Optimistic going into the negotiations merkels conservatives are holding the preliminary talks with the center left Social Democrats after previous talks with other parties failed sticking points this time around are expected to be germanys refugee all seized and his approach to european integration. Lets have a listen to what mark on the social democrat leader Martin Schultz had to say as talks got underway. Because the c. D. U. Is going into these talks with the aim of creating the conditions to form a stable government. Thats because we believe that the tasks ahead for which we have the voters mandate are enormous in terms of Foreign Policy challenges european challenges and also in domestic affairs. We all sensed that the challenges for a new federal government however at me luker be structured lie in that the new year and which we all live must also include a new kind of politics in this sense we will conduct the negotiations here
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all know the only window of these new election elections would be the far right of d. party so this is very complicated in the end angler machall is doomed to success here but the other parties are rather reluctant. reporting for us there many thanks indeed. you know what now three years ago a series of terror attacks shook paris it started on january seventh when gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical magazine charlie killing twelve people the magazine had already received threats from islamic extremists for their irreverent cartoons of the prophet mohammed the editorial team were in their morning meeting when two masked men armed with assault rifles burst into their office and opened fire among the dead the editor of charlie amdo stefan siobhan yeah and his bodyguard and one of charlie a cartoonist. and six other members of the magazine staff. the