of the european union is a disaster in the u.k. should quit so he says a european paula. it's spoke to him in london. today i'm talking to gerald batten who's a member of the european parliament for london said 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 general patton thanks very much for talking to oxy 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 one hundred percent that membership in 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 mean we're skeptical about life after death but as far as the european union exists and it's bad and there is no doubt in any you members mind that that's the case and tell me about the platform on which you're standing for leadership my platform is that i want you to go forward as a

the european union exists and it's bad and there is no. members mind that that's the case and tell me about the platform on which you're standing for leadership. decided to run again because first of all of a quite a lot of people ring me some e-mail messages asking me to run again i came second in the election. last year and my platform is that i want you kit to go forward as a radical alternative to the kind of cross party consensus that we've got in this country from labor conservatively and very much now with a coalition government that they're quite happy to see this country become nothing more than a colony of the european union so i want radical policies. this is why i represented the members last time i got twenty six percent of the vote nothing i can do a lot better this time and one of the key tenets of your opposition to your opinion 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 sinc

whereby we are integrating our legal systems with those of the european union and the. what you got to remember is that the anglo-saxon common war model adopted by the united states and canada and sex in countries around the world is completely different from the continental napoleonic system now under our system you have to be charged with a specific offense the police have to gather the evidence before you're arrested goes to a trial we have corpus all these things that we take for granted on the continent you can be arrested as a suspect you can spend a year eighteen months in prison while i investigate the case before i even bring it to court against you now under the european arrest warrant we got rid of all the safeguard now if you are required for extradition under the european arrest warrant the court deciding on that has really little power to refuse it now what's also in the party line is things like be european investigation order to go back coming along the trials in absentia which means that anybody can be tried in a in a european country not even particula

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 and jobs we don't need it for trade jobs even the even the european union as it's backed down from what we need is trade with europe and the rest of the world friendship and cooperation we don't need to be members of this vast bureaucratic organization in order to achieve that the other thing is the loss of democracy which although membership the cost us billions of pounds every year which is why state money was actually worse than that is our loss of democracy the germans calculated in two thousand and six that about eighty three percent of new laws now come from the european union not from their own parliament and in this report. i question whether germany could be really cool functional democracy anymore because of this it's equally true for the u.k. similar target qatar the country eighty percent of our laws now come from the institutions of the e.u. which is not democratic and the european union has this ambition to become a super st

president, the european union and pakistan share a long- lasting friendship. last june, the second e u- pakistan summit set the basis for a strategic dialogue, which includes the promotion of disaster/risk reduction and the effective provision of humanitarian assistance. before this disaster, the european union have already allocated more than 400 million euros in assistance to pakistan for 2007 through 2010, on economic development and trade, as well as on governance and human-rights. today, i can say that the european union steps up considerably its support for pakistan and the pakistani people. since the beginning of the crisis, the eu and its member states have already committed over 110 million euros, and i'm pleased to announce that this amount will be increased by 30 million euros. this means in total that the european union has committed more than 140 million euros or the equivalent of $180 million. let me underline that this humanitarian assistance is provided on the basis of the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence and ac

the european union must also stay at the head of competitiveness. france will be all the more powerful if it sets an example for what it does on its own behalf. our ambