darkness' cities. starting march tenth. this is the wu news line from some of the country's elections this pave the way for a new government led by chancellor angela merkel to find out what it all means for germany also coming up. it's a vote in an election whose outcome is anything but certain polls show a surge in support of silvio berlusconi's center right to block as well as the

m.p.'s top twenty five star movement migration and the economy are among the key campaign issues. the long. time welcome to the program at long last the wait for a new german government is over and that's because the social democrats have voted yes to joining a coalition yet again with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives now the vote is a huge relief for macko who will soon be sworn in for a fourth term as chancellor but for the center left social democrats getting to this point has brought out internal divisions that may prove difficult to heal. a nightmare for s.p.d. party leaders didn't come to pass as the results were announced there was no applause and no cheering instead a reserved reaction from a cautious party leader who fought very hard for this yes it's our democratic but

tie at sixty two the social democratic party did not take this decision lightly and for the past few weeks. the results of the coalition agreement openly and transparently these work important and exciting debates in which many members of the s.p.d. actively participate in. the results of the members vote is not exactly a cause for showing off s.p.d. leaders know that many in the party have struggled with this decision fearing that the s.p.d. will be completely sidelined in another grand coalition as p.d.u. swing boss kevin kuhn are back in the spotlight he became the figurehead of the resistance against a grand coalition and despite his disappointment says it's one of the more coffee shops it's a democratic vote and of course we accept this result we're not sore losers and will try to make the best of it who can dispense to the votes tomorrow and how do the germans feel many are just happy to see a government take shape. when he does so if they can push through everything they

are planning gladly otherwise new elections what good would that have done us now hopes for and it's not good whether it's good for the s.p.d.m. the long run i don't know it's been months now good for the s.p.d. or not no one knows for now but in any case it will benefit the coalition partner the christian democrats. this is no b.s. pretty result is a good basis in addition ninety seven percent support from the cd use similar support from the c.s.u. a good coalition agreement and a good team that's good governance. the german president also satisfied germany will soon have a new government. this is it is simply good for our country that this phase of uncertainty and insecurity is over and that the three parties are prepared to take on the responsibility of governing. see the nieman only the opposition has found a fly in the ointment amid

a feeling of general relief. fact is the fact is that now the losers find themselves bound together the statement is clearly. carry on as usual and brutal slump. now on the american was due to be sworn in again as chancellor on march fourteenth and scrutiny returns to a new edition of the grand coalition. for more let's now go to offer his call correspondent nina nina it's good to see you so i did america is getting a fourth term at the head of another grand coalition does it go back to business as usual or can we expect changes in this government. well this is most certainly uncle americans last term in office this is for sure so one thing is already clear that the next period is going to be extremely interesting in terms of watching who is going to succeed uncle americal as the leading person within the c.d.u.

already some people are getting quite vocal so this will be one interesting thing to watch for whether they dare criticize her and whether they follow party discipline in certain other areas the other big thing is of course that anglo-american and the social democrats have a much narrower majority within the parliament so of course the debate in the parliament right here behind me is going to get a lot livelier because of course the parties in the grand coalition the social democrats and the conservatives also have to square the circle of redefining their own identity so that's going to be interesting well another change of course is that the far right anti immigrant a if tea party now becomes the official opposition in german parliament how is that likely to impact politics here. it has already impacted on the political debate the f.t.'s tone in the parliament behind me and some of the questions they have asked have also a reason to more traditional party members rising up and getting more vocal about

certain issues and this is more democracy in action some german voters are saying so this is a good sign at the same time of course and we'll also find out how many german voters actually do support the a.s.d. in the course of the next few months how many people actually voted for the eighty out of the protest vote because grand coalition is going to have to deliver on some of the core issues that people find these big parties haven't answered and so many people in september elections are believed to have given their vote to the f.t. nina has a political correspondent thank you. what does this decision mean for the european union let's go now to brussels and speak to political correspondent. so bob relief across the e.u. i imagine french president emanuel mccraw of course needs berlin to back his

european reforms well sort of reactions have you been getting from there. but tickly of manu mccrone it is he said immediately after this became clear this is good news for europe the belgian prime minister shouts michel he said now get on germany do your job and sort of push europe a bit forward and of course e.u. commissioners and everybody else here congratulated berlin on the result of this this questioning the base is the basis of the social democrats so general sigh of relief because what europe really wants needs is german stability angela merkel has been the beacon of stability for so many years now and this would have been a really bad point for european politics for her to sort of leave the scene as she knows how to make compromises in europe she knows how to handle people she is a fantastic negotiator behind the scenes and everybody really relies on her to

