spd leader martin schulz had this to say today. martin: as a social democratic party, we go into these coalition talks with the aim of giving germany a new government that not just improves the lives of the people in this country, but fulfills germany's international obligations.. with a view to the e.u. and the unity of europe. we will lead the discussions tonight in that spirit. brent: we want to pull in our political correspondent, who is outside the headquarters of the christian democrats, angela merkel's party in berlin. good evening, simon. what can we expect to come out of these talks? the leader of the young wing of the spd says the coalition can only be a repeat of the past four years. simon: yes, brent. although there has been a decision by social democrats to press ahead with full coalition talks with angela merkel's conservatives, we are going to have to be a little more patient, as the spd saving the more time -- say they need more time to decide how they will appreciate these talks, with what team. they will come to ne

do they want to buy into this vision that martin schulz is going to go out there? >> i i don't think so. he is talking about the united states of europe. macron was talking about integrating the eurozone. we need to get momentum back into the european union. since brexit, we have been waiting around. his idea is if you start talking about moving the european union forward again or the eurozone, we are back on track. i do not know whether that is worrying people on the street, but to go out and sell this as a great triumph for social democracy is rather naive. what role does angela merkel play in all of this? one thing is for certain, it doesn't look good for the most powerful woman in the world that she is often called that she cannot call together a coalition government. merkel's fourth term as onto a rocky start. in last september the election, support for the christian democrats fell sharply compared to 2013. then, coalition talks with the free and the greens collapsed. that was followed by talks with the social democrats. the chancellor has vowed to carry on. i

that are going to be the main opposition force is that all because of martin schulz and his maneuvering and some would say his attempts to cling to power. no definitely not i would say that union parties are all the c.d.u. has left of the conservative positions of the past they have to turn somewhat roughly speaking into an ass. and the f.b.i. has lost much of its political standing because many of the topics were also covered by the c.p.u. so the eight after just came in to fill in. the blank space that. has left so they are we can see the new conservative party and this is not the fault of smart insureds are for the s.p.d. it will be quite hard now to find their own topics their own original profile back because on the left we have already linked we have also the green party at the center so the space is very limited for the ask you need to find new ground and convince voters that they are going to solve the problems above all some of those problems they have also grew by being in the government us for years a lot of experts just after the election said one of the reasons the s.p. did

out so this kind of weakens the stance of both the key leaders here in this with of course any martin schulze facing that vote from the party base and the party base wants to see the social democrats basically survive as a key left leaning center left party here in germany which has been threatened of potentially sinking below the twenty percent threshold this at the same time is what of course the party is also afraid of if germans went back to the polls they could out of frustration pushed the social democrats even further down so he is a very fine balance you have to strike to very fine balance whether brings us to the question you know being for another four years in government is that going to do the s.p.d. any good well large parts of his party think it won't. particular use in his party the leader of the youth section of the social democrats currently is touring the country trying to convince the party base to vote against what ever comes out of these talks i mean there is a section of the party that says no matter what we just simply can't do it again a lot of things like the minimum

been a long hard fought campaign and when the result came in we saw a clearly visibly relieved martin schulz and getting the news. so there were no signals militarist. we announce the voting results six hundred forty two votes have been car system three hundred sixty two which are in favor hundred seventy nine against and one abstention vastly s.p.d. will commence coalition talks. well the lady you saw sitting next to martin schultz there was under the and now she certainly did her bit to try and win over those that hadn't made up to their minds it was a rousing speech from her in the in the lead up to that ballot but this is a vote that has certainly split the social democratic party we did see a large challenge mounted by the leader of the youth wing kevin couldn't it and they have the whole youth side of the party saying now they didn't want to be four more years of coalition with angela merkel they wanted to spend four years in opposition well it certainly seems it's not going that way at the moment martin schultz has said though that the final decision on a coalition will go down to a v

