he s giving up the s.p.d. presidency to andrea nonis it s been a tense day in berlin but the next decisive phase is now beginning the s.p.d. membership will begin voting in a few days the result should be no no march the fourth only then will it be clear whether there really will be a new grand coalition. or and i m joined now here in the studio by our chief political correspondent linda crane finally after a series of late night stakeouts waiting for a deal to be reached it s good to have you here in the in the war. i mean we are we see today we saw a lot of statements we heard there will be more party negotiations but we can t forget this deal is not done yet i mean the rank and file of the social democrats they have to give their blessing that s right this will go to a vote by the full party membership that s a lot of people and and the fact is that many of them entered the party are not
a government capable of taking far reaching initiatives on crucial issues like making the country fit for the future in terms of digitalisation such as europe and there i think that for me would be the biggest disadvantage we need movement on europe now before you elections next year we need a government here in berlin in place that can take broad initiatives on europe and therefore we have to hope that enough s.p.d. members want to govern that they actually look at what s in this agreement or people who are spawn that will be the cream here at the big table with me and in strasbourg france tonight of the european parliament our correspondent barbara very useful to both of you thank you very much. well tonight in south africa talks at the highest level about an imminent end to the era of president jacob zuma deputy head of state cyril ramaphosa says he is in
f.d.a. maybe they would get more seats and that wouldn t be good. i think it s a good idea coalition is a really good idea because we all want peace and there s so much confusion in the world already so if they can work together for the better better jerram a need that s good. i think it s a good thing that they ve agreed because in the meantime it s become so bad that no politician or person has the in durance to keep going now and they all work hard and i think it s a solution for everyone. this. guy does it s ninety one i m against a grand coalition so i don t care what they ve agreed on i will definitely vote against it i am a member of the s.p.d. . i would have been in favor of a new elections but only at the beginning not now. that s why i m glad that an agreement has been reached but in my opinion it has always headed towards
is expecting from us that it often ends up. expectations were high especially among martin schultz s social democrats the s.p.d. party base will have the last word over the next few weeks the parties roughly four hundred sixty thousand members will decide whether the agreement will stand as the foundation for a new grand coalition shields s message success he s a hop artist talk we had a big influence on this agreement and were grateful to the union parties for making compromises that were difficult for them but it chiva ball in the end just. one example in the coalition agreement fixed term employment would likely be the exception to the rule in future repeated contract extensions a thing of the past a clear concession to the social democrats another key demand from the s.p.d. made less headway little progress on a major overhaul of the german health care system. the conservatives knew they
preconditions. if we know that there are important points that we think are very significant when it comes to the question can germany master the future but we also know that these talks always demand compromises to be thought so if you can. afford a fine. common ground with the s.p.d. won t be easy one problem off the bat is that the social democrats youth branch categorically rejects a coalition with merkel she s also not well liked by the s.p.d. party base and they are the ones who have to make the final decision. or at least pull in our political correspondent almost bearer for the latest on this good evening to you told us the social democrats were hit with their worst ever election results back in september during the national election in they blamed being in a grand coalition with miracles conservatives for that dismal result what could miracle now offer them that would change that. well the initial steps that