bring forth compromises in the future about the e.u. reforms about the brics seek new negotiations and of course about the deep divide that is opening up between western and eastern european states and bottle of briefly once anglo-american is sworn in and a government is installed here in germany what is a priority for brussels. there is a whole range of topics of course there is this divide to that between east and west that will have to be negotiated the talks will start heating up for later in the year so a firm hand on the tiller is needed for that and then first steps need to be taken towards some e.u. reforms is not going to give that much to. but it will give a bit and so that will start in the spring also so there is a lot on the agenda and america really stands for pushing things forward cautiously and slowly is her mode of working. vessel joining us from brussels thank you.

now look at some of the other stories making news around the world so his president has called for substantial changes in his country's coalition government or early elections to resolve a political crisis and renew public trust under to comments follow the murder of an investigative journalist the trick of widespread anger about corruption in slovakia could get his fiance wash found shot dead a week ago. voters have overwhelmingly rejected a plan to abolish their t.v. license fee the final count shows more than seventy one percent voting no in sunday's referendum the mandatory fee for radio television programming costs around four hundred euros per household every year and provides funding for public broadcasters. thousands of people opposed to the split from spain gathered in barcelona in a move cranny calling for the fictional to bania region to separate from catalonia

this comes as former catalan leader carlos push them withdrew his bid for a second term on thursday. is alianza casting their ballots in a general election that's turning out to be a tightly contested race polls are set to close in just under an hour and a center right coalition anchored by former prime minister silvio berlusconi's fourth party could get the most votes the economy and migration have dominated what's been an unpredictable campaign. italian voters face long queues due to a new electoral system and after a divisive campaign no clear front runner has emerged. i think today there are no big differences among the political parties you can vote for because you're i'm young and i'm a bit disillusioned because the programs are always the same after the first three months and our political parties never keep the promises they made at the beginning

the. former prime minister material renzi has defended his democratic party's record saying it pulled italy out of the economic crisis. but discontent over high unemployment and entrenched corruption have fueled the rise of the anti establishment five star movement led by luigi to my zero. three. zero four. they always have the i think i hope the five star movement will be able to rise so that there will be a change the situation we have now is not good looking. so and so i am optimistic because i know there will be a formal solution to this suv when i am has a mistake because we are in a country where living conditions are terrible and regressive. we are like

a third world country. voter anger has contributed to a surge in support for far right parties like the league which has promised to deport hundreds of thousands of migrants. it's part of the center right coalition expected to be the biggest bloc in parliament and led by silvio berlusconi he's made an extraordinary comeback after a career dogged by scandal and could now find himself in the role of kingmaker. with no posse expected to achieve a clear majority then maybe weeks of coalition wrangling ahead. but i'll get the latest from that election from our correspondent in rome and he gets and it's good to have you with us the pollsters have been predicting a hung parliament is really heading for political gridlock. rather real italian drama is unfolding now because the three big blocks which will be

voted into the parliament tonight block each other they are not willing to enter into coalition talks in any form you have the right wing populous you have to left wing populist and the social democrats and all of them would not have a majority of its own so they would need a coalition but i don't want to the most likely outcome is then a technical a take a government that would take over for one year but the italian voter told me well we are used to this we can cope with this italians have always managed what we have seen during the campaign season however is a surgeon support for populous a far right party is what exactly has been driving their popularity and it's only. italians are very unsatisfied with that put it to her classify because reforms are not going forward unemployment is higher the economy is performing sluggish migration is too high and most people feel that through many markets are coming whether that's true or not and these topics have to have formed

a real to have another a fresh start and people are looking for an alternative and they come up with his populist ideas we have the right thing a racist populist and also the left wing populist who just say we spend money we don't have so nobody knows exactly what the outcome of this will be but as i said the most likely outcome is none of these groups will come into government and three get joining us from our own thank you. i was from now the stars will hit the red carpet for this year's oscars and a close race is shaping up among the top contenders fairy tale romance the shape of water is leading the nominations while gary oldman is a big favorite for best actor meanwhile fossils don't mind is our best actress billboards and you are doing you know she plays a mother hoping to shed light on her daughter's united we're just going to college

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