merkel s conservatives some s.p.d. regional groups have already made their recommendations but delegates here are free to vote according to their conscience five regional groups have come out in favor of launching coalition talks lower saxony and. brandenburg but three other states. have recommended voting no the wild card is north rhine-westphalia which is sending the highest number of delegates to the conference social democrats they re split on how to vote. it s going to be a tight result and i think we re going to back coalition tox much of our base may be skeptical and we are too but at the end of the day we want to shape policy and no one wants new elections. the head of the social democrats youth wing sees that differently s.p.d.
pressure on from washington is expected to step up particularly as washington called on not to intervene turkish president reject typer the one slam washington said they cannot be trusted and they are supporting terrorists daryn jones for us in istanbul thank you very much. germany is on political tender hooks this weekend ahead of a key vote that could decide chancellor angela merkel s future six hundred delegates from the center left social democrats are due to vote on sunday on whether to enter coalition talks with merkel s conservatives social democrat leader mohsen schultz is in favor of forming a new so-called grand coalition but he faces resistance from the left of his party especially its youth wing former call for more formal coalition talks can only begin if scholtz gets a yes vote from the gathering social democrat delegates in bonn a no vote could lead to a minority government or two fresh elections and
a year ago some two hundred thousand people attended the service in a northern coastal town often affected by storms the pontiff later visited a local seminary school. veteran irish politician gerry adams has handed over the leadership of the nationalist party to mary lou mcdonald adams led the party for thirty four years and was no crowned the world as the political face of the irish republican movement which renounced violence in two thousand and five. germany is on tenterhooks this weekend ahead of a key vote that could determine the country s political future on sunday the center left social democratic party will decide whether to enter coalition talks with merkel s conservatives social democrat leader martin shelters in favor of forming a new so-called grand coalition but he faces resistance from within his own party former coalition talks can only begin if she gets a yes vote from the gathering of social democrat delegates in bonn
a no vote could lead to a minority government or two fresh elections. sunday is a big day for the s.p.d. party leader martin schultz he ll face one of his most difficult votes so far is. that we will have lively and controversial debates we just had a long meeting with party leadership and the debate was similarly animated. but the brandenburg state premier is confident his party will vote for a new coalition government the people in this country expect us to act they expect the social democrats to look after the people i m thinking about poverty among the elderly or pensions nursing care insurance people need us to action now. six hundred delegates a-g. to vote on whether to enter a coalition talks with merkel s conservatives some s.p.d. regional groups have already made their recommendations but delegates here are free
one person has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping. pope francis has conducted a mass in a region of peru hit by devastating floods a year ago some two hundred thousand people attended the service in a northern coastal town often affected by storms the pontiff later visited a local seminary school. veteran irish politician gerry adams has handed over the leadership of the nationalist sion fein party to marry the mcdonald adams led the party for thirty four years and was no brown the world as the political face of the irish republican movement which renounced violence in two thousand and five. germany is on tenterhooks this weekend ahead of a key vote that could determine the country s political future on sunday the center left social democratic party will decide whether to enter coalition talks with merkel s conservatives social democrat leader martin shoulders in favor of forming a new so-called grand coalition but he faces resistance from within his own party