continue their come the combination with their christian democrats even though the democrat christian democrats did not have a majority or needed two other parties at least for a majority. were inviting the social democrats support to support it but in this participation doing the last couple of legislative periods the social democrats lost and fluence and follow and that's one of the reasons i didn't want to rejoin with the christian democrats i got it from your article is that there is a lot of disagreement in germany about the extent of this social bird and that the state has to take upon itself and for example you had a very interesting. no idea that one of the reasons why the support for the a of do you was so strong they all turned to for germany was the kind of resentment towards the state assuming more social obligations including towards the migrants the migrant question immigration question the immigration question and the review she question have raised considerable resistance in the within the population because there's a very uncertain condition as to how to integrate thi

up on theirs given ideas, shirley it's the christian democrats. y it's the christian democrats. there's nothing conservative in that program. plus, they get ministry finance. they get the foreign ministry. they get the social ministry. they get three key ministries. merkel's party doesn't get a single ministry. when it comes to who gets the money to do what they want to do, it's going to be the social democrats who decide and not the christian democrats. this is amazing. melinda: charlotte, quite a bit of money is involved. this could be one of the most expensive coalitions ever if it does keep all of its problems is -- promises. the head of the social democratic party still, apparently he will step down, martin shall, said when he presented the agreement, it had the stamps all over it. would you agree? charlotte: i think so. it caters to the labor unions, it caters to the workers. there is something it improvement for workers in terms of contracts that all made it in there. also in terms of health care. very domestic issues that they could put their stamp on. i agree that the m

continue their come the combination with their christian democrats even though the democrat christian democrats did not have a majority or needed two of the parties at least for a majority. were inviting the social democrats support to support it but in this participation doing the last couple of legislative periods the social democrats lost and fluence. and that's one of the reasons i didn't want to rejoin with the christian democrats i got it from your article is that there is a lot of disagreement in germany about the extent of this social bird and that the state has to take upon itself and for example you had a very interesting idea that one of the reasons why the support for the a of do you was so strong they alternative for germany was the kind of resentment towards the state assuming more social obligations including towards the migrants the migrant question to the immigration question the immigration question and the review she question have raised considerable resistance in the within the population because there's a very uncertain condition as to how to integrate this influx

continue their come the combination with their christian democrats even though the democrat christian democrats did not have a majority or needed two other parties at least for a majority. were inviting the social democrats supporters of paid but in this participation doing the last couple of legislative periods the social democrats lost in influence and power and that's one of the reasons i didn't want to rejoin with the christian democrats i got it from your articles that there is a lot of disagreement in germany about the. expand all of this social bird and the state has to take upon itself and for example you had a very interesting idea that one of the reasons why the support for the a of do you was so strong they all turned to for germany was the kind of resentment towards the state assuming more social obligations including towards the migrants the migrant question and the immigration question the immigration question and the review she question have raised considerable resistance in the within the population because there's a very uncertain condition as to how to integrate this

continue their come the combination with christian democrats even though the democrat christian democrats did not have a majority or needed two of the parties at least for a majority. were inviting the social democrats support to support it but in this participation doing the last couple of legislative periods the social democrats lost and fluence. and that's one of the reasons i did want to rejoin with the christian democrats i got it from your article is that there is a lot of disagreement in germany about the extent of the social bird and the state has to take upon itself and for example you had a very interesting idea that one of the reasons why the support for the a of do you was so strong they alternative for germany was the kind of resentment towards the state assuming more social obligations including towards the migrants the migrant question to the immigration question the immigration question and the review she question have raised considerable resistance in the within the population because there's a very uncertain condition as to how to integrate this influx. of a great number

