the stb party chairman martin schultz is under pressure. after the election, he said he did not want to enter another grand coalition, but he has to convince his party to do just that. >> we have three goals. solidarity, that we want to organize, innovations that will take us forward, and trust in each other. that is essential in a government. we want to see if the spirit of cooperation was there, and i think the answer was positive. reporter: angela merkel under pressure as well because for over three months, germany has been functioning without a government. she would like to see germany active on the european stage. the conservative party advisory board stands behind negotiation results. but things look different with the social democrats. six of the party members voted against moving forward with coalition talks. there are fears about how the party's base will react. >> i think we are on the right, but we have to be careful to remember this will not just work out automatically. reporter: the 28-page document is under heavy criticism fro

now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. and both sides are forced to make concessions to freeze the agreement on starting form a coalition talks about some most controversial issues the tax rises and refugees here's a closer look at some of the issues that are visually holding the deal but now appear to have been dissolved phenolics east. now this is what they came up with here at villa a twenty eight page document that outlines the basic points of moving ahead with building a government let's have a look at the most pressing issues on top of the list family reunions of refugees under the new draft agreement one thousand family members would be allowed to come to germany every month until america had resisted a cap to yearly refugee arrivals for a long time now she has agreed to limit them to around two hundred thousand per year the parties also said they wanted to bolster germany's relationship with france and strengthen the eurozone

schultz makes a final plea to members to back coalition talks with the conservatives it doesn't it's vote no the country could be headed for a fresh election it's also coming up. the turkish army fires mortars terms of the syrian a conclave of the offering making way for its troops to cross into the area it's part of the congress controversial operation against syrian kurds we'll get the latest from our correspondent in turkey. balance today the country 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 schultz is in its favor of forming a coalition but he faces strong resistance from within his 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 men

this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was real hard stuff as the leader of the social democrats waited for this result to come in he was visibly nervous waiting for the well what was certainly not a foregone conclusion it ended up being three hundred sixty two votes in favor with two hundred and seventy nine votes against joining the coalition with angola merkel so they are going to go forward with mat but what schultz did lay out in a speech there to delegates and to a board members before the vote it was really a speech that was more pleading than it was inspirational he said there was only two options you either go into coalition with angela merkel or we have fresh elections and it was very clear which one he preferred i mean 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. well it was a visibly relieved martin schulz that received those results he definitely doesn't want another election in the region for

establishment party a party in fact in which martin schultz and many other senior members of the social democrats have decried as racist before the election in september and said that they shouldn't be taking up seats within the bundestag well in an attempt to try and hang on to power for himself he may well catapult them up into the position of been germany's largest opposition. here political analyst rayna ruff has told us why he thinks the f.t. has gained so much support. i would say that the union card he is after all the c.d.u. look as left of the conservative positions of the past they have turned somewhat roughly speaking into an ass. and the ass b.d. has lost much of its political standing because many of the topics were also covered by the c.d.u. so the a.f.d. just came in to fill in. the blank space that. has left. the push for a second grand coalition has had a polarizing effect on the days members many on the left believe by entering government as part of a broad alliance the party could jeopardize its future and alienate its support base as of you have finally come and as y

well this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was a visibly very worried martin childes 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 that have to be another election and he was very clear on which one he prefer that you do you know you everyone should realize the question is coalition talks are you 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 bundestag how would the book to 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 that 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 well perks and traditions that come along with that including being the chair of the bundestag budget committee all new ground f

now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. when both sides were forced to compromise to reach this agreement on starting to form a coalition talks among the most controversial issues with tax increases and refugees here's a look at some of the issues that were originally holding up the deal but appear now to been resolved for now. now this is what they came up with here advil a twenty eight page document that outlines the basic points of moving ahead with building a government let's have a look at the most pressing issues on top of the list family reunions of refugees under the new draft agreement one thousand family members would be allowed to come to germany every month until america had resisted a cap to yearly refugee arrivals for a long time now she has agreed to limit them to around two hundred thousand per year the parties also said they wanted to bolster germany's relationship with france and strengthen the eurozone in september

