in two thousand and two you were elected not by the party list but as the first green party politician to directly win their constituency. an example of grassroots democracy. did that make your work in the party easier and in parliament to. absolutely. i've already experienced four years of being in parliament thanks to the party list before i was elected directly. it puts you on the same level as directly elected parliamentarians from the big party is. it turns you a lot of respect so you can't understate its importance we would have liked that from the beginning but we did not even think it was possible if. you want to call the parliamentarians the highest power in parliamentary democracy is that really the case in the bundestag the real center of debate over ideas. believe this parliamentary democracy needs urgently restoring freely elected deputies who have a direct mandate from the people who have the power line not the government. just like it says in the constitution this means that those in power will always have to come to the parliamentarians and make an effort to build major

because hans christiane's is one of the founders of germany's green party he's here to talk about the extra parliamentary opposition democracy and the party itself welcome to the d w interview mr stoller thanks has been this tax. while a member of parliament you turned on the privilege of an official car and cycled instead. was this a way of staying close to the kind of people who might not have a company car. door when i get around using my bike or transport it means there's a lot more direct contact with ordinary people contact. people talk to me i listen to what they say to each other and every day is full of communication. not just back then with my colleagues in the bundestag with people on the street i might not know them but i listen to their ideas and sometimes we get into lengthy discussions i've used the car on occasion like right now i've been receiving medical treatment and have been feeling a little frail but the vast majority of the time i've used my bike. no privileges for anyone that was very much the spirit of the student movement of nine hundred sixty eight that you

design you refer to the established parties now fifty years after nine hundred sixty eight or the greens one of the established parties. many would include them in that category i hope and i working to ensure that that isn't quite the case the country. now you're no longer in parliament are you back in the extra parliamentary opposition. i've always been part of it. still take part in demonstrations as long as my health . i will be active but i will be active in the greens. i'll be there at the next party congress and the one after this. i'll do everything i can but i also want to be involved in the discussions that's something i do now not just with speeches or leaflets but via twitter every week. it was a total mystery to finish here are three sentences that i'd like you to complete the greens are currently the smallest parliamentary group. i hope for the future of my party of. you. i'm that someday it will become a party that is indispensable to forming a government. and big tent movement for the left as left politicians are back into his column for his. is this something that hasn't

and germany's greens are like two new leaders and unusually they're both from the party's centrist wing and we'll see what that could mean pretty green future in german polish tanks. and maya schwager welcome to the program. at least ninety five people have been killed in a major explosion in the afghan capital kabul the country's interior minister also says more than one hundred fifty were injured in the suicide bomb attack which happened at a police checkpoint on saturday morning that's how the band have claimed responsibility . the attacker made it past the first checkpoint posing as a paramedic transporting a patient in an ambulance the bomb was detonated when he was identified by police at the second checkpoint one of the crowd was sitting in much shop when there was a powerful explosion only windows. you know i'm from the bottom of. the casualties a very high with bodies were everywhere near the hospital and everywhere. a hospital coordinator described the attack as a massacre the blast happened on a busy street during lunch hour the area is home to several foreign embassies and g

but no it's a match pop ups and go all those got it right with the green party but she's still in favor of using coal power plus her transport minister in the old government called the greens tofu that has fallen into our meat when it comes to the d.p. these folks were nowhere near matching with deep divisions and how to deal with tax and solemn and environmental policies the event was that we will not abandon. it with which we are not convinced it is better not to govern than to govern badly so that was it for the so called to make a coalition talks. one guy quit using the coalition building up all together but then signed up again. and through a grand coalition we said this clearly in this room after the elections and we still stand by this. time politics that's why these tools necessary. challenges facing the euro. so angle crossed paths with park there swipe left or right the conservative leader is having another go at matching with the social democrats but here again angle may find herself matchless here's why. migration was much less of an issue in twenty thirteen when agreeing on

i think where it's going to it's going to succeed is in coalition building something that the green party doesn't do something that the other third party candidates don't do we suggest coalition building so something that we're doing with the independent party is it's not a religious conversion if you become an independent rather you are caucus with the democrats you can caucus with the republicans you still an independent and suggest you know based on their rules you can show up at their events and you can have suggestions and discussions with them so coalition building is primary some. thing that we've lost since the one nine hundred ninety s. since the internet has dawned everybody's kind of built their own silos and the built that does seem to be the hardest part because the truth is third party third parties or you know we call them third parties i mean the side of that two party monopoly is is considered you know it's going to ruin things it's going to do this it's going to mess up but now we have a congress and we see in the last twenty thirty years the whole time i've grown up is

