifty or the socialist left leaning people should see this and vote dialing kay. kristoff do you think that people will coalesce around another third party or. group. to be honest i wouldn't i wouldn't think. you know it'

and if you say parliament the number of their parliaments and they are not like in any form of government nobody is like forming a coalition with them but you had a few. few recent examples for example that are sex and yet being where the c.d.u. although being in a coalition with other parties like line themselves together with a decided together with a key to like to like support emotion and like like going through some some like form of form of motion together they have the members of the state parliament so i think like this i don't know where this will lead but i definitely think that there will be some form of normalization once they are in the parliament and work work in the government and students so we got this tweet from julia and christoph i'd like to get your take on it she says the most up to date polling shows the official opposition will be the air fifty or the socialist left leaning people should see this and vote dialing kay. kristoff do you think that people will coalesce around another third party or. group. to be honest i wouldn't i wouldn't think. you know it's not in

the nationalists won the largest far right representation in parliament since headless nazis in the 1940's we get to our guests in just a moment but first law and has more from berlin. the most important politician in europe the most important female politician anywhere the flag bearer for liberal democracy in an uncertain world four wins in a row for angela merkel even if her party's vote share shrunk on the far right emerged once again it was a problem she was quick to acknowledge you know when you win from let's mark we want those a.f.d. voters to move to come back to us through good political work we want to solve the problems people are facing these might be shoes of integration and illegal immigration but there are also questions around services in rural areas or questions of public transport or opportunities for farmers as recent opinion polls have predicted the far right and see immigrants alternative for germany which wants to close mosques and stop immigration took thirteen percent meaning more than eighty seats in parliament yet the disorganized by monday morning the woman who

as parliamentary group but to sit as an individual member of parliament. 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 johnson i'm going to merkel is facing bigger problems after the social democrats ruled out forming a grand coalition with her conservatives 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 conservatives unless their demands are met. it was. you can my view it's absolutely essential that we set out a clear commitment to stemming the influx of refugees in other words a cap on numbers. that's what we've promised people. the f.t.p. and the greens are unlikely to go along with any cap on refugees it almost seems a

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parliament that establishes a new euro zone parliament. that parliamentary body will be headed by a new joint eurozone finance minister. mccall is also calling for euro bonds and a shared debt burden. bonds would no longer be issued by individual countries rather by the eurozone as a whole that it translate into reduced interest payments from france and increased contributions from germany that's a common thread in his plans as europe's strongest economy germany would have to shoulder more of the financial burden and assume more responsibility that's something however that many politicians and economists in germany philately reject . well let's bring in it frank boston now he's the director of the german french institute in new digs back and good to see you how realistic all president calls plans. first of all i think you should be happy that france is back on the european stage this is certainly good news even for the germans who in fact will be the difficult part of to discuss his proposals realism in politics sometimes starts with a vis

will change the nature of political debate in the next parliament. they are going to be getting around ninety seats in the next poem and that is a sizeable portion of the parliament many of the candidates that we believe are going to get seats come from the far right wing of the party and some of them are. openly racist some of them anti semites you've got hardline nationalists there revisionists conspiracy theorists so it's going to be they're going to break one to boo after another you're making them sound pretty bad but we just learned that like thirteen percent of voters chose this party why well it was largely a protest one of the statistics coming out this evening is that sixty percent of the voters voted for the a.f.p. not because they wanted that party in parliament but because they were disappointed with other parties so it is a protest vote. i think it is down to the chancellor merkel's open border policies letting in over a million refugees back in twenty fifteen here to germany that still divides the country and there are still many peopl

as parliamentary group but to sit as an individual member of parliament. frank a petri is unlikely to be the last in the f.t. to distance themselves from the extreme right elements within their own party but chancellor angela merkel is facing bigger problems after the social democrats ruled out forming a grand coalition with her conservatives the 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 conservatives unless their demands are met. in my view it's absolutely essential that we set out a clear commitment to stemming the influx of refugees in other words a cap on numbers. that's what we've promised people. the f.t.p. and the greens are unlikely to go along with any cap on refugees it almost seems as if the chan

