A Election Program over that. Allows not to exclude the possible formation of a government i would also talk to the heads of the other because it usually organs the president s of both chambers of parliament i will talk to the president of the federal Constitutional Court lets get more now on the german president s speech and on the situation here in germany we are joined by Political Correspondent Thomas Sparrow who is outside of the German Parliament building in berlin welcome to you thomas we just heard the german president urging all Political Parties to reconsider their positions and find compromises to form a government but what is the most likely scenario at this point is that the one that he wants. Sorry we will probably see in the next few days is a series of conversations of dialogue between the Political Parties and in particular a dialogue as we just heard by the german president frank by. What he wants to avoid is a snap elections he said Political Parties have to assume t
Once upon a time there was a country the largest in the world in fact it was an empire it was called the soviet union shortly before its seventieth birthday it vanished from the map. It. Should be a shape shifter shave with a good shape your relationship to the state over your. We are everywhere all over the world a star shines goes an old pioneer socialist Youth Organisation song by the end of the one nine hundred ninety s. That star was no longer shining almost a decade after the collapse of the soviet empire the old republics of the u. S. S. R. Had gone their separate ways. The Baltic States of estonia latvia and lithuania and decisively turned their backs on moscow and were on their way to becoming members of the e. U. And nato. The other successor states are often referred to by moscow as the near abroad reflecting an ardent desire for them to somehow still belong to russia but many of them were also now looking to the west. In most of the newly independent states the hoped for ec
A show of unity events back home in germany could but with events in germany this weekend that could mark the beginning of the end for the long. Term militias in syria with tanks and troops ready to roll the countrys defense minister says the shelling is part of a planned invasion. Plus will he stay or will he go dormant striker yeah im rick im balmy im hospital laughed out of tonights game and it fueled speculation that he may be on his way to aso in the english premier league. Im phil gayle welcome to the program. Saturday marks the First Anniversary of Donald Trumps inauguration as the forty fifth president of the United States some said he wouldnt last until christmas but with the economy booming and his Health Reportedly good as and trump is Holding Steady hes unpredictable nature however has had his supporters cheering and his opponents cringing heres a look back at an eventful year. It was an audacious first week in office. Migration had been a central tenet of candidate Trumps
From galle welcome to the program europes two most powerful leaders meet today to discuss their fissions for the blockhouse im going to mco visits paris for talks with french president emmanuel macro trying to hammer out a series of reforms to the eurozone at an e. U. Summit last month chancellor and president said they hope to have proposals ready by march twenty eighth is seen as a crucial time to push through these reforms ahead of european parliamentary elections and bracks it but agreement sees seems a long way off. From the lets join max hoffman in paris welcome max standing there in the cold. What do these two leaders want. Its not that caulfield and of course as you know that medical and i call probably the most beautiful friendship in the European Union is about to take shape here than its heartwarming to go im only joking the two have a lot to talk about of course for example medical hasnt been about in europe as much as she used to be even because of course you know shes cau
With him its in these Coalition Talks weve achieved a paradigm shift in the european politics of germany away from the policy of austerity because it gets on my nerves when people say the s. P. D. Has now adopted the responsibilities of a civic minded citizen as if any other Political Party in this country could be more qualified to represent the people than the s. P. D. And we cannot allow the far right f. T. To lead the opposition that would be unacceptable we just have to look at other European Countries we cannot allow them to run in a grand coalition were going to become the steer upholders of the conservatives i think wed be better to go into opposition. Its good to have you with us german chancellor Angela Merkels future as well as the political stability of germany could very well be decided this hour the countrys central. Social Democratic Party is due to hold a key vote on whether to enter Coalition Talks with medicals conservatives after septembers elections social democrat