eric brooks san francisco green party. our city californians for energy choice clean energy advocates. i wear a lot of hats. i would second what mr. holtsman said which is that we need somebody soon hopefully in january. i hope that would be a permanent executive officer. based on where this lafco seems to be headed, what you need is a generalist not a specialist. and i think that the cal lafco adviser said something to that effect in the workshop. you need someone like former executive officer fried who has the ability to encapsulate all the issues as a coordinator, then hire out to specialists for a specific contract needs for things like cca 2.0, community choice 2.0 and that kind of thing. i want to reiterate i think not toanl do you need a generalist we need -- not only do you need a generalist. we need that generalist soon. and one more, because it looks like this is not going -- from what i've heard this is not going to be a union position. that is unfortunate. we need to figure out a way that this bid process is no

you are the vice president candidate of the green party with jill stein. now you're working on pronthemap.com. talk about the significance of what frances mcdormand called a tectonic shift last nightht. >> iran with cynthia mckinney was my presidential running mate. also we have to be very careful when we talk about sexual violence in all of its form. not every woman is in the workplace first and foremost, like my daughter who is 13 years old. right? because sexual violence is not just in a 9:00 to 5:00 or on a shift. it is when you're walking home. it is growing up in new york city. it is, hey, shorty, look at me. smile. why are you unhappy today? i mean, the amount of street harassment alone that we have to go through before we get to work to be doubly harassed. we have to be very careful. old,a lawrence, 24 years fierce sister, i mean, standing rock, has been doing work around women, caution does because the indigenous woman she worked with are being disappeared when they are in their reservation and the violence that young women are facing because youn

and to some of the other stories making news around the world germany's green party has said goodbye to co-chair of americans who want to pay to head of the party leadership post lead the party for nine years and with a lead negotiator they failed three way coalition talks last year are stellar gets are set to elect two new co-chairs nature today. a u.s. trade commission has ruled against punitive tariffs imposed by the trumpet ministration on canadian aircraft. c. series was facing three hundred percent import charges after u.s. plane maker boeing complained its competitor had unfairly received government subsidies. to shoes and philippines president two or three go to terence a has voiced support for myanmar as a broyles leader aung san suu kyi to tara tafe said he sees the nobel prize laureates he's facing international condemnation for failing to address the atrocities committed against muslims in myanmar. fighting corruption is topping the agenda at the african union's annual salles which is the under way now and ethiopia's capital. over the weekend african heads of states and go

germany's green party has elected to new leaders that was part of a reshuffle triggered after the sale ear of the party's coalition talks the chancellor merkel's conservative bloc and the pro-business free democrats robert back will now head up the greens alongside and then up our block both belong to the greens pragmatic wing breaking a tradition of electing a leftist centrist. today is international holocaust remembrance day it's marked on every year on the anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz nazi concentration camp by the soviet red army in one nine hundred forty five former inmates of the camp in poland laid wreaths today at the so-called block of death for executions took place some six million jews were murdered by nazi germany during the second world war most of them in camps like auschwitz. and holocaust remembrance day chancellor angela merkel warned of rising anti-semitism in germany she said life was far from normal for jews in the country. and it's shameful that no jewish institution can exist without police protection for. the contiguous and. that's why we have

nine percent the left party would also get nine percent and the green party eleven percent subtle variations only with the conservatives and the left party. well the findings of the survey come just as chancellor merkel sister party the c.s.u. has is gathering in bavaria for their annual winter meeting and stefan meyer is a member of the c.s.u. and spokesman for the c.d.u. c.s.u. home affairs committee in the german parliament thank you so much for spending at time with us mr meyer these polls aren't very encouraging for the chancellor many don't welcome the prospect of a grand coalition how confident are you that the leaders trying to hammer out a deal will be able to change people's minds. personally i'm very confident that all three parties are willing to conduct this negotiations in proper constructive way and all three parties and all three party leaders have the same object if to form a crown cushion certainly. a new crown coalition isn't very popular in our country but on the other hand you have to see we have three alternatives we have with the first tentative drawn coalition the sec

germany's green party has said goodbye to co-chairs jim to america and they want to pay to head of a party leadership for the rare lead the party for nine years and was the lead negotiator in the failed three way coalition talks last year r.t. delegates are set to elect two new co-chairs of nature today. a u.s. trade commission has ruled against punitive tire of some posed by the trump administration on canadian aircrafts bombardier's c. series was facing three hundred percent import charges of theft or u.s. plane maker boeing complained of competitor had unfairly received government subsidies. philippine president tried to go to territory has voiced support for myanmar as umbrella leave their own songs of change to tears he has said he pays the nobel prize laureate who's facing international condemnation for failing to address the atrocities committed against the hinge of muslims in me on mar. well today's edge national holocaust remembrance day marks every year on the anniversary of the gratian of the auschwitz concentration camp nazi germany murdered more than six million jews in t

