a strong social democratic party we want politics in germany that ford social justice and you didn't you didn't have the you know the last election you had your historically bad. turn l. it's a good party we had the worst turnout after coming out of a grand coalition for four years which we had and we went into this grand coalition also with the same debate can we really pushed our social democratic projects and values within this coalition and after four years we have to we notice that we have the worst outcome ever out of the election so yes our answer can't be let's do a grand coalition again i mean did you communicate this with martin shorts and the leaders of the party are they listening to young people of course we communicate that and what does or does strange is that right after the elections martin short and entire board of the party voted and then i'm mostly against a grand coalition and for a position that's right and now they have to completely turn around one hundred eighty percent they're even why do you do you know why have they communicated to you why they made that u.

anika: we want a strong social democratic party. ant politics in germany that support social justice. brent: the last election, you had your historically bad, low turnout for your party. anika: exactly. we had the worst turnout after coming out of the grand coalition for four years which we had. we went into this grand coalition with the same debate. can we support our project and values in this coalition? after four years, we notice that we have the worst outcome ever out of the elections. so do we do a grand coalition again? brent: did you communicate this with martin schultz and the leaders of the party? are they listening to the young people? anika: of course we communicate that. what is strange is that right after the election, mart schulz and the entire board of the party voted unanimously 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 t

question of to be or not to be for our party and we as young people we say we need a strong social democratic party in the future so what we think about is the future of the party and we say if we want a strong social democratic party this grand coalition can't be an option so is it fair to say that there is a disconnect right now between the party's leadership and the party's members and what does that mean for the head of your party martin. that's what i'm feeling right now actually yes that there's a big disconnect and i really don't understand why the leaders of the social democratic party support these results so much i understand that they have negotiated very hard was a c.d.u. but looking at those results there's no social democratic hand-writing and if my kids wants to connect himself and his faith in the party was this results in south christian else not maybe in this case he's not the right one for for leading the party at the moment because we don't fear new elections and we also don't fear changing majorities in the polymer and i think i'm in a minority coalition can also be an option w

he's head of the main party in government the social democrats he's banned from becoming prime minister because of a conviction for vote rigging them his party has passed legislation to decriminalize some graft offenses it's also pushed through a judicial overhaul which critics say limits judicial independence the moves haven't just drawn the people's washington and the e.u. have also been sharply critical. of. another special victory in the bundesliga for cologne a club that looked doomed for the occasion just a few weeks ago new coach safad with him back pulled off a third straight win saturday this one against a struggling hamburg. sure togetherness from hamburg before the game surely they would finally get the win that's eluded them since november and the first chance of the game fell to the hosts andre hahn but cologne keeper team a horn was alert to the danger humbugs early pressing a load cologne chances on the break. a sock or two too long to make up his mind here though. the visitors grew in confidence and went ahead in the twenty seventh minute as he minds of order forcing hom

get the social democrats to sign up to that again and will that be interpreted amongst the social democrat party base shifting on principle even if they do reach an agreement on those issues the hardest work is still ahead isn't it absolutely and that work is not necessarily then in what will be set in stone because let's just bear in mind that the proper talks are still ahead if the social democrats party conference agrees to this but this is so much psychology in this i mean we're hearing this once you politician say well he believes there's a seventy percent chance of than actually being able to launch these formal talks at the same time we hear from the social democrat side the head of the youth organization of the social democrats basically calling on the whole party saying it's not to late to stop this and he will certainly be appealing to the delegates meeting on the twenty first of january who will have to give the green light for the talks to go ahead if they do give the green light and we see this continuation of this grand coalition will this new government have the power it needs to

get the social democrats to sign up to that again and will that be interpreted amongst the social democrat party base shifting on principle even if they do reach an agreement on those issues the hardest work is still ahead isn't it absolutely and that what is not necessarily then in what will be set in stone because let's just bear in mind that the proper talks are still ahead if the social democrat party conference agrees to this but this is so much psychology in this i mean we're hearing this once you politician say well he believes there's a seventy percent chance of than actually being able to launch these formal talks at the same time we hear from the social democrat side the head of the usual denies a shift in social democrats basically calling on the whole party saying it's not to late to stop this. and he will certainly be appealing to the delegates meeting on the twenty first of january who will have to give the green light for the talks to go ahead if they do give the green light and we see this continuation of this grand coalition will this new government have the power it needs to im