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 come out in favor of launching coalition talks lower saxony. but three other states. have recommended voting no. north rhine-westphalia which is sending the highest number of delegates to the conference social democrats they're split on how to vote. it's going to be a tight result and i think we're going to back

now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. when both sides were forced to compromise to reach this agreement on starting to form a coalition talks among the most controversial issues with tax increases and refugees here's a look at some of the issues that were originally holding up the deal that appears now to been resolved for now. now this is what they came up with here advil a bun tells a twenty eight page document that outlines the basic points of moving ahead with building a government let's have a look at the most pressing issues on top of the list family reunions of refugees under the new draft agreement one thousand family members would be allowed to come to germany every month until america had resisted a cap to yearly refugee arrivals for a long time now she has agreed to limit them to around two hundred thousand per year the parties also said they wanted to bolster germany's relationship with france and strengthen the eurozone

leader martin schultz have been campaigning for has been anything but an easy ride for him as are these peter oliver explains. this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was real hard stuff as the leader of the social democrats waited for this result to come in he was visibly nervous waiting for the well what was certainly not a foregone conclusion it ended up being three hundred sixty two votes in favor with two hundred and seventy nine votes against joining the coalition with angola merkel so they are going to go forward with that but what schultz did lay out in a speech there to delegates and to a board members before the vote it was really a speech that was more pleading than it was inspirational he said there was only two options you either go into coalition with angela merkel or we have fresh elections and it was very clear which one he preferred i mean 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. wel

now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. when both sides were forced to compromise to reach this agreement on starting to form a coalition talks about the most controversial issues with tax increases and refugees here's a look at some of the issues that were originally holding up the deal but appear now to be resolved for now. now this is what they came up with your advil a twenty eight page document that outlines the basic points of moving ahead with building a government let's have a look at the most pressing issues on top of the list family reunions of refugees under the new draft agreement one thousand family members would be allowed to come to germany every month until america had resisted a cap to yearly refugee arrivals for a long time now she has agreed to limit them to around two hundred thousand per year the parties also said they wanted to bolster germany's relationship with france and strengthen the eurozone in september fr

party leader martin schultz will try to convince a special party conference to back of the leadership decision to talk to the chance the conservatives about entering into a new grand coalition will negotiations with the conservatives can only be good if the conference votes yes but there is resistance from the s.p.d. particularly its youth wing and over with me a minority government or the possibly old possibility of fresh elections i should say spoke a while ago in a short while ago in berlin and here's what he said about sunday's vote your thoughts are clearly on the start of the we are concentrating on reaching a majority at a 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 of others are trying to get a majority for their positions that is how the democratic party works up you know a bit of it will cost the pub so those talks with about starting those talks about talks about starting a coalition with chancellor merkel's conservatives resistance particularly strong in the youth wing of the s.p.

now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. let's get more detail his political correspondent to thomas spargo welcome thomas what's in this twenty eight page document that they had of pass' and agreed. every imaginable topic infrastructure transport education foreign policy wide range of issues explained all in a very general way i would say that two aspects clearly stand out one the idea that the parties agree to work closely on european integration in particular alongside france and a second issue one that has been very contentious the issue of migration and that proposed limits on the number of migrants that could arrive to germany as well as on family reunification an issue that was particularly controversial in recent days those are certainly the issues that are present in that twenty eight page document but it's important to stress that this is only a roadmap if you will a set of guidelines in this first round of talks these explor

now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. when both sides were forced to compromise to reach this agreement on starting to form a coalition talks among the most controversial issues with tax increases and refugees here's a look at some of the issues that were originally holding up the deal that appears now to have been resolved for now. now this is what they came up with your advice a twenty eight page document that outlines the basic points of moving ahead with building a government let's have a look at the most pressing issues on top of the list family reunions of refugees under the new draft agreement one thousand family members would be allowed to come to germany every month until america had resisted a cap to yearly refugee arrivals for a long time now she has agreed to limit them to around two hundred thousand per year the parties also said they wanted to bolster germany's relationship with france and strengthen the eurozone in se

now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. when both sides were forced to compromise to reach this agreement on starting formal coalition talks among the most controversial issues with tatts increases in refugees here's a look at some of the issues that were originally holding up the deal but appear now to have been resolved for now. now this is what they came up with here at villa upon tell us a twenty eight page document that outlines the basic points of moving ahead with building a government let's have a look at the most pressing issues on top of the list family reunions of refugees under the new draft agreement one thousand family members would be allowed to come to germany every month until america had resisted a cap to yearly refugee arrivals for a long time now she has agreed to limit them to around two hundred thousand per year the parties also said they wanted to bolster germany's relationship with france and strengthen the eur