s parliamentary group but is it as an individual member of parliament. 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 angela merkel is facing bigger problems after the social democrats ruled out forming 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 conservatives unless their demands are met as. you can my view it's absolutely essential that we set out a clear commitment to stemming the influx of refugees in other words a cap on numbers. that's what we've promised people. the f.t.p. and the greens are unlikely to go along with any cap on refugees it almost seems as if t

and it is about preventing a party of agitators from entering parliament on sunday if the f.d.a. is elected into the pond to star in the grave digger. democracy parliament for the first time since one thousand nine hundred forty five i am telling these people here in berlin you are enemies you can't see i want to live in the country use the opportunities provided by the democratic system and then disappointed by something vote for politicians who will destroy democracy if an example from a political point of view is the anti liberal and takes civic parlier. and it's not only top german politicians who see the a.f.d. party as a threat a lot of media outlets do too many said it might be better not to vote at all than to vote for the a.f.p. and claimed the party could actually pose a threat to democracy in germany political analyst stephen must know was with us earlier on in the studio he told us the breakthrough for the f.t. tonight is entirely actually merkel he seems to just sort of. go with the flow and whatever is necessary at the time she does and that seems to be it because i

s parliamentary group but is it as an individual member of parliament. frank a petri is unlikely to be the last in the f.t. to distance themselves from the extreme right elements within their own party but chancellor angela merkel is facing bigger problems after the social democrats ruled out forming a grand coalition with her conservatives the 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 conservatives unless their demands are met as. in my view it's absolutely essential that we set out a clear commitment to stemming the influx of refugees in other words a cap on numbers. that's what we've promised people. the f.t.p. and the greens are unlikely to go along with any cap on refugees it almost seems as if the c

parliament before. and only send people like me samoyed. well you buy that and then behind him what you would find the people like. and they found stories so i know you know i'm friends with just a machinist and all of our parliament good to you and others. and i could spend the evening telling you you know what the strategy is you know they're always trying to push the limits of and trying to get across a red line and to give you pause and as though it wouldn't work as well and i can only because i commend to the speaker of the next one is starting to be very consistent and his or her approach to such a taboo is easy for. me. and replace mr lynn is no i was talking about certain contradictions in your party program before but now imagine if you missed a moment you would be leading the opposition as it were in such a situation was really. d.s.p. day and thank you for mentioning that we were on the right side of you know not doing the national socialist period plume this was our task will be to deal with

up.ess has crept it is now in 30 out of 16 regional parliaments. many people never thought it would get this far into the national parliament. now the question is how to deal with the afd as an opposition force in parliament. some analysts are saying it's wrong to demonize it thahat will only give voters more of a reason to support the afd. they need to r realize and capitatalized on a lot of fear d realized they need to what is causing the fear and anger and try to addressss it. >> thank you for that update. mps aref far right afd set to enter parliament breaking a taboo in post-world war ii germany. vowed to go have after chancellor merkel over her migrant and refugee policy. historical moment for the afd. it earned 13.5% of the vote making the country's third strongest party. the reason to celebrate for the far right party and its supporters. this is a great day in the histstory of our party. we did it. we are in the german parliament and we will change this country. the afd's unprecedented success has largely been seen as a backlash against ang

what's going to move into parliament when those party comes into parliament it will be a lot more robust you might say in a positive way debates it may also be a lot more poisonous debate and there is some question amongst certainly certain sections of this of the party about whether or not they even support parliamentary process and democratic processes even though they have participated in these elections there's some thought whether they really think problem and is a place where politics should be made or the way a country should be governed all right and we will see how their popularity indeed shapes up as we mentioned germans just beginning to head to the polls this morning hans brandt with the very latest our political correspondent thank you. and if you are just joining us you are watching special coverage of the german elections as we mentioned polling stations have opened in germany for the parliamentary elections here polls show that incumbent angela merkel is poised to win a fourth term as chancellor they also suggest that the far right alternative for germany party will enter

