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O n a very warm welcome indeed to quadriga coming to you from the heart and what a week it has been in german politics with the country plunged into an unprecedented period of uncertainty and upheaval this after the dramatic breakdown of talks to form a new Coalition Government that in turn dealt what seemed to be a major blow to Angela Merkels hopes of pressing ahead with a fourth term in office fresh elections now looks to be the likeliest option and that means it could be months before europes leading nation has a functioning government so our question on this edition of course is medical under pressure how stable is germany and to discuss that question im joined in the studio by three astute observers of german politics beginning with matthew condit snake who is politicos chief europe correspondent he says germany will remain stable with or without a macro what this crisis shows is how mature germanys democracy has. Come also with us is judy dempsey senior fellow at Carnegie Europe
To dateline london. Im shaun ley. This week with brexit talks about to restart, has the blizzard of british policy papers dazzled or dazed the europeans . Is china open to discussion, or is the mood darkening for free speech there . And could there be regime change in the gulf state of qatar . My guests this week henry chu, International Editor of variety. The writer and broadcaster isabel hilton, editor of china dialogue. The portuguese writer eunice goes, and abdel bari atwan, writer on arab affairs. A warm welcome and thanks for being with us on dateline. British laws made by britishjudges one of the themes those who wanted britain out of the European Union campaigned on. Yet, the government said this week it may not be quite so straightforward to free us from the European Court ofjustice after all. When the negotiators reconvene in a few days time after their summer break, theyll have before them a series of position papers from the british team to absorb, on subjects including imm
Progress on the issues that matter, increasing certainty, for citizens and businesses. Providing reassurance to our eu partners regarding our mutual financial obligations. Agreeing to some of the key principles with issues arising from Northern Ireland and ireland. The talks were all the in the context of last weeks speech by theresa may. In it the Prime Minister proposed a transition period after brexit. It would be two years and during it the the uk would pay into the eu budget. Here are the thoughts of the eus michel barnier. Translation i think that its positive that theresa mays speech made possible to unblock the situation to some extent and give a new dynamic to the situation. But we are farfrom being at new dynamic to the situation. But we are far from being at a stage, new dynamic to the situation. But we are farfrom being at a stage, and it would take weeks, maybe even months, where well be able to say, yes, 0k, there has been sufficient progress on the principles of this ord
Themes that many in the League Campaign campaign upon. But something it appears easy to free ourselves from the European Court of justice. After the summer break, they will be a series of papers to absorb from the british team, including immigration, the irish border and that court. Have the europeans been impressed 7 border and that court. Have the europeans been impressed . They have been optimistic about the sudden outbreak of realism from the British Government. The on other hand these petition papers were very strange. These were edition papers without decisions, they were just scenarios. The British Government has no position. But there were some signs of realism in that the British Government is ready to continue to contribute to the budget of the European Union for as long as it is a member. There has been some Welcome Movement in the area of the authority of the European Court of justice, and i think a fudge is going to be arranged. There is also some interesting noises about