on their on their ideas surely it's it's it's macro spotty short it's the christian democrats there's nothing conservative in that in that program plus the s.p.d. the social democrats get ministry of finance right they get the foreign ministry right they get the social ministry they get three key ministries the. macropod he doesn't get a single key ministry so when it comes to who actually gets the money to do what they want to do it's it's going to be the social democrats who decide and not the christian democrats this is amazing if they can't sell that point the concept and the thing charlotte quite a bit of money is involved this could be one of the most expensive coalitions ever if it does in fact keep all its promises forty five billion just for new projects the head of the social democratic party still head of the social democratic party because apparently it's going to step down from that position martin truex said when he presented the agreement that it had the s.p.d. stamp all over it would you agree with that well i think so i mean it's not very detail that we can can't real

post michael christian democrats. tack to the right form a coalition with fifty and we will be back to two to two. left versus right which would by the way be a great thing for the s.p.d. because they don't have to do anything or they have to do is stay where they are and say we're defending what we achieved in two thousand and seventeen eighteen very very briefly while we're on predictions show parts are titled grand coalition government wanted this may not be the cause of the government germany wanted but could it give me i'll turn to see the government surely needs and very very benefit or we need a stable government right now and a templar and that will be anglo thank you thanks to all of you for being with us today and thanks to all of you out there for turning it. on. the birthday in good shape we turn intending steve and you pay me with this amazing fitness backpack and if you want to know what's inside it is it on the web live. to turning the most favorite home movies into. coughing or maybe no all of that tha

post michael christian democrats. tack to the right form a coalition with the f.t. and we will be back to two two to. the left versus right which would by the way be a great thing for the s.p.d. because they don't have to do anything all they have to do is stay where they are on say we're defending what we achieved in two thousand and seventeen eighteen very very briefly while we're on british and show parts our title grand coalition government wanted this may not be the cause of the government germany wanted but could it give me alternatives b. the government surely needs and very very benefit or we need a stable government right now and a chancellor and that will be and you let me thank you thanks to all of you for being with us today and thanks to all of you out there for tuning in. i. look. up there are. a natural history of laughter. totally. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global ne

or the finance the finance ministry in recent years has also been controlled by i'm going to christian democrats so that has gone knowledge of the social democrats the interior minister used to be controlled by the christian democrats that's not go to the variances the party so indeed yes that seems that the christian democrats have made major concessions i'm going to marco yesterday when she came and into these talks was talking about painful compromises that might have to be made and one can probably say that these compromises in terms of the ministry's were very painful for the christian democrats to make. it was another all night marathon run a round of talks that leading up to this point what we believe to now have a breakthrough what were the final disagreements that they were trying to work out . well last night a document was leaked amongst the press here comprising one hundred sixty five pages of agreement that had been reached until then in other words a very very large very detailed volume of agreement that had already been reached and what was left over was really just a handful two

well here the politicians left the christian democratic headquarters and came over here where they have now been presenting the results of the coalition agreement to their party groups and the christian democratic party group leader came out a short while ago and told us that he is very satisfied with the agreement as it stands and he had quite an interesting remark in that connection he said you know what germany is still one of the world's most powerful economies but the fact is we lag far behind if we look toward asia said that finally germany is ready to answer french president emmanuel mccall ready to take the helm with him and really steer the european union into do waters so two points on which he seems to be very satisfied with what was agreed upon political correspondent melinda crane reporting thank you. all right and let's take a look at how the negotiators may divvy out top ministerial parts i'm going to start which has she were roe remain at the helm of the government and martin shultz resigned from the as well as the leader of the social democrats that's been confirmed jus

