Germanys biggest Political Parties have announced an agreement to form a Coalition Government chason the american chancellor Angela Merkel called the deal with the social democrats the basis for Good Government while social democrat leader Martin Schultz said the pact would bring fundamental change for both germany and europe essential what chancellor merkel had to say about the long awaited breakthrough because you. Knew you would fund Google Google and so i know millions of citizens have been scrutinizing the negotiations. Yes they have actually justifiable requirements of us. First films dave it doesnt and second to remember the needs and the desires of the people speak and you bill clinton do if mr this is to mention i am convinced remains of both parties reached can do just be the foundation of the good and stable government that our country needs and the world expects of us all this of a target stock we had a Strong Influence on the agreement that were thankful that some compromises that were hard to get by the union parties could eventually find agreement were doing politics for the workers of this country we want Permanent Employment contracts to be the norm again the practice of giving out temporary contracts for no good reason will be strictly limited as these are weve made sure there will be more equality in the health care system. That the solidarity tax will be abolished for employees with low and medium incomes. These things will make life easier for many people right away. Oh right well chief Political Correspondent linda crane is standing by outside the city you Party Headquarters or chancellor Angela Merkel and the social democrats struck that all important deal melinda is everybody breathing a sigh of relief or you are. Well actually where i am its mostly only the press who are left and yes they are breathing a sigh of relief after having spent most of last night here but in fact the politicians have moved over to the bundestag where they are now presenting their results to their party groups and i think they wont quite yet be breathing a sigh of relief because there may be some tough discussion in some of those parliamentary groups particularly in regard to the division of ministries the c. D. U. Having lost some key ministries and the social democrats and the Christian Social Union having gained but on the whole undoubtedly the politicians are relieved as well they went into more than the overtime they had allotted themselves and they were looking very weary indeed earlier all right now in a long awaited breakthrough and give us the Broad Strokes what do we know about this agreement. The agreement is intitled a new start for europe a new dynamic and new cohesion for germany and so one of the central questions to raise obviously would be does it live up to that rather grand title and i think the answer is in many respects it does do the job that it sets out to do as described by that title if you look at the measures that are outlined here in the area of education in the area of digitalisation where for example the parties have agreed that every german has a right to a fast broadband connection by twenty twenty five whether they live in the countryside or the city if you look at the measures agreed in the area of health care to equalize the situation of those insured by public insurers in comparison to private insurers to raise doctors fees for the former if you look at the area of labor law and protection for workers on temporary contracts if you look at old aged care housing shortages and and other areas as well there are some very significant steps being taken here also on europe we have a real change in the german approach to the European Union with a commitment to higher investment with a commitment to a euro zone budget all of that represent significant steps you will nonetheless hear criticism and i think that has to do with the fact that there are low expectations on the part of many germans when it comes to a new grand coalition i think a lot of people have the feeling weve seen this before weve seen these politicians before what are they really going to deliver thats new but those low expectations could wind up being a boon because if the parties really do what they set out to do in this agreement i think many germans will find themselves pleasantly surprised you know all right well are you already referenced a division of labor in this cabinet the s. P. D. Controlling the Purse Strings and the main Standing Ministry work in social affairs is everybody happy about that at the c. D. U. No you could see the chancellor sort of imperceptibly gritting her teeth when she was asked about the loss of the finance ministry she talked about the fact that the previous finance minister both conchoidal had become something of an institution in that post it definitely represents a loss of power for. Christian democrats it does however have implications not only as you say for labor market and social spending but also for europe. Was always a break in terms of german of commitment of german taxpayer dollars to europe with both the Foreign Ministry and the finance ministry now in social democratic hands i think that will give a significantly different tilt to European Union policy from berlin and certainly that represents that comes at a key time with very important proposals from the french president Emmanuel Mccall on the table in regard to a new dynamic for europe i think we may see some some Real Movement here from berlin if it does fulfil what it set out in the coalition. Chief Political Correspondent correspondent Melinda Crean thank you so much for your continued coverage and we want to delve even deeper now with political scientist spanier crushes with the Humboldt University and berlin and joins me here on the set thank you so much for spending time with us before we get into the nitty gritty of this deal and what has been agreed to listening to american schultz a short while ago they had warm words for each other are these two politicians who fundamentally see the world through the same eyes well i would say through the say definitely but theyre not sue different from each other