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Far Right

wins German State election for the

1st time since World War II.

Hello, I'm Phil and I'm math.

In this program, we look at one big new story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode, as well as a worksheet, on our website, bbc learningenglish com.

So let's hear more about this story.

So the AFD, that is alternative for dutch Land, which has been classified as a far right organization by German authorities.

One the Terangier State election in Germany.

Now, terangier is a small state that was part of East Germany.

AFD won the highest number of seats in the election, but could struggle to form a state government, as other parties are refusing to work with them.

AFD voters have raised concerns about asylum and immigration and green policies.

They also want to stop German military aid to Ukraine.

And we have a headline here that describes the reaction to this election.

Europe reels from far right victory in Eastern Germany elections.

And that's from euro News. Again, that headline, europe reels from far right victory in Eastern Germany elections.

And that is from Euro News.

So this headline is talking about how political figures around Europe have reacted to this result.

And we have this expression, real from which is what we're looking at now.

Real from physically means to walk, stumbling from side to side, looking like you're about to fall.

Yeah? If you can imagine boxes in a fight, if they've been hit really hard, they might be reeling from the blow, yeah?

And that is where the metaphorical usage comes from.

So if you are reeling from something, then it has shocked you and maybe left you confused.

Yeah? We often talk about people reeling from bad news if it has affected them a lot.

So here in this headline, reeling from means political figures from around Europe have reacted to news from the German election.

They are shocked. Okay, so we had real from which is to be left shocked and confused by something, E.G.

workers were left reeling from the news that the factory would be closing.

This is learning English from the news.

AT podcast about the news headlines.

Today, we're talking about the recent victory for the far right AFD in the German state election.

Now, one of the reasons why people are taking notice of or even reeling from, in some cases, this news, is that it's the 1st time a far right party has won a German state election since the Nazis in the 1930s.

Now, the next story we're looking at is about how the AFD have become popular among young people.

The story talks about the party's use of social media, focus on migration and asylum issues, opposition to green policies, and opposition to involvement in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Now, here's the headline The AFD is winning over germany's youth.

And that is from The Spectator, which is a British magazine.

Yes, that headline again, the AFD is winning over germany's youth.

And that's from the Spectator. Here in the UK Now, here we're looking at the frasal verb when over.

You can see that it has the word when.

But we don't use it in quite the same way.

Do we feel no win over means to persuade someone, particularly to get them to support you or agree with you.

And when over is often used when we don't think that people will be easy to persuade, we think that they will be hard to win over.

So an example of this could be Beth.

You said you could make me the best cup of coffee I'd ever tasted.

Now, I didn't believe you, but that cup you made this morning, it was amazing.

It completely won me over. Yeah, that's good.

I will make you a coffee again then.

How amazing. So that was when over to persuade someone to support you.

Case of an example, he knew they would be a difficult class, so the teacher worked hard to win them over.

This is learning English from the news, from BBC Learning English.

We're talking about the success of the AFD in the recent German state elections.

Now, while the A-F-D have become the largest party in the Tangier state government,

all the major parties have said that they aren't prepared to work with them.

The next story is about how they are more likely to use influence behind the scenes.

The headline

is, germany's Far Right will Govern from the Sidelines.

And that's from Prospect, which is a British magazine.

So that headline again, germany's far right will govern from the sidelines.

And that's from Prospect, a magazine here in the UK.

Now, we're looking at the phrase from the sidelines.

Literally, sidelines are the lines that are at the side of a sports pitch.

So if if you think of A-A match or a game, the manager, the substitutes and the crowd and not on the pitch.

So they can't have a direct impact on the game, but they can have some influence From the sidelines.

Yeah, so we can use from the sidelines as a metaphor.

If you are trying to do something from the sidelines, then you're not directly involved.

Yes? And perhaps an example of that could be here.

Beth and I are here in the studio.

But there's also a good producer who is controlling things from the sidelines.

So in this headline, going back to that from the sidelines here means that although the A-F-D might find it hard to formally enter into the state government, they will still have a strong influence on German politics.

So we had from the sidelines, which means, without being directly involved, e.g., my friend is trying to get a job, I've been practicing interview skills with her, so I've been helping her from the sidelines.

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