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Be welcome in the c.d.u. he wants the cd you to carry that sort of conservative right wing stamp it means a socially conservative one although he himself he's pretty moderate on these things and he said he gave a really a rather inclusive speech as well and a name check tease opponent a cake kerry thanked her for the work she's done as general secretary and of course he thanked as all the candidates have done angle a miracle for her long years of service and did simon and as you've been speaking just a letter but viewers rather know we have been looking at live pictures there of the delegates ...

Course did the best in that election in september and is still trying to form a government right now they do have an agreement with the social democrats but as yet to be approved as medical heads off to brussels to morrow for that important summit our political correspondent thomas sparrow is standing by there for us covering the chancellor's speech today thomas regularly addresses parliament but today is special tell us what makes this speech so important today. terry we're standing here in the german parliament to my left is where that session is just starting the session that you spoke abou...

Following that speech very closely thomas so what struck you most about michael speech. i would probably summarize merkel's speech in one sentence that she said about midway through her speech it's all about europe capable of acting she mentioned a wide range of areas in which she believes europe should be more capable of acting whether we're talking about about migration whether talking about the competitiveness in in europe whether you're talking about european security whether you're talking about a larger role of europe in international conflicts such as the one in syria that she today aga...

Means it will be the first time she's directly confronted with some of the most vocal opponents namely the members of the party alternative for germany described as far right an anti immigrant so this is certainly one of the reasons why this meeting today why this session right here in the german parliament is particularly important but also because of what you also addressed the fact that germany has now been for many months without a new stable government this is something that will obviously be discussed here as well not only what priorities there are for germany but also what priorities th...

Parliament as you mentioned terry the first speech that she presents here since the election in september and now it's up for the other members of parliament to debate that speech and to debate those european proposals well the chance was it was fairly clear about what her priorities would be meeting with the other heads of state in government there in brussels to morrow thomas but how much leverage does the chancellor still have given that she has been unable to form a government since september selection. well she still has leverage that's that's clear because she's still the chance naldo in...