broken down after one of the parties involved withdrew from the negotiations the business friendly f.d.p. party says it had lost confidence in chancellor merkel's consist conservative alliance and the greens and had decided to withdraw from the table a news conference is expected to begin any time now in the meantime let's listen to what f.t.p. party leader christian lin had to say. to date no new movement no further movement was attained we took steps backward instead of making progress because agreed on compromises were once again thrown into doubt a few it became clear that the four parties involved could neither share a common vision for modernizing our country nor establish a foundation of trust. and. a common idea and mutual trust have to be the basis for a stable government. we do not know what germany will face in the coming years in the world. but if for partners are unable to come up with a joint plan even for what is probable even after so much time and such extensive talks then this is no viable found. ladies and gentlemen it's already early morning. so this ended here and they barg

today i'm talking to constantine cooler head of the german f.d.p. party's national youth organization welcome to our show mr cool thank you hello mr cooler you're only twenty eight years old you have already completed a two state examinations in law and are a newly elected delegates of the german born between the two of there are so many nice jobs out there why did it have to be politics. well the good thing is i learned a different profession first time a lawyer by training i might not have worked as one for a long just for a while after my second state examination but it's important to me to have a profession i trained for you never know your time in office only lasts for four years and it may well be over then but even if it is there will be other options for me but for now it's great to have this opportunity at twenty eight i mean the average age of bundestag m.p.'s is about fifty so being able to contribute at twenty eight is a real gift a great honor. but you laid the groundwork early on what you join germany's young liberals when you were only thirte

issues that are left that is mainly migration but also finance according to the business friendly f.d.p. party and the pressure is really high as well as the stakes are the press or especially time pressure because all parties want it actually to present the findings of tonight's negotiations to their party bases and to their committees and the events were already scheduled for tomorrow they're going to be pushed back to a later date and so the pressure is high the stakes are high as well and we'll see tomorrow where exactly new compromises can be found and if they can be found it will send a go she said to be picked up picked up again now friday at noon is what we're hearing is it looking more likely that these talks are going to fail and what happens if they do. well we got some positive signals here tonight of course first of all but of course it's possible that they fail if they don't get the common ground they need on the remaining content contentious issues and so technically there is only one other option to form a government with this election result and that would include the social d

athenia f.d.p. party member and former ambassador thank you for joining us on the program sir now the president is calling for fresh negotiations how likely is it that they will lead to anything new do you think. well. at the present i think that the coalition. talks. to make accommodations definitely fane. that does not exclude negotiations with of responsible parties concerned who considers some sort of core corporation. tolerating a minority government or even forming. some sort of a. coalition government that might eventually work mr b. why did your party walk out of negotiations what were the main sticking points there. well my party has for right from the beginning said that we are guarded by principles we have been elected because we were called to modernize the country we entered into these negotiations with good faith and things went well in the first phase of the coalition talks with then run into difficulties and the main obstacle was caused by the greens who unfortunately introduced the kade o

live from berlin a crisis looms in germany after coalition talks break down the business friendly f.d.p. party says it's pulling out of the go she actions to forge a new government.

but one night about a week and a half ago everything changed the business friendly f.d.p. party dropped out of coalition talks with the conservative alliance and the greens . suddenly germany's political stability was thrown into doubt now as head of state steinmeier has to take the reins. of talk the mandate of forming a government is an important one and perhaps the most important one the voters gave to the parties in a democracy and this mandate remains wendy's of talk polite. for days the german presidential palace has been the center for exploratory talks aimed at forming a new government all the country's leading politicians have been summoned chancellor angela merkel the head of the social democrats martin shorts and members of the greens and the f.d.p. . steinmeier has to set aside any residual loyalties to his former party the social democrats instead he has to draw on his experience as foreign minister and play the diplomat today he has to leaders of the former grand coalition to work out whether a new grand coalition could be viable to be tied to the parties in questi

f.d.p. and green parties failed.

