people are asking, how wounded is angela merkel after recent setbacks and is she a waning force to mystically and internationally? so, our question here this week on quadriga is merkel 4.0: still the power frau? even if her power is on the decline, we are talking about the most influential female politician in the world and that is on march 8, international women's day. i am joined in the studio by three female commentators. let me introduce them to you. she is with the w, on our arab language desk. while the social democrat coalition partners struggled to revise their fortunes, the chancellor can work calmly on her legacy. angela merkel is far from wounded. also with us is nina. she argues that angela merkel must take the hand of emmanuel macron. they only have a narrow window of opportunity to keep the eu together. serious stuff. also with us is the author and journalist for the french magazine. she says a disastrous to result from september's election and months of quarreling and deadlock, it will be one week before she is sworn in next wednesday. nina, you have been following the events v

angela merkel and the centerleft get ready to govern together again. ook at the challenges that merkel would be facing. reporter: as angela merkel embarks on a fourth term, the first challenge she faces will be to restore discipline within her own party, the christian democratic union. following its poor result in federal elections last september, the cdu found itself weekend, struggling to form a government. when initial talks collapsed, months of deadlock ensued. the social democrats were left as the only possible partner. but to get the spd to sign on to another coalition, the chancellor had to make concessions, seeding key ministerial roles, including the cost of miniature of finance -- minister of finance. >> the fourth grand coalition in germany did not start as a marriage of love. [laughter] csu, and spd, are despite their differences in a position to work constructively together, and govern decently. that is the job we have, and we will fulfill it. reporter: the cdu will also have to battle the rise of the extreme right. frustration with angela

emmanuel macron could give angela merkel a new burst of energy.mmanuel macron is very happy she will be remaining in power. you can see the two leaders post,in the huffington responding it is good news for europe. it will be preserved to help carry europe through this brexit age. genie: give us a little glamour now. the oscars took place in hollywood. i have two words for you that provoked quite a bit of inclusion. inclusion writer --of confusion. inclusion rider. alison: if you're confused by them, you're not alone. "the guardian" comes to the rescue with an explainer. is a classn rider and actor can have inserted in their contract that requires the cast and crew of the film to meet a certain level of diversity. this phrase comes from a tech talk from professor smith, and elated frances mcdormand gave her a shout out in her speech, and she is hoping now she will get a lot of calls from agencies, actors, and actresses who want to put inclusion riders in their contracts. genie: a warning about a very male profession -- priests. alison: that is righ

chancellors of the conservatives and the social democrats now people are asking how wounded is angela merkel after a recent setbacks and is she a waiting force to mystically and international so a question here this week on quadriga is merkel four point zero still the power throw and even if her power is perhaps a little bit on the decline we are talking today about the most influential female politician in the world and that's on march the eighth international women's day and i'm joined here in the studio by three female commentary just let me introduce them to you beginning with my soon to melon who is with g.w. she saw no arab language desk syrian born my son says while her social democrat coalition partner struggled to revive their fortunes the chancellor can work calmly on her legacy angle a bad cold is far from. it also with us is the w. post political correspondent nina hauser need argues that angular medical must take the hundred to motherwell mccrone the stretched out they only have a narrow window of opportunity to kill you to get serious stuff sounds praskovya is also with us she'

it is well that that many social democrats blame angela merkel.rtin schulz, the former leader, martin schulz, the former leader of the european parliament. he resigned because this has been such a pickle, for want of a better phrase. a new leader in waiting has been appointed and she will have to unite the party but angela merkel herself has got to unite this government. it will be a difficult task and he has got to regain the trust of voters, who i think by and large over the last few months in particular have been rather disillusioned by the political wranglings of germany's two biggest establishment parties. jenny, thank you very much. you are watching bbc news. it is 24 minutes past midday. a full sports round—up for you from the bbc sport centre with olly foster once again. hello. deonte wilder says he's ready to take on anthonyjoshua in the heavyweight unification fight that all boxing fans want to see. that's after the american retained his wbc belt overnight. luis ortiz was also unbeaten and he looked to have him on the ropes in the sevent

