opposed that amendment gives the house final say on whether to approve the e.u. withdrawal bill that converts thousands of european laws into british law on the day that the u.k. leaves europe in march of twenty nineteen. all right here in germany and in german politics the social democrats say they ll decide on friday whether or not to continue coalition talks with german chancellor angela merkel s conservatives now this after american met with the social democrats leader martin schultz in berlin to talk about renewing the coalition that has governed germany for the last four years the social democrats are reluctant suitors they lost badly in the last election and they wanted to go into the opposition medical says her party is ready to explore a possible alliance last month america s bid to team up with the greens and the free democrats collapsed. our chief political correspondent linda greene she is