germany's green party has elected to new leaders the vote was part of a reshuffle triggered after the failure of the party's coalition talks with chancellor i'm going to marco's conservative block and the free democrats robert ha back will now head of the greens alongside on and they. are part of the centrist wing along as well as part of the greens pragmatic wing breaking a tradition of electing a leftist. now on to some of the other stories making news around the world voters in the czech republic have cast their ballots in the country's today presidential runoff pro western academic. scuse me is seeking to oust the anti immigrant incumbent to me last exam on the polls had zaman ahead but it now looks like it could be a tight race. philippine president roderigo do terrets a has voiced support for me on mars embroiled leader aung sun suu kyi said he pities the nobel prize laureate who is facing international condemnation for failing to address the atrocities committed against her a hinge of muslims in myanmar. south korea's president has visited the scene of a hospital fire that kill

germany's green party has elected two new leaders but it was part of a reshuffle triggered after the failure of the party's coalition talks with chancellor angela merkel's conservative bloc and the pro-business free democrats now robert harvick well now head up the greens alongside and they are bach both belong to the greens pragmatic wing breaking a tradition of electing a leftist centrist to a. well today is international holocaust remembrance day it's marked every year on the end of a story of the liberation of the auschwitz nazi concentration camp in one thousand nine hundred five full of prisoners and their families placed candles on the central monument at the site of a camp in poland some six million jews along with millions of others were murdered by nazi germany during the second world war most of them in camps like auschwitz on holocaust remembrance day chancellor angela merkel warrender freising anti semitism in germany she said life was still far from normal for jews living in germany. in the sun it's shameful that no jewish institution can exist without police protection

he now denied having said that but of course the debate is going on for example members of the green party and of the political left in germany in germany are heavily criticizing this now saying that of course you're jill needs to be released but this should be a separate thing it shouldn't be on the condition a condition for arms sales and arms sales should be blocked until there are real improvements in the general human rights situation in turkey now. covering that story for us thank you very much indeed. now some of the stories making news around the world the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has warned iran that the world is watching its response to anti government protests a comments came as a u.n. security council meeting but iran and russia criticized the u.s. for calling the meeting saying the protests are a domestic matter in syria at least seventeen civilians have been killed and sixty injured in as strikes on a rebel held area near damascus that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights the region is one of the last remaining opposition strongholds

nine percent the left party would also get nine percent and the green party eleven percent subtle variations only with the conservatives and the left party. and those survey results will no doubt be of interest to members of chancellor angela merkel sister party the c.s.u. they are gathering in bavaria for their annual winter meeting among those joining the conservative politicians as controversial and garion leader viktor orbán seen here in this video in a pink tie and see him there. now he is said to deliver a speech to delegates prime minister orbán is a long standing and vocal critic of angela merkel's refugee policy calling it a trojan horse of terrorism. for more let's bring in our political correspondent who is covering the c.s.u. party meeting welcome to you make it seems like an affront to the chancellor to invite viktor orban to this meeting why was he invited well this is you here insist that he was not invited as an affront to the german chancellor and to migration policy we all remember the year twenty fifteen really when the hungarian refusal to really want to take in people ul

nine percent the left party would also get nine percent and the green party eleven percent subtle variations only with the conservatives and the left party. ok let's break down these numbers now with our political correspondent kate brady here in the suv studio good morning carrie looking at these numbers what do they mean for the upcoming coalition talks this week and it's quite clear that both the social democrats and the conservatives know that going into these exploratory talks on sunday to discuss something which fifty two percent of germans quite clearly aren't all that keen on and so they know that if this is going to work or if these exploratory talks are going to move on to coalition negotiations for a grand coalition and the deal has to be very very good forty five percent of germans are in favor of this grand coalition which seems like quite a large number first qualms but when you compare that say four years ago when the last of the current coalition was being formed sixty six percent of germans were in favor of that's a huge difference over fareed or four years that is a massive

says she has already try to form another coalition government together with the liberals and the green party but this has failed at the end of last year and this is the only option she has to form a coalition government with the only jordi in parliament the only other option she would have would be a minority government but this is something that she already ruled out all new elections a new elections is something all parties in paghman don't really want because they all know the only window of these new election elections would be the far right of d. party so this is very complicated in the end angler machall is doomed to success here but the other parties of rather reluctant. reporting for us there are many thanks indeed. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world and saudi arabia has detained eleven of its princes for protesting against an end to state payments of their utility bills officials say the men have been sent to a maximum security prison and are awaiting trial hundreds of venezuelans have stood in long lines outside supermarkets after the government order

