governing coalition even speaking to the parties who are the big losers of this entire process like the green party who were of course engaged in that first attempt to form a governing coalition with the pro-business free democrats and i'm going to merkel's party with the free democrats so infamously now dropping out at a very late stage just before christmas now even they are saying look it's time to get down to business here in germany germany has to be open for political business again they will go on to the opposition benches gladly it's interesting that we saw here in the industry one person who was just observing had to leave because he was holding up a poster and then of course we have the potential of issues on making their vote public so minor interruptions here but this feels a bit routine frankly german chancellor merkel being sworn in once again for a fourth time a bit routine michelle a bit still lawmakers only voted narrowly in favor of her appointment how much support does she have within her coalition government. while she has the support she needs that's what we learned today as sh

german government also refused to take a stance on the company's overseas subsidiaries for the green party that's an untenable position. please cynical of these defense companies to complain about the. german regulations while they found ways to dodge the rules such as through overseas operations when i and then they continue to supply german weapons to cross areas that's unacceptable we urgently need to close these loopholes are still fresh almost monthly mentioning. government researchers have recently said that german politicians can lawfully limit the overseas activities of german companies but it's unlikely that will pass in parliament. for more let's bring in our d w political correspondent hans blunt and monica jones from d.w. business of course hans we'll start with you what is the german government's position on exporting german made weapons to conflict zones well obviously the government is not interested in fuel in conflicts and actually participating in conflicts and contributing to such conflicts continuing but it's obviously a very complex issue because some of the exports ar

german government also refused to take a stance on the company's overseas subsidiaries for the green party that's an untenable position. still tied to no hits and please cynical of these defense companies to complain about the strict german regulations while they found ways to dodge the rules such as through overseas operations when i and then they continue to supply german weapons to crisis areas that's unacceptable we urgently need to close these loopholes. government researchers have recently said that german politicians can lawfully limit the overseas activities of german companies but it's unlikely that will pass in parliament. joining me now for more on the story is the deadliest political correspondent hans blonde and monica jones from business says thank you both very much for coming in if we start with you hans want to help us out in this talk in our report my journey being involved in countries which are very unstable explain to us what is german rules about the export of weapons to conflict areas all strictly speaking german weapons exports arms exports are not meant. to be. all

pressure to deal with this issue we know the opposition is very angry about these weapons sales the green party is really annoyed about you know weapons being sold to turkey and of course the left party the opposition if parties been furious about weapons being sold to saudi arabia yes indeed and as i said in fact the new coalition government has agreed not to send any more new weapons new contracts to parties or to countries involved in the human conflict there's also quite a big controversy about the northern turkey about weapons german weapons going to turkey which is used as weapons in northern syria. against international law there again you have to say well turkey is a nato member and there are in fact on the restrictions of exports to turkey to a nato member it's a very very controversial situation and heated political debate and controversial and complex so briefly how do you see this heading well i think the discussion will continue especially on turkey especially on yemen the pressure on the new government is there and i suspect that the government will try to restrict exports to thos

for the left and the green party and should have been elected by them too. it's a shame the problems are elsewhere today not who the old communists are. we have globalization problems we have poverty and climate change we have a constructive approach to the refugee question. you're saying it's time. these are all quite different problems we can't get caught up in nostalgic problems that's nonsense. that this is the fourth time i understand it's time and i'm afraid it will shortly be time to end our interview. i'd like you to complete three sentences that i'll start off for you. for the future of the s.p.d. i hope that it finds the courage to draw up a clear vision of its tasks and to implement them i wish i had been elected as germany's president because you. i'd like to have addressed the difficult issues facing germany because it's easier for our president to do this then for an elected politician. i'm not a professional politician you once said but. i've always been politically active i see this as a mark of a person's character just like ireland because

yes even to be honest the green party state premier faces this problem but i still like him despite the contradictions. you're still close with with the hope of course is it i still like him and we get along well but this situation demonstrates the power of the automotive industry like a state premier comes into office and says fewer cars are better for the environment and more cars you'll get plenty of heat from the industry and you'll soon behave like his predecessors. and that applies to the c.s.u. the s.p.d. and all political parties in germany. when the industry has so much power and can also play the jobs card with the politicians as blackmail. that canard and those always going to have. the german car industry generates a huge amount of revenue and a lot of jobs depend on that industry but let's take a look at the admissions fraud scandal. and the others treated air pollution limits as a technical hurdle. that's just plain wrong. lawmakers taking the right approach to deal with these situations and if they can if the nine . we do a lot of attention to this scam in two thousand an