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post michael christian democrats. tack to the right form a coalition with a f.t. and we will be back to two two two. left vs right which would by the way be a great thing for the s.p.d. because they don't have to do anything to do is stay where they are and say we're defending what we achieved in two thousand and seventeen eighteen very very briefly while we're on prediction show the projects are titled grand coalition government wanted this may not be the cause of the government germany wanted but could it give me alternatives for the government charlie needs and a very very bad. government right now and the chancellor and that will be daniel thank you thanks to all of you for being with us today and thanks to all of you out there for tuning in. to move. on. zine icons from the lucy the first indian lessons. college moments. and insight. revisit the home of one of the world's most famous design salmon aims. your robotics in thirty minutes to. the freedom of expression. a value that all ways has to be defended and new

a into she is is christian democrat. which is. let's say in some social questions conservative season oprah will opponent. also marriage for who was sections. in economic questions she is quite middle of the road what and lay what questions she is who from the lot on the island mountain region sees wall on the left. to see she really didn't hear person itself she presents the different. a different who ruled also a christian democratic union example shoes i think a very convincing than. what nearly perfect pers for shop? and on the through the warm years she into good formal andtrong. into the cabin.g which means that he. is now i'm as a discipline cabinet she has to be more he has to criticizg well. but you know that is for him risk and it su. did sudan tha he does his job his new job of tmet as. well. all this is a risk that he. then he. his career would not be. will be and then ends quite soon. it the balancing act for angela merkel that we we were expecting this outcome from the cd users what's less certain is how the potentia

as it leaves me i don't think so all of the main job political parties christian democrats social democrats and even the liberals in the greens have had a very consistent position on brakes that the unity of the european union is of utmost importance and anything that damages that shall not be countenanced and so very much as a common ground also only between the social democrats and the christian democrats but between germany and other european union countries so it will help britain in the sense that there will be a german government that can take decisions are you the kind of the vacuum that there's been for the last couple of months will end but ultimately i don't think it's going to change them as positional breaks and it's not going to help the british very much so you're saying vote like twenty seconds of the year two thousand and twenty things still will not be resolved they will be result in twenty twenty odd that we're going to be talking about this a lot longer than i think i think you're right about that that's a good way to ensure income for the next couple issues here is there

coalition agreement there was substantive debate on the points we had negotiated with the christian democratic union which everybody knows that seventy percent of the agreement has the s.p.d. signature and that is met with a lot of support not for everything apart for about ninety percent and they know we

well this is pretty much the first thing we heard from and it would come probable that the christian democrats would not position themselves further to the right and this certainly is the balance that's going to mcauliffe his keen to get right in her cabinet to signal that she has her loyal people still around her like all the love for fall in the law and the defense minister and the same time let soon one of her fiercest critics in the name of spawn so that she is no longer ignoring criticism from within her own party ranks so she's taking the criticism on board that is the helicopter standing by for us there the c.d.u. headquarters thank you. well the curtain is set to come down on the twenty eighteen burning out a film festival after a glittering awards ceremony last night of romanian director pin t.v. clinched the golden bear for touch me last i felt at some critics loved but others found disturbing and wes anderson snapped up the award for best director for the festival's opening movie i left docs for gordon. brown's. the golden bear for the miss goes to. touch me not my idea thanks thank

policy dominated by the social democrats and during the negotiations was with us america is christian democratic union they wanted to raise the top income tax weight which would have been a problem for for for for corporate owners. and i think the the corporates were happy that the social democrats did not push through a hike in the german top income tax rate do you see any positives coming out of this new grand coalition i mean a positive is the first the fact that he's getting a government at all after such a long time do you see pushing ahead any any positives. where you already said it we have a new government this is positive of course they are also. couple of positive minor details but the broader picture is that germany will continue to roll back the labor market reforms which. paved the way for the concepts of the german economy i think overall the corporate sector is quite skeptical as far as a second is a new so-called grand coalition germany is concerned your claim of joining us from comments thank you very much for the analysis thank you. another economic heavyweight is reporting sim

of entering a coalition government with the center left social democrats the chancellor as christian democrats approve the coalition with a broad majority the move was expected the social democrats are voting next week an early america announced her picks for the new cabinet most of the candidates are younger and there are more women of a chance are also named in one of her fiercest critics to join her cabinet. dishnet c.d.u. conventions to applaud party leader and chancellor angela merkel after the speech as long as possible this time the delegates managed to play for little more than four minutes considerably shorter than in recent weeks this reflects the growing dissatisfaction with merkel's policy and the disappointing result at the last national elections and she's aware of that that's the good news and this result is not at all what we were hoping for we all fought hard and we were all disappointed we need to do better the next time. that's your belief my view that this option. but many delegates whether this can be done with a new grand coalition together with the social democrats have