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 vote of party membership and will be put out to a ballot of the almost full. four hundred fifty thousand party members there it is worth noting that the social democrats didn't have a very good election in september they lost forty seats in the bundestag. there is a lot of people against this coalition but what would the bundestag look like should there be a rekindling of the

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 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 b

party leader martin schultz on sunday as he bids to go on vince party delegates to vote no grow closer to his grassroots support q not believes this is the only way for the s.p.d. to regenerate after damage in years into local governments. the finnish president and for me he is the kind of politician who hopefully certainly shaped the future of this party. that they tried to influence a very talented upcoming politician he's still young and everything lies ahead of him i think something will become of him. even pozen members who support the idea of a grand coalition have high hopes for canucks political future. impose a t.v. and put in the most positive senses of politics junkie he breathes politics but at the same time he's matter of fact and stands by his opinion and he definitely has a big future. cannot became a member of the s.p.d. at just fifteen in the same year that angela merkel was first elected chancellor but units no grow coke campaign now threatens to end her twelve year a in. that i think anglo-american time in office will soon end because her policy model simply no longe

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, martin 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 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

all this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was to have a visibly very worried martin childes 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 bundestag and how would you put the stagg look if a new grand coalition all can be formed well what it would do is it would mean that the social democrats who are no longer the largest opposition party that would go to the new kids on the block of turner to germany they would be the largest opposition party they would also get all of the well perks and traditions that come along with that including being the chair of the bundestag budget comm

government of martin schultz was quoted by german daily built citing as saying if this fails my political career is over well that could potentially also be says the german chancellor angela merkel if she fails to pull this together carol thank you very much did all these political correspondent make killer cocoa. a kurdish soccer player in germany has narrowly avoided being killed after an unknown assailant shot at his car while on a motorway near cologne then he snuck into former a bonus league player for his own polly told german media that his windscreen was shot at and the bullet nearly struck him thought he's have yet to comment on the ongoing investigation but not he believes the attack was politically motivated last may a turkish court handed the footballer an eighteen month suspended sentence for quote spreading terrorist propaganda. and the man suspected of orchestrating a bomb attack on the brucia don't win team bus in april last year has confessed his guilt in court three devices were detonated in the incident which injured defender marc botha suspects sergei v. as he's known

here in germany these social democrat leader martin schultz has started a big push to persuade his party members to support coalition talks with german chancellor angela merkel's conservatives shuls has started a tour of his party's regional branches after marathon talks last week it's all party leaders agree to start coalition discussions on sunday social democrat delegates will vote on whether it will officially back that decision many oppose another grand coalition as it's called and they want more concessions from conservatives. what do the young members of the s.p.d. want to talk about that now i'm joined by on a closer she is chair of the young socialist within the s.p.d. party here in berlin it's good to have you on this show give me your take on where things are right now do you think that martin schultz is going to be able to convince the party the grass roots level to say yes to this dream fullish and again i think it's a really open question at the moment it's really difficult to tell if he's going to be able to convince them or not the young socialists are totally against a n

now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. let's get more from w.'s political correspondent thomas sparrow welcome thomas so the three parties detail that agreement in this twenty eight page document whose hard to give way on was. i think the conservatives the better deal when it comes for example to all the issues on migration that number that we've heard about the migrants that are with the will be or could be allowed into into germany the idea of family reunification as well those are issues where i believe conservatives had a better deal as far as the social democrats they probably had a better deal when it comes to draw the social issues regarding children and families and also as well the investment in education in infrastructure those are issues that they were obviously try to sell to the party members into the party delegates i think both parties will also try to sell that idea of of europe of integration into the european level

presumably have to make a lot of concessions to martin schultz and the general consensus is that she will not be leading her party into the next set of federal elections in 2020. we have got so used to her being the leader of europe, haven't we? it is quite incredible to see her here really struggling to hold onto power. germany was the leader in europe, unquestionably. it is interesting about martin short, in september the spd did very badly. they suffered having been in the party and martin schultz said i am not going into any more coalition 's. however it seems as though he has soft and that view —— softened that view and they will talk about the detailed coalition arrangement where there will be a lot of concessions from angela merkel to keep him on side. then the detailed agreement has to go to the spd membership, six months after the election, the membership may throw it out. she has gone almost certainly from hero to zero. there has really been a vacuum, who has stepped in to its? emmanuel macron. bsp to very many places. he has even hosted president trump in the eiffel to