forget our friend for correspondent linda hong standing by in singapore daniel starting with you greens party transport spokesman's says that the orders are to seems to have lost all scruples in its mania for cheating is that reflected in any way i'm cautious today. well you would think so right i mean vox back again the company creating bad headlines but let me actually tell you that volkswagen is the second strongest performer here at the blue chip in their conduct so they this is happening after we are receiving a very positive comment by analysts today stating that volkswagen is going to grow even even faster in the future it really seems that investors here on the trading for are kind of used that the company is providing those very bad headlines but at the same time with record numbers pretty much all around the world it doesn't sound like anything could slow down the w linda diesel has never had the best reputation in the u.s. which is where this whole scandal surface but what sort of a name does diesel have in asia. well then you know if it's also the same diesel never we have two fav

government together with the the business friendly liberals on the center left and eco friendly green party but these talks after several weeks of exploratory talks not negotiating not coalition troops but only exploratory talks failed at the end of november and there's no other coalition option left than the grand coalition with the social democrats but the social democrats are not going back over it he said she doesn't want to lead a minority government saying this wouldn't be stable and old so the only other option in the end if these talks here today fail would be new elections something both parties don't want to close all of them though the only window of new elections probably would sit on the far right of parliament. going to be keeping us posted on those talks many thanks indeed. you're welcome now three years ago a series of terror attacks shook paris and started on january seventh when gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical magazine charlie killing twelve people the magazine had already received threats from islamic extremists for their irreverent cartoons of the prophet moh

only other option would be listen together with the business friendly liberals and the center left green party she already tried that one but this these talks failed already at the end of last here so the only other option would be a minority government something the american already ruled out and then the only other thing left would be new elections something both the social democrats and the conservatives of america couldn't want because in the end this would mean to strengthen the right wing populists of the f.t. . reporting for us thank you for your work. paris has held a ceremony to mark the third anniversary of the shadowy abdo attacks french president a menu item a call on the city's mayor and it had to go laid a wreath outside the former office of the satirical magazine gunman stormed the building on the seventh of january twenty fifth danger of a morning meeting and killed twelve people the attacks stunned the country and marks the beginning of a wave of isn't a missed attacks in europe. now some of the other stories making news around the walt saudi arabia has detained eleven of its

says she has already tried to form another coalition government together with the liberals and the green party but this has failed at the end of last year and this is the only option she has to form a coalition government with them on majority in parliament the only other option she would have would be a minority government but this is something that she already ruled out all new elections a new elections is something all parties in paghman don't really want because they all know the only window of these new election elections would be the far right of d. party so this is very complicated in the end angler machall is doomed to success here but the other parties are rather reluctant. reporting for us there many thanks indeed. you know what now three years ago a series of terror attacks shook paris it started on january seventh when gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical magazine charlie killing twelve people the magazine had already received threats from islamic extremists for their irreverent cartoons of the prophet mohammed the editorial team were in their morning meeting when two masked

democrats to at least start talking after that initial attempt to forge a coalition between the green party in the free democrats basically failed so that's where we are right now with a big question mark hanging over what at whatever might come out of this where the social democrat grassroots to get to vote on this would agree to it at all they can tell us what are the biggest sticking points in these talks in terms of policy. well today they are talking about europe and they're really the parties aren't absolutely miles apart and so it's speaking to his own party has a much talk tough a stance he's pro integration he wants to see by twenty twenty five states moving much closer together he'd like to really go along with what in manoa mccall of france said physically on euro policy and beyond that now the c.d.u. is against having that much closer integration in the sense of financial responsibility for other european states but these are all issues that the parties can reasonably talk about what seems to be much trickier domestic issues like the health care system here in germany the social

he now denied having said that but of course the debate is going on for example members of the green party and of the political left in germany in germany are heavily criticizing this now saying that of course you're jill needs to be released but this should be a separate thing it shouldn't be on the condition a condition for arms sales and arms sales should be blocked until there are real improvements in the general human rights situation in turkey now covering that story for us thank you very much indeed. recent winter weather is gripping the northeastern u.s. again this weekend threatening a fresh round of record breaking most parts of the u.s. and canada seeing wind chills at around minus thirty degrees celsius in massachusetts city streets all turning into frozen fields of ice and snow. the biggest storm surges in massachusetts in three decades and that minus twenty nine degrees celsius water is literally freezing in the streets here. traffic is frozen to those hoping to get into their cars will just have to wait until the ice thaws. to keeping an eye on all of those different floodin