glimmer of hope for chairman chancellor merkel after four months of political gridlock the social democratic party has voted to enter formal coalition talks with merkel's conservatives to form a new government but the chancellor herself says the negotiations ahead will be no easy task just a slim majority of the s.p.d. rank and file backed the move and that could help the s.p.d. demand more concessions from chancellor or from conservatives rather who don't want to lose another grab coalition. it was a nail biting finish to our long debate with three hundred sixty two voted yes with two hundred seventy nine zero and one abstention with that the s.p.d. will enter into coalition talks thad in the end the social democrats top brass had the majority they needed to start coalition talks with on the americans conservatives. earlier party leader martin short made an emotional appeal to delegates stressing the role of the center left party could play in strengthening europe. you know you couldn't feel it do you do it we can improve many things in germany and we have a great opportunity to rebuild europe an

leader here in a couple of hours time they're really organizational the parties the conservatives here in the social democrats also have been discussing today what their strategy will be going into these full coalition talks and how they're going to deal of course with that major strand of opposition from the social democrat party that we saw yesterday in that very tight vote to proceed so today it's strategic later on it'll be organizational just setting out really the timetable i think we're going to have to be a bit more patient because the social democrats in particular saying they need a little bit of time just to work out what they think they can get out of talks and they might not be ready to do that until wednesday or thursday of this week here social democrats but the party conference they're saying that mr schultz has to revisit some of the points of this framework negotiation of the leaders hammered out does that put more pressure on him or the chancellor. well you know to look at it in a certain positive way from the social democrats points of view all the opposition to a grand coalition and the d

party's heartland in an effort to win their support. welcome to dortmund historically a bastion of the social democrats but many have lost their appetite for a grand coalition saying the party's losing sight of its aims xian she knew these are the paths of social justice is over and i can see that it's now more about careers and clinging on to seats. while this diner selling covey voiced as the daily denmark's in short selling the exploratory talks as a success but it's not easy to convince party members to support a new coalition especially here in north rhine-westphalia. we've clarified many things there were lots of question of our members really welcomed the discussion and i think there was a lot of reflection. and i think. that many still think the s.p.d. is making too many concessions even after the talks the party seems split off as the issues of citizens insurance work contracts reform and raising the top income tax rate it's all missing from the current blueprint these are key s.p.v. issues so i don't know if members will be convinced. yet. many say it's important to take on the responsibility of government but others say the c

be very constructive that she's feeling very energetic on the other hand we saw yesterday a social democrat party leader martin short's coming in a bit earlier he spoke for four minutes she spoke for one clearly there is a sense also amongst the c.d.u. and under the macro herself who needs the limelight here who needs to be able to show that some of those hurdles that need to be overcome will be overcome in a way that the social democrats can also potentially claim successes in a potential upcoming so-called grand coalition here so we're all prepared that this could become a long night both because there are tough issues like migration that still need to be talked about but also because they need that sense of drama that there was a tough struggle ahead of an eventual agreement what are the biggest hurdles at this point. well they are on taxation on such bread and butter issues also on health care how much money could go into it at the end of the day it is always about redistributing money there's talk that up to one hundred billion euros might be on the table there certainly forty five million a

bit differently if he would have lost the vote on yesterday's party congress he probably wouldn't have got out as had of the social democrats at all he would have been in major trouble now he sort of saved his skin for for the moment as party leader of the social democrats but the result has shown that the party is strongly divided that. chorus that he has walked off to the elections is by no means understandable of the party members and he is still a party leader well who is shaking and who needs to get this resolved this grand coalition but even then there are still many open questions for example will you join a cabinet which i'm glad america has ruled that out another of these fixed statements that he made and it's unclear whether he will deliver here so not go into the cabinet or try to do that would be another flip flop move of mark insureds sonia we saw that the youth wing of the s.p.d. party very much being vocally opposed to any coalition talks with the social with the conservatives basically the youth wing is an open rebellion what does this tell you about the future direction of social democracy in germany well i

germany's social democratic party has voted to begin formal coalition talks with chancellor angela merkel‘s conservatives. and a women's march in central london. hundreds of people have been taking part in a ‘time‘s up‘ protest against discrimination and harassment outside downing street. stephen sackur interviews president trump is not former director of communications anthony scaramucci in half an hour here on bbc news. at least 18 people have been confirmed dead in an attack by taliban militants on a luxury hotel in the afghan capital, kabul. the gunmen entered the hotel last night, spraying guests with bullets before breaking into rooms