parliament for the number of the parliaments and they are not like in any form of government nobody is like forming a coalition with them but you had a few few recent examples for example the set of sex and the i think where the c.d.u. although being in a coalition with other parties like lined themselves together with a hefty like decided together was a key to like to like support a motion like like going through some some form of form of motion together they have the members of the state parliament so i think like i don't know where where this will lead but what i definitely think that there will be some form of normalization once they are in the parliament and work in the government institutions so we got this tweet from julia and christopher by to get your take on it she says the most up today polling shows the official opposition will be the f.t. or the socialist left leaning people should see this and vote dialing kay. kristoff do you think that people will coalesce around another third party or. three hundred i wouldn't i wouldn't think. you know it's not in the hands of the

as you mentioned there he addressed the twelve parliament this is the parliament that was elected in these last election that you just mentioned but basically what unprecedented is that you have a president addressing them opening the parliament you may or know not be the be president or the next thirty three days this is of course we're going to have that vote thirty three days from now can you know if you did address that first he welcomed and congratulated the politicians for being elected and then he said that he strongly disagreed with the supreme court decision that he would respect it because he respected the institutions and the constitution of this country he made some other points one of them particularly referencing that the three arms of government the government here must remain independent independent from any foreigner local interference you also mentioned special interest groups and told politicians to be on their guard to watch out for any of this kind of influence and you also said gave giving a message that the country despite everything that's going on the governi

members of parliament. exactly what role they're going to play and with are they going to cooperate at all with the other parties and parliament so there is some sense of respectability based on the fact that they have been voted in a democratic election into parliament but some question about what they're going to do with that mandate and the task of getting these parties to cooperate is now really in the hands of the german chancellor angela merkel. on the face of it she appears to be the winner in this election her party getting the majority is she the winner hans formally she's the winner obviously she's the representative of the largest party but in fact she is the loser of the night one has to say her party school which could put it that way the highest losses in its history and it's the worst result that her party has to achieve since nine hundred forty nine i think for decades anyway and she's in a very difficult position because she has to find coalition partners to be able to continue to govern an

s parliamentary group but to sit independently in parliament for the time being. 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 angela merkel is facing bigger problems after the social democrats ruled out forming 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 conservatives unless their demands are met. as. in my view it's absolutely essential that we set out a clear commitment to stemming the influx of refugees in other words a cap on number. that's what we've promised people. the f.t.p. and the greens are unlikely to go along with any cap on refugees it almost seems as if the chancellor

it's the first time the afd have entered parliament. and tonight, there are protests outside their headquarters. let's join my colleague ros atkins in berlin. this election was supposed to be the one which went to plan, which would be business as usual, and angela merkel and her cdu party emphasised repeatedly that stability would be the priority it would be what she would deliver, but the voters have not endorsed that message. here are the latest exit polls. this would not be what angela merkel would want to see. angela merkel‘s cdu/csu got 32.9 per cent, a loss of 8.6 per cent. in the last election they got over 4196. in the last election they got over 41%. also a disappointing night for the social democrats. her current coalition partner, the social democrat spd, has 20.8 per cent — that's a loss of 4.9 per cent. i frankly disastrous result which will lead to this soul—searching about the centre—left in germany. all four of the smaller parties made games. —— gains. the left get 8.9 per cent, the greens 8.9 per cent, the l

only the european parliament and the chinese people's congress has more members. the bigger the parliament gets the more difficult it gets to enter such debates and to keep the government in check because such a big parliament can't act as an independent institution anymore. because argonne again khan the parliament may have grown but the percentage of women has shrunk the new bundestag has the lowest percentage of female politicians and more than twenty yes a deficit which is particularly acute in the a.f.d. the f.t.p. and surprisingly enough christian democrats. now staying with the fallout from the german election the far right alternative for germany won more than ninety seats in parliament risen fears of a potential surge in populist rhetoric on election night itself the f.t.'s alexander got out and said we will hunt and take our country back nagaland is a key figure in the party and has repeatedly sparked anger with what many view as highly provocative remarks before the election he called for germany to end its culture of guilt over the nazi era this week g