control until now recently after these elections which are also seen as a kind of defeat for the christian democrats who also lost in these polls and who are now trying a very very hard indeed to get this so-called grand coalition together with the social democrats whose party grassroots will have the final vote where they would actually happen. let's go back to you and sean for a minister who's an outspoken critic as you said yourself of merkel what kind of a message is merkel trying to stand by appointing somebody like that if she does. well together with her suggestion of i think it's carbon bar as the secretary general who's expected to be voted into that position tomorrow it's a clear indication that she really is setting up her own party for those posts machall days that is she that she's not just allowing someone like a k k r she is known to go for that position but also one of her fiercest critic critics against john who in the past was mentioned time and time again as the one young hope for to renew the christian democrats c do you party so the big question is will cease she's another full

a major hurdle in ongoing talks to form a new government between chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats and the opposition social democrats paul brennan joins us live now from berlin so this particular proposal that's being debated today paul tell us more about it and obviously you know the politics and policies around refugees have been front and center for germany for quite some time. well i mean ever since the height of the refugee crisis in two thousand and fifteen at which point germany took in just over a million refugees the political impact of that has been seen in successive elections and in particular in the general election here in germany just four months ago it left us without a government and with coalition necessary and actually making an agreement between the two parties the center right c.d.u. of and angela merkel and the center left s.p.d. of martin schultz has been a big problem politically what they seem to have done this week is come to a deal and the reason why they had to push it through is because today the bundestag the parliament is debating it they couldn't pu

having lost some key ministries and the social democrats and the christian social union having gained but on the whole undoubtedly the politicians are relieved as well they went into more than the overtime they had allotted themselves and they were looking very weary indeed earlier all right now in a long awaited breakthrough and give us the broad strokes what do we know about this agreement. the agreement is intitled a new start for europe a new dynamic and new cohesion for germany and so one of the central questions to raise obviously would be does it live up to that rather grand title and i think the answer is in many respects it does do the job that it sets out to do as described by that title if you look at the measures that are outlined here in the area of education in the area of digitalisation where for example the parties have agreed that every german has a right to a fast broadband connection by twenty twenty five whether they live in the countryside or the city if you look at the measures agreed in the area of health care to equalize the situation of those insured by public

hands and has been a key post for christian democrats for a long time so it's going to be very interesting to see if it's probably going to be led by the mayor of hamburg and it's going to be very interesting to see what that means also for the european union germany has let this very strong austerity course within the european union for the past years and that could now a change under the leadership of all of shows and of the leadership of the social democrats and then they are going to get the labor ministry which is also of course a key post for the social democrats so they are really the winners of these coalition talks and who are the losers here i mean how does thompson michael come out of this well i mean she has not gotten the big ministries that's for sure at the moment we're hearing that she will have the defense and the economic ministry. but really the key issues that she has been wanting to push through we'll have to see if those are in the coalition agreement it seems like she is down as chancellor but not quite out i mean she is going to be the chancellor leading this grand

a major hurdle in ongoing talks to form a new government between chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats and the opposition social democrats in march two thousand and sixteen in the government suspended family reunifications for two years. they a many government and secessionists have swapped prisoners in the southern port city of aden session as forces backed by the control of aden from the government on tuesday after several days of fighting dozens have been killed and injured in the rest and aid groups have suspended operations in aden. those are the headlines the news continues people in power is next. head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed a satisfied for the state of their economy this is easily a study his biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand that i love and we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. recent elections most notably that of donald trump is u.s. president have highlighted the dangers to democracy posed by those using social

