the european parliament would make shier they are carried out. the private rating agencies should be be european rating foundation which would to the german. this rating foundation would be limited to country ratings is very important only for country ratings to start competition with and between the other rating agencies. it would be dent of the central bank and influence of the commission of the member states. the foundation should be independent financing itself for selling ratings to investors. in future it is mandatory to have two ratings. one of them from the european rating foundation. now i have spoken a lot about initiatives of the financial market reform in the e. u.. however, financial markets are more interconnected than in any other market. thfer, if you really want to prevent another crisis from happening, we need to reach international agreement on financial market reforms. the most important form in global reform in emerging economies. in the submit last june all countries agreed, i quote "to lead on a sustainable path" however, t

should quit that's the view of gerrard boughton a european parliament member more emmet spoke to him in london. today i'm talking to gerald batson who's a member of the european parliament the london he's with the u.k. independence party which is a euro skeptic party and he's recently announced his intention to stand for leadership of ukip thanks very much for talking to us you're welcome just what you won't write one small point in your introduction you describe this as a euro skeptic party that's not true skepticism implies some doubt we have absolutely no doubt one hundred percent membership of the european union is bad for britain so we're not skeptical about that and no disbelief in the fact that the european union actually exists we believe it exists i mean we're skeptical about lot of that this but as far as the european union exists and it's bad and there is no doubt in any members mind that that's the case and tell me about the platform. on which your standing for leadership my platform is that i want you kit to go forward as a radical alternative to the kind of cross party

today i'm talking to gerald batten who's a member of the european parliament for london he's with the u.k. independence party which is a euro skeptic party and he's recently announced his intention to stand for leadership of ukip battened thanks very much for talking to r.t. you're welcome just but you won't write one small point in your introduction you describe this as a euro skeptic party that's not true skepticism implies some doubt we have absolutely no doubt we're one hundred percent membership in the european union is bad for britain so we're not skeptical about that and one of the key tenets of your opposition to the european union well first of all it's it's an economic and democratic disaster first of all there is no reason for the european union i mean the white soul was sold to people forty years ago and has been ever since is that we must have it for try and jobs we don't need it for trade jobs even the even the european union has its back now rather than what we need is trade with europe and the rest of the world friendship and cooperation we don't need to be members of

parliament labor party on the line there from brussels appreciate it. b.p. says it's reached a significant milestone after apparently controlling the oil leak in the gulf of mexico with its latest effort the new operation pick mud to push the oil back down into the reservoir the u.s. government says seventy five percent of the spill has now been cleaned up all broken down by nature around seven hundred million liters of oil gushed into the sea since the re exploded in april causing what's branded as america's worst environmental disaster. parts of pakistan are facing a life threatening food crisis amid the worst floods to hit the country in eighty years rescues a struggling to reach far flung villages that have been left without supplies the disaster is already claimed more than a thousand lives and left nearly a million people homeless forecasters say more heavy rainfall is expected in the coming days. and will be used relative calm has returned to the lebanese border with israel as the u.n. peacekeepers have increased their patrols of the boundary com

parliament civil liberties justice and home affairs committee gerald batten says the european arrest warrant is just the tip of the iceberg the next thing that's coming along is something called the european investigation or a more happened there is european countries like greece remind me about the area they will be able to require the british police to actually investigate cases for them they can snoop on you that combined your telephone they can take you to you know your fingerprints and evidence what's wrong about all this is it's entirely one sided they're collecting the evidence for the prosecution as they've done in this case where they've interviewed witnesses but not for the defense critics say the arrest warrant and investigation order rest on the assumption that standard to the same across the board inside the e.u. but the prison where ben and george are likely to be held has come under fire from amnesty international inhumane treatment of detainees something the u.k. course refused to take into account nor and this r.t. . or let's take me through some of today's other wor

parliament member for things that only a small minority of european support abounds in no it's a past. what concerns me about this it appears to have some support from if you all the officials were near stony in government and that's what's much more concerning because that indicates if you want a political collaboration with the people organizing this event it's clearly both offensive or bizarre that while there is a new enthusiasm for extreme sports are you basing it around a nazi collaborating organization. for second world war out of salt the generally across the european union the vast majority of people will be horrified about what's going on there always are a small minority of people who actually sympathize with the nazis but they are extremely small these days and i can't imagine that anywhere would you support for this kind of event. a former. ford in brussels but he says it's reached a significant milestone claiming that oil leak in the gulf of mexico is now under control with its latest plugging effort the new operation uses thick mud to block a well gushing oil from the s

