the very conservative c.s.u. from above area and the fairly left wing green party the c.s.u. wants to see the number of of refugees per year in germany capped at two hundred thousand and the green say they'll agree to that as a as a as a flexible target we'll see in a few hours whether that's enough to convince the conservatives to go along with them the other main issue is whether refugees family members will all be allowed to join them in this country again the greens say they won't but at the c.s.u. says no way they're in this building behind me right now trying to hammer out a compromise and they've said that we may and i stress the word may get an answer by six o'clock tonight all right we'll just have to wait and see we'll check in with you again jefferson chase reporting on the coalition talks many thanks indeed well now to some of the other stories making news around the world and the argentinean military believes the crew of a missing submarine may have attempted to transmit a distress call it detected several failed transmissions and believe may have come from the v

and c.s.u. uniting in support of america. even in the event of new elections would again step forward as candidates even in a minority government she would remain leader. in a t.v. interview she clearly states i'm not afraid of anything. there are still new chapters to come in the miracle classroom but the one covering jamaica is certainly finished. to soccer news now by in munich has confirmed there brazilian winger douglas costa will be staying with italian champions eventis costa joined by and twenty fifteen but he then moved to uva on loan in the summer in consistencies and with the german champions the move is now permanent for an overall fee of around forty six million euro. speaking of movements are fans will be cheering after hearing that lionel messi has extended his contract with the club the new contract will keep the man some believe is the world's greatest footballer of a club till twenty twenty one and get this that contract includes a buyout clause that says any club wanting to buy messi will have to pay seven

and c.s.u. uniting in support of america. even in the event of new elections on america would again step forward as lead candidate even in a minority government she would remain leader. in a t.v. interview she clearly states i'm not afraid of anything. there are still new chapters to come in the miracle glossary but the one covering jamaica is certainly finished. turning to german soccer now the day's big fixture in the bonus league or is the rule valley a barrister dortmund hosting show after a blistering start to the season don't want to know in crisis coach peter bosch facing speculation over his job boss knows that nothing short of victory today will do. shift change at. the last coal mine in the ruhr a region once peppered with them both martin hildebrand turned to me kyle franz can now focus on darby weekend martinez a dortmund fan. a shock a supporter this weekend these friends are rivals and if you go through the votes in teams fans are always having a go at each other and maybe i'll come out on top but maybe he will

c.s.u. bloc and the f.d.p. see things differently and when it comes to german arms sales the greens want to ban exports to crisis regions while the conservatives are much less keen to restrict exports contentious issues aplenty on the road to a coalition government about. sports and in baseball the houston astros won the world series for the first time in the club's history last night the best of seven contest against the los angeles dodgers went right to the wire but the astros pulled off a solid victory in the decisive game to the other delight of their fans. fellow this is the moment fifty five years of hurt finally came to an end. fans watching on a big screen at home stadium went wild as they saw their team become world series champions in enemy territory oh it was history in the making and a big moment for the city after recent events oh you do goofy who were only two who. did out of the blocks a game seven hitting five home runs in the first. george springer was the hero as he hit a home run for the full

the c.s.u. ministers yes vote in brussels is a serious misdemeanor and the eyes of the s.p.d. . this is a serious breach of trust within the government and light of this unilateral and taken decision i ask whether from algal still has a grip on her own people. chancellor merkel has spoken with the agricultural minister she made it clear that schmidt violated government regulations. and this did not conform to directives prepared by the federal government in terms of the issue itself in contrast to hendrix i am more on mr schmidt side but the behavior does not correlate with what is stipulated in the government's rules of procedure. for the chancellor the timing could hardly be worse it comes just as she had planned to negotiate with the c.s.u. and s.p.d. about forming a grand coalition while the social democrats believe the controversial weed killer damages the environment and people's health the c.s.u. feels it's a practical aid for farmers either way the debate is disrupting talks in other areas. let's talk about those talks in other areas. thomas welcome thomas so how is this