his head of the main party in government the social democrats he's banned from becoming prime minister because of a conviction for vote rigging them his party has passed legislation to decriminalize some graft offenses and push through a judicial overhaul which critics say limits judicial independence the moves haven't just drawn the people's washington and the e.u. have also been sharply critical. in sports in the bundesliga leaders by a new nick had to come from behind to win four two at home to vera to braman the visitors took the lead end peg buying back to two two but robert levin dahl ski and thomas miller then both scored their second goals of the game to extend byron's lead at the top to sixteen points. well and another club hamburg fired coach marcus gets dole they that move came a day after the team lost at home to bottom place cologne to no defeat left hamburg in the delegation zone in seventeenth place because so took over the team back in twenty sixteen and narrowly avoided being sent down last season after saturday's defeat accused all told reporters he had given his all

is actually mapped out there but we may well see this take longer to agree and whether the social democrat party base will sign off on that this is the big open question if they don't we could have more months of uncertainty here in germany well let's wait and see tenterhooks what's going to happen there's a political correspondent thank you very much. turkish troops have crossed into northern syria attacking a kurdish enclave in a bid to oust u.s. allied kurdish militia from the area their operation was met with a hail of rockets on turkish towns killing at least one refugee. the turkish offensive and offering is code named operation olive branch it began on saturday and has heightened tensions in the already complicated syrian conflict the united states has urged turkey to exercise restraint. turkish border towns are paying the price for anchors offensive in neighboring syria at least one person has been killed and dozens injured by rockets fired from the kurdish enclave of. despite the danger many people here remain enthusiastic about turkey's military offensive on the kurds. live on these bo

out of it, and in terms of socialism, and a pure left—wing ideology, he rebelled against it, and now you are for it. i neverjoined the liberal party. i stayed a social democratlabour party is a social democratic party, that is why i have not joined social democratic party, that is why i have notjoined it. but i am of the left. i am a passionate believer in the national health service. i believe that the creation of that was a great thing. i rejoice in the fa ct was a great thing. i rejoice in the fact that my father didn't have too asked his patients to pay. so on social policy i have always been on the left. but i was, when i was leader of the sdp, and even before, i believe that we did have to change trade union laws. i believe that we did have to change the economy, and above all, i wanted 5trong defence, all of those were challenged by michael foot in 1981 to 1983, and it took 81... from the time we left, until 1997 before labour one. corbyn i5 until 1997 before labour one. corbyn is getting closer to it, and a5 until 1997 before labour one. corbyn is getting closer to it, and as i 5aid is getting closer to it, and as i said to you, he has attracted youn

social democrat all this time. i told you, i don't think currently the labour party is a social democratic party. that's why i have notjoined it. but i am of the left. i am a passionate believer in the national health service. i believe that the creation of that in 19118 was a great thing. he rejoiced in the fact that he didn't have to ask his patients to pay. so, on social policy, i've always been on the left. but i was, when i was leader of the sdp, and even before — i believe that we did have to change trade union laws. i believe that we did have to change the economy. and above all, i wanted strong defence. all of those were challenged by michael foot in 1981 to 1983. and it took ‘81 — from the time we left till 1997 before labour won. corbyn is getting closer to it, and as i said to you, he's attracted young people. he's got an increased membership. you can't take this away from him. if you had your time over again, would you now think differently about leaving the labour party? would you have stayed in?

are going to be able to negotiate now and if they're going to have strong points for the social democratic party in the coalition papers and if they don't reach that i think it's going to be very tough for as a party leaders to get a positive result and they could thank you for being with us this morning and a close ahead of the youth wing of berlin social democrats thanks for coming in thank you. see the look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in afghanistan fourteen foreigners and four afghans have been confirmed killed in the attack on the intercontinental hotel in kabul officials say six gunman wearing army uniforms stormed the compound saturday evening sparking a thirteen hour gun battle with police the attackers were all killed the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. a motorcycle ball has exploded in a market in thailand's southern province killing three and wounding many more the region is home to a long running islamist insurgency but no group has claimed responsibility. pope francis has wrapped up his tour in latin america ending the most

