s.p.d. every success at their party congress i really wish that martin shirts. you always have to have a bit of luck in such matters and i wish you every success in your party congress and if we are all been so successful as it were and are able to enter into. coalition agreements and i hope we can pull of the stops out and get it all sorted out before easter it's not that easy when you have to ask the entire party grassroots what they think of it but i reckon we're headed for good times from germany so i bought them play dates and gentleman a few questions will be loud and there's some of the back of the room what he would like to speak now. from mr shortz where you said the the talks last night were turbulent in every sense of the word and that there was a struggle to say or for his also mentioned it with other words but he expressed a similar sense is the impression correct that the talks were almost all right and actually this would be faced with failure was that a risk and i'd love to hear what is michael thinks about that i don't i got well i think missed.

s.p.d. is determined to negotiate very hard to get all these concessions that they have promised their voters in the on the party congress and beyond yesterday and one thing is also sure the s.p.d. can always argue well look we had fifty six percent only had the party congress if you want to have this less risky thing at the end you should give us these concessions ok so sunday's vote in the s.p.d. has taken us one step closer to another grand coalition in germany if the negotiations the coalition gauche asians are successful what kind of government can we expect will it be much different from the last one. well in terms of content we will certainly see a pro european government we will see a government of stability a government that stresses security both internal security but also says social security in a way we won't see a government of the visions or spectacular projects it will be a government pretty much the same as we had before with the same chancellor a few new ministers maybe but one thing is certainly different it will be the last time in office. so for her it will be a major task to hand over power little by

priority be to renew their own party so they can win back support they've lost in recent years that is the tough choice facing this congress of social democrats the s.p.d. leadership are united in arguing in favor of the deal leader martin schultz 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 five workers pension is single parents school students in 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 you can even go 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 americal it's a lot it's been

his own party a no vote could lead to minority government which merkel has already said she won't lead or to fresh elections. i'm joined now by our correspondent thomas sparrow at the s.p.d. congress in bonn. thomas thanks for joining us. the congress has just started what's the plan for today the congress is about to start here in bonn and the delegates will soon be discussing the different options in other words whether to join the formal coalition talks with angela merkel's conservatives or whether to reject that plan whether to decide against another grand coalition the party is indeed divided for example the youth wing of the party the so-called users have been clearly pressing against the idea of a new grand coalition the party leadership on the other hand has been saying that it is the party's responsibility to at least to negotiate and discuss this is certainly what we will be seeing here today in bonn a very delicate debate on the future not only of the social democrats but also indeed whether germany will be able to form a new government or whether germany will have the option that you yourself mentioned namely a minority government or fresh elections there's talk of a y

his own party a no vote could lead to minority government which merkel has already said she won't lead or to fresh elections. i'm joined now by our correspondent thomas sparrow of the s.p.d. congress in bonn. thomas the congress has just started can you tell us what's happened so far. so well you can probably hear martin shows the leader of the social democrats speaking right behind me here in a barn or he and another prominent member of the party leadership. regional leader of the s.p.d. clearly stated why they believe that the s.p.d. should enter those formal coalition talks with the conservatives they have in particular mentioned that the party could change more within a government than if they went into the opposition in particular in two areas one the keystrokes of democratic areas in the social justice for example pensions or health or other areas like that education and second one in europe that's one that martin shows himself has been very on many occasions stress that it's particularly important for the social democrats of this is not only about the party not only about germany it is also about the future of europe he stressed that him self and this is also part of his sp

own party a no vote could lead to a minority government which merkel has already said she won't lead or to fresh elections. i'm joined now by our correspondent thomas sparrow at the s.p.d. congress and vaughan thomas thanks for joining us the congress is now underway and martin short is just spoken to the delegates why did he promised members to win them around. martin shows specifically mentioned two areas in his speech which finished a few minutes ago here in bonn one he stressed what the party had achieved in the exploratory talks with the conservatives on social justice issues and also on his european policy which is something particularly important for him the second argument that he stressed is that those exploratory talks and in particular the twenty eight page document that came as a result of those exploratory talks is not necessarily written in stone in other words that if the delegates here accept to enter formal negotiations there is still some room for the party to present and past some of its proposals those are the two key areas that martin shows strength in his speech now we are listening here to rather different opinions of the person speaking behind me is again

s.p.d. on a collision course with the conservatives before talks even start. a special meeting of the social democrats parliamentary group there is relief in the air that the party congress has paved the way to coalition talks but some still reject the idea of a grand coalition. in this democracy we need two strong alternative projects and in a grand coalition they get blurred we lost massively but things could still get worse. off and we've been about a team now and we will discuss all the issues that we addressed during the exploratory talks again it's clear that ultimately in coalition negotiations both sides will always have to make compromises. but the conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. blocks willingness to revisit prior agreements is limited because we will flush out what we unanimously agreed in the exploratory treaty that is we will go in-depth on those issues but we will reopen talks on what we've already rejected. is on deals but. nonetheless many germans seem relieved over the social democrats decision on sunday are you guys going to start i think they should get on with forming the grand coalition they should pull together and get something done now so that things c

s.p.d. is he the star of this congress. well i've seen kevin cannot speak on various occasions not only here today but i know the party conferences as well and you can clearly see say that he's a very eloquent person and a person that kind of make people clap and round of applause today believe me brant when he spoke was in fact louder than the round of applause that martin shows received when he spoke right before cannot we can clearly say also that coup not has become a symbol of resistance towards that grand coalition he in a way represents all those members here in the social democrats and not only the young members of the social democrats who believe that the way forward for the s.p.d. is by not joining another grand coalition he has argued on many occasions that the party should remain you itself the party should read. lost trust by precisely stepping aside by precisely not joining on the michael again and making bad profile in the party from the opposition but it obviously it's difficult to say whether he will manage to also make other delegates here today follow his ideas about something that we will see when the delegate