basically c.s.u. the variances to party of the city you with has always been very critical of merkel's refugee policy and wanted to have this very big of a severe cap at two hundred thousand. people coming in net per year and that this was not something that the greens wanted to agree to even though in the last few days they had made a major move or kind of compromise by rephrasing this cap in little bit different way they say it's like a bit like civil war yes they would be more flexible and but they did want to they argued that for them for integration in germany to work well for the refugee families that are already here to integrate well they would need to have their family companies come and join basically from countries such as syria and that was something that in the c.s.u. they did not want to agree to. but essentially i think that was already a compromise on the table that at least from the c.s.u. and green point a few seem to have worked it would have been very difficult for the green party

c.s.u. in the greens are at loggerheads on many key issues including migration and energy policy. but what we can't allow is that someone says i want discussed that you know everyone has to negotiate otherwise the talks don't make any sense in. the fourth player in the negotiations germany's liberal f.d.p. are also set on a positive outcome use a consulate's a new coalition at a federal level in germany could mean a new beginning in terms of policy. and we hope very much as free democrats that the other parties are bold enough to try it and. the four parties had hoped to have already finished with negotiations but with one self-imposed deadline now missed many expect there to be more long nights ahead. let's get more now on these negotiations we're joined in the studio by political scientist christophe when he joins us here in the studio as i mentioned you're from the free university in berlin and thanks for being here thank you for having me. what would you say why is this been so complicat

and c.s.u. uniting in support of america. even in the event of new elections on the americans would again step forward as a candidate even in a minority government she would remain leader. in a t.v. interview she clearly states i'm not afraid of anything. there are still new chapters to come in the medical glossary but the one covering jamaica is certainly finished. her some international news for you now. south africa's top appeals court has more than doubled oscar pistorius as more a sentence they will figure out what was jailed last year for the twenty thirteen murder of his girlfriend prosecutors called his six year sentence shockingly lenient hell now serve the minimum fifteen years for murder minus time already served. a legal team of president trumps for national security advisor michael flynn has reportedly stopped communications with the president's lawyers this is raising the question of whether flynn may now be cooperating with investigators who are probing alleged russian interference in last year's election plans

c.s.u. we thank. everyone for your we'll continue wearing these negotiations for the past four weeks insults it wasn't it that's your required a huge amount of dedication a huge amount of you can feel it when someone in front seat you and sees through the delegations of the c.d.u. and the c.s. you know so most people know you love america accomplished this with a great amount thank you thank you thank you thank you transformer thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you you thank. done going to this concert and. you tell the chancellor is is the final say that was the german chancellor angela merkel and the bavarian leader of the c.s.u. addressing the press after the break down and german coalition talks when the pro-business f.d.p. party left just an hour or so ago we're going to go live now to our correspondent hans bronze who is standing outside the building where the talks have been taking place joining us now with the latest hans let's dive in how much of this is actually a surpri

might even have a positive outcome here tonight it's all open so far the hold old here it seems is the c.s.u. party that is the smaller the very and sister party of americal c.d.u. party a very conservative party that has a number of issues here especially on migration policy and that seems to be here the number one contentious issue here tonight it's all over the question everyone is asking is what happens if these talks fail and what will that mean for the american. it will be a very difficult situation she is put in first of all if the talks fail there will be two scenarios here the number one scenario would be a minority led government a very popular option here for historical reasons because a minority led government would mean an unstable government it would be led by the biggest party which is on the american but she is certainly not very much in favor of such a scenario the other option would be snap elections and both of these options by the way are sort of unheard of and they have never happened in modern german history no snap elections could mean that the far right party would co

christiane schmidt has fallen out of favor the german agricultural minister and conservative c.s.u. politician singlehandedly voted for the weed killer glaive in the e.u. even though germany had been expected to abstain chancellor merkel expressed her disapproval of the minister's behavior. and often this did not conform to directives prepared by the federal government in terms of the issue itself in contrast to hendrix i'm more on mr schmidt side but the behavior does not correlate with what is stipulated in the government's rules of procedure was the goal for. the hendricks is environment minister and merkel's cabinet she's a social democrat who firmly opposes the use of life force eight hendricks believes the herbicide damages the environment and could cause cancer for her the c.s.u. minister's yes vote in brussels is a breach of trust just when the s.p.d. and the conservatives were supposed to negotiate a grand coalition when it comes live and often when the chancellor is saying we want to enter open talks and the s.p.d. is moving cautiously towards their front as big as this ne