warm words that i would like to use about angela merkel is that she sometimes appears to be a little bit noble she's even nickname sometimes the speaking so one thing that people often ask is relevant to do those discussion here on quadriga is she a feminist. angle america has links to surround herself with women she can trust for example she brought on a great comp caught on by the state premier exile and to prevent and make her the c.d.u. secretary general it's an important post still some in islam doesn't seem to play a big role in the chancellor's universe do you consider yourself a feminist. theory and. even so more women are no joining methods cabinet three out of six of you ministers will now be women one is already a known quantity defense minister was a funded i and continues in her fold role and the sexes are also evenly divided among social democrats for the first time in its one hundred fifty year history the party could soon be led by a woman under the analysis the labor minister in the last grand coalition of women in positions of political power in germany now m

into simply becoming a junior partner in a coalition that keeps being led by a german chancellor angela merkel so this is a question of of heart over head if they voted with their hearts were more likely to see a negative outcome here but most broadly expect certainly the entire party leadership who signed under that plea really to their party base to give them this yes vote they are hopeful they're optimistic that this one will pass without that political quake that would otherwise certainly unfold here this sunday we have been hearing michelle a lot of confident voices coming from the s.p.d. head of the result that we are still waiting for how far away are we from hearing that result. well we are minutes away but i can't tell you how many minutes we're expecting a slight delay there what i can certainly tell you is that we don't expect the three quarter plus majority in favor that we saw in two thousand and thirteen when the social democrats decided to go into that past coalition and there's an expectation that this won't just be a lot less that this could indeed become a tight vote in the e

and angela merkel is once again back in charge.nt: i'm joined here at the big table by jackson james, director at johns hopkins university and he is an insider you could say, on both sides of the political atlantic. due to have you back on the show. angela merkel takes the oath of office today for a fourth term. does cd to take stock of light took so long to get to today? jackson: i think it was a definite problem of reaching a consensus. her own party be at little at odds with each other. don't underestimate the internal squabble with a think is still going to continue. she was putting in a lot of different things together under one roof. brent: this third grand coalition has a long, long, long to do list. what we do say are the first things they need to tackle? jackson: trust. brent: from who? jackson: from the german public. they are going to have to figure out how to say this is 3.0, this is something new, it is not going to be more the same. that is a big cell and she has a hard and loud opposition party that are going to remi

entire party membership whether or not they should enter a new grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservative almost half a million a party members were eligible to vote completed ballots from across germany arrived at s.p.d. head foreigners in berlin and officials have been counting through the night the national party treasurer is due to read out the results in the coming minutes and will be going live to that announcement. while this s.p.d. membership ballot as part of the party's old guard who want stability against its strong youth wing who are calling for a change and renewal instead of yet another alliance with anglo-american more on the ins and outs of the s.p.d. in a moment but this is not just about the social democrats all of germany's holding its breath this morning perhaps even all of the european union waiting to see whether almost half a year after elections europe's largest economy will finally have a stable government if it's a yes from the s.p.d. rank and file that is likely to happen if they vote no germany and europe could be in for a rough ride senior politic

support joining a government that would be led by chancellor angela merkel let's go live now to berlin and the social democrats party headquarters our correspondent dominic. cain is there at the minute by what sort of margin did the social democrats agree to join mrs merkel in what's known as a grand coalition. martin in a pretty clear margin two thirds to one third the party members have voted what you might say decisively in favor of another grand coalition with angle americal and the point to make is that there isn't really a sense of jubilation amongst the the rank and file or indeed amongst the the leadership here of the social democrats hearing with the prime minister of the minister president of the state of hamburg so he's not got his hands in the air he's not overjoyed at this result this is because this is basically a decision of the head that the social democrats have made rather than the hearts of the people who in conferences up and down the country over the past few months have been saying they don't want another coalition with angela merkel was saying that they feel that