to biggest political party talks on governing together the social democrats promising tough negotiations with conservatives amid signs of disagreement before the talks underway. it's good to have you with us u.s. vice president mike pence has told the israeli knesset that the american embassy will move to jerusalem by the end of next year now that is earlier than expected and only adds to the controversy is the first u.s. politicians of visit the region since president trump recognized as israel's capital last month israeli arab lawmakers made their opposition to the move clear right from the start. speech. the protests kicked off even before mike pence had begun his speech out of his really lawmakers were ushered from the knesset after waving signs at the u.s. vice president following donald trump's incendiary move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. but so are you saying showed east jerusalem including the holy and the al aqsa mosque as a message that we had against trumps declarations east jerusalem should be capital of palestine west of islam capital of israel. pence who

coalition effort that's a bad decision for germany to have a new grand coalition of bet's as a social democratic party and our part. it's against the grand coalition are still valid and i think many people also support our point of view we're going to have a grassroots vote on a grand coalition and of course we're going to try to win the member base now the s.p.d. parliamentary leader on glee and not as she has vowed to press the conservatives to

strategy tomorrow and then we will start very quickly with the we go see asians with the social democratic party a lot of work is ahead of us but this work needs to be targeted and will be carried out intensively and a reasonable climate in spite of all controversies and this is what this day has and with the decision of the party thank you very much. write a pithy statement from. about the work that lies ahead i'm joined in the studio by belinda crane our chief political correspondent and also for an analysis of merkel's remarks and how she is likely to approach things light of this s.p.d. decision we got. outside of the chancellor here in start with you this is a relief for despite what she said about all the work that lies ahead. right definitely a sigh of relief we've just heard from her herself she is now looking forward to the official formal negotiations and

ground political movement, the social democratic party, for a while. it was extraordinary popular but ultimately it was a failed attempt to break the mould of british politics. here we sit today with a really avowedly socialist, leftist labour leader, jeremy corbyn, who says that he now represents the new centre ground in british politics. he says he is on the cusp of a historic victory for socialism and the left in the united kingdom. first of all, do you think thatis kingdom. first of all, do you think that is true? i don't think we can tell. i think that labour got many votes, many, many votes, in the north of england, from people who wa nted north of england, from people who wanted to leave the european union. and i think that labour should focus itself on getting a good result, leaving the european union. and i think all of us should. it seems to be labour's policy is to say, yes, we are going to leave, we want to leave, but we want to stay if possible inside the customs union, baby inside the single market as well, and if that isn't possible, we

this is a lot of people say that what the party desperately needs is renewal i think actually the main dividing line at the moment within the social democrats is between the wings if you want the mainstream the right wing of the party and the left wing it is the left wing of the social democrats who are most keenly against joining another grand coalition on the other grow co with chancellor merkel the conservatives and of course the use of those the youth wing a key element of that left me but as i say their concern is a narrow one it's with the health of the party they want to put the party before the nation but for decades now the social democrats have put a nation before party and that is why the party leadership is tending in that direction in fact the the users could be fact. affect the balance of power in the. that is going to take place on sunday but look at mobility these it's the details have been going to hundred and seventeen days give it take a few days what do the general public in germany feel about this dragging on people are fed up with this you know as you say hundred seventeen days four months after the election we still h

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 life of the people in this country but also fulfills germany's international obligations with a view to the e.u. and the unity of uta. not all will lead to discussions tonight and not spit. and we want to pull in our political correspondent allison young he is outside the headquarters of the christian democrats the c.d.u. that i'm going to medicals party here in berlin good evening to you simon so what can we expect to come out of these talks you know the leader of the young wing of the s.p.d. he says that this coalition can only be a repeat of the past four years. yes brant well although there's been a decision by social democrats to press ahead with full coalition talks with angela merkel's conservatives we're going to have to be a little bit more patient because serviettes be they say that they need more time to decide exactly what how they're going to approach these talks with what personnel team in fact they're going to come to the negotiations but also

generally‘s social democratic party has voted to undergo formal talks with angela merkel‘s party.ck from their ashes defeat by winning the one—day series against australia in style. they are 3—0 up with two games to play after taking victory in sydney by 16 runs. under the guidance of eoin morgan, england fozz form game continues to thrive, yet recently the captain himself has struggled for runs. his, one of six wickets which fell, with the score looking unfavourable for the tourists. jos buttler and chris woa kes unfavourable for the tourists. jos buttler and chris woakes soon change that, as the pair dominated proceedings. the final over the innings delivered a half—century for woa kes, and innings delivered a half—century for woakes, and all innings delivered a half—century for woa kes, and all three innings delivered a half—century for woakes, and all three figures for buttler. 303 sets of victory, a target aaron finch fancied chasing down, showing in attack. but the real power on the field lies elsewhere. the umpires wanted to check their decision to give steve smith out. rep