from the greens on the left side and from the bavarian since the party of mekele conservatives the c.s.u. on the right side none of the parties really wants to move though now we're hearing the greens want to take a step forward so they are hoping to find some kind of compromise on those issues. we will see how that goes tomorrow night. fact because we know it's almost two months since these elections and we still don't have a government how much pressure is chancellor angela merkel under right now and what are her options at this point. she is under enormous pressure she's a very skilled negotiator a very good negotiator this is her government coalition where she could be the next chancellor is she it would be her fourth term missed chancellor if those negotiations fail it would be her failure and that would mean nothing more than losing her political future there could be new elections and the question if is if she would pose for and other term as the german chancellor then then all options would most certainly be on the table charlotte pots with the latest from berlin thank you. so u.

get to bring their relatives that's something that the greens are insisting on that something the c.s.u. says they're not on board with so that's going to be i think the big issue that they try to iron out today. jefferson chase outside the green party offices in berlin thank you to sports now where saturday's bundesliga actions are byron munich battling their fellow bavarians oxburgh after a shaky start to the season biron have looked unstoppable since you took over as coach opponents out's berg have had a solid campaign but the last time they faced biron they were slaughtered six nil. robert levin dusky was sporting a fresh new haircut his boy and welcomed out spoke to munich and the starstruck who was involved as the host took the laid heading down from a set pace a scrap in the box ending with a tour of the town firing home. the chilean second gold this season out struggle to threaten boy and skull their best chances coming from set pieces stand equal to this effort from me here gregor rich . and soon doubled their advantage that men live in dusky celebrating his new look with an us

we've just heard in the report is migration of course and it seems that the major hold all here is the c.s.u. party the bavarian sister party of the conservative c.d.u. of america that very much opposing certain migration policies here tonight the fear is very tense there's a lot of state at stake here at the negotiations tonight where you mentioned all of us a bumpy road so far so what does happen if these talks fail. well there are two scenarios first of all would be the scenario of a snap election and that is a very unpopular optional course especially for america because a snap election might even strengthen the far right a if tea party and. this scenario would mean that she might have to resign from her party presidency and that would mean certainly an interchange ship in turn that she would not have a fourth chancellorship following a snap election the other scenario is a minority government and that is also again a very unpopular option here in germany for historical reasons of course it might be let then by the strongest party which is going to merkel c.d.u. party but again a very un

c.s.u. and the f.t.p. i think this is the real deadline there so the talks could go on for another week and everybody knows there are no alternatives so it's not really a deadline talks continue but if these talks at some point do collapse there's a number of things that could happen let's take a look if the coalition talks between germany's union f.t.p. and green parties fail president stan maya will have to step in the german president would nominate merkel as chancellor sent her party the c.d.u. c.s.u. has the most parliamentary members parliamentarians with an vote on merkel as chancellor the president has two choices he either makes merkel the head of a minority government in which she has to continually look for new majorities. or he dissolves the german parliament thanks calls for new elections in two months . fresh elections a possible outcome which of these do you think is most likely. a minority government for instance would be a premier to the federal level have seen some try outs

c.s.u. they want an upper limit on the number of refugees the greens oppose a limit the greens also want to permit nearly all refugees all war refugees to be joined by their family members climate the greens want to shut here's a talk about some of them is not the takeoff he's the former cochairman of the german greens and now a member of the european parliament thank you so much for coming in this morning good morning. did you ever imagine you'd see a day when the german conservatives the liberals and the greens would be negotiating a possible coalition federal level sure enough but for a long time we have always had a very clear message in that regard which was we're open to talk to all the democratic parties but we will not sacrifice major political goals just to get a seat in government so this is where we're at the moment not sacrifice your political goals but your political goals are not exactly in line with those of the people sitting at the table with you right now trying to negotiat

c.s.u. wants an upper limit on refugee numbers which the greens of course they want to allow nearly all refugees to car for exams to be joined by family members on climate the parties are split on how to reduce german emissions the greens of want to shut down twenty cool fired power plants but that's opposed both why the c.d.u. c.s.u. and the f.t.p. turning then to agriculture conservatives and the f.t. against the greens call for ending industrial farming the greens want to freeze within twenty years and a greater emphasis put on organic farming and finally defense on the greens are alone in opposing greater military spending the conservative and the liberal f.t.p. want to increase a boon despairs budget in line with nato targets that we are drawing up political correspondent simon junk was following those talks for us simons as we can hear on for critical issues the differences are huge could they in fact affect the forming of a new government. well indeed they could and rita and all the p