site to go along with angela merkel. happens after the sunday for angela merkel because we are expecting another term for her, but look happens after her? who can takers over the german economy? don't think angela merkel will serve out the four or five years of her term. there are challenges to her, to the satisfaction within her own party. she has make concessions with democrats to get them on board, so i don't think angela merkel is there for very long, and she has been grooming somebody to replace her. there is another candidate that andikely to be her heir, that would be good to see a transition. the worst scenario on sunday would be for the social democrats not to vote to go into coalition because then they would have a minority government in germany, or germany would go to a fresh election, and that would not be good for stability. thank you for, joining us. governor, new jersey -- is he in favor of the president's tariffs? will find out next. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: the earliest reaction from president trump's

this is it over news live from berlin combative and confident chancellor angela merkel is out of her new government's vision to german lawmakers immigration industry and criticism of the war in syria all featured prominently we'll get the details from our correspondent also is this the man who got donald trump elected cambridge alec c.e.o. alexander nicks pays the price for his part in the facebook data abuse scandal that insolvency firm suspends him for boasting about using dirty tricks to swing elections and the book over a romp pre-schoolers of kidnapped schoolgirls as a warning for parents don't try to educating your daughters again or we'll be back really costs. down while of iraq thanks very much for your company everyone german chancellor angela merkel has marked the beginning of her fourth term in office with a wide ranging policy statement the chancellor addressed a number of issues in her speech she had harsh criticism for turkey's that military operation in the syrian town of pasadena she also spoke about migration and islam in stark contrast to her newly appoint. interior

met party members rather have approved going into another coalition government with chancellor angela merkel we heard the announcement just a short while ago from the s.p.d. party headquarters where we find our political editor michelle across there and michelle i understand you've been talking to a few people there what are some of the voices that you've been hearing. well this is the democrats are saying a very upbeat mood here now this is certainly a sense of relief that this vote went through i just the premise of my voice is also here seeing this as a signal of really having a mandate for renewal within the party i mean what else are they frankly say the social democrats have really had a very tough time they had a very bruising election campaign the result of twenty point five percent was frankly a slap in the face the party was infused by the promise of never going into a grand coalition with german chancellor angela merkel again and yet that's exactly what they are doing now that's a lot of a credibility gap to bridge they got their party base to give them a mandate to do exactly tha

chancellor angela merkel disagrees. also, the story of a martial arts champion blazing a trail for muslim women. she conquered the world and kickboxing, a sport previously considered off-limits to female muslim athletes. we will hear about the barriers she had to overcome to reach the top. welcome to the program. german chancellor angela merkel is in paris for talks with french president emmanuel macron about plans to reform the european union. the summit comes days after chancellor merkel was confirmed in office for a fourth term. her difficulty in forming a coalition delayed the talks on integration. today the chancellor and the president said they would prepare a roadmap for reforming the eu and eurozone in time for a summit in june. chancellor merkel also stressed the importance of eu countries working more closely together. chancellor merkel: we are learning from experience that it is not in europe's common interest to have different rules and standards in each eu member state. we have to protect our borders, we ha

angela merkel will now be sworn in for a fourth term in office.germany has been waiting a long time for this. now has its government which is in effect occurred continuation of the last one, coalition between angela merkel‘s conservatives and the social democrats, spd. it has been a long and painful process. it all began backin and painful process. it all began back in september when a german elections or angela merkel leto conservatives to a pretty poor election result. social democrats suffered a similarfate. election result. social democrats suffered a similar fate. mrs merkel tried but failed to secure a coalition agreement with two other parties. that was their preferred option. finally after a very long and drawn—out process, she managed to get her coalition agreement with herformer partner to get her coalition agreement with her former partner is the social democrats. before that could go ahead, the spd membership at the final say. it has been a pretty nerve—racking weekend for mrs merkel, as 400,000 spd members went toa merkel, as 400,000

members of the social democratic party voted to join a coalition government led by chancellor angela merkel this is merkel has hailed the vote saying cooperation between the two main parties will be for the good of germany it leaves the far right alternative for germany as the main opposition force italians are voting in parliamentary elections widely expected to produce no clear winner no single party appears on track to gain the required forty percent to form a government that populist and right wing parties are likely to make gains the syrian government has reportedly ten percent of rebel territory in. after another night of air strikes and shelling more than six hundred forty people have been killed in the last two weeks the u.n. says collective punishment to civilians is simply unacceptable a six day of russian led humanitarian pause is underway. investigation into russian interference in the election of donald trump has reportedly been widened to include the united arab emirates the new york times says an advisor to the u.a.e. crown prince is being questioned special counsel robert mi