party leader martin schultz on sunday as he bids to convince party delegates to vote no growth. grassroots support q not believes this is the only way for the s.p.d. to regenerate after damage in years into medical governments. the finnish president and for me he is the kind of politician who hopefully has certainly shaped the future of this party. that they tried to influence a very talented upcoming politician he's still young and everything lines ahead of him i think something will become of him. even pozen members who support the idea of a grand coalition have high hopes for canucks political future. impose a t.v. and put in the most positive sense he's a politics junkie he breathes politics but at the same time he's matter of fact and stands by his opinion and he definitely has a big future. i cannot became a member of the s.p. day at just fifteen in the same year that angle of michael was first elected chancellor but can it snow grow coke campaign now threatens to end a twelve year reign. that's because that's what i think i'm going to mathilde's time in office will soon e

schultz negotiated through the night to come up with a blueprint for formal coalition talks it could bring an end to the stalemate that has left germany without a new government since the election more than one hundred days ago. and the did over used political correspondent rupert redeveloped is at the social democrat headquarters in berlin where political leaders held that all important press conference. is germany breathing a collective sigh of relief. well if it is germany also needs to know that there's still quite a lot of time ahead if really you go listen government come be called out because. right now what we have seen is only the end of the talks in front of the talks and now the party buddies have to decide which is already taking place the social democrats held in holding their party board meeting right now behind the doors here behind me on the same counts for the christian democrats a fungal americal who will also be sitting at their party headquarters now and discussing the agreement that has been reached between the social democrats on the conservative block of. this

social democratic leader martin schultz still has a lot of selling to do at a special conference later this month he'll ask six hundred party delegates to back formal talks to renew the grand coalition with conservatives but it's the party's four hundred thousand members who will lend have to give their approval to the final agreement the party's youth group plans to lobby hard against another grand coalition. merkel's bid to form a new government is already the longest coalition building process in post-war germany and it looks likely to drag on for weeks if not months even so many of her christian democrats are upbeat. view. the results are good for a country the chancellor negotiated very well but the social democrats also achieved a good deal if we come together it will be good for the country. germany's european partners including neighbors france and austria have also been expressing relief that a coalition appears to be in the works but in germany itself reaction is mixed the largest opposition party the nationalist a.f.d. has criticised the plans calling them a desperation move

now they have to utah on the policy and now martin schultz the social democrat leader house to sell it to his party and i'm very very very eager to find out what he can sell to his party here because. from my impression right now i don't i can't really see the policy field that is really the one field that can win over the social democrats so there's a long way to go for the social democrats but also for the conservative block of america but it's not only the social democrats that fear this grand coalition it's also the conservative party see as you from the varia which wants to shop its conservative profile which is going to be very hard if you are in a coalition with the center left of but the center left party as a social democrats report we see so much movement there behind you that's presumably the press which is gathered in anticipation of some politicians exiting there just just walk us through what it is that we're likely going to be saying you know over the next few minutes over the next few hours there in berlin. what we are waiting for right now is the press conference here

establishment party a party in fact in which martin schultz and many other senior members of the social democrats have decried as racist before the election in september and said that they shouldn't be taking up seats within the bundestag well in an attempt to try and hang on to power for himself may well catapult them up into the position of germany's largest opposition. patrol over there while the geo political analyst trainer offers to explain to us why the a.f.p. has gained so much support. i would say that the union party is above all the c.d.u. look as left of the conservative positions of the past they have turned somewhat roughly speaking into an ask. and ask b.d. it has lost much of its political standing because many of the topics were also covered by the c.d.u. so the eight after just came in to fill in. the blank space that. has left. one of the stumbling blocks during the coalition talks has been migration policy with a number of new approaches being tried to ease the crisis the eastern city of course most has taken matters into its own hands and banned newcomers altogether

well this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for both it was a 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 if you don't you know. 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 bundestag how would the book to 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 but would go to the new kids on the block of turner to germany they would be the largest opposition party they would also get all of the well perks and traditions that come along with that including being the chair of the bundestag budget committee all new ground for

and social democratic leader martin schultz announce a breakthrough after all night talks and it means the country has come one step closer to having a new government but it doesn't mean the deal is single political leaders must now convince their bodies to give the green light to form a coalition negotiations 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 has announced 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 pressure after the election he said he did not want to enter another grand c