that he is stepping down now he has been the head of the c.s.u. this is the sister party to anglo-american c.d.u. what do you make of this news well there is something in the offing c.s.u. party leadership is meeting later today to decide on policy hoovers future and he has said that his future will in fact be decided tonight these rumors seem to indicate that he's going to stay on as party leader but that he's going to resign the premiership of his home region of varia and to hand that over to an internal party rival this has not yet been confirmed by the party but the rumors have been very consistent for the last hour or so and it seems very likely that holsey who will give up one of his most important political posts and that would make him one of the first casualties of the recent political upheavals here in germany here and joggle americans have been involved in quite intense discussions in the kind of infighting on the conservative side for months if not years and it seems that may have suffered as a result meanwhile hans there were also rum

chancellor the timing could hardly be worse it comes just as she had planned to negotiate with the c.s.u and s.p.d. about forming a grand coalition while the social democrats believe the controversial weed killer damages the environment and people's health the c.s.u. feels it's a practical aid for farmers either way the debate is disrupting talks in other areas. staying in germany and chancellor mechanize express shock at a knife attack on a conservative man known for his migrant friendly policies the attack took place in a kabob rested on the western german city of altena authorities say it's likely the stabbing was politically motivated local media say a man asked. if he was the male and then stabbed him a first time was taken to hospital but released later in two thousand and fifteen the man became known nationally for his birthday many policies towards refugees. ok let's go to. kim sorry we were trying to get a political cause on there but let me say we say vijender for our next story and the berlin christmas market targeted by an islamist attack a year ago has opened for the season

c.s.u. has the most parliamentary members parliamentarians with an vote on merkel as chancellor the president has two choices he either makes merkel the head of a minority government in which she has to continually look for new majorities. or he dissolves the german parliament thanks calls for new elections in two months . possibility of fresh elections in just two months ruber which of these outcomes do you think is most likely think both outcomes or something all the in both parties don't want to minority government would be something very new for germany at least on the federal level be seen it on the state level but here it will be have seen there is that all minority governments didn't last the whole election term and fresh elections none of the involved parties would benefit from this and they all know it so they are doomed to find an agreement and so i think there find some agreement till tonight till tomorrow night but the problem then will be booted from i can go coalition governmen

get some of these remarks clearly and germany's green party joining the overnight talks zero office c.s.u. in the greens were at loggerheads on many key issues especially migration and energy policy one self-imposed deadline has now come and gone and negotiations are into of a time many expect them to extend well into the weekend. and for the very latest i'm joined by a political correspondent he's a chance to cd you bought a headquarters here in berlin too but water issues still need to be desired for these talks to move forward. on the main issue i would say is the migration issue this has been on the table for the last three weeks and no progress whatsoever has been reached yet they are especially battling about on the point of family or union for refugees here they are the parties are very far apart especially the conservatives the as you party on the center left green party have completely opposite. opinions on how to treat the family reunion of refugees the seas you don't want to have any family reunion and he more while the greens say this is a human right for that that's what appl

c.s.u. f.t.p. tolerated by the r.f.d. and tolerated by the other parties i mean that's a very sensible option but nobody talks about that so everything is simply we have to see how things develop. maxie if the snap election does go ahead how likely is it we'll win again. well again i was surprised that she actually called for fresh elections because i think she will lose further i mean i think she's lost a prime she should step aside she hasn't recognized the call of the time and some time now or later reality will hit and i think she should resign she's probably failed and this is this is the receipt for it the i mean even mentioned earlier that the party is not what it was when you joined can you elaborate on the reasons why you decided to quit the party. well no i didn't quit the party i'm still in there because i hope it will come back but boston which values i mean it had a very sensible immigration policy because two thousand and fifteen it had sensible policy on the euro. the party on the market broke all these pol