merkel has approved a deal to renew its coalition with the social democrats the decision by the christian democratic union puts merkel a step closer to a fourth term as leader social democrats will announce on monday whether its members support the deal germany has been without a government for five months after merkel's party lost ground to the far right in september election dominic cain has more from the seaview party conference in berlin. for the party conferences voted in favor of the franco nation feel that the party leadership to go shake it with the social democrats many weeks ago i am surprising really given that over the speakers most of them anyway at this conference were going about the duty of the christian democratic union has to govern in germany given the fact that it won first place in the elections in september it's a theme that angela merkel return to in her speech to the delegates and for us in that sense are deep seated she feels her party hands. the c.d.u. c.s.u. union once a functioning state a state that's capable of acting in a reliable state part of being reliable is that t

coalition agreement there was substantive debate on the points we had negotiated with the christian democratic union which everybody knows that seventy percent of the agreement has the s.p.d. signature and that is met with a lot of support not for everything apart for about ninety percent and they know we can keep these promises we currently have trust issues with the s.p.d. leadership and that includes me i'm aware of it and know it needs to change. first of all we need to be given the chance to continue taking responsibility that's the deciding point if that goes wrong everything about the membership vote is wrong but now i think we need to focus on keeping a direct course towards social democrats taking part in the government. and towards germany taking an affirmative and defining role in europe that's positive not like the rejection of the f.t. or the classical liberal f.d.p. party's voice in parliament then i think things will work out. you know personally also advocate another coalition with the city you but the last two times the s.p.d. a merged weekend by working with the union why sho

pictures of and she mentioned that more will be the beginning of a renewal process with the christian democrats union here which holds a party conference to also elect a new secretary general and they've come out on boa who also criticize for migration policy but is seen as a staunch ally of german chancellor angela merkel also at the same time she's just about to give us those names for the c.d.u. ministries ministry posts that she actually gets to pick now according to the information we got vance we will see germany's defense minister was there from the line stay on and we will see those prominently against iran an outspoken critic of hers to take on the role as health minister in her government which is widely seen as her actually bowing to a bit of pressure and internal criticism from within her own party over the recent months and weeks i just remind ourselves it's now been more than four months since those elections in september. can you actually listen to the names that are being listed at right now make a law. well she's now saying that she. is seeking a balance also of new faces and a

germany's christian democrats meet later to approve a coalition deal with the social democrats — a moveer to a fourth term as chancellor. now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. the independent talks about brexit battle lines drawn after corbyn‘s policy shift. the labour leader is expected to express his support for membership of a customs union after the uk departs the eu in 2019. in the times, a grinning ivanka trump sits in front of a north korean general at the closing ceremony of the window limits. the north indicated on the last day of the winter olympics that it was ready for talks, according to south korea. the front page of the financial times looks at a chinese proposal to remove the 2—term limit for presidency which would pave the way for president xijinping presidency which would pave the way for president xi jinping to presidency which would pave the way for president xijinping to remain in office beyond 2023. if we stay with the ft, if you want to know if a recession is on its way, counting how many women are pregnant is

making news around the world german chancellor angela merkel is facing pressure to shift her christian democrats to the right in order to win back voters senior conservatives said marco had led the party too close to the center but calls calm as the chancellor prepares to announce her choice of new cabinet ministers on sunday. rival political groups have held rallies across italy ahead of parliamentary elections next weekend thousands of supporters of the far right northern league gathered in milan were anti-fascist demonstrators also marched in the capital rome authorities stepped up security around the country amid fears protests could turn violent. fears are growing for a group of some one hundred missing young women in northeastern nigeria it's believed boko haram militants kidnapped them the militants attacked their school and dumped she village and state on monday the next day scores of girls were missing the students desperate parents are clinging to hope and calling on the government to act now. reports. we are on our way to a remote town in nigeria's north east a new state. has largely