parliament glyn ford told me that only a small minority of european support events glorify the nazi past. what concerns me about this it appears how some support from if you only officials were only a stone in government and that's what's much more concerning because that indicates if you want to a political collaboration with the people organizing this event it's clearly both offensive and bizarre that while there is a new enthusiasm for extreme sport are you basing it around a nazi collaborating organization. from this second world war out assault that generally across the european union the vast majority of people will be horrified about what's going on there always are a small minority of people who actually sympathize with the nazis but they are extremely small these days and i can't imagine that anywhere would you support for this kind of event. the donkey that was sent parasailing above a russian beach in a cruel p.r. stunt is these days enjoying the trappings of a new celebrity lifestyle it seems and that was swamped in worldwide sympathy after her ordeal was rescued by the

independence party he's also our european parliament member and spoke to our teens more emmet about the dangers the e.u. holds. we have absolutely no doubt one hundred percent membership of the european union is bad for britain so we're not skeptical about that and no disbelief in the fact that the european union actually exists or we believe it exists i was skeptical about lot of that but as far as the european union existed it's bad and there is no doubt in any members mind that that's the case it's an economic and democratic disaster first of all there is no reason for the european union i mean the white soul was sold to people forty years ago and has been ever since is that we must have it to try jobs we don't need it for jobs even the even the european union backed down from that argument we don't need to be members of this vox bureaucratic organization in order to achieve that the other thing is the loss of democracy which although membership the costs billions of pounds every year which is wasted money what's actually worse than that is the loss of democracy. you can watch the fu

elections last year the leader of the conservative party in the european parliament to me kirk hope says the electoral system is to blame. but the voting system which is applied in european elections is not the same as the ones in all national elections and we have their full seeing people coming in on the basis of all the systems which are allowing these people even though they don't represent more than a minority opinion should not only be a cause of concern to politicians of moderate and center policies like ourselves but they should also be of great concern to the voters to the people themselves the citizens of our countries it tells them that if they do not take advantage of the opportunities to vote they will end up with more of these people speaking out causing problems and i think that that is in itself a very dangerous thing for democracy for the future a man believed to be one of the world's most wanted cyber criminals has been arrested at a french airport vladislav whole horan who holds ukrainian and israeli citizenship lives in moscow he allegedly created an online autom

elections last year the leader of the conservative party in the european parliament timothy kirk says the election or the electoral system is to blame. but the voting system which is applied in european elections is not the same as the ones in all national elections and we have their full seeing people coming in on the basis of all the systems which are allowing these people even though they don't represent more than a minority opinion should not only be a cause of concern to politicians of moderate incentive qualities like ourselves but they should also be of great concern to the voters to the people themselves the citizens of our countries it tells them that if they do not take advantage of the opportunities to vote they will end up with more of these people speaking out causing problems and i think that that is in itself a very dangerous thing for democracy for the future remember to check out our web site for more on the main stories we're covering here on our team you can also find what else is online right now at our. perfect just under a million dollars vanish into thin air for

parliament glyn ford told me that he thinks of the a small minority of european support events to glorify the nazi past. what concerns me about this it appears how some support from if you all the officials within the a stone in government and that's what's much more concerning because that indicates if you want a political collaboration with the the people organizing this event it is clearly both offensive and bizarre that while there is a new enthusiasm for extreme sports or you basing it around a nazi collaborating organization. from the second world war out assault that generally across the european union the vast majority of people will be horrified about what's going on there always are a small minority of people who actually sympathize with the nazis but they are extremely small these days and i can't imagine that anywhere would there be very geraghty support for this kind of event. for many people and for in brussels world news now b.p. says it's reached a significant milestone after apparently controlling the oil leak in the gulf of mexico with its latest effort a new operation u

parliament member of going forward believes the drill is offensive. what concerns me about this it appears have some support from if you only officials within the a stunning government and that's what's much more concerning because that indicates if you want to a political collaboration with the people who are organizing this event it's clearly both offensive a bizarre that while there is a new enthusiasm for extreme sports you basically get around a nazi collaborating organize a shit. for all of the second world war the generally across the european union the vast majority of people will be horrified about what's going on there always are a small minority of people who actually sympathize with the nazis but they are extremely small these days i can't imagine that anywhere would be support for this kind of event. you're watching we've got much more on our website r.t. dot com including top videos blogs foremost and galleries and here is a look at one main stream right now going down in three d. german graffiti teams bring here wave of moscow back into