the co—leader of the green party, caroline lucas, has called brexit a "crisis" which risks peace in northernng conference, the brighton mp as "reckless". let's not forget that the eu was originally a peace project forged in the wake of the second world war. rising from the rubble left by bombs and armies. the principle that nations to share resources will prioritise piece of war. and conference the cause of peace is at sta ke conference the cause of peace is at stake again today. the way this government is playing politics with peace in northern ireland is reckless and indefensible is this— sacrificing the good friday agreement on the altar of an extreme brexit is nothing short of criminal and it must not be allowed to happen! (cheering and applause). we have another message today, when we have another message today, when we have proudly and uniquely championed. that free movement is good for our country. applause. we know the free movement goes into directions, and the right to study and the travel and to live and the loving 27 other countries is a precious gift we will stand up for it and

the green party got. double as many seats as they were having in this legislation and we also see a new leftist movement entering congress of this called the list of decency that is officially supporting leftist presidential candidate who was a former guerrilla member himself from from a group that was called back then the and nineteen received less than one percent of the vote tally nonetheless will be giving ten seats in parliament they're guaranteed under the peace deal what kind of influence will that give the former for. well i would probably say for now they will have nothing to say in parliament we see that most of the leftist movements and the leftist parties don't want to have to do it and don't want anything to do with them they are trying to stay as far from them as possible. we also heard the presidential candidate gustavo bextra who i was telling you is a former guerrilla member himself that if he becomes colombia's next president he doesn't want them to be participating in his government. bu

yes even to be honest green party state premier faces this problem but i still like him despite the contradictions. you're still close with with the hope of course i still like him and we get along well but this situation demonstrates the power of the automotive industry if a state premier comes into office and says fewer cars are better for the environment and more cars he'll get plenty of heat from the industry and he'll soon behave like his predecessors. and that applies to the c.s.u. the s.p.d. and all political parties in germany. when the industry has so much power and can also play the jobs card with the politicians as blackmail. but. i think the german car industry generates a huge amount of revenue and a lot of jobs depend on that industry but let's take a look at the admissions fraud scandal. and the others treated air pollution limits as a technical hurdle. that's just plain wrong. lawmakers taking the right approach to deal with these situations if they could if the nine you know we do a lot of attention to this cam in two thousand and seven and in two thousand and eleven we gave the g

coalition at all after after all her first attempt failed together with the free democrats and the green party which really would have marked a completely new to party here in germany it would have been a completely new fresh set up now the f.d.a. is expected to go on the campaign message that they have throughout that there is a political elite and in. going to makkah once again becoming tons of remaining chances they they basically say it's same old same old and this is something the grand coalition will have to prove that if we show it to somebody to jump in there we're looking right now he is the cd you are going to start we're talking about earlier being discussed as a possible chance or themselves there's been somewhat of a sober tory mood we've been seeing there parts of the bundestag this morning there is general it's the mare from the greens their main spokesman right now in fact is their opposition with the failed coalition agreement talks between the greens and the liberal party the democrats and the. the service from chancellor merkel the went down and resulted in the current talks

yes even to be honest green party state premier faces this problem but i still like him despite the contradictions. you're still close to do it with the hope of course i still like him and we get along well but this issue ation demonstrates the power of the automotive industry like his state premier comes into office and says fewer cars are better for the environment and more cars he'll get plenty of heat from the industry and he will soon behave like his predecessors. and that applies to the c.s.u. the s.p.d. and all political parties in germany. when the industry has so much power and can also play the jobs card with the politicians as blackmail that it could not and was always going to have some sympathy for the german car industry generates a huge amount of revenue.