join our coalition told could be on the verge of the breakthrough the social democrats late at martin schulz has persuaded his party members to vote in favor of reestablishing a grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's party however this could see the anti migrant alternative to jenny party becoming the main opposition force in the country as peeta all of that explains. all this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was a visibly very worried martin schulz waiting for those results that come in he gave a speech just before the ballots were cast he said that there were only two options it was either go into coalition with angela merkel's conservative bloc or they'd have to be another election and he was very clear on which one he'd prefer that you do you know you everyone should realize the question is coalition talks for new elections my take on this is very clear i don't think new elections are the right way for us but what would a coalition do for the bundestag how would the book to stagg look if a new grand coalition can be formed well

at a party meeting in bonn, the spd's martin schulz had urged many sceptical delegates to press ahead as the best way to combat hard right politics in europe. angela merkel welcomed the development. the cdu already cleared the way for coalition talks last week after concluding the exploratory talks, now we are pleased and welcome that the spd did so today at its congress. today, we are preparing for this coalition negotiation. tomorrow, within the cdu we will work together, and then quickly enter into joint discussion with the social democrats. that's what today's decision of the spd allows. jenny hill in berlin says that with party leader, martin schulz, convincing the conference to support the idea of a coalition, talks to form a government could begin as soon as tomorrow. his view is that if they can pull this off, if they go into government, in his view it's the responsible thing to do to try and form a government, but that it's possible, in his view, to renew the party within that coalition, but their task is going to be huge. they are very low in the polls, they will have to dis

leadership are united in arguing in favor of the deal leader martin schulz told delegates that many people are looking to the s.p.d. to represent them against conservative policies the only move in the no name on. the farm workers pension is single parents school students and trainees people who are renting their homes these are our people these are the people who are relying on us for not it's also also said the rise of nationalism across europe means social democratic ideas are more needed than ever. is a nation of billick can you know. this right wing wave across europe can be broken by a german government which supports democracy human rights freedom in europe just because the s.p.d. is part of it of that reason alone it's worth joining this government can even you know saying you know it's not everyone at this conference is convinced by these arguments the influential leader of the s.p.d. youth wing is bitterly opposed to another coalition with angle a miracle. it's been made up absolute this out people have negotiated well the fact that i and many others are not satisfied with the re

began a lot of hard work but she said she was optimistic and her social democratic partner mark martin schulz prospective partner said there should be no red lines but there is a lot at stake it shows essentially that the the power at the heart of the european union that was angular merkel she was the one that had the strong partnership with the with france is beginning to erode she's less popular now with the people of germany are almost dismayed by what's happening how long it's taking and they want to result in an and in fact during these five days they will be a more or less a media blackout they don't want the sort of interviews they had during the last coalition talks which sided feeding in to the actual coalition talks and that she increasing friction so we're not going to hear much about what's happening but i think that or a concentration to make sure that will not be another general election and there will not be a minority government is in all their interests to come to a solution. several religious and political groups facing pressure from the government in pakistan have been demo

delegates voting in favor of full coalition chalk's their leader martin schulz visibly relieved after surviving the cliffhanger but. chancellor merkel was also quick to express her relief welcoming the decision of her potential coalition partners. in the city to provide some of the season you cleared the way for coalition talks last week we welcome the news that the social democrats have followed serious at their party conference. after intensive and sometimes controversial debate they reached a positive result. that means the path is now open for full coalition talks five. opposition parties however condemned the move slamming a future grand coalition for lack of vision and the social democrats for did the ring over whether to join government. but this dinner in talks you get the impression that it's almost like punishment to govern germany that doesn't exactly suggest a fresh forward looking start for the next grand coalition. it's clear that this will just keep the status quo going in spite of all the insistence otherwise. of a new edition of the last grand coalition is essentially

key vote on whether to enter coalition talks with merkel's conservatives so she democrat leader martin schulz is in favor of forming a coalition but he faces some strong resistance from within his party a no vote could lead to an already government which merkel has already said she won't lead or fresh elections. sunday is a big day for the s.p.d. party leader martin schultz he'll face one of his most difficult votes so. that we will have lively and controversial debates we just had a long meeting with party leadership and the debate was similarly animated. brandenburg state premier is confident his party will vote for a new coalition government. the people in this country expect us to act they expect the social democrats to look after the people i'm thinking about poverty among the elderly or pensions nursing care insurance people need us to action now. six hundred delegates and you to vote on whether the coalition talks with conservatives some s.p.d. regional groups have already made their recommendations delegates here are free to vote according to their conscience five regional groups have