his head of the main party in government the social democrats he's banned from becoming prime minister because of a conviction for vote rigging them his party has passed legislation to decriminalize some graft offenses it's also pushed through a judicial overhaul which critics say limits judicial independence the moves haven't just drawn the people's washington and the e.u. have also been sharply critical. does the club hamburg has fired coach marcus because dole it comes the day after the club lost to cologne the league's last place team the two nil loss left hamburg in the relegation zone and seventeenth place to still took over the tainted twenty six team and the club narrowly avoided being sent down last season after saturday's defeat to cologne his dole told reporters he'd give it his all for the club with passion and heart. has triumphed in the early for the second time the fifty five year old spaniard clinched victory in the final stage through the argentinian city of cordoba the form of double world champion gave their third win in three years in the week long event the french

party c.s.u. they said they ruled out any concessions to the social democrats on the other hand the social democrats they have promised their base their party members to negotiate very hard and they can always say of course in negotiation that they have to deliver something to their members because the result as we know was with fifty six percent pretty narrow on the party congress and if the vote in the grassroots well it should be better then they have to deliver something sunday's vote is taken is one step closer to another grand coalition in germany if negotiations are successful what kind of government can we expect will it be any different from the last one. well that would be a stable government would be a pro european government it would be a government of the political center on the other hand you wouldn't expect probably big visions or spectacular projects in terms of personal that would be a couple of ministers that we know already and of course it would be again anglo american as the chancellor with one big difference though would be her last time in office so in other words within those

not happy about the idea of a continuation of this grand coalition we will see a party convention of the social democrats the delegates will have to vote there if whether to start a new coalition talks then we will see coalition talks with the christian democrats and then the social democratic party base is going to vote on those results so it's going to be some weeks before germany will in fact if these talks are successful see a new government i don't want to put any words in your mouth shut up or go doesn't sound very encouraging. well it's not going to be like both parties are painting a vision for germany for what they want to change in the next four years it's going to be a rather pragmatic thing it's not going to be a very euphoric new grand coalition that we are going to see if these talks are successful and it's really rather a forced marriage then you know a coalition that is painting a painting a vision for the next four years but they have reached agreements on quite a few issues and we'll see. tomorrow night if they are acts least seeing that through if they come to a positive conclusion of

despite the relief the result is more evidence that the social democrats germany's oldest party a deeply divided. and the mud at the helm party leader martin shows he has failed to convince at this decisive moment it wasn't his speech that rallied the troops at the party conference instead it was three of the party's most prominent women who managed to inspire and win around enough delegates to secure the vote. there was a fully steeply from the s.p.d. parliamentary leader existence out of the way going to negotiate and tell the other side's wheels if i can't promise you any more than that i don't know if i'll get one hundred percent of what we want probably not but we're going to negotiate and get small good results that's why voting yes today is worth it thank you justin sitting down thank you it was honesty. just to be a stand in the east of the bench we didn't prepare for a possible collapse of the coalition talks between the other parties was a mistake and that mistake was made by us the party leadership. oh never is a call for renewal by one of the parties most popular politicians

democrats with. very own party there is some more flexibility some more preparedness actually to make concessions to the social democrats because clearly in the end what's important is that the social democratic party will present the final results of these coalition talks to its membership and that membership has to decide whether or not the party is going to actually enter a government that's really the crucial decision which is still several weeks away. nine hundred stand outside the c.d.u. party headquarters here in the butt end thank you very much. the legendary south african jazz musician and political activist e.q. has died muscular feed the trumpet sang and composed music over a career that spanned decades many of his compositions were about the struggle for democratic rights in this country he also collaborated with international musicians but last year he released a statement saying he was fighting cancer the kid was seventy eight years old. his music lives on just a recap of the top story that we're following for you till he has stepped up its ground assault against the kurdish enclave of often in n