since thee now, problem would be angela merkel, maybe she will take risks. e talking about is the reform of the eurozone. that is going together with president emmanuel macron of france. so, merkel can go out on a high if she chooses to, and that means putting aside her sense of caution and going for the big decisions like reform of the european union. she has a lot on her plate over the last couple of years, and she may just see the big decisions. matt: one of the people we talked about often as a possible iscessor to her is yes on -- another person. they are both pro-europe. maybe they do it in different ways. has she pushed him off the kos it looks like she will choose for the health ministry, which is a less prestigious post. judy: in terms of the cabinets she is going to construct, she has already chosen, it's a careful balance of the bulls, of very conservative people, it combination of reassuring the various strands in the party. thear as putting him in health ministry, that is a can of worms. fun -- jens has his work cut out. matt: she left her in her

live from berlin germany social democrats decide whether to team up once again with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives with hundreds of thousands of ballots now being counted party leaders are optimistic that members will approve the deal so will jenny finally get a new government or could this be the start of a political crisis also coming up. election day is on the horizon in its political parties have made their final appeal to voters who cast their ballots tomorrow but with no clear frontrunner who will italians choose to navigate their country's turbulent political landscape. it's been called a bomb inside clone a mammoth winter storm battered the u.s. east coast accused five people have been killed the fierce weather has knocked out power in more than a million homes. i'm you money welcome to the program five months after the elections here in germany the wait for a new government could finally be over members of the center left social democrats have voted on whether or not to enter a new grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives now the last batch of completed

have voted to approve their party going into another coalition giving the conservative chancellor angela merkel a fourth term in office it brings an end to months of political uncertainty that many in the past say are happy to be propping up another merkel government from berlin dominic a reports. for much of the past six months since the federal election failed to find a clear winner the social democrats have appeared divided stuck between the ideological desire to oppose angle america's and the pragmatic need for germany to have a stable government on sunday the party's grass roots had their say it. will not annoying on the eyes it's thousand two hundred thirty nine thousand six hundred four is speedy members voted yes one hundred twenty three thousand three hundred twenty nine in speedy members voted no this represents a two thirds vote and one third of those. this was a decision of the head not the heart many members agonized over their choices some feared how the electorate will perceive another grand coalition in the weeks leading up to the vote the party youth movement was vociferously o

everybody was waiting for the support from the social democrats and the have decided to stick with angela merkel time for this, it now has its new government which is in effect a continuation of the last one, a coalition between angela merkel‘s conservatives in the social democrats or spd. it has been a long and painful process that began in september, when a general election saw angela merkel later conservatives to the election result, the social democrats suffered a similarfate. mrs result, the social democrats suffered a similar fate. mrs merkel tried but failed to secure a coalition agreement with two other parties, her preferred option, and finally after a long chronic process she managed to get a coalition agreement with herformer she managed to get a coalition agreement with her former partner is the social democrats but before that could go ahead the spd membership had the final say so it has been in everything we can for mrs merkel as 400,000 spd members went to a postal ballot to deliver their verdict on whether they wanted to go back into coalition. it has been a painful topic for the

reporter: the tone for angela merkel's fourth term as chancellor is set.o what can be expected from the leading opposition party. brent: here are some other stories making headlines around the world. former french president nicolas sarkozy has reportedly been released from police custody. this follows 1.5 days of questioning over allegations he accepted millions of euros in campaign financing from the late libyan dictator moammar gaddafi in 2007. an explosion in the afghan capital cabell has left at least 26 people dead and 20 others wounded. the afghan interior ministry says a suicide bomber on foot that needed his explosives on a roll leading to a shiite shrine. today, kurds are celebrating new laws which marks the beginning of spring and kurdish new year. festivals went ahead here in southeastern turkey as you see there, as well as iraq and other kurdish areas. the festival is also a show of support for kurdish independence. a teenage palestinian girl will be sentenced to eight months in prison for slapping an israeli soldier. she reportedly accepted a

