coalition could be in the works chancellor angela merkel has been meeting with leaders of her c.d.u. parsi in berlin to discuss their options after coalition talks with the greens and the pro-business f.d.p. collapsed and she says a new decision must be made quickly and is expected to call on the second largest party the social democrats to form a new grand coalition that's something the s.p.d. has repeatedly rooms or had repeatedly ruled us. angular merkel city you party games to create a sense of urgency as a new grand coalition begins to look more likely what they don't want is to try to govern without a majority. they've been there as a skeptic i am skeptical about a minority government germany is a big player in european politics we need to show stability. of the city use parliamentary friction chairman for car culture called on the social democrats to put aside their reservations and begin talks for years if you have to partner up with one or even two other parties whenever you want to pass a new law in the bundestag that might turn out even more nerve wrecking than forging a new coa

coalition could be in the works chancellor angela merkel is currently meeting with leaders of her c.d.u. parsi in berlin to discuss their options after coalition talks with the greens and the pro-business f.t.p. collapsed she says and the decision must be made quickly and is expected to call on the second largest part of the social democrats to form a new grand coalition something the s.p.d. has repeatedly ruled markel says he'll turn of of new elections would be far worse going back to voters and telling them that they have to vote again i don't agree with that. we work well together so now we need to talk about the things that didn't work and try to do the even better. i'm just joined now by correspondent hans brant here in studio four a look at what you just said and you know america is aiming for a grand coalition would that be a good thing for germany considering we've just had four years of virtually no parliamentary opposition is not a healthy thing for the country you can say it's healthy in the sense that it's a sign of stability in germany and certainly something that people outside