c.s.u. bloc and the f.d.p. see things differently and when it comes to german arm sales the greens want to ban exports to crisis regions the conservatives are much less keen to restrict exports contentious issues aplenty on the road to a coalition government. and here are some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world a paris court has sentenced. to twenty years in prison for terrorist offenses he was cleared of helping his younger brother mohamed who were attacked a jewish school in two thousand and twelve in the town of to lose killing seven people the younger was killed days after the attack by police. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his british counterpart recently are marking the one hundredth anniversary of the controversial balfour declaration which signaled british support for the creation of a jewish homeland but amid these celebrations there were demonstrations in the west bank and gaza as palestinians took to the streets in protests given williamson has been ap

c.s.u. bloc the market friendly f.t.p. and the environmentalist greens have been holding exploratory talks on potentially forming a coalition together if those talks proved successful it would be the first time that germany would have this type of coalition at the national level and it's those talks that have dominated the findings of a new public opinion survey. so the talks going on right now they are aimed at ironing out differences before the party leaders approve or reject the negotiators results the talks have been protracted and that has led to a fall in approval for the proposed coalition only forty five percent of german voters are in favor of that coalition that's a drop of twelve percent compared to last month's now for the comparison we have included a theoretical grand coalition as an option but of course the social democrats they have ruled out forming another one they have said that they will not do so instead they're going into the opposition that thirty seven percent of germ

its sister party to c.s.u. the f.d.p. and the greens failed to agree their major sticking points the same as before migration climate change and transport policy earlier in the day merkel had been hopeful they could move forward into substantial negotiation. then that's killing if we succeed in this time of great polarization we can accomplish something with a really important country namely that in one of us from very very very different positions and never the less able to work together for the people of this country. the long night began with this document but the politicians failed to turn it into a deal. america's negotiators have been hunting for an agreement for a month now but the party said stuck to a number of key principles for the greens their top priority is reuniting refugee families who hold limited protected status but the c.s.u. says no. we had this limited special status in germany and now it's simply unsustainable we still have high numbers of refugees coming in so continuing this program is not possibl

remarks clearly aimed at germany's green party is a hoffa c.s.u. in the greens are at loggerheads on many key issues including migration and energy policy. but what we can't allow is that someone says i want discussed that you know everyone has to negotiate otherwise the talks don't make any sense in. the fourth player in the negotiations germany's liberal f.d.p. are also set on a positive outcome he's a consulate's a new coalition at a federal level in germany could mean a new beginning in terms of policy. and we hope very much as free democrats that the other parties are bold enough to try it and. the four parties had hoped to have already finished with negotiations but with one self-imposed deadline now missed many expect there to be moved long nights ahead. let's get the latest political correspondent joins us from chancellor merkel's c.d.u. party headquarters in berlin welcome charlotte. what are the big stumbling blocks. well there are many still left the big issues are migration climate and finances especially on migration last night basical

of compromise on migration and went towards the border or the so-called back end so that the right c.s.u. had put on the table i believe that they could have formed a government if they want to do that over grounds of an opera limit on the number of refugees that germany would accept every year where do you see this going from now we mentioned that the german chancellor was with the president today talking about those next steps but what do you think is going to happen there for options now one of the also that the f.t.p. comes back to the negotiation table which seems very unlikely there's a grand coalition option still on the table bitch would be the c.d.u. and the s.p.d. . but also that seems unlikely because the s.p.d. has already the social democrats have already declined this option then the main options now are a minority government led by michael with the c.d.u. probably with the green party where they have to basically get votes or decide on policies and last vote by vote in the bonus tax propped up by the social democrats on occasion the fourth option are indeed next elections

c.s.u. bloc working together with the social democrats and the federal government will the old team also form the new one there's already support for a new edition of the grand coalition the conservatives want to stay in power. so we need a partner who at the moment still refuses to go along the s.p.d. needs to quit pouting so far s.p.d. party leaders have shown no interest in governing on election night they ruled out joining a grand coalition something they reiterated after the collapse of the recent coalition to go she ations. we remain unafraid of new elections. in view of the results of this year's elections on september twenty fourth we will be available to enter into a grand coalition. you know nichols or. so. but germany's president is increasing the pressure he even alluded to the s.p.d. is a rigid stance during a visit with schoolchildren visit. those who barricade themselves behind assertions as we're now witnessing can only be reached with great difficulty later . there are even