line from berlin germany social democrats decide whether to team up once again with chancellor angela merkel the conservatives with hundreds of thousands of ballots now being counted party leaders are optimistic that members will approve the deal total germany finally get a new government or could this be the start of a political crisis also coming up. a star studded rally for the russian president over one hundred thousand turned out to go to cheer on blood in me of course is hoping to coast to an election victory in two weeks' time. it's been called a bonfire killing a mammoth winter storm batters the u.s. east coast at least five people have been killed the fierce weather has not talked power in more than a million homes. to the program five months after elections here in germany the wait for a new government could finally be over members of the center left social democrats have voted on whether or not to enter a new grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives the last batch of completed ballots have now arrived at the s.p.d. headquarters almost half a million party memb

live from berlin germany social democrats decide whether to team up once again with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives with hundreds of thousands of ballots now being counted party leaders are optimistic that members will approve the deal so will germany finally get a government or could this be the start of a political crisis also coming up. a star studded rally for the russian president over one hundred thousand turn out in moscow to cheer on vladimir putin he's hoping to coast to an election victory in two weeks' time. and the bundesliga show follows after the news take to just be the best of the action and all of saturday school. i'm edith kimani welcome to the program five months after the elections here in germany the wait for a new government could finally be over members of the center left social democrats have voted on whether or not to enter a new grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives party does one hand this evening as volunteers started processing the ballots almost half a million do you thing s.p.d. members who are eligible to vote the results will be

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 dem

from berlin germany is social democrats decide whether to team up once again with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives with hundreds of thousands of ballots now being counted on two leaders are optimistic that members who approve the deal so will germany finally get a new government or could this be the start of a political crisis also coming up. a star studded rally for the russian president over one hundred thousand turned out in moscow to cheer on flatter me a putin is hoping to close to an election victory in two weeks' time. and the bigger show follows after the news the big game of the day sought doctrine travel to rb like six in the battle for the champions league places stage you just see the best of the action on all of saturday's gold. i'm glad you could join us five months after the elections here in germany the wait for a new government could finally be over members of the center left social democrats have voted on whether or not to enter a new grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives the last batch of completes of ballots have now arrived at the s.p.d. h

and jim the social democrats announce who's getting top posts in chancellor angela merkel's new coalition government key among them a foreign minister largely untested in international diplomacy. but unwelcome cheema well leaders have been responding to a potential breakthrough in the nuclear standoff with north korea german chancellor angela merkel spoke just a short while ago she gave a cautious welcome to the prospect of a summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong il and here's what she said . this is my hopeful smile colas a glimmer of hope it needs work because of course really seeing a deescalation would be wonderful because for all of us the nuclearization of north korea has been a grave concern. in. so that was chancellor angela merkel of germany no other key players in the north korean nuclear crisis have also weighed in china urged the two countries to find a political solution russia court the fullest ever plans talks between the leaders of the u.s. and north korea a step in the right direction and it was south korea that dippy has to have conv

emmanuel macron was elected, angela merkel is there.ation, emmanuel macron is very pro—european union. and like most young europeans and young british people, they want more integration, it's going to happen. i think, it doesn't mean that, you know, the complacency and lack of democracy in the european institutions shouldn't be addressed. i think there is recognition of that. brexit was a shock. i think it will be addressed. i think there is a real question over this french and german plan for closer integration now, as a result of this election. more than 50% of italian voters voted for anti—european parties. italy is now dominated by politicians who have promised deep tax cuts, lavish spending programmes, and who are anti—eu. look at the plan to have a banking union in europe. you really think german banks are going to sign up to a banking union when italy is dominated by politicians which have decided to blow budget spending? you are taking a longer view... right, in the broader context, we have seen this collapse of the centre—left