votes against a grand coalition bill be such a big question mark over the leadership skills of martin schulz that he can no longer remain as s.p.d. leader. a no from the party conference would also put chancellor merkel in an awkward position it's an unusual situation for america she can only wait and see wait and see whether a party other than her own will help her secure a fourth term as chancellor if a second attempt to form a government fails macas public image will suffer no one could replace her right away but there are younger politicians and have party who are waiting in the wings for now though they are keeping a low profile. which bullied him and refused to talk about what may happen after machall she's been a leading candidate she is germany's chancellor and she must also lead the next go . that should be the focus of our attention not what might happen in the future so the leaders of three different parties are keeping their fingers crossed that b.s.p. party congress on sunday will vote in favor of a grand coalition. meanwhile chancellor merkel's been in paris to meet with the fr

leader martin schulz complained about the c.s. use meeting with e.u.ro skeptic orbán warning about his refugee policies at their meeting at the say on monastery the c.s.u. is showing an aggressive stance this could prove difficult for the upcoming coalition talks. political correspondent joins us from the c.s.u. party conference is being held welcome if i think we're too old to speak looks like . our own political allies are trying to sing coalition talks before they even starts. well let's put it this way i'm going to mark all very well knows her political allies who gather here once a year to essentially make a lot of political noise and that certainly happened today inviting viktor orban is a provocation of her but even more saw so for the social democrats that she hopes to put a coalition together with having said that these are very sensitive times in actually the political climate also given the fact that there's very little time to put together another grand coalition something a lot of europe is actually hoping for something that's becoming les

sunday on whether to enter coalition talks with merkel's conservatives social democrat leader martin schulz is in favor of forming a new so-called grand coalition but he faces resistance from the left of his party especially its youth wing former coach formal coalition talks can only begin if sold gets a yes vote from the gathering of social democrat delegates in bonn a no vote could lead to a minority government or fresh elections. we're getting the latest now from our correspondent here in the studio show a lot of pots charlotte thank you so much for being here it looks like. let's start with what the mood is right now among the social democrats what are we seeing ahead of tomorrow's vote i mean it's not great let's start with that i think the party is really divided at that point with seeing a division between young and old in the party but also between the leadership and the grassroots the used leader of the social democrats he spent all last week i'm painting against a new grand coalition and there's several arguments for that he's saying that the results that came out of the explorato

in sunday's decision also means a personal reprieve for martin schulz who's standing within the s.p.d. has suffered after it had its worst result ever in a general election and schultz did a very public u. turn on the question of joining a coalition he now has to secure a final deal with miracle but win support from the s.p.d. party membership. all right well i am joined now in the studio by michele acosta our chief political correspondent and for an analysis of how chancellor merkel is likely to do this decision parts outside of c.d.u. headquarters here and i'm going to start with you how much of a relief was this decision by the s.p.d. for american. well it huge sigh of relief that is for sure she was of course closely watching that bodes this positive outcome is something that she's very much favoring it's just one step closer on this long road to find a new german government and now still have some tough negotiations ahead but amongst the conservatives really a sigh of relief here we've been hearing congratulations to the social democrats on their willingness to try to at least tr

agreed to enter into formal coalition negotiations chancellor merkel and social democratic leader martin schulz announced a breakthrough after all night discussions here in berlin bringing the country a step closer to a new government but the deal isn't done yet medical insurance must now convince that party members to say yes to the agreement and allow formal coalition talks to go ahead. it was a long time coming including a twenty four hour marathon session last night now there's an agreement on paper but with some rough edges the three parties are working from very different platforms and promises to constituents tired but proud the three party had to announce to a successful outcome and some compromises they say they can imagine working together in a grand coalition. i think this document is the result of some give and take and that's the way it should be in a society filled with such a wide variety of people and will have our work set out for us when a new government is formed and we set out to put it into practice. but the onus is on this man as p.d. party chairman martin schultz is under