well this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for both it was a visibly very worried barton schultz 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 you know . everyone should realise 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 bullets there how would the vote the stag look if you've grown coalition before what it would do is it would meet at the social democrats who are no longer the largest opposition party that 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 perks and traditions that come along with that including being the chair of the bundestag budget committee all new ground for the right leaning

establishment party a party in fact in which martin schultz and many other senior members of the social democrats have decried as racist before the election in september and said that they shouldn't be taking up seats within the bundestag well in an attempt to try and hang on to power for himself he may well catapult them up into the position of been germany's largest opposition here political analyst rainout ruff explained why the f.t. has gained so much support. i would say that the union use overseas you as left of the conservative positions of the they have turned somewhat roughly speaking into it and asked. and asked b.d. has lost much of its political standing because many of the topics were also covered by the c.d.u. so the after just came in to fill in. the blank space that. he has left. one of the stumbling blocks around the coalition talks has been migration policy with a number of new approaches being try to ease the crisis in the eastern city of copper theft taken matters into its own hands and banned newcomers altogether the move is in response to several recent incidents l

schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was never 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 prefer that you don't you know you everyone should realise the question is coalition talks for you 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 bullets there how would the vote the stagg look if a new grand coalition can be formed well what it would do is it would meet at the social democrats were no longer the largest opposition party that 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. es

all this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for both speak it was a visibly very worried martin childes 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 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 the stagg look if a new grand coalition can be formed well what it would do is it would mean that the social democrats who are no longer the largest opposition party that would go to the new kids on the block of turnitin 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 ne

all this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was a visibly very worried martin childes 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 prefers you know . everyone should realize the question is coalition talks or 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 the stagg look if a new grand coalition can be formed what it would do is it would mean that the social democrats were no longer the largest opposition party that 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

all this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for both it was a visibly very worried martin childes 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 know you know you everyone should realise 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 body to stay 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 who are 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 gr

well this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was a visit pleased very worried martin childes 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 prefers you know you know you everyone should realize the question is coalition talks are you 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 ballistae how would the vote of the stag look if a new grand coalition can be formed well what it would do is it would meet at the social democrats who are no longer the largest opposition party that 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

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 prefer that you don't you know you everyone should realize the question is coalition talks for you 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 bundestag how would the book the stagg look if a new grand coalition can be formed well what it would do is it would meet at the social democrats who are no longer the largest opposition party that 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 t

party leader martin schultz will try to convince a special party conference to back the leadership's decision to talk to the chancellor's conservatives about entering into a new grand coalition the s.p.d. can only start formal negotiations with the conservatives if the conference votes yes but the party is split with particular resistance from its youth wing a no vote would mean i have a minority government or fresh elections watching scholtz has been speaking about sunday's vote vehicle surveillance of unity we are concentrating on reaching a majority of 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 of others are trying to get a majority for their positions that is how a democratic party works up in about how they will cut fission power. let's get more on this from his friend you crouse she's a political scientist at bourbons humbled university welcome to t.w. german politics getting interesting as a novelty let's talk about sunday's vote then and its importance we'll start first of all w

this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was real hard stuff as the leader of the social democrats waited for this result to come in he was visibly nervous waiting for the well what was certainly not a foregone conclusion it ended up being three hundred sixty two votes in favor two hundred and seventy nine votes against joining the coalition with angola merkel so they are going to go forward with that but what schultz did lay out in a speech there to delegates and so board members before the vote it was really a speech that was more pleading than it was inspirational he said there was only two options you either go into coalition with angela merkel we have fresh elections and it was very clear which one he preferred that you do you know you everyone should realize the question is coalition talks for you elections my take on this is very clear i don't think new elections are the right way for us. 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 be

schultz negotiated throughout the night to find some common ground indeed it needed to enter more formal coalition talks now merkel has been having a caretaker government since the national election more than one hundred days ago she and her conservatives have been in exploratory talks with the social democrats since sunday. and for more let's bring in our correspondent reviewed overall to a standing by there at the s kitty headquarters in berlin where the talks have been taking place and report wow what a what a series of talks it has been i mean more than twenty four hours these party leaders talking there and various representatives just bring us up to date about what we have been saying. you just said twenty four hours of negotiating from from yesterday morning on up till now right now you can see behind me all the journalists queuing up here in front of the believe we're going to house these social democrats quarters here in berlin waiting for the press conference to start or at least to get in and then to waiting for the press conference in which we are going to hear how this agree