us president donald trump and german chancellor angela merkel have urged russia to persuade the syrian regime to abide by a proposed thirty day cease fire merkel and trump spoke by phone late on thursday almost a week since the un backed the truce the rebel held area remains under daily assault russia has organized a daily pause in hostilities meant to allow aid in and residents out but there is stalemate on the ground and distrust on all sides in eastern kicked up by the bombing blocks out the sun. each day paramedics pick up more dead and injured. there is a sensibly a truce in place here and eighty five al a pause in the fighting organized by russia but empty streets give voice to the nervousness here many residents say they've seen no sign of a ceasefire. this is the ceasefire look at the destruction ten days of can tell you the shelling has been tending to repeat in the basement airplanes and bottle bombs and we're sitting in the basement what kind of ceasefire is this what kind of regime is this i hope god will avenge these government organized ambulances stand ready for resident

well the point to make is that they will now be alongside angela merkel in cabinet there will be six social democrats ministers in cabinet three men three women and the important element from the social democrats point of view certainly that's what the leadership says is a take a look at the ministries that they will control now not ordinarily in german coalition government the leading party controls the finance ministry the money decisions as it were while the social democrats will control the finance ministry and the man you heard from just then is the shards well he will be the next finance minister certainly that is what the social democrats say so you get a sense there that he is saying to his party look yes we have to go go into. with christine them it's democrats again yes they have the chance to rebut look at the posts that we will control and from angela merkel's perspective well she has tweeted already following the results saying she's looking forward to governing with the s.p.d. but in a certain sense you would expect her to say that her difficulty is that she has had to

german chancellor angela merkel but he's also hoping that it will give them the strength to launch this process of renewal that also is a standing process from the past you just have to that party base which saw and kevin the head of the young social democrats who led the campaign against the growth code the so-called grand coalition he will remain the spearhead for that renew it will be very interesting what the manages to bind him into this process that's certainly coming here. as you said i think was about seventy eight percent of the party members that ended up participating in this vote so that indeed does give the party a bit of strength but this was also one of the questions to the acting head of the party offshore says you know with around sixty six percent voting in favor of this government is this party really going to come closer together as he is saying it will going forward. well the question really is can it be divided any further than we've seen recently and you can look at it from from two different directions and what i find really interesting is that there was stronger

angela merkel even as she is putting together a coalition. competitive in the race for .echnology and automation they don't want to feed whatever advantage they feel the company has to chinese acquirers. they are being sensitive about this. david: is it a matter of we want to protect our industry which is understandable, or is it that there has been a lot of hacking going on? ownershipd is foreign in some of the companies that might give a back door to get in. qualcomm does work for the u.s. government, and i think there was concern among members about another company having control of that. it is important to mention that broadcom is trying to redomiciling itself as a u.s. company. a broadcom has said all the board numbers are american and we have some business in america and we're going to move there and we should not be subject for it. the move was blatant. they have to take a look at this to ward off copycats who might say maybe we could reincorporate in america and try to do a deal. the language that broadcom uses against qualcomm is it

and mexico are exempt from the tariffs the move met with harsh criticism worldwide chancellor angela merkel voiced concern that a meeting of german industry associations calling for dialogue with the u.s. is in we view with concern the imposition of tariffs on certain products. as a government we have a clear commitment to multilateralism. we support the european commission as it seeks talks with the world trade organization and the united states if you like. the european steel industry is advocating counter measures by the e.u. and mourns that the consequences of a trade or would also hurt the u.s. our estimations actually that he will actually create job losses net in the state in the supply chain and in the u.s. so it's not going to benefit the u.s. and it's going to knock off twenty thousand direct jobs in the u.s. and perhaps as much as one hundred fifty thousand jobs in the e.u. as well trump's decision triggered outrage and alarm in asia south korea said it's considering filing a complaint with the world trade organization while china is threatening retaliation if the tariffs go ahea