german-turkish origin showed them where they get off, and in no uncertain terms, we had a member of the green party -- which traditionally have been wary of german patriotism, generally speaking -- really using patriotic language to show that, in fact, the afd, the right-wingers, actually do hate everything that postwar germany stands for, as indeed does the front national in france and the right-wingers in poland. they hate this new germany, this new europe. i am notught -- generally speaking someone who tends to represent greed opinions, but i thought -- green opinions, but i thought he was the only one in that debate who really had the fire to combat the afd. peter: is the danger not that if you start getting fiery and combat of in that way that it becomes a shouting match in the german parliament, matthew? isthew: i think that obviously a danger, and i think germany, given the weimar history and so forth, might be attesting to that. i found it refreshing that for once, there was real debate going on and a real exchange of ideas and viewpoints. i do think -- and i thought the speech was very imp

social democrats will become becausether niche party over the years, they have spawned other parties like the greens, for example. germany ine split in the early 2000. i do not know that the center-right is going to reinvent itself. i think the bigger problem is what happens on the left. the bigger question is are you going to have a union of these leftist parties in germany and some other countries? for now, the center-right seems to be sitting pretty. they did lose a bit in the last election, but they are still over 30% and there is no reason to think they cannot sort of regroup with the right leadership, because their message really does speak more to these metaclasses and, you know, they have shown also organizationally that they can maintain power and govern in a very effective way. peter: let's bring geraldine in. you have been writing a book about the role of your family under the nazis. are, at the same time as we seeing the rise of populist far right parties across europe, in many different countries, that is a difficult mixture. what are your feelings given that? geraldine: my concern is m

this time i'll speak on behalf of our city, san francisco and the san francisco green party. as you move forward and start working on affordable housing, there's a desperate issue that's not being addressed in san francisco and that is small businesses, local small businesses. they are going out of business as if there's a wildfire going through the city. the costa hawkins repeal bill and ballot measures that are in planning are not going to solve the problem. in my neighborhood, we've lost micano's possibly the best greek restaurant in the united states. polk street produce went out of business because of increased rent. the gangway bar, one of the most historic bars in san francisco for the lgbt community is going to have to go out of business or move. in commissioner fewer's district, she knows there's a natural food business that's being driven out of the district because of the decision by the building owner. we are losing key businesses so fast in this city that san francisco's not going to be recognizable in the next decade if we don't do something about this. so as yo

first, you might remember the pastor who ran for governor on the green party ticket. a few weeks ago he was in the middle of the debate over illegal immigration when he offered sanctuary to some undocumented immigrants. he's in the news again. this time saying he's going to fight the injustice of ice arresting for people for violations in new brunswick. >> he has talked about the fact that in places like north brunswick, schools, churches and hospitals were say places front documented workers. now they want volunteers to protect them from going into places like courthouses which should also be safe places. >> we want to make sure ice doesn't get away from it. we have volunteers who will stand in the parking and make sure we record ice as they carry out any tactics against people in the courthouse parking lot. >> how to see feel this will play into the overall debate? helping or hurting? >> he can look to california where the mayor was berated by ice by warning of an rate before it took place. it's going to be very interesting as we go forward with the debate. >> thank

eric brooks, san francisco green party, californians for energy choice, san francisco clean advocates, and especially in light of this particular applicant, want to strongly represent from our city san francisco which works on a whole spectrum of environmental and social justice issues and consumer issues that after hearing those comments and that cv, i would strongly support appointin appointing miss singh to this body. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. seeing no other public speakers, public comment is now closed. commissioners, can we have a motion to approve shanti singh to join lafco in the alternative seat number seven? >> do we have to first vacate the seat? >> clerk: no, the term has already expired, and you have authority to appoint the other person. >> supervisor fewer: okay. all right. >> supervisor ronen: then i would like to make a motion to appoint miss singh to seat number seven. >> commissioner pollock: i'd like to second that motion. >> supervisor fewer: that's great. moved by commissioner ronen, and seconded by commissioner pollock. without objection, shanti

direction and merkel was trying to forge a coalition with the pro-business free democrats and the green party which at the national level would have been something genuinely new a new political setup here in germany now that failed last moment because the free democrats pulled out they are suffering at the polls for it and then the only option that was left was kind of same old ground coalition which the social democrats now have to prove will not be same old what we saw and the lively debate that we saw to me is a sense that there really is people in the political scene we see a we enter reenergized political debate here in germany ever since that political earthquake the first one of course being the i'll turn to for germany the far right party entering the parliament in force in those september elections that changed the political landscape we saw more fragmentation and we're also seeing more heated debate so there really was a sense of reform of change in the country the bottom line to me and what i look learn from today is that when it comes down to the crunch even the social democrat pa

