must. has invested more to. prevent young people. than the forces. in germany members of the social democrats have voted in favor of joining a new grand coalition led by angela merkel two thirds voted yes which is higher than expected it means the country will finally have a new government more than five months after elections. vote counting is underway in italy's parliamentary election after a tight race initial exit polls suggest the right wing alliance led by silvio berlusconi will be the largest bloc in parliament however it's fallen short of the

absolute majority needed to govern the idea stablish meant five star movement is said to become the largest single party with around thirty percent of the vote. syrian president bashar al assad has sworn to continue with the military offensive in the rebel held region of egypt and that the syrian troops and allied militia of captured a number of villages and towns in the area in recent days the advances of force thousands of civilians to flee the region. sweet spot is about to well mainly rejected a plan to abolish the public broadcasting fee the final count shows more than seventy one percent voting no in sunday's referendum the mandatory fee costs around four hundred euros per household every year and provides the majority of funding for the country's public service broadcasters. i. for most of the world watching the news from germany is reassuring

a new government takes power this month. when she remains the chancellor but no one in germany really wanted it to be exactly this way tonight as europe's economic and political powerhouse prepares for the next four years the voters remain undecided is this a triumph or tragedy i break off in berlin and this is a sunday special edition of the day. comes in many months the s.p. days that germany will have a stable government. is if the democrats to tie up the social democratic party struggled with this decision we were very open we were very transparent and we debated at length the results of the coalition agreement is good i completely understand the skepticism there are good reasons for it but it's good that the s.p.d. has shown he can praise democracy that sets us apart.