of zod land has been put forward as the new secretary general of chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats it is a significant move for ana gretchen. the decision is fueling speculation that merkel is lining up her successor. now we are heading to the berlin international film festival where scott roxborough and charlotte pale are standing by the two individuals who get paid all of this week to watch movies i'm not bitter guys i just want to know how you've been in a way as one of your favorite really hard struggling. yeah my favorite so far i think has to be actually opening film wes anderson's isle of dogs which is the perfect way to get the festival started it's a beautiful movie funny upbeat quirky as wes anderson's films always are and really i don't know a deeply human humanist film i think anyone except cat lovers maybe i got to love this movie. it really is for me to talk film so far about it yeah i was really excited i had the. thing that's special and he delivers exactly what you hate he would if i wanted to pick a second film that i would because more and more downbeat film can

german chancellor angela merkel is facing pressure to shift her christian democrats to the right in order to win back voters senior conservatives said merkel had left the party too close to the center the calls calm as the chancellor prepares to announce her choice of new cabinet ministers in her plan a grand coalition government with the social democrats. but if there is to be a new coalition government at all while that's still the pen's on nearly half a million social democrat party members who are voting at the moment all across the country as the tea party leaders are trying to garner support for a yes vote and today foreign ministers they will who is fighting to keep his job trying to persuade his party in his home town to back the coalition deal. they know where they are heading even if their beleaguered party is struggling to find its way. sigma gabrielle knows almost everyone here these are his people but even here in our little self deprecation goes a long way. but as big as many orphans are frankly what's annoyed me in the last few weeks and months is the way it's gone but i ca

democrats have reached agreement has been criticized especially by the conservative wing within the christian democrats but merkel defended the agreement as the c.d.u. had managed to make its mark. do you justice displayed so the headlines show that this agreement wants to give the right answers on the most urgent matters and a storm the right conclusions from the election results a new start for europe and new momentum for germany and more solidarity within our society i know it says. prior to the convention merkel had presented her picks for a potential new cabinet which will include one of her harshest critics the thirty seven year old m.p.g. and span half of all posts for the c.d.u. will be held by women these decisions helped to silence most of the critical voices . let's get them they've got to know what this gives the whole thing today a really good movie so i'm very satisfied. it's a new team it reflects the c.v. i did it's interesting for people to mention but still most of the party's applause today went to two ministers who will no longer be in office interior minister told most of is year a

of saarland has been put forward as the new secretary general of chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats it's a significant move for on a cat come our the decision is fueling speculation that chance americal is grooming her successor iran's civil aviation authorities say they cannot confirm reports that wreckage from sunday's plane crash has been found they asked men airlines a domestic flight went down in a net in this area in the south of the country all sixty five people on board the plane are presumed dead. indonesia's mount sinabung volcano has shut a huge column of ash into the atmosphere measuring five kilometers that's after a fresh eruption on monday no fatalities or injuries have been reported in the airlines on the highest level of alert. at the winter olympics in john chiang a russian alexander crucial mid ski one who won a bronze medal with his wife in mixed doubles curling as tested positive for a banned substance the international olympic committee is currently we have the results of the tests on his b. sample and the court of arbitration for sport has launched what they c

suffered so badly in the last election and it must be said that the that the christian democrats merkel's party suffered too so that they both i think i'm moving a little bit reluctantly in this direction i just want to bring our viewers up to date with a bit of information is coming through right now on the german wires being reported that the german mass circulation newspaper billed has has said is reporting that the social democrats are to get the foreign finance and labor ministries that merkel city used to get the economy defense ministries and and apparently the americans but very an ally the c s u is to get the interior ministry now this is all attributed of course to the circulation. bild newspaper here in germany and can i say that is specially the finance ministry if that does indeed go. from the social democrats this is a significant ministry where he can get back into the position that he's very comfortable with because the finance ministry in germany is the one that deals with european affairs as we mustn't forget terry that is most comfortable on the european stage he came f