their bavarian allies the c.s.u. plus the greens and three democrats worked through the night to complete exploratory talks on a coalition government but furley friday morning they announced they were pausing the goshen actions and would resume later on friday. let's go right to our correspondent all of our salat he's been following the talks all night long all over tell us what's been happening well this was quite a bumpy night i must say with lots of ups and downs and just a little while ago all the head of the business friendly f.t.p. party christian lintner addressed the press and said. gave us some positive signals really actually said there was a lot of progress made here tonight on a variety of contested issues but they could not make any ground on the topics of migration and finance but because there was so much progress made they eventually decided to postpone these remaining talks here for tomorrow and they will then continue talking about these issues trying to find compromises because this is what this fi

territory trying to bridge the gaps between the relatively left wing green party and the very conservative c.s.u. from above area so. it's it's a tough task but i think it's one that they can get done. jefferson chace reporting for us there with check in with you later on many thanks indeed. well now to some of the other stories making news around the world and the argentinean military believes the crew of a missing submarine may have attempted to transmit a distress call it detected several failed transmissions it believes may have come from the vessel and international search operation has been able to locate the submarine it went missing three days ago with forty four people on board. gerry adams has announced he's standing down as leader of the irish republican sean fein party he also says he will not stand for election to the irish parliament adams was a controversial figure as the voice of the political wing of the ira terrorist group. pope francis has denounced indifference towards poverty calling on people to help others in need earlier the pope welcomed thousands of poor homeless and un

hoffa c.s.u. in the greens are at loggerheads on many key issues including migration and energy policy. but what we can't allow is that someone says i want discussed that you know everyone has to negotiate otherwise the talks don't make any sense. the fourth player in the negotiations germany's liberal f.d.p. are also sit on a positive outcome. a new coalition at a federal level in germany could mean a new beginning in terms of policy. and we hope very much as free democrats that the other parties are bold enough to try it and. the four parties had hoped to have already finished with negotiations but with one self-imposed deadline now missed many expect there to be moved long nights ahead. let's get a quick check now some other stories that have been making news around the world u.s. backed forces in iraq say that they have retaken the last town in the country held by islamic state militants iraqi troops forced i asked from russia after five hours of fighting leaving the jihadists in control of li

their sister party the c.s.u. and the s.p.d. with about the same number of votes as last time. for the very latest let's cross over to d.w. political correspondent standing by for us at the. german m.p.'s are arriving at the parliament there but given the current current uncertainty how much can they really do. well in fact a parliament has to sort of constitute itself after the elections it's only had one meeting so far two could to elect a parliamentary president a speaker of parliament and all officially parliament house to start building forming the kinds of committees that are a the heart of any parliament where much of the parliamentary work is being done so the major committee is going to be founded today is going to be. called to day but all other committees have to wait on to a government comes into existence and it is decided in what structure this government is going to do its work so at the moment it's. rather a kind of hiatus parliament has to come together and do its work but it can only do a kind of administration of in a sense of left overs or of daily routine t

is carcinogenic and is killing off too many insects the agriculture minister from the conservative c.s.u. is on the side of the farmers and favored continued use of life was saved the lack of cabinet consensus meant berlin abstained on the previous votes until monday when germany suddenly voted in favor of an extension. i spoke by phone with my colleague mr schmidt today at twelve thirty and made it clear that i was sticking to my no and that therefore germany has to abstain on this issue and cannot agree to the extension. this is and this is a serious breach of trust within the acting government i have to ask myself in light of this go it alone decision whether mrs merkel has her own people under control for america. i ignored or not i'm kerf at. the head of talks about a new grand coalition between the s.p.d. in the conservatives the timing could hardly have been worse. but the agriculture minister says he gained important concessions in exchange for his yes vote. if you let me finish i feel it is my duty in the government to take decisions that need to be taken. but i also decide base

their sister party the c.s.u. and the s.p.d. with about the same number of votes as last time. let's get more now from political correspondent hans brandt who is standing by for us at the german parliament good morning to you hons we know the parliament is now in session and of course some of these lawmakers they have just been elected now they might have to face fresh elections in just a few months time what is the mood there today. well obviously the break of coalition discussions on sunday night is causing its shadow over this session of parliament the agenda that was prepared is being followed but at the same time in practically all the discussions that are taking place in parliament on various issues one can feel that there is tension between the parties they are being barbs are being exchanged the atmosphere is really very tense at the same time parliament is a little bit left in the loo in the lurch is not quite sure how to operate under these circumstances because these are unprecedented in modern german history so the parliamentarians are trying to find a way to contin