news live from berlin what's in store for germany's chancellor angela merkel is due to address the parliament shortly laying out her government's priorities for the next four years can she could beenz critics that she's taking the country in the right direction will have loud live coverage also coming up did he help donald trump to victory cambridge analytical c.e.o. alexander dix there suspended after posting on hidden camera about using dirty tricks to swing election and what it facebook know about how his firm was manipulating data for millions of its users. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us german chancellor angela merkel is about to lay out her government's plans for the next four years that's after being sworn into office for her fourth term last week but she faces a tough crowd after months of wrangling to form a government many in parliament are still a deeply unhappy with the resulting coalition between merkel's conservatives and the social democrats her job today is to win their confidence that she has the right road map for germany's future and we'll be going live

it means he will be part of angela merkel's new coalition government. and u.s. president donald due to sign off on a controversial steel and aluminum import tariff shortly. will he deliver more clarity of what he has planned? ♪ sarah: i'm sarah kelly. welcome. thanks for joining us. on this international women's day, women around the world have staged protests against gender inequality. thousands have flooded spain's capital, madrid and women across the country are staging a 24-hour walkout to demand an end to unfair wages. and from this morning women have been gathering in solitary around the me too movement in various cities including new delhi and jerusalem. in turkey's capital, istanbul, thousands to to do street this evening calling for an end to violence against women. a short while ago our correspondent in istanbul talked to us from the center of the demonstration. >> we are at one of the major demonstrations in istanbul today. the atmosphere is full of excitement. it is a cheerful atmosphere. the women are trying to make some noise, many are blowing whis

this is g w news live from berlin germany as political parties sign up for government chancellor angela merkel join the leader of the social democrats to sign a new coalition government into existence it brings to an end almost six months of political uncertainty we will have analysis. also coming up the axe body.

the leading figures still angela merkel.he promises things will continue adding new clip. -- at a new clip. >> i think everyone feels it is time to start working. a new start for europe. new cohesion for our country. this is what we set out to accomplish. for the spd, social issues are especially important. the social democrats struggled for a long time. >> fourth grand coalition in germany did not start as a love match. this cdu, csu, and as pd will remain fundamentally different parties, and they will still be able to work constructively together and govern properly. >> the third coalition partner, the csu, calls this a grand coalition for the common people. >> to list the keywords, job security with the promise of full-time employment, a basic pension, pension credits for stay-at-home parents. >> the opposition parties described the agreement in negative terms, protesting the future government's program. >> there are major gaps in his coalition agreement, especially when it comes to future challenges. above all, climate p

after weeks of political wrangling, the fate of the potential coalition between angela merkel's conservatives and the social democratic party now lies in the hands of the almost half a million spd party members who have a postal baot on theerms of the agreement. but the vote could go either way because the spd is divided. while the der party establishmt iseen to ren the coalition with chancellor merkel, the youth wing wants the party to go into opposition. this split is even apparent in families. we met with ralf stegner, the deputy party chairman who was instrumental not only in the negotiations for the coalition agreement, but also in convincing members to support it, members like his son fabian. he's concerned about the party's sinking approval rating, and wants them to take a new direction. >> carnival season in marne, northern germany, and a chance for the social democrats to get into the party spirit and forget about their troubles and miserable ratings -- for one night, at least. deputy spd chairman ralf stegner is here to drum up grassroots support for a grand coalition in berlin. his

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s most powerful nation and its leader chancellor angela merkel hundreds of thousands of s.p.d. members voted it internal ballot on saturday of whether their party should enter into a coalition and to back up that comes five months after the country called clue six general election painstaking talks about forgive you government an overt by party members might force of another national election that could spell big political difficulties for. governor kaine has more for ballin. thursday night in leipzig and for the social democrats the hot topic is coalition across germany the party members are deciding if they want to work with anger medical's christian democrats again young members like binyamin girl are clear. because of this. there's no grand vision in the scrum coalition and i think we can only develop as an opposition party i think it's not logical that the election losers build the new government contrast that with the views of older members like christoph yaps he's proud of his fifty years as a social democrat and says pragmatism is important i will. list i think i'm a re

live from berlin germany social democrats decide whether to team up once again with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives ahead of today's vote count the party leaders have said they're optimistic that members will approve the deal so will germany finally get a new government or could this be the start of a political crisis also coming up. it's being called a long cycle and that the winter storm pummels the u.s. east coast at least five people have been killed.