democrats are taking over the finance ministry which for the last forward four years was run by the christian democrats by the conservatives so it seems that the conservatives have made quite major concessions to the social democrats in order to make this agreement possible hence just a note to our viewers that there's a little box in the lower right hand side of the screen while we are monitoring that crowd right behind you we're waiting for the party leaders to come out and give a statement about this final agreement we'll be listening life to that as soon as they arrive there hans but as you said there were some major concessions made by americans conservatives what does that tell us about the position that they are in . well knuckle herself when she went into the negotiations yesterday morning more than twenty four hours again ago was already speaking about the need to make what she called painful concessions and it seems very clear that that is exactly what has happened obviously both marco and her conservatives as well as the social democrats were in a sense. say they had no other choice than to

making news around the world german chancellor angela merkel is facing pressure to shift her christian democrats to the right in order to win back voters senior conservatives that marco has led the party too close to the center the calls of the chancellor prepares to announce her choice of new cabinet ministers on sunday. rival political groups have held rallies across italy ahead of parliamentary elections next weekend thousands of supporters of the far northern league gathered in milan. demonstrators also marched in the capital authorities stepped up security around the country and there are fears protests could turn violent. three bombs have exploded in the capital of myanmar as raw and states injuring a policeman bombs are rare in the ses he but the stage is a hotbed of ethnic struggles just insurgents are fighting a decade long rebellion and it's also home to the ministry campaign against the will hinge of muslims no group has claimed responsibility for the bus. well u.s. president donald trump is turning up to hasten north korea with a new round of economic sanctions he's calling the tough

german chancellor angela merkel is facing pressure to shift her christian democrats to the right in order to win back voters senior conservatives said mary had led the party too close to the center but calls calm as the chancellor prepares to announce her choice of new cabinet ministers on sunday. now in the wake of last week's deadly school shooting in florida a growing number of u.s. businesses are distancing themselves from the pro-gun lobby group the n.r.a. several companies have announced that they will no longer offer discounts to n.r.a. members this amid increasing pressure from a newly strengthened anti gun movement. a social media movement is driving change in the u.s. the hashtag and already calls on businesses to end their relationships with the gun lobby and firms are listening rental car companies including hats and i say that ending that discount programs with n.r.a. members. u.s. airline delta has also ceased its n.r.a. discounts. and the first national bank one of the largest private banks in the u.s. has said it will stop making n.r.a. branded credit cards the reaction fr

sense make full as chancellor possible so there's a sense especially among supporters of the christian democrats of the conservatives that's too much has been given to the social democrats also in business i think there's a lot of skepticism about all the kinds of promises and their costs that are involved in this deal on the side of the social democrats to one has to say there's not total euphoria at all as we have heard the social democratic rank and fossil has to vote on this deal and then not quite sure where the party should be in this grand coalition atoll now the new government if it gets the seal of approval from the as the rank and file it would have for opposition parties to deal with in parliament they of course are already getting down to work slamming the agreement take a listen. higher pensions better day care more nurses and more policeman something for everyone and the new coalition agreement and that costs money the conservatives and social democrats have planned at least forty six billion euros in addition to the current german budget the left party says the costs can't be adeq

germany's ruling christian democrat party is overwhelmingly approved another coalition deal with the social democrats it's party conference and lynn it means i'm going to muckle is a step closer to a fourth term as chancellor social democrats now have to approve the deal themselves results of that postal vote will be announced next monday germany has been in political limbo for five months since merkel's party lost ground to the far right in the elections in september john mccain has been following events at cd at the c.d.u. party conference in. i tried to talk to conferences voted in favor of the grand total deal i got the party leadership to go share it with the social democrats many weeks ago i surprising really given but only to speak to most of them anywhere at this conference it's worth it about the duty of the christian democratic union house to govern in germany given the fact that it won first place in the elections in september it's a theme that angela merkel return to in her speech the other delegates in the room for us in that sense are deep seated she feels her party has