now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. let's get more details political correspondent to thomas spargo welcome thomas what's in this twenty eight page document that they had of partisan agreed on. for every imaginable topic infrastructure transport education foreign policy wide range of issues explained all in a very general way i would say that two aspects clearly stand out one the idea that the parties agree to work closely on european integration in particular alongside france and a second issue one that has been very contentious the issue of migration and that proposed limits on the number of migrants that could arrive to germany as well as on family reunification an issue that was particularly controversial in recent days those are certainly the issues that are present in that twenty eight page document but it's important to stress that this is only a roadmap if you will a set of guidelines in this first round of talks these exp

leader martin schultz has been campaigning for it's been anything but an easy ride for him as are his producer oliver reports. this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was real hard stuff as the leader of the social democrats waited for this result to come in he was visibly nervous waiting for the well what was certainly not a foregone conclusion it ended up being three hundred sixty two votes in favor two hundred and seventy nine votes against joining the coalition with angela merkel so they are going to go forward with that but what schultz did lay out in a speech there to delegates and so board members before the vote it was really a speech that was more pleading than it was inspirational he said there was only two options you either go into coalition with angela merkel or we have fresh elections and it was very clear which one he preferred to be you don't you know you everyone should realize the question is coalition talks for you elections my take on this is very clear i don't think new elections are the right way for us. well it w

put martin schultz that said in the past that he didn't want the a.f.d. to even get into parliament is to write at them as racist put in his name to try and hang on to power at any cost even the deep division that he sold within his own party he may well be the one that gives alternative for germany that boost up into the world more senior positions of the german parliament many thanks of course from the peter of rings rather from berlin. now we can take a very short break it's a busy news day though see in a few minutes. something did these really important for us. not to be only a common market. as we say to be a community of then don't adopt this view was of process as if you twitter is so good to power that you must go riots to dominate it why would there be to be unsettled communities yuki's so. in order to overthrow a regime it does take popular discontent and popular mobilization but it also requires actors with in the leadership of the regime who feel that the regime is no longer serving the national interest you need people in the military or the

leader martin schultz has been campaigning for it's been anything but an easy ride for minorities peter oliver reports. this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was real hard stuff as the leader of the social democrats waited for this result to come in he was visibly nervous waiting for the well what was certainly not a foregone conclusion it ended up being three hundred sixty two votes in favor two hundred and seventy nine votes against joining the coalition with angola merkel so they are going to go forward with that but what schultz did lay out in a speech there to delegates and so board members before the vote it was really a speech that was more pleading than it was inspirational he said there was only two options you either go into coalition with angela merkel or we have fresh elections and it was very clear which one he preferred that you do you know you everyone should realize the question is coalition talks for you elections my take on this is very clear i don't think new elections are the right way for us. but it was a visibly r

all this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for both it was a visibly very worried martin childes 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 that have to be another election and he was very clear on which one he 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 you 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 what it would do is it would mean that the social democrats were no longer the largest opposition party that would go to the new kids on the block of turner to germany they would be the largest opposition party they would also get all of the well perks and traditions that come along with that including being the chair of the bundestag budget committee all new ground for

all this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was a visibly very worried martin childes waiting for those results that came 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 and how would the book to stagg look if a new grand coalition can be formed what it would do is it would mean that the social democrats who are no longer the largest opposition party that would go to the new kids on the block of target of 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

is currently in disarray and its leader martin schultz is struggling to persuade the party faithful to follow him into a rerun of the grand coalition let's have a look. martin shelter has been traveling around the country trying to convince people that the s.p.d. must carry on its political responsibilities but not everyone agrees with him. traitor. schultz was caught off guard shame on you. most important thing that we have achieved in these political negotiations is this we have now created an excellent opportunity to move europe in a new direction that's something i will campaign for. and i am certain that we will be able to turn this headwind into a tailwind. but younger s.p.d. party members are turning away from shoals mostly because they're opposed to a new grand coalition. we are convinced that this coalition would threaten the existence of the s.p.d. as a political party. to feed. the social democrats are divided as never before does this signal the end of the s.p.p. . big question they're under as clue does it does it signal the end for the for the s.p.d. i mean after all this

all this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for both it was a visibly very worried martin childes waiting for those results that came 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 prefer you don't you know you everyone should realize the question is coalition talks for you 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 bundestag how would the book to 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 that would go to the new kids on the block of turner to 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 th