parliament glyn ford believes the drill may be a signal of nazi support on a political level. what concerns me about this it appears to have some support from if you only officials would need a stone in government and that's what's much more concerning because that indicates if you want a political collaboration with the people organizing this event it's clearly both offensive a bizarre well there is a new enthusiasm for extreme sports around and a nazi collaborating organizer you shouldn't. second world war the generally across the european union the vast majority of people will be horrified about what's going on there always are a small minority of people who actually sympathize with the nazis but they are extremely small these days i can't imagine the denny where would you support for this kind of event. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe at least one hundred twenty seven people have been killed in landslides triggered by heavy rain in western china two thousand are missing after floodwaters tore through the gansu province toppling buildings

parliament begin forward thinking is small minority of people support me about. what concerns me about this it appears how some support from if you only officials were near stone in government and that's what's much more concerning because that indicates if you want to a political collaboration with the people organizing this event it is clearly both offensive and bizarre that while there is a new enthusiasm for stream sport for basing it around a nazi collaborating organization. for all from list second world war out of sort the generally across the european union the vast majority of people will be horrified about what's going on there always are a small minority of people who actually sympathize with the nazis but they are extremely small these days and i can't imagine that anywhere would support for this kind of event for many people in food speaking to us from brussels. the european union has been expanding in the past few years but it seems some former soviet states you joined recently can be an obstacle to corporation they sell assays if you have an l.c. t

parliament to the commission or to the european federal bank, and that's very important, and the other part to collect money is that the federal banks when i guess they make a proposal or say something about the rating that they can collect the money, and that is the idea to get a little bit more competitiveness on that market because the european -- nothing against the free american ones, but in the moment greece was ending and bank rating and with spain and that is the problem we have, and say, okay, let's look to try another way or to add something on that. >> i want to react -- >> introduce yourself. >> i'm a specialist on class action lawsuits. i didn't expect you to talk on class actions. i think you will not take a good lesson from the united states partly because our supreme court made a decision that class actions cannot extend to help protect german investors from actions of u.s. banks or others, and the ikb example is not likely to be extended because that was an scc litigation case. class actions have great promise for protecting against future crisis and collecting on the

. >> couric: we've heard it from everyone-- from afghan people, from people who are in the parliament here, from pakistanis even many of our european allies are saying, hey, if they're leaving we're out of here, too. >> well, i think we have to keep explaining it. and, again, we've done this over and over and over again and we clearly have more work to do in that regard. >> couric: you have said that a withdrawal will be conditions- based and i'm just curious, what conditions are those? >> what you do is say let's look at the situation on the ground or in the institution, what's the enemy situation? what's the friendly situation? can we safely without too much risk thin out our forces? because that's the way you do it. you thin out, you don't just hand off to them and say "tag, you're it." >> couric: can you really rid the world of terrorists or is it like whack-a-mole. you can target them in one country, neutralize them and then they just pop up somewhere else like pakistan or yemen. can terrorists these days operate from anywhere? >> they can operate from anywhere where there is ina

the government wants to get the law through parliament by the end of this year, well ahead of the european commission, which presents its reform proposals next spring. good news for europe's largest economy, germany could end the year with its lowest unemployment level in almost two decades. that is according to a forecast. it estimates that the jobless total could dip a to 3.2 million in 2010. that would be one-quarter of 1 million less than last year. that group cites the strong economic recovery in germany. the organization recently raised the economic growth forecast to to 3.4%, and it expects small and middle-sized businesses to lead the way in job creation. well, stocks in europe have closed on monday. we have this report from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> many shares gaining, but there is new banking legislation coming in germany, and it will probably be that the state could transfer its sign the partnership into equity. what does that mean? that means that in order to get money back, the state could just create a whole lot of new shares. that would water down the investment of t

our next speaker was an elected member of the brussels parliament representing the green party. she was also minister of social affairs, health, and equal opportunities in the government before starting her political career in 1993, she worked in the european level in environmental and social organizations for 10 years. as a politician, she focuses particularly on the development of economically depressed areas which despite their assets face challenges like poverty, unemployment, and a lack of development. she believes these neighbors are a key to a vibrant and prosperous brussels. please. >> i'm happy to be here and as far as i could take note is the situation for cyclists as well as in oakland as in portland as in san francisco -- excuse me, i think, yes, important to be again the whole different thing. but as i understand most probably brussels is somewhere in-between. in the last few years, we managed to raise the amount of cyclists let's say from 1% in 2000 to what today is estimated but how did the countings go, but it's estimated as being 3 1/2%. i have made it as one of