up pretty early on i began to ask myself why the liberal party why the f.d.p. . and when you trace it back of course it because of what the liberals wrested from the states bit by bit in the nineteenth century. freedom of opinion freedom of the press. taking that sentiment and transferring it to today's world the question arises how much video surveillance how much telecommunications surveillance is acceptable in an age when we spend so much time online. that is an important point to make when it comes to informational self-determination because if you feel like you're being watched twenty four seven you will change your behavior without even noticing it and that's not what self-determination is supposed to mean that's why yes in the west case informational self-determination must also be asserted in the face of state opposition take major corporations think of tax evasion or social networks they've created a public space that is practically replaced real public life then autonomy must also be defended against the private sector this is great but it's difficult t

been weeks now since these parties have been in negotiations but at the same time one has to remember you've got merkel's conservatives in talks with the market liberal f.d.p. the left leaning green party they all have such different agendas and priorities is it realistic that they're going to find common ground to actually lead a government i mean i think it is marianna. you have to remember that this is not like in the u.s. it's not one party wins the election and then forms the new government this is a parliamentary system there are always coalitions at the last coalition that was formed took eighty four days so we're not actually that far behind schedule now that said there are four parties involved in these talks and they span just about the entire range of the mainstream german political system so that does make it a bit more complicated it's when they embarked upon this project they said it was exploring new 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

f.d.p. just walked away is it the song that they have been singing beforehand was the parties were so i logically different that this wasn't a possible compromise was it wishful thinking to want these parties to get together and work together in the first place. i think there was some rapprochement between these two different poles between the far while the conservatives from the very especially and the greens on the other left hand spectrum of the politics of the political spectrum there seems to have been some. some measure of understanding for the position of the other side and preparedness for compromise on both sides in fact it is true that their public statements during these negotiations even until the night before the free democrats walked out their public statements were remains that there had great differences on the issues of migration on the number of refugees in germany or coming into germany and on the issue of climate change or climate protection but now after this war card both sides have been saying that they had the feeling that they were getting a lot closer to finding an agree

example the issue of arms control and we have to remember that the parties that are involved here from the greens to the pro-business f.d.p. to the conservatives and the variances the party that is even more to the riots they are very odd bedfellows to begin with they've been negotiating now for four weeks and it is not getting any easier so they have decided to negotiate now through the weekend and in the morning they were playing the blame game a little bit the your party's fold that these negotiations from last night had to be extended but in the afternoon you could hear a lot more re conciliatory tone they were saying we have to find a compromise there is no way around it that it is our responsibility to find that compromise for the country and in the end they want to reach a conclusion by sunday night they are saying so another deadline we will see if they can meet at this time around charlotte how transparent have these talks been do we know what's on the table over the weekend. yeah tomorrow they will have they will be discussing the most contentious issues migration and climate both have been very controversially

pretty early on i began to ask myself why the liberal party why the f.d.p. . and when you trace it back of course it because of what the liberals wrested from the states bit by bit in the nineteenth century. freedom of opinion freedom of the press. taking that sentiment and transferring it to today's world the question arises how much video surveillance how much telecommunications surveillance is acceptable in an age when we spend so much time online. that is an important point to make when it comes to informational self-determination because if you feel like you're being watched twenty four seven you will change your behavior without even noticing it and that's not what self-determination is supposed to mean so that's why yes in the west case informational self-determination must also be asserted in the face of state opposition take major corporations think of tax evasion or social networks they've created a public space that is practically replaced real public life then autonomy must also be defended against the private sector that's great but it's difficult

f.d.p. and the green party is pressing them to return to the negotiating table chancellor angela merkel has already said she would rather run again in a new election than to lead a minority government pressure is now growing on the social democrats to reconsider another grand coalition with the conservatives. let's bring in ralph stagnant now he's deputy leader of the social democratic party here in germany and joins us from our parliamentary studio mr stagnant thank you so much for being with us this morning on d.w. news germany needs a government isn't it time for your party to step up to the plate and offer to form a government with the conservatives. well first of all good morning i don't think we have a state crisis we have an acting government and that works and now of the situation is a little bit complicated we have seen the failure of angle america and negotiating with the greens and the liberals and see if you and that has happened just on sunday and now we have to think about what's what's going to do and there are different possibilities you know on the other side we have had a

