Strong. To brussels for the latest also on the program. Is a. Political crisis inside the social democrats agreed to begin talks on forming a possible government with. On the United States socalled Net Neutrality the government says its. Opponents fear the access to information. Plus the face of a young european woman who. Was awaiting trial. Shes just seen her parents for the First Time Since she ran away. Last year. Im still get a welcome to the program. Day two of the e. U. Summit in brussels has brought the progress britain has been waiting for you Council President donald tusk says leaders have agreed that sufficient progress has not been made to allow e. U. Negotiations to move to the second phase of talks about britains departure from the bloc its a big boost for british Prime Minister theresa may who even received a round of applause last night. Well go live to brussels in just a moment first heres what the Prime Minister herself had to say im pleased that its been agreed we should make rapid progress on the implementation period which will give certainty to businesses and individuals the still more to do but were well on the road to delivering a bricks it that will make britain prosperous strong and secure to brussels where we find t. W. Correspondent to Charlotte Chelsea to welcome charlotte so talk us through this big win for both sides in bracks whats been agreed. Yes a big win indeed is not very often in this break that process this may and e. U. Leaders get to celebrate something but that is exactly what has happened today the e. U. Twenty seven heads of states have decided that they can rubber stamp a deal that was struck between negotiators what that basically says is that theres been sufficient progress on three key issues three issues that need to be decided in the socalled phase one of tools and those things are the divorce bill as its called how much money the u. K. The e. U. On Citizens Rights isnt she what happens to u. K. Citizens living in europe in european citizens citizens living in the u. K. And on the Northern Ireland border whats going to happen after breaks it between a Northern Island and its neighbor island which is still going to be in the in the e. U. So very complex issues its been a very difficult road several attempts to reach an agreement on this failed in fact they were meant to reach an agreement here at the last summit in october and failed so big sighs of relief here today that. Finally theyve done it ok theyve done that what happens next. Well thats quite right with america pointed out in a press conference not so long ago that was all well and good very good that weve got this in the bag but phase to the next round is going to be even more difficult now the e. U. Today has published some guidelines on what it wants to see happen next its said that the next focus is on the socalled transition period thats what happens after march twenty nine thousand when the u. K. Leaves the e. U. Were expecting two years where weeks you can sort of phase out essentially what happens after the u. K. Is membership in the e. U. And we also know that that is going to be something that is extremely difficult to agree then beyond that were going to start looking at trade talks and the u. K. s future relationship with the e. U. Lets not forget as well that even assuming a deal is struck between the u. K. And the e. U. To reason they now need to then take that deal back home and get approval at home parliamentarians have now decided they want a vote on any final deal so there is an awful lot that can still go wrong over the next couple of months trial itself in brussels thank you. Here in germany the head of the social democrats was in short says his party has agreed to exploratory talks with a view to form a coalition with a chance of medicals conservatives s. P. D. Has been under pressure to reconsider joining and give ground to Coalition Government at the chancellor merkel failed to get another three Way Coalition off the ground speaking to reporters mr showed stress that the s. P. D. Was still undecided about whether and how they might support conservatives. Its an open question whether these talks will lead to forming a new coalition and we must repeat this again in all seriousness the fact that we are having exploratory talks doesnt mean we have committed to any particular Coalition Forum do we get all these belong to. More than from d. W. Political correspondents simon the young in berlin and kate brady of the Bavarian Conservative Party conference in nuremberg welcome both simon well start with you Martin Schultz the intent on driving a hard bargain what is it that the social democrats want. Yes phil despite the fact that these talks are supposed to begin without preconceptions thats to say without any presumption that they will lead to a new grand Coalition Government martin shields the s. P. D. Leader today has been pretty clear about some of the stuff he wants he says any future German Government should have a new political culture behind it and there should be dialogue forums he said with citizens to sort of promote communication between government and the people he talked about specific policies as well saying there should be. A reform of the Housing Market for instance of education he said more should be done to help young families he wants a reform of Germanys Health insurance system and so on and so on so theres a hell of a lot of detail already in martin short his mind at least going into these exploratory talks as they still are ahead of a possible new edition of the a grand coalition with angola miracles conservatives next year ok brady in nuremberg so we have the c. D. U. Chancellor Angela Merkel addressing libor varian see you thats where she is now how united are those conservative parties going into these talks. And exactly for just took to the stage a few moments ago here behind me in the fact that shes even here today at the cac Party Conference shows this to conservative parties have come a long way in the last couple of years well remember it was back in two thousand and fifteen that merkel enjoyed what was quite frankly a humiliating quarter of an hour when she was forced to stand next to impossible for the leader of the c. S. U. As he criticised her open door refugee policy and as a result she missed last years c. S. U. Party conference of course now going into these talks with the see it with the s. P. D. The two parties have been hearing from merkel right now behind me that they are striving to be more united thats going to be interesting though as weve seen in recent months the last couple of years. Even that merkels c. D. U. Has drifted more were more to the center left in on the german political spectrum while the bavarians had the c. S. U. Especially ahead of the bavarian state election next year very steadfast in maintaining their more right wing conservative stance is theyll be working very hard to win back the voters that they lost in septembers election to the far right a. F. P. But of course going into this now into the talks with the s. P. D. There will be striving for a united front to try and get the best deal possible for themselves to talk us through the sticking points that. Well for the conservatives so beccles already made it clear that one of the core points going into these talks will be Economic Growth because if we compare that to the s. P. Did its very different theyre leading again on social equity which is of course the main topic that they also lead their campaign with back in september the election tax cuts could also be a sticking issue between the two and also on the on an International Level you have the union and so far merkel and the conservatives have been quite reluctant to be open to many of the proposed reforms by the french president manuel mccrone including a joint e. U. Finance minister and also a joint these are both points which the s. P. D. Have been quite behind if we remember just last week Martin Schulz in the s. P. D. At that Party Conference very much pro you are from