a news reporter hannah cleaver spoke with a senior member of the center left social democrats thomas opperman most of them in the german the stop isman seems to be pushing towards another grand coalition it feels a bit like could goods train with no weather option is this really a choice does germany have a choice here. well the grand coalition is something like nobody loves it but everybody believes the government is needed and there is no other government inside beside a grand coalition so we as we have serious negotiations about a new grand coalition it is difficult of course but i am optimistic that it can be successful now a wise man once said that village democracy needs new ideas and new people to come in willoughby any new ideas from what would effectively be a continuation from the same government as we just had it cannot be a continuation of what we had because. we have serious problems ahead of us right now germany is in very good shape we have a strong economy we have high up and crime and we have a surplus in revenues but that will not stay the way it is unless we invest a lot of

to give them that kind of opportunity and that was the vice president of the german bundestag thomas opperman speaking a short while ago with his very own head of cleaver as we saw him but i want to turn back to you as we mentioned that you're standing by at the social democrats headquarters where those talks are taking place those those coalition talks still no sign we have to mention of anyone emerging there we see the cameras behind you we see the lights ready and everyone is just hoping that they will exit there what should we make of what we heard opperman said and what a grand coalition but with that need for his party the social democrats because i mean this is not what they wanted coming out of this election. absolutely and i think he made that very clear too that this is not something the social democrats wanted and that they are longing for and we have to understand that one of the main problems probably that that tape that that makes the whole thing so so complicated is that the social democrats have to bring something home to put it in the picture . if he if he would be a hunter h

as to oman thank you so much thomas opperman his vice president of the german parliament thank you for being with us today ended up in its thank you to. now moving on to tunisia which has been rocked by a third night of violent clashes as unrest over government impose price hikes intensifies riot police have used tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital tunis and four other cities one man has died scores have been injured and more than three hundred arrested the prime minister had warned rioters to expect a heavy security presence on the streets. not even threats of a clampdown could keep them away hundreds of disaffected tunisians clashed with riot police and another long night of violent unrest with both sides trading tear gas and draw. some coming off watch for where. i was trying to talk to one of the policemen and suddenly one of them helped me with his baton. that's been. seven years ago was the cradle of the arab spring after a revolt against rising costs that revolution may now be history but its spirit and its cause lives on for many in the rural heartland economic frust