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And from the election winners we go to the biggest election loser. In purely mathematical terms, this is actually the case for the Greens. Isabell Wenzel is standing there. And Isabel, if you look now 20.5% last time five years ago, now post-election polls 12.5%. So you lost 40% of the voters by the thumb. What explanation did the Greens find? 00:00:23:12 - 00:00:46:21 Unknown
You now have a top-class guest. That's right, there were some disappointed faces to be seen. But let's talk about it. For me, Anton Hofreiter is the chairman of the European Committee. It's nice that you're taking the time. So you have to say the Greens really have significant losses. What was that about in your opinion? I think it was a mix of reasons. 00:00:46:23 - 00:01:12:16 Unknown
One of the reasons was The mood in these European elections was completely different than it was five years ago. It was a climate election, there were the really big demonstrations from before. This for Future. Another reason, I believe, is that it was not possible to make it clear to the people that our policies, which ultimately make the country resilient, because the mood was strongly influenced by fears. 00:01:12:21 - 00:01:33:21 Unknown
And then, I think, the small parties once again cost a lot of votes. So if you think of the Animal Welfare Party or Volt. It has to be said that the topic of migration also played a very big role. In this election campaign, this debate about deportations to Afghanistan came at the worst possible time for the Greens, just before the election campaign. 00:01:33:23 - 00:02:02:22 Unknown
I think that was more of a debate that in turn helped the AfD and the results of which are so shocking that if you think about it, their two top candidates even had one unpleasant China is, among other things, an agent of Russia. This is extremely disturbing. And certainly the focus on this debate hasn't helped us. Exactly. I would also like to ask about the AfD now, because they, the Greens, had set themselves the goal of becoming stronger than the AfD. 00:02:02:22 - 00:02:23:18 Unknown
And that is far from successful. What responsibility do the Greens bear for the strengthening of the AfD? When asked what happened? I believe that all democratic parties are called upon to ensure that the AfD becomes smaller again. And I believe that the AfD's good result has a whole range of reasons besides fear and uncertainty. 00:02:23:18 - 00:02:52:06 Unknown
Also the discord in the federal government. And I think everyone has to stick together so that things change again. It cannot be the case that 19% say that over 15% of citizens have been lost to a right-wing, radical, anti-democratic party. Mr. Hofreiter, the Greens still need 12.5% to put forward a candidate for chancellor in the federal election? The respondent says yes, you have to take a look at it in peace. 00:02:52:08 - 00:03:19:08 Unknown
Our goal must be to work on it. The next election result in the federal elections is better than 21. Everything will be decided at the appropriate time and at the moment, so to speak, it is a challenge for me. But as I said, I think that's something we have to decide at the appropriate time. A challenge. Say, I would still ask again. Robert Habeck He was relatively present, one has to say. 00:03:19:08 - 00:03:42:03 Unknown
Now also in this election campaign. Would you consider him a good candidate for chancellor ? Worse or the party decide at the right time? I don't want to prejudge who the right candidate will be. Anton Hofreiter Thank you very much for the interview. And with that we return the green election party to you in the studio, even if there isn't that much to celebrate there. 00:03:42:04 - 00:04:05:12 Unknown
Isabell Wenzel For now, thank you very much for the classification and the conversation. Thank you very much. And from the Greens we look at the FDP purely in terms of numbers PI times thumb cut off similarly to five years ago, but went into this European election campaign with a top candidate who, due to the war of Russian aggression against Ukraine , is very, very present and perhaps also in some parts of the population has become prominent. 00:04:05:12 - 00:04:33:20 Unknown
And she just commented. Maria Zimmermann Thank you very much. You're embarrassing me. I rarely do that, it really embarrasses me. I rarely am. Dear friends, being in this party is really a challenge. And I've been there for 34 years. It was my tenth campaign in a role. And I have to say, I don't want to exaggerate or understate. 00:04:33:20 - 00:05:00:18 Unknown
That was a challenge. I gladly accepted it. And what Gideon just said We have maintained a result compared to five years ago. This is really a great joy. We started at 3% and actually consistently had 4%. And that is now a stable 5%. That's really good, good news. Yes, and I say a big thank you to those who voted for us. 00:05:00:18 - 00:05:28:06 Unknown
I used to always think it was so stupid when you thanked voters like that, because. But I thank you from the bottom of my heart, because there was only one voice and we know what it's like to have one voice. And that's really, really great. Our message was heard, the topic of what Bijan said, the topic of economic change, the topic of security, the topic that we have to solve the issue of migration. 00:05:28:06 - 00:05:47:23 Unknown
But that was above all, and that's why I now have a much larger piece of paper. It was a real team effort and without this fantastic team it wouldn't have been possible. The last 155 days started on January 6th and many people took part. 00:05:47:23 - 00:06:07:23