right so i mean they have different policy positions of course and of course mantle is far more. Especially with regard to National Politics but i guess i think theyre getting along quite well all right well lets talk details of this deal Broad Strokes what do you make of it would jumps out at you definitely the refugee policy so they agreed on a cap with regard to the family union so only a thousand people coming to germany to Family Reunion but we also see you or monthly monthly sorry a thousand the month and we also have a broad like compromise on education policy so the state and National Level being more able to find schools and universities and we also see at least some sort of compromise in the Health Policy so that at least there is some common level of payment for the state and the private insurance all right now the s. P. D. Leadership is giving up leadership of the s. P. D. To andrea knowledge who is the who is the next leader now i want to ask you shes an obvious choice but before i do that i suggest that we find out who is. It was during the preliminary talks but andriano those last over. The next months are next minute that didnt stop her from giving the book because this in part was from the conservative party is a good telling off of the information about the negotiations had to be leaked. On it so i guess it was very annoying that some results have been made public by someone. On real knowledge as the leader of the s. P. D. M. Piece of the border stock and she has a reputation for being outspoken some say it was her speech at the social Democrats Party conference that secured the votes needed for starting coordination talks with the conservative block i think. Were going to negotiate and get some more good results thats why voting yes today is worth it. They recently weeks two of the s. P. D. Women also came into the focus off the german public first minute via although handicapped by multiple sclerosis shes Deputy Party Leader and state premier of ryan and polity night and. Also deputy leader and state premier from mecklenburg western pomerania all three women have had very different careers within the s. P. D. And they are now and it started off more than twenty years ago within the s. P. D. Himself and his asian young socialists she became their leader in one thousand nine hundred ninety five back then she was a student of Political Science and told dutch of that in one of her first interviews that she didnt plan a political career. Shop in it for you but i dont want to stay in politics for the rest of my life so after being chair i want to look for a real job and for that i need a good degree of whose. Knowledge finished his studies four years later and has stayed within the ranks of the s. P. D. Ever since his Party Official at latest labor minister one of achievements is germanys you when you move wage shes very popular among the Party Membership but not with the german public quite the opposite is true of money. Party career started considerably late trains revenue commissioner joined the party in two thousand and three and has risen through the ranks very quickly in two thousand and thirteen she became federal minister for Family Affairs and pushed through several gender equality bills. Model tyo is the last s. P. D. Politician who managed to win an important election that was in two thousand and sixteen many see as having high potential within the s. P. D. She first opposed the grand coalition but at the Party Conference she called for renewable of the party with the government. Yeah this is really new its up to us it can only come from within. Martin show it still is the leader of the social democrats but without a strong women behind him there wouldnt be much left to lead. And you know a lot of women there at the s. P. D. But lets go back to our focus on this novice has she been the leader in waiting all this time i think so yes i mean sometimes she seems a bit too passionate especially for for having government shia Government Office and on the National International sort of area but i saying especially as a party leader shes perfect she can really talk to the bases as well so to the members really and not only to the politicians so i. I think shes a very good choice as a party leader because theres Something Like being too passionate in politics i guess we could say that it was im going to actually right now it seems like the s. P. D. Have their house in order they have miss novice now following us succeeding mr schultz who sticks leader at the c. P. U. Thats being groomed thats a very good question i mean. We have so sort of in the future i can see being sort of a successor. But i dont think hes ready yet so we might see sort of a maybe the next term of germany and america will leave then we will see maybe was a lot on the line or on the theyve come come sort of as a into media its leader and maybe then we will see you on so theres no obvious figurehead at the c. D. U. Right now no need to go over the reins no its really only been i go to market for quite some time so ok ok now it looks like the s. P. D. Drove a hard bargain. But no the difficult part starts they need to convince their members to come on board what are analysts saying do you think theyre going to get their thumbs up thumbs down this is a really hard question i mean if im talking to yes through the Coalition Agreement but i dont think that will this will happen this time. Personally im hoping for yes but it will be very very tricky or difficult to see that are its when youre crossed please stick around because were going to continue our conversation with later on in the show right now i would like to send you over to been facing just to get well the feedback from the business why they happy the happy old one had and on the other hand furiously its a really mixed picture today from what ive been reading steve the stinging criticism from the media mate first of all the Engineering Association which calls the deal lackluster avoid a vision its biggest gripe is that this next government could just be a continuation of what germany already had an unwieldy grand coalition the federation of German Industries says