expected on multilateralism but the case was made earlier in the week by the french president emmanuelle mccoll and the german chancellor angela merkel who called for a stronger europe with the french president to money when michael certainly a merging the davos dogging here although the u.s. president certainly had the spotlight in it he proved that he still stands against everything that the davos globalists here hold dear. here's a look now at some of the other news we're following for you this hour german chancellor angela merkel and her conservatives have begun formal coalition talks with the social democrats the two sides stressed the need for speed in negotiations and set a deadline of february fourth for wrapping up talks to form a government now any coalition deal still has to be voted on by as party members. voters in the czech republic have begun casting ballots in the country's today presidential runoff pro russia anti immigrant incumbent new low steamin had been favored to win a second term but the latest opinion polls point to a neck and neck race with challenger jiri drawn hose.