isn't it we used to stressing the differences between our parties and the f.d.p. are not exactly helping to ease the tensions. interviews despite their differences the business friendly f.t.p. remains confident they'll reach a compromise. there are a number of issues we do agree on that is also important to mention we all want to strengthen the e.u. and nato we have some common ground on diplomacy development aid and security. strengthening nato that's one policy the greens can get behind at least in theory but as they say the devil's in the details. this should not be just about investing that abstract number of two percent for defense that won't make the world a safer place. and there are other issues but. we need to agree on the fact that turkey cannot be a full member of the european union. with so many differences some are questioning whether the coalition talks will ever truly take off now to some other stories making news around the world in afghanistan at least fifteen people have been killed and dozens injured in a fuel tanker bombing officials said an ex

far behind but these parties that are involved right now sit on a broad political spectrum across the board right we have the conservatives merkel's conservatives we have the f.d.p. which is center right and then we have the greens can these parties with such differing points of view and agendas actually form some kind of consensus and reach an agreement where you say you're right there i mean this is this is the 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 ca

parties. it's good. german should take part of the c.d.u. part of the s.p.d. and part of the f.d.p. and found a new movement i don't think the established system of parties is working for germany anymore. what with her now uncertainty in germany many french analysts believe a man on the court will struggle to push through his european reforms. we already had something of a blockade before that's nothing new. but this new situation of uncertainty and the political crisis in germany will make it even harder to reform the eurozone and the . warden or. hear it keat a billion themed bar in paris where santa lives french german group meets regularly some believe the crisis could also be an opportunity perhaps the franker german alliance will now become a relationship of equals. with. america wants to move forward with europe she will need to listen to emanuel and his own party in the core. but right now tonsil america has more pressing issues relations with france on efforts to reform europe are on hold first she has to have a functioning government. while france and visions are united eur

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

talks aimed at forming a new coalition government now the man whose party scuppered those talks christiane listen there of the liberal f.d.p. met with the president from both of my earlier today and the co-chairs of the green party were also summoned to the presidential palace here in berlin president steinmeier is pressing the parties to avoid fresh elections. or for her part german chancellor angela merkel has already said that she would rather run again in a new election then lead a minority government it's an unprecedented situation for germany's something that was very much in evidence during today's parliamentary session. newfound trust between germany's conservative alliance and the green party. which when the conservative alliance in the social democrats these uncertain times the collapsed coalition talks loom large over the bundestag oh out of frustration there needs to be understanding for this difficult balancing act which means everyone who bears political responsibility should shift away if only partially from their election plant friends for a compromise that would benefit the majority this is neither a faili

parties it's good. german should take part of the c.d.u. part of the s.p.d. and part of the f.d.p. and found a new movement i don't think the established system of parties is working for germany anymore. what with her now uncertainty in germany many french analysts believe a man on the court will struggle to push through his european reforms. or. we already had something of a blockade before that's nothing new for. this new situation of uncertainty and the political crisis in germany will make it even harder to reform the eurozone and the e.u. . as an ordinal. here it keat themed bar in paris where shantel labour's french german group meets regularly some believe the crisis could also be an opportunity. perhaps the franker german alliance will now become a relationship of equals. with. america wants to move forward with europe she will need to listen to emanuel mackinaw and his own party in the core. but right now chancellor merkel has more pressing issues relations with france on efforts to reform europe are on hold first she has to have a functioning government. while france and v

german history and if you look at the ideological differences between the parties from the greens to the business friendly f.d.p. to the bavarian conservative arm of conservatives the differences are stark on issues especially for example on issues such as migration from what we've been hearing and i think that it is very likely that there will be some kind of compromise coming out of the talks tonight or maybe they are extending these talks into tomorrow but there will be some kind of compromise most likely because the stakes are just too high for the parties to not reach a conclusion and to let these talks fail charlotte just very briefly before we go if they fail what is that likely to mean for angela merkel and her party is very there could be a minority government more likely that they will call for a snap election so new elections and that would be how some negotiators have been saying really a catastrophe for he is a very skilled negotiator and if she lets those talks fail that would definitely weaken her position and could in the end we can have position as a possible chancellor so the pressure again is