party in government until they get here and sunday's decision also means a personal reprieve for martin schulz who's standing within the s.p.d. has suffered after it had its worst result ever in a general election and schultz did a very public u. turn on the question of joining a coalition you know has to secure a final deal with miracle but win support from the s.p.d. party membership. i'm joined here now in the studio by our political correspondent miss hale and for analysis of how chancellor angela merkel is likely to view the video business has a lot of pot is in front of the city you headquarters here in berlin so let's start with you let's do some armchair psychoanalysis do you imagine that merkel is relieved right now. oh she will be very relieved she is very relieved indeed we've been hearing from many conservative politicians tonight actually congratulating the social democrats on their willingness to try to form a government and chancellor merkel in specific she hasn't been very outspoken on these talks and on forming a government in the past month but she came out immediately with a

to travel around the country stirring up opposition against what's been agreed so far even as martin schulze the party leader tries to drum up support on his side so there's a there's an awful lot of opposition and it is far from clear whether this deal will ultimately be realized let's hear now from one of those social democrat members my colleague phil gale has been talking to s.p.d. member karen taylor is what she had to say to that preliminary deal struck between party and merkel conservatives yesterday. looking at the paper that came out today i'm very disappointed. if we see the results if we see what it's pretty focused on before these talks and what at every right now i think the s.p.d. had to step back on the very core issue with definitely definitely a parting question to have a government that i must say ok. as a pretty member. talking to us just say talking to fill. a studio so that was an example of that skepticism among the s.p.d. rank and file. can we take a look at this twenty eight page document which sets out the cornerstones of a potential coalition agreement that's the do

agreement that was the result of these exploratory talks is there enough in that document for martin schulz the leader of the social democrats to take the. his members and argue that yes we should enter a coalition with angela merkel's conservatives says there is he says the eighty percent of the s.p.d. election program is in they still came and he can see a clear way forward to a new grand coalition and there are some social democrat policies in there you know things like more help for young families boosting job creation schemes help for the on the long term unemployed stabilizing the pension system on the other side people are saying it doesn't go far enough you know the tax system they say will remain unfair germany's health care system will remain unfair and they also say limiting immigration in the way that set out here is just pandering to the far right so you've got a lot of pro and a lot of anti and that's all going to be thrashed out in the party meetings in the next couple of weeks so it's on a knife edge essentially i think it is there could be there's a chance they could be a n

european union calling for deeper european integration a demand supported by social democrat leader martin schulz. but meals on a such a. government ought to be but it must be under the condition that our strengths nice europe will be discussing douglas and it's something we all support in principle. it would solve the harmony. but there still disagreement over exactly how deep european integration should be other known sticking points between the conservatives and the social democrats are refugee policy and taxation but chancellor merkel remains optimistic the talks will reach a conclusion tonight as we know there are still big hurdles to overcome. speaking for my party i can say will be a constructive fest possible in our search for compromises. but of course we are also aware that we want to deliver the right kind of deal for the country. that means it's going to be a tough day. with this. both sides have agreed to an unused embargo until the end of the talks therefore very little information on potential breakthroughs has emerged so far negotiations are expected to run into the night. and the

there's no spd topic which was pushed through against the cdu martin schulz's spd wanted higher taxesmore refugees into germany and a commitment to a united states of europe. nothing of that is in that blueprint which now serves as the basis for the coalition talks. so bottom line is that there's a commitment of no tax hikes also for the next four years. there's a commitment of a refugee cap to no more than 180 to 22,000. and there's a commitment that those refugees with alimite limd asylum status are not allowed to bring family members to germany. bottom line is all these voices who claimed that angela merkel is in a very big negotiation position may have been proven wrong. because it looks like the cdu and csu clearly won that negotiation over so the big question now is how will martin schulz be able to actually convince his party members to vote in favor of coalition talks for a grand coalition. he needs to do that. he has a busy schedule ahead of him. january 21st is the next milestone. that's when the spd delegates have to vote on whether to formally start coalition talks with an

