Highly controversial amongst the conservatives and the other all objective is the refugee policy migration policy where the conservatives dont want to agree to let more migrants into germany what the social democrats want another big field is the whole field of finances in general the social democrats. Have many many projects that cost a lot of money and this new government can spend a lot of money there some forty five billion euro to spend for the government by the project that are on the table theyre worth more than double this amount so everyone now has to step back and give up on some of their ideas kill their darlings which of course no one wants particularly hard for the social democrats because they need social policy successes to offer to their delegates to their Party Members in order to have a proper atmosphere a good atmosphere for this grand coalition potential grand coalition. So lets assume the worst here what happens if everything falls apart what happens if they walk o
Slow to react to the childs abduction. And scaling new heights we meet an incredible rock climber from hong kong whos determined to fulfill his dreams despite losing the use of legs. Hi my ass waiter good to have you with us its the middle of the night here in berlin and german politicians are locked in the go she ations aimed at staving off an even deeper political crisis these talks are make or break for the german chancellor her conservatives have until this morning to reach a deal with the center left s. P. D. On whether they will open formal Coalition Talks says the stakes are high and the outcome is far from certain. There are still big hurdles to overcome. Speaking for my party i can say well be as constructive as possible in our search for compromises. But of course are all those who are aware that we want to deliver the right kind of deal for the country that means its going to be a tough day. Today is five in found america is at the social democrats headquarters where the tal
Have an migration law it would also have a regulation so that families can be reunited families or friends fijis but the conservatives are not too happy with it thats just one example in the other fields most of the things that are problematic have to do with money theres some forty five billion euro that the new government can spend in germany thats quite a lot of money but the project that are on the table they are worth some one hundred billion euro so in other words everyone has to give up on some of their ideas and thats of course something no one really likes to do for the social democrats theres particularly a lot at stake in the field of social policy they have to deliver there they have to come come out here with the success for their Party Members that are highly skeptical towards this new coalition with the conservatives with im glad im actually so they need something that they can offer to them to their Party Delegates and say look we have achieved something here and now we
Im sorry kelly welcome to the program and thank you for joining us we begin here in berlin where german political leaders are reported to have reached a breakthrough in precolumbian talks chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives and the social democrats led by Martin Schultz negotiated throughout the night to find the Common Ground needed to enter formal Coalition Talks now merkel has been heading 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 for more lets bring in our Political Correspondent rupert vietor volves who is standing by at the social democrats headquarters where the talks are taking place and rupert im looking at the scene there behind you it is quite different from the scene that we saw about an hour ago when we spoke with you last tell us a little bit more about whats been going on. You know since we talked about one hour ago there was this ne
Several african countries. And thousands rally in pakistan true protest against the rape and murder of an eight Year Old Girl they demand to know why police were so slow to react to the child abduction. Also coming up scaling new heights we need and incredible rock climber from hong kong who was determined to fulfill his dream to spite losing the use of his legs. Play. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us. German political leaders have been negotiating throughout the night here in berlin trying to see if there isnt enough Common Ground to enter formal Coalition Talks now thursday was the last day of exploratory talks but no one has emerged from them yet and it is now friday morning chancellor Angela Merkel has been heading a caretaker government since the National Election more than one hundred days ago she and her conservatives are in talks with the social democrats led by Martin Shultz to form a new government as the talks began yesterday merkel was cautious ab