Modification of the phraseological units in the German political discourse

The article deals with the phraseological transformation in the political discourse of the chancellor in Germany. There are presented the verbal manifestations of the public speech as the examples. There are considered the basic tendencies of the different variations of the idiomatic expressions in the colloquial speech at the modern stage of the development of the German language. The corresponding changes help to carry out the basic function of the political discourse - pragmatic.