in here which is much less than the social democrats had hoped for so this very crucial now for martin schulz to sell vase as a success which will be very very difficult for him and that's going to be my follow up question for you were part will he be able to convince members. to sign up to these demands. while the social democrats and especially the social democrat party conference sunday in a week is this in some sort of something like a black box here because we don't really know yet we know that the social democrats especially the rank and file have been very reluctant. against this extension of a grand coalition the rank coalition hasn't proven very successful for the social democrats in the past they have brought in the worst election result. at the last elections after governing together with. so. it's needed to present something to bring home some sort of a trophy that he could sell to his fellow party members and this trophy our country lisi in the agreement or to put it into a picture went out to hunt to dia and brought back a big guinea pig and how he's going to sell that i'm not r

well this was the result that martin schulz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was never visibly very worried martin childes waiting for those results that come in the gave a speech just before the ballots were cast he said that there were only two options it was either go into coalition with angela merkel's conservative bloc or they'd have to be another election and he was very clear on which one he prefer that you don't you know you everyone should realize the question is coalition talks for new elections my take on this is very clear i don't think new elections are the right way for us but what would a coalition do for the bundestag how would the board the stagg look if a new grown cold.

party leader martin schulz visibly uneasy as even though he gets the green line for social democratsare clearly split on the issue. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our two international incheon time certainly glad to have you with us now turkish tanks are rolling into syria supported by air power and ground troops with a military operation against kurds in the region now in full swing. we can show you pictures we have received from the turkish syrian border. these are images of turkish rockets fired from a thai province in the south of turkey you can also see turkish artillery firing on kurdish positions in the patrol car breaks down the situation on the border for us to get a clear picture of what's going on between the turks and the kurds along syria's northern border we should look at the map this is where the kurds are the two yellow areas the one on the left is the african region that's the new war zone the turkish army entered it from the northwest plus they used airstrikes the green area is where the turkish backed syrian rebels are these are th

martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for both spirit was a visibly very worried martin schulz waiting for those results that come in he gave a speech just before the ballots were cast he said that there were only two options it was either go into coalition with angela merkel's conservative bloc or they'd have to be another election and he was very clear on which one he'd prefer that you don't you know you everyone should realize the question is coalition talks for new elections my take on this is very clear i don't think you elections are the right way for us but what would a coalition do for the pacific how would the vote the stagg look if a new grand coalition can be formed well what it would do is it would mean that the social democrats were no longer the largest opposition party would go to the new kids on the block alternative for germany they would be the largest opposition party they would also get all of the or perks and traditions that come along with that including being the chair of the bundestag budget committee all new ground for the right leaning and t. establish

spd leader martin schulz has been quite clear that he does not see that on the cards.s is not helping in finding the kind of, let's say, harmony that would be needed to at least find a common level. what then again, of course, this is a lot of public statements. we have seen a lot of public drama over that very issue of formulating a coalition. the more interesting bit is what is going on behind closed doors, come sunday. anchor: as well as this new book, president trump has been vocal about shrinking the country's trade deficit, but it does not look like it is going to happen anytime soon. analyst: it is a gap that is increasingly widening. despite donald trump's america first policies, the u.s. is buying even more foreign goods and services. the trade gap has reached its highest level in six years. the november figure has widened to $50.5 billion off the back of record exports. >> america first is the policy donald trump has reached ever since he entered office. he believes more should be done to protect american industries from foreign competition. he has been espec

one of the other things that has changed drastically is the population of -- popularity of martin schulz he was on a downtrend into the election, it has gotten worse. the most popular politician that wasaw out of the arg poll sigmar gabriel, who was formerly stp who wasthe replaced by martin schulz. that is an interesting message. germans don't seem to like this leader. he didn't do the job they expected in the election and he has gotten less popular and spend. anna: matt miller over in berlin. more from matt later in the program. jim, we touched on europe little bit in our conversation. let's dwell on this a little further here. the failure to put together the jamaica coalition, she is a ened chancellor. key, ofan rolling your course. guest: she has definitely weakened compared to where she was, but matt makes interesting points about other all editions. nobody is -- other politicians. nobody is emerging as a successor. that's the main reason angela merkel will stay chancellor with some sort of, whether it is minority government or another election. another election would be quite unpop

