Playing adventure of. The trip by airplane seventeen thousand kilometers in six weeks breathtaking landscapes play cricket a. Touchy. Subject. Starting february twenty seventh. Place was. Urging his fellow social democrats to vote no to forming a grand coalition with. Conservative c. D. U. Sister party the c. S. U. Right now may well be the chancellors most powerful opponent merkel is in favor of a huge coalition of. The social democrats are in a fix right now. Party leader martin shorts resigned. And the s. P. D. Is lower in the polls than ever germany and all of europe are asking will crew knots Opposition Campaign succeed. Given what passed on and it will be. Hours. Everybody in here yeah i know my. Parents didnt. Yell at the beginning of another lot of day to not pauses to collect his thoughts. Later hell hit the road to try to convince more s. P. D. Members to vote against the grand coalition. Who notice traveling throughout germany today hes in the town of bishops time near frankfurt. Lots of s. P. D. Members want to have their say and theres a big crowd here today. It was tonight the leader of the partys Youth Organization who launched the debate. About. Our election manifestos no longer sound like s. P. D. Principles but a compromise tailored to a grand coalition we know we have few options if we want to get into government we can only do it with the conservatives but isnt this the way it is and that is why we limit ourselves in developing new ideas. It is clear that weve given up and are not willing to come up with Real Solutions to Current Issues after what we have reduced our thinking to suit the grand coalition. With. The s. P. D. Was part of a grand coalition from twenty thirteen to twenty seventeen the party had to make concessions then to live in last autumn selections the s. P. D. Took only twenty point five percent of the vote its worst result in postwar history many Party Members demand renewal but can that even happen in a grand coalition. Is where they make promises but we dont keep them here. Will cave in i just like we did in the last coalition. But based on my experience we cant get much done if we are an opposition party. Right from the start i was opposed to another coalition but now ive noticed that local Party Members tend to favor it or they say the Coalition Platform contains a lot of policies that are important to the social democrats. Might find it hard to counter those arguments. Either. In north rhinewestphalia weve had a c. D. U. Liberal coalition for a year now they did things that leave them open to criticism by the s. P. D. Like abolishing public transport discounts for people on welfare. But the s. P. D. That actually thel three points in the polls despite the fact that they attacked numerous policies. Ten percent of the people who voted for the s. P. D. Their last time around would not do so today so does being in opposition really accomplish anything. Twenty four thousand people have recently joined the s. P. D. Its not clear whether they really identify with the passing or just wanted them to give the grand coalition. Ive been an ass pretty member for six weeks now. Thank you i didnt vote as p. D. N. The last federal election and i wouldnt vote for them if they joined a grand coalition. Im here today to thank kevin and his organization for all their work. Thank heaven that is the twenty eight euros Political Science student from berlin hes earned nationwide respect for standing up to the s. P. D. Leaders its like david versus goliath. Thanks for everything. The only new party member youve got a lot of courage and i really have my battles but i think youre on the right track. Well you. Can first do all. That but what might happen if the s. P. D. Does vote against forming a coalition the partys popularity might drop even lower than some polls now show. Fifteen at least i know that people are worried about the sixteen percent but when i see that the s. P. D. Election results of fallen from the mid thirtys to twenty point five percent since argumentative office thats a much bigger problem for me than opinion with the flag twenty percent figure represents what people think of our performance in the last Coalition Government sent him september lets listen in up of the people can no longer identify the s. P. D. Profile within a grand coalition and of course and that at a time when we have seven parties in the border start even part time and. Could not head for the railway station. His next stop is the town of overalls that a few kilometers away. I. Hear the s. P. D. Took a mere seventeen point five percent of the vote in the last federal election so Party Members are understandably quite nervous four hundred people are here today. They have to wait while their names are checked against the official membership list. Was make up to the entire is looking forward to the discussion even though hes already made up his mind hes in favor of the coalition. Version is this the as it is just as far as im concerned its the only realistic option we have in what will happen if we vote against it whats rudest with i think you could then just forget the s. P. D. For the next twenty years given our politics and his familys values was up a million of these people are here to debate the partys future. But many also want to see kevin to not. It came with a pop of understanding if id like to get to know him a little better. I think you should hes an outgoing dynamic and eloquent young man in oakland there based on what ive seen so far. Thats intimacy and hes an interesting god. So ill follow the debate now and then decide how im going to vote. Up to move given that we think that theres a choice given here to. Congress today who knows well debate thorsten schieffer goombah s. P. D. Deputy chairman and a coalition supporter. If europe is to succeed it must do better this one over there are concerns that if we dont form this coalition we wont be able to push through much needed reforms he avoids gloves many of our policies have been included in the Coalition Agreement so i believe that we can now form another grand coalition we could be of no thats not what we wanted at the start. And for the party or diminish to be. A lot of the people here dont care about the Coalition Agreement they want to debate fundamental values and renewing the party. Cannot believe that if the s. P. D. Joins the coalition its profile will become even less clearly defined. And again im against a coalition as complements and local its just one compromise after another is acutely fallen so far already and i hate to think where well be when the coalition comes to an end we might be glad to make the five percent to stay in parliament from the potential from if the Party Members do vote no new National Elections are likely possibly in october the opinion polls make that a daunting prospect for many grassroots members. But not. By us nor by scenario we have no control over the possibility of new elections but a party thats afraid of new elections and come present its policies effectively might as well just give up the current because no one will vote for them anyway we have to be more confident of vehicles things like that that would stop the. Journalists werent allowed to film the debate. But during the meeting there was sharp criticism of the Party Leadership and its backroom decisions. And many s. P. D. Members want more of a say and could not picked up on this. But its not clear whether hell succeed we saw of. Course it during the advance average age of s. P. D. Members. I think we can predict that the majority will take a conservative approach. And vote in favor of the coalition for through. This has been the longest period its ever taken to form a new government in postwar germany and the rest of the world is watching even to journalists from china here to cover the debate the s. P. D. Is our lives in other European Countries are said to have called on the party to form the coalition but kevan tuneup is still against the idea that this study is that emotional stress and a speedy must want other social democratic parties and europe to become stronger again in france the netherlands for example those parties of fallen to single digit levels. And always after theyve been part of governments where policies had little to do with social democracy at least its a futile matter if and thats a clear sign that after twelve years of uncle merkel and eighteen years in Coalition Governments we should not pursue this past so. I dont understand to not so long. Stop of the day the hall is packed the s. P. D. Is germanys Oldest Political Party right now it has four hundred sixty thousand members that have until march the second to cast their vote what you cannot do if they say yes to a coalition the mission for the new systems i am b. S. P. To Youth Organization will stay loyal to our party destiny but i believe that if yes first it will make it more difficult to renew the Party Following the sniping others disagree still we will do all we can to contribute to the renewal process and to demand our place in it to. Answer for them to know kevin q not has already revitalized debate amongst Party Members if they do vote no it could give the s. P. D. A boost all of the two a major disaster its a big gamble and the future of the party is at stake. With what. They were calling a professional company to. Do you know promising in jordan. Training Program Helps women to find a new career. Many men are skeptical but these women bring skill and yes into their work. Dismayed with important step towards more gender equality. Three times next. Among the all skin nominees these europeans have the best chances. What are their odds. Who has a real shot at changing the coveted prize we get the lowdown from our film expert scott rockstar. Kill fingers crossed you never know. How serious a schedule your at. Home. Sixteen. W. Good job of going to. Africa. Or link to exception in stories and discussions. Of visit our web site d w dot com slash click on join us on facebook g w for god. 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