green party to meet us halfway like that and i hope that we can respond in kind to not gloat like the c.s.u. did saying oh well it was an idiotic demand in the first place i just can't understand why they see as you did that that's not how you reach an agreement. you hinted at it earlier freedom or state do you think paying taxes is a good thing. well when you look at your payslip your tax declaration then your first thought usually is wow that's a lot. but when you look at how the country works and how we want a functioning police force and a free education system with universal basic services them sure taxes are a part of that the question is how high are the taxes and what incentives to these taxes provide for example for research or for education haven't we got an awful lot of people paying out of a fifty percent of what they own it taxes and social security contributions a system in which people who work very hard have to pay so much and that's why we've worked out changes we want to make in tax policies the liberal party isn't against taxes but we need to talk about the way they are s

reuniting refugee families who hold limited protected status the same policy is an absolute no go for the c.s.u. . so we had this limited protected status as a special status in germany and now we feel it's simply unsustainable we still have high numbers of refugees coming in so continuing this program is not possible negotiators have until early morning to reach the necessary compromises. well let's go right to our correspondent all over salat he is following the talks for us hi oliver as we saw in our report the question of migration seems to be the biggest sticking point here what are you hearing there it's quite a roller coaster ride we are witnessing here tonight the talks a little earlier were interrupted and some observers were even speculating about the failure of these exploratory talks and now they are continuing the negotiators are back at the negotiating table that's the very latest what we hear and there is simply a number of very contentious contentious issues here to be discussed among them is migration of course and the number one hold it seems is the very end see as you party t

reuniting refugee families who hold limited protected status the same policy is an absolute no go for the c.s.u. . we had this special status in germany and now we feel it simply unsustainable but we still have relatively high numbers of refugees coming in so we maintain our position that continuing this program is not possible negotiators have until early morning to reach the necessary compromises. and following the talks forces are correspondent for lots of parts she is burning the midnight oil with those coalition politicians getting a lot just so these talks have been going on now for more than what twelve hours and we've been hearing rumors that well there seems to be a bit of a stalemate what have you heard. yes not only appears to be not only a bit of a stalemate but an actual stalemate we've just heard minutes ago that the talks the negotiations have been interrupted for the time being so we're talking about the negotiations across party lines apparently now the parties are meeting with their own members and then hoping to get back to the across party negotiations at some point but the

reuniting refugee families who hold limited protected status the same policy is an absolute no go for the c.s.u. . we had this limited protected status as a special status in germany and now we feel it's simply unsustainable we still have high numbers of refugees coming in so continuing this program is not possible. negotiators have until early morning to reach the necessary compromises. and all of our salad days out following those talks for us there in berlin tonight high all over what exactly has been the sticking point here. well there's a number of very contentious issues on the table one of the most contentious ones is migration and the big holdout it seems is the bavarian see as you pause that has very different stances on this migration policies that need to be discussed here tonight it's quite a roller coaster ride as well the negotiations were interrupted they then continued we're not getting a lot of information at this point from outside this building behind me where the negotiations are taking place but that is generally a good sign because the negotiations are under way in the neg

broadest political spectrum that you've ever had in post-war germany it goes all the way from the c.s.u. the most conservative of the mainstream parties that's the varian conservatives all the way to the greens so it is more difficult but i think you will see them reach an agreement for the simple reason they don't really have much choice no one wants to call fresh elections the only party that's going to benefit from that is the f.t. the far right populist none of the mainstream parties want it so i think they'll get a deal done. ok so they'll have to get a deal done but there are major sticking points major sticking point right i mean the most major of the major sticking points is the issue of refugees the conservatives want to cap the numbers that can enter the country in any one year at two hundred thousand the greens don't like that the conservatives also don't want to let's all family members for all refugees have the right to come to the country that's a red line in the sand for the greens the greens say we have to allow that so that's going to be the issue today that i think the