what is strange is that right after the election, martin schulz and the entire board of the party votednimously against a grand coalition and forth opposition. they have turned around, 180%. brent: do you know why? have they communicated why they made that you turn? anika: the other coalition talks have failed. many social democrats think it would be the duty of the social democratic party -- brent: to save angela merkel's conservatives? anika: kind of. to see how many social democratic projects we can now try to manage and make for people. i think it is a good thought. i think it is the wrong way to take, to say we make angela merkel chancellor again and hope to get some crumbs of the cake. brent: the crumbs that are left on the floor for you. what about new elections? does it seem all the political leaders are afraid of new elections? anika: i think many people do not know in our party what is going to be the turnout of those elections. many think maybe there is not going to be a big change in the election results, and we are going to have the same problem all over again. but i think

martin schulz has been speaking about the importance of sunday's vote. >> we are concentrating on reaching a majority at the party congress on sunday in favor of the decision to enter into talks aimed at finding a coalition deal. that is my task to get a majority. others are trying to get a majority for their positions. that is how the democratic party works. sarah: meanwhile, chancellor merkel has been in paris to meet french president emmanuel macron . they are trying to hammer out a series of reforms to the eurozone. macron is keen to see change. he wants a separate budget and single finance minister for the euro zone. but merkel is not so sure. reporter: over the last weeks and months, emmanuel macron has been left waiting. he is eager to push on with grand plans for europe, but his key partner, the german chancellor, has been busy with other things. she has been struggling to form a new government at home. inevitably, those struggles were a major issue when it the 2 leaders face to the press. merkel said she was optimistic she would soon reach a coalition with germany's social democra

in sunday's decision also means a personal reprieve for martin schulz who's standing within the s.p.d. has suffered after it had its worst result ever in a general election and schultz did a very public u. turn on the question of joining a coalition he now has to secure a final deal with miracle but win support from the s.p.d. party membership. and speaking of merkel she is addressing germany right now. this after intensive this is a discussion that was a positive result pave the way for a coalition negotiations what's important to us in these negotiations is that germany gets a stable government which is able to tackle the questions and issues of the future and find solutions for them this includes economic strength but also the necessary changes that we need in the age of the child is ation this needs to be the basis for social justice and safety and these are the central to ask us to get our heads around the as were very talks paper will be the basis for negotiations a lot of questions need to be solved in questions that need to be negotiated in the ten minutes required going to re

but it was a visibly relieved martin schulze that received those results he definitely doesn't want another election in the region for that is because of just how badly the last election went for the social democrats and there's no sign of that turning around any time soon last time around in september they lost forty seats in almost dipped below twenty percent of votes cast for representatives in the german parliament he's also going to have to of course though he's going to form this coalition he's going to have to cross some social democratic party red lines namely on quotas for refugees that his party opposes also on social spending which his party want to see increased and that's why this whole campaign to decide whether the social democrats would go into coalition with angela merkel's conservatives that has seen a vision it's so in well and truly within the social democratic ranks we saw a big campaign lord. by the youth wing saying that they didn't want to be part of government they wanted four years of opposition in order to try and get the party back to the roots where they believe

the tricky part that comes after martin schulz has to sell it to his party base. grassroots of the social democrats are very reluctant. and in the end, a new government could fail because of the social democratic grassroots. even if these talks are successful and everything works out, it will be weeks until germany has a new government. brent: and for people watching and who may know something about german politics, they'll know that the conservatives and social democrats, they already govern together. they have done that for the past four years. so they know what the problem areas are. so what are the hurdles after four years that are still keeping them from coming to an agreement? charlotte: well, first of all there are a lot of issues where they see eye to eye. for example, increasing police force or a new immigration law they apparently agreed upon, we found out about that yesterday. so they are seeing eye to eye. i think it is fair to say parties have in their whole history not been closer together than they are today. but of course there are hurdles left, fo

well it was a visibly relieved martin schulz that received those results he definitely doesn't want another election in the region for that is because of just how badly the last election went for the social democrats and there's no sign of that turning around any time soon last time around in september they lost forty seats in almost dipped below twenty percent of votes cast for representatives in the german parliament he's also going to have to of course know if he's going to form this coalition he's going to have to cross some social democratic party red lines namely on quotas for refugees that his party opposes also on social spending which his party want to see increased and that's why this whole campaign to decide whether the social democrats would go into coalition with angela merkel's conservatives that has seen a vision is so in well and truly within the social democratic ranks we saw a big campaign launched. by their youth wing saying that they didn't want to be part of government they wanted four years of opposition in order to try and get the party back to the roots where they be

for parties trying to form a new government media leaks suggest until america's conservatives martin schulze the social democrats have agreed on climate policy and migration nearly actions could be triggered if the parties fail to reach an overall agreement by thursday.