see a kind of marriage contract a potential marriage contract between the two and then the social democrat party grassroots will get the final say on whether i'm going machall can continue business as usual i'd say with the social democrat so there's still many more steps to be completed in this process but tonight salata what do we think chancellor merkel is thinking do we think that she was relieved at this result yeah i'm very sure there was a huge sigh of relief here actually amongst all of the conservative politicians we've heard that many of them congratulated the social democrats on their willingness to at least try to form a government and chancellor merkel has not been very outspoken in the process of finding a new government she has not been giving many press statements but she was actually very quick to react let's listen and. the seaview following the conclusion of exploratory talks last week which cleared the way for formal coalition talks we welcome the news that the social democrats have followed suit at their party conference today. after intensive and sometimes controversial dis

german chancellor angela merkel's future hangs in the balance today the country's center left social democrat party as you to hold any key votes on whether to enter coalition talks with merkel's conservatives. democrat leader martin shields is in favor of forming a coalition but he faces strong resistance from within his own party and a no vote could lead to a minority government which merkel has already said she won't lead or it could lead to fresh elections. should they seek to join another coalition government with angle americans conservatives or should their 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 re

saying could hardly be higher for the german chancellor angela merkel if the social democrats vote no there are special party comp conference she is facing two unsavory alternatives who want to take a look at the chancellor's options if the s.p.d. the social democrats if they decide that it will not go into government with her conservative bringing germany into unchartered territory for months after the election. what happens if the social democrats say no more grand coalition. there are only two possible alternatives and either angela merkel would have to lead a minority government or fresh elections would be held a slim majority of germans would like to see fresh elections but according to the constitution angle americal as acting chancellor is not in a position to simply call them one does the mention in the first parliament would have to formally elect the chancellor who was nominated by the german president of characters should she be nominated angle or merkel would have to win the votes of more than half of parliament in the first round of voting. if she fails to do so two more rounds of voting would t

so many people in the social democrat party have said that is what they are looking for. so tonight's meeting here at cdu headquarters with martin schulz, the spd, and the conservative leaders, is just to set the agenda, set the timetable for talks we expect will begin later this week. brent: we have heard the spd party leader martin schulz says he wants to revisit all the key issues in these formal talks which are about to begin. how much pressure does this put on these negotiations? simon: there is a lot of pressure, because we have seen such a division within the spd. so many people very unhappy about the fact that being in grand coalition is essentially seeing them loose support over the years in successive terms. but it is also -- they feel buried, the social democrat agenda. that is the danger for them. that strengthens martin schulz's hand. he can say to angela merkel, i have my people waiting at home. they are going to begin in a vote on this coalition deal, if we put one together. if there is no red meat for social democrats to get behind, there has to be somethi

german chancellor angela merkel's future hangs in the balance today the country's center left social democrat party is due to hold a key vote on whether to enter coalition talks with merkel's conservatives social democrat leader martin shelf is in favor of forming a coalition but he faces strong resistance from within 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 i

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 really sure how it all bad allegory i would just say that they only managed to agree on the lowest denominator . i wouldn't say it's the lowest denominator but it seems as if the. conservatives managed to bring through their things on while giving the social democrats only smaller things which in the

the party conference of the social democrats only has to desired on whether to take up new talks or that the real coalition talks with off to these coalition talks have been finished then all of the party members have to decide and that is some sort of a black folks especially the the parties left wing is very critical against. helping on glom akhil to stay in power and already the first critics have voiced their concerns for instance the use of going these ational fee social democrats the so-called usals they already said that they are going to start all launch some sort of a no grow cold. meaning that no grand coalition be don't want to have a new grand coalition so they are already starting to. tighten to find two to do to debate against this grand coalition and against a more formal talks for a grand coalition so we're but realistically when could we see a new government be put in place here in germany. well germany and the rest of europe still has to be very very patient here because first of all it's going to take another week until the s.p.d. formally decides to take up coca-c

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elections and tonight the country is finally one step closer to forming a stable government the social democrat party had voted to enter formal coalition talks with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives and initial show of hands was too close to call so every vote of the more than six hundred delegates at the party conference had to be counted individually the outcome was a clear majority in favor of moving forward with negotiations. it was a nail biting finish to a long debate. with hundred sixty two voted yes with two hundred seventy nine zero and one abstention with that the s.p.d. will enter into coalition talks thad in the end the social democrats top brass had the majority they needed to start coalition talks with the americans conservatives . earlier party leader martin short made an emotional appeal to delegates stressing the role the center left party could play in strengthening europe. you know sometimes you can feel it the you know it's we can improve many things in germany and we have a great opportunity to rebuild europe and thus bring about more social justice not just in our country