very much for more social equity on a communal level across the your Opinion Union so there will be domestic and International Issues on the table at these talks so when you read the runes for us are we likely to see a new government sued or might we face a new general election. Well for that is still a possibility Martin Schultz says that these exploratory talks are going to begin soon after the new year and he suggested today that murder only take a couple of weeks but hell be going back to the s. P. D. Membership to get the go ahead for full Coalition Talks if thats the way the the thing pans out nobody in berlin really believes there could be a new government before march and if these talks are tricky as we expect they will be it could even be later than that so many young in the brady in your book thank you both. Now lets take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world and russian courts are sentenced former economy minister alexei order kyra to eighteen years in jail for accepting a two Million Dollars bribe from an oil boss close to president putin a sentence that was harsh but many had expected the cases ignited speculation that only might have fallen victim to a kremlin power play. Israeli forces of shot dead two palestinians attaches along the road to drowse a border dozens of others are in the mood to jordan rallies in gaza city in the west Bank Thousands took to the streets to protest against the u. S. President Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels current. U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations nikki haley has accused iran of supplying missiles to rebels in yemen in breach of u. N. Resolutions display what she claims were the remnants of it reagan made missile provided to yemeni rebels say he called on the International Community to hold iran accountable. Ben ferguson is here im told i should ask you what we should do without the internet but im guessing that we just got more work done i think ive read a few more books that for sure but the topic today is not just whether or not were going to use the internet will be able to use the internet but what sort of content well get from the internet the democrats in the u. S. Say the republicans are handing the keys to the internet to a handful of multibillion dollar corporations the Us Communications regulator has ditched the long time principle that all web traffic must be treated equally on the internet highway small websites havent had to compete with the likes of facebook you tube or netflix until now everyones been treated the same but the Net Neutrality overhaul means providers could begin charging websites and Online Services for their data values which could lead to preferential treatment meaning a fast lane and a slow lane for internet traffic well new startups without the resources of Bigger Companies would feel the pain and be knocked out of the race that result in fewer choices for consumers than major corporations could simply pos on the added costs to customers in other words streaming movies or music could be set to get more expensive the move is part of u. S. President Donald Trumps push to undo Barack Obamas work and scale back regulation in several economic sectors. Net neutrality rules banned internet providers from giving preferential treatment to certain websites after the f. C. C. Vote that seems to be a thing of the past. The ending of Net Neutrality has been met with fury by millions of Internet Users both online through social media. And offline at this protest outside the f. C. C. Headquarters they say consumers will be forced to stump up the costs of say paying for faster access to their favorite sites or even paying to access certain websites that all. Say it will saddle content platforms with costs that they will be forced to pass on to their consumers the chairman of the f. C. C. Saying its not the role of the regulator to dictate to Business Models to the market it is not the job of the government to be in the business of picking winners and losers in the internet economy we should have a level Playing Field and let consumers decide who prevails actually but for Democrat Commission a million cliburn it signals a dereliction of duty at the public can plainly see that a soon to be toothless c. C. Is handing the keys to the internet the internet one of the most remarkable empowering enabling inventions of our lifetime over to a handful of multi billion dollar corporations the Companies Argue they need the money Internet Users are demanding faster connections for ever more devices and that infrastructure will add to billions in costs to their Balance Sheets that has already been legal opposition to the ruling but for now its a victory of light touch regulation over Big Government of Corporate America over the average internet user. Union jarosz is political advisor for the german n. G. O. S. Union let me know is this really the death sentence for a fair and free internet. Well they media consequences as of yet uncertain but there is a clear pass that the concern materializes that the two tier internet will develop where certain. Software or certain content on the internet is made more expensive or is blocked off together and that would create disadvantages for consumers the democrats senator Bernie Sanders had an interesting quote he said the internet will be for sale to the highest bidder basically others fearing it could further deepen the divide between rich and poor also this tweet is quite interesting you troops in the p. Is tweeting that shes devastated writing the internet is the only bridge that successfully connex people of low income to those of high income giving voice equal weight basically what happens when that bridge disappears well i dont want to comment on one specific tweet but to make an overall general point is that theres a longstanding concern that some people who are for one reason or another disenfranchised or cant afford more expensive internet or cant go through the whole maze of different packages that might develop put a disadvantage and that is exactly the fear if curbing our abolishing happens its only telcos had lobbied extremely high. Arguing that the rules under obama were heavy handed and also that they discourage the basement of Broadband Networks is a truth to that well there is definitely two sides to the argument and one is very much supported by exactly these Big Companies and their their lobbying so that would be one sided argument the other side is that if you have Net Neutrality you encourage innovative and competitive start up companies to offer new services and they cannot afford to negotiate for or pay for a fast lane Internet Access and so in that way innovations actually stifle it in this case what some of the Big Companies against that though those who could probably afford it what why have they been against it well i think there has been a shift between the companies because the you tube and the facebook and amazons of the past are have grown now so also the interest have changed but it is also interesting to note that there has been brought bipartisan popular and also corporate. Support for Net Neutrality so its really the Internet Service providers versus the content providers that have shaped the debate in this case that were just talking about the u. S. Here how is this going to carry over to germany to europe the rest of the world what for now were just talking about the s. For sure but there is the clear concern that all this lobbying pressure that we noticed and experience in the u. S. Is also going to happen in germany in the e. U. So that the same concerns that are now at present in the u. S. Could also be here that innovation is stifled that startups cant afford to provide Innovative Services which in the end also hurts consumers because their access to a variety of services in fact a variety of news opinions might be. Ok you and well leave it there thank you very much for coming in today very beginning to feel. 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