leader martin schulz complained about the c.s. use meeting with e.u.ro skeptic or bonn warning about his refugee policies at their meeting at the say on monastery the c. s. he was showing an aggressive stance this could prove difficult for the upcoming coalition talks. political correspondent covering this story i asked him why the allies are trying to sink coalition talks before they even starts. well let's put it this way i'm going to mark all very well knows her political allies who gather here once a year to essentially make a lot of political noise and that certainly happened today inviting viktor orban is a provocation of her but even more saw so for the social democrats that she hopes to put a coalition together with having said that these are very sensitive times in actually the political climate also given the fact that there's very little time to put together another grand coalition something a lot of europe is actually hoping for something that's becoming less and less popular even here in germany so yes it clearly was a provocation the ques

of the simple reason that martin schulze doesn't want another election is because of how the previous one panned out for his party they lost forty seats they dropped almost below the twenty percent mark when it comes to votes cast for people to represent a party in the bundestag it really wasn't a good time out for them in september and it's absolutely well no reason to think that that would change if there was to be fresh elections in fact most people would suggest it may be even worse for the social democrats because there has been a number of red lines that were laid down by the party particularly when it comes to things like refugee numbers and as well as social spending that it would seem that if the social democrats are going to form another coalition with angela merkel they're going to have to cross those red lines and that has not gone down well with much of the party particularly the parties youth wing who campaigned valiantly against this grand coalition they said that martin schultz was selling them out that they wanted to have four more years of opposition well they've bee

minor parties who's now conducting movie asians with the leader of the social democrats that's martin schulz previously of course refused to make any offer we spoke to publicist and former german intelligence officer roy in a rope he believes the controversial ruling to keep a potential terrorist in the country may further split the parties. this thing is. a few on the fire or anyone and it's not only the. close. to the christian democrats who voted to have. criminals be portrayed as a new ruling or federal constitutional court to not be received for this group pleasure the public at large. are pushing to resolve the case of zillion songe the wiki leaks chief has been holed up in the country's london embassy for more than five years for his arrest if you attempt to leave now it could also foreign minister says his country may seek outside help ortiz or smith has more so the ecuadorian foreign minister has come out and called the situation of our sons' living in the embassy here in london unsustainable when a person can't live in those conditions. we're considering the option of mediation . o

but it was a visibly relieved martin schulze that received those results he definitely doesn't want another election in the region for that is because of just how badly the last election went for the social democrats and there's no sign of that turning around any time soon last time around in september they lost forty seats in almost dipped below twenty percent of votes cast for representatives in the german parliament he's also going to have to of course though if he's going to form this coalition he's going to have to cross some social democratic party red lines namely on quotas for refugees that his party opposes also on social spending which he's party want to see increased and that's why this whole campaign to decide whether the social democrats would go into coalition with angela merkel's conservatives that has seen a vision it's so in well and truly within the social democratic ranks we saw a big campaign launched. by the youth wing saying that they didn't want to be part of government they wanted four years of opposition in order to try and get the party back to the roots where they

with minor parties and she's now conducting negotiations with the leader of the social democrats martin schulz who previously refused the offer to work with her former german intelligence officer reiner up believes the ruling to keep a potential terrorist in the country may further split the parties. this thing is. fuel on the fire of anyone and it's not only the the but it's loose in the christian social union and also the christian democrats who voted to have. criminals deported a new ruling of the federal constitutional court to not be received with great pleasure by the public at large. the u.k.'s government has rejected calls for a better system to prevent future prime ministers making the same mistakes as tony blair made over iraq a special committee argued structure investigation should be carried out before taking the country into any conflict they inquiry into the war known as the chilcote reports led to the establishment of the u.k.'s national security council this deals with all national security issues coordinates the activities of the intelligence services and formulates defense s