where they get off and in no uncertain terms and i think was very good that we had a member of the green party which. traditionally have been. wary of german patriotism generally speaking really me using patriotic language to show that in fact the a.f.d. the right wing actually do hate everything that post-war germany stands for as indeed does the foreigners in france as indeed do the right wing as in poland they hate this new germany this new europe and i was i thought i thought that you know i'm rather not a generally speaking is someone who tends to represent greed opinions but i thought that jim is to me have made a i mean he was the only one in that debate who really had the fire to combat there is the danger not that if you start getting fiery and combative in the way that it becomes a shouting match in the german parliament. well i think you know that's obviously a danger and i think germany given the weimar history and so forth might be particularly sensitive to that although i found it refreshing that for once there was a real debate going on there was a real exchange of ideas in view

elections we're joined from brussels by monica for sony italian politician co-chair of the european green party thanks so much for being with us this morning. your party is i'm among those accusing italy's right wing parties of using migration to win votes but aren't their concerns legitimate i mean even the greens say italy is shouldering too large a bird burden when it comes to migrants. certainly they are absolutely legitimate but the problem is that the solution brought to this issue are not not only sun stable but they are also inhumane and i believe that the connection between these two questions is to issue the fact that this is the solution bro throw them all away and certainly not sustainable and on top of that the underlying mentality and approach is very cruel and i think that the underestimation of how inhumane and an effective these recipes are is really the responsibility not only of the far right parties but also the mainstream ones and also of media so i think that to lead the people to believe that the main issue for easily is migration is really the main trap in which this ele

he is now married to former mp and green party activist rosa merilainen. what else is new?fe since june? i got married. but, financially, not so much. i am still without a job. i can say that the basic income has changed a lot in my life. 0k, psychologically, yes, but financially not so much. tuomas was craving the structure that the job would bring. i would be happy if i had ajob, even a part—time job, for the routines. in that sense, you can call me lazy because i need a producer, i need somebody to tell me what to do, and i enjoy doing that. now, afterfive years — almost five years as a freelancer, maybe i'm not the right person to be like that. my wife can do that. she has always done that. but for me, it's more secure if you have a job. as tuomas attends a political event with his new wife, how does he feel now about job prospects? i have still over one year to go, so anything can happen. so i am quite optimistic. i am not worried when this pilot is ending because then i have got back to the old system and get those benefits another way. let's see. during summertime ne

the green party was formed in the 1980s and radicals by then middle-aged radicals absorb the old ecologicalguard of the ex-nazis and neo-nazis and far right nationalists. to do this the aging student radicals didn't have to-- they just change color. they took the left-wing concept from the past and dress it up in ecological garb we see today. instead of a catastrophic vision of capitalism instead of the socialist utopia come instead of the factory, the cult of the forest. instead of the color red, the color green. i wish i had written that. in fact it was written by a liberal intellectual and a brilliant effort published in the new republic in 2001. the german student radicals of 1968 had been motivated by anti-nazism. looking for nazis hiding under every bed and every cupboard becoming so twisted they ended up doing the state of israel as a crypto state. as berman summarized the situation i have set out to fight nazis under democratic guys is only took ended up in a left-wing guys. "green tyranny" takes it one step further. not only do the new right chair the nationalism of the stand up an

german government also refused to take a stance in the company's overseas subsidiaries for the green party that's an untenable position. still tied to a plea cynical of these defense companies to complain about the strict german regulations while they found ways to dodge the rules such as through overseas operations. and then they continue to supply german weapons to crisis areas that's unacceptable we urgently need to close these loopholes. government researchers have recently said that german politicians can lawfully limit the overseas activities of german companies but it's unlikely that will pass in parliament. a lot of folks are traveling right now with the easter holiday happening and some of them are getting a rather unpleasant surprise yeah especially when they chose one particular airline air france because if you do then be patient and be open to alternatives every fourth air france flight will be canceled today and the reason several trade unions planned to take strike action pilots to u.s. and other personnel demands a six percent pay increase after answers management is offeri