coalition efforts by the three major parties to forge a government under chancellor angela merkel have reportedly collapsed merkel's conservative the business friendly f.d.p. and the greens have been trying to overcome major differences on several key issues those efforts have failed to bring you the latest. also on the show zimbabwe's political crisis deepens president robert mugabe to find a pressure from his on a p.f. party to step down in a live television address to the nation mugabe did not resign saying instead he would preside over a party congress despite earlier being sacked as the head of zanu p.f. his opponents now are threatening protests and peach meant. i must wait or welcome to the show the talks to form a new coalition government for germany appear to have a collapsed the business friendly f.t.p. party has announced it's pulling out of the talks for lack of confidence in the other parties. our correspondent husband is standing by outside the building where the talks have been taking place and here joins us now for the latest hans let's get right to it what are you hearing about the cause of why this broke down many many hours after the de

party in berlin to discuss their options after coalition talks with the greens in the pro-business f.d.p. collapse. that's your new iraq coming up next it's no fully las we'll have all of the goals from sunday's bundesliga soccer action cat hamburg and cologne turn around their nightmare seasons or will they decide deeper into relegation danger. that in just one minute do stay with us because.

however you know i want to talk a bit more about the dynamics between the parties because if we look for example at the greens and the f.d.p. the greens very much sort of the odd man out here right and in this three party negotiation what do you think that that will mean now going forward for these negotiations and also just the general mindset of of the leaders of these parties as well or you see the two different parties you know the f.t.p. has been out of parliament for the last four years so for them it's a big success to be back and they did with stronger even they are come of them was it with stronger than the outcome of the of the of the green party. so for the fifty people it's enough they're back in power they're not for go in they say ok we want to form labor politics in the new parliament for the reason part is much more difficult because then law is is such a united broke the left wing party full of his right wing party photos it's for them it's always much more difficult and it's the only party of these four parties who say even before we start policing talks we have to have the approval. in the party congress

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 coalition that's why i suggest we build a coalition with the s.p.d. . or and asked me to a speedy but for the social democrats in new grand coalition with the city you is far from a done deal. yesterday hopes a stab

f.d.p. the liberals and he will tell them to go back to the negotiation table the same tomorrow with his own party the s.p.d. he will ask them to basically reconsider their strong stance and join a coalition with them going to merkel and you've already said that you do expect to see fresh elections but under these conditions why can't we have a government we had a successful election there are a couple of options for for putting together a coalition governments one of the parties not willing. there might be a shift as i said earlier two parties being less likely to come from ais basically all of them expect that they might gain from future elections even though it's very unclear how new elections will turn out well that's my blass question to you if we do have a rerun of the election what's going to happen we had an unprecedented number of parties coming into the german parliament as after the last election what point spec next time around we will see it there are last night's polls show that none of the parties will actually shift a lot in their percentage points so we might have precisely the sa

party for their collapse. in an exclusive interview spoke to did a correspondent for in denmark. at ten minutes i mean you said not forming a coalition with the conservatives defying the americans the f.d.p. the pro-business f.t.p. would be a missed opportunity why do you think so. i think we could have achieved a lot for germany if first of all germany would have got a government debt quick response to president micro in france to commission president we could also do something in the fight against climate change we could do more for social justice in germany we agreed on so many fields including that we have to invest more into digitalisation more into education the kind of things that the liberal said in the election committee didn't matter to them obviously they didn't matter as much as they said. the liberals have blamed i'm glad american for not being able to form this coalition for the wrong negotiation style and things like that what do you think about that is that true well to be honest i'm fed up with you know i hear all the time man complaining about strong women i mean this is so much old school liberal it's lost the last election because of themselves not because of our get