political system here which now at least at the very least has clarity even the critics even the green party that failed to form that coalition together with the pro-business free democrats when you hear them speaking now they're just happy that this deal is over it's been almost six months or three and a half years left to go really this and now we can put a government together what we hear from all sides is that now germany is stable again with stability of course having become the buzzword of this entire process of actually getting a government together after this period of uncertainty what happens next. what we saw in the process of. being really appointed signed into office spotted germany's president that's where she is right now she will come back here for her oath of office in the bundestag in germany's parliament then we'll see the appointment of the ministers and they will then in turn also be signed in to office by the german federal president to became such a key figure here when it came down to persuading the social democrat party to yet again go into another coalition with ange

really completely different new coalition on board with the pro-business free democrats and the green party which of course blew up now we can see now that german chancellor merkel is now arriving together with host zero four as you should come interior minister and all are shots from the social democrat party he's the interim party leader and he's also expected to become finance minister once not just the signature is drawing on these documents that are on the table behind me there but also merkel has actually stood for reelection in german parliament that's how the german chancellor is really elected by german m.p.'s who gather here on wednesday morning and after that happens she can appoint the ministers and the entire government will be sworn in so as of wednesday afternoon germany will have a government again after almost six months the longest period so far since the beginning really of modern germany as you can see and then we're seeing these live pictures coming in from then the party leaders are shaking hands with other parliamentarians and some of them are incoming cabinet members

the green party said the deposit scheme must be the start point for government action, not the end pointunk driver in west london have described living "every parent's worst nightmare". they were speaking at the old bailey during the sentencing of jaynesh chudasama, who admitted causing their children's deaths by dangerous driving in hayes earlier this year. 0ur correspondent tom burridge was in court. sentencing is expected soon, but the court has been hearing these heartbreaking statements from the boies' families? we heard three very powerful, at times harrowing state m e nts powerful, at times harrowing statements from the parents of the three boys who were killed when jaynesh chudasama drove at 2.5 times the legal alcohol limit over the speed limit in hayes in west london earlier this year. the parents of harry rice, george wilkinson and josh mcguinness. we first heard from george's mother, sarah baker, who described a happy, cheeky boy. she said his last words that might work, i love you, ma'am. she said the impact of this would haunt the family for the rest of their lives. we then

country and i don't see any evidence of it except this third party that is so criticized the the green party among others make fun of it you know why i don't know me well a year in america i always had the feeling the democrats would the least we were concerned about peace now that seems to have been squandered that feeling is squandered and i don't sense any any sense of consensus the only one who did was bernie sanders and if you remember correctly he very rarely mentioned foreign policy he stayed away from it because he knew that was a third rail for him and he was to socialistic for america to actually well i don't know much about because america may hand up in relatively has to go may have to go more socialistic in order to survive because if things fall apart and we continue to have crises after crises stock market explosions and so forth and meltdowns there has to be you know right now they want no way to trump to change something but remember a mr obama song what was it seven hundred fifty billion dollars into the economy that's i would call that a socialist move. so you know where t

he is now married to a former mp and green party activist. what else is new?hat has changed in my life since u what has changed in my life since june? i got married, but financially, not so much. i am still without a job. i can say that the basic income has changed a lot in my life. 0k, psychologically, yes, but financially not so much. tuomas was craving the structure that the job would ring. i would be happy if! had a job, even a part—timejob, for the routines. in that sense, you can call me lazy, because i need a producer, i need somebody to tell me what to do, and i enjoy doing that. now, after five what to do, and i enjoy doing that. now, afterfive years... almost what to do, and i enjoy doing that. now, after five years... almost five yea rs now, after five years... almost five years as now, after five years... almost five yea rs as a now, after five years... almost five years as a freelancer, maybe i am not the right person to be like that. my wife can do that. she has a lwa ys that. my wife can do that. she has always done that. not for me, it is more

but the green party mp wasn't leaving it there.hat there is something rotten in the state of our democracy. current electoral law is woefully inadequate in dealing with the big money and big data. will be prime minister commit to urgent cross party talks to start the process that we have a regulatory and legal framework that is up to the challenge of dealing with the digital age? i expect facebook, cambridge analytica and any others involved to cooperate fully with the commissioners office and not investigation that is taking place. and our data protection bill as i said earlier will strengthen the powers of the commissioner and also strengthen legislation around data protection. as will other steps that the government is taking through for example as through the digital charter. vote leave denies it broke any rules. cambridge analytica and aggregate io have also denied any wrong—doing. earlier the labour leader, wearing a badge to support autism awareness week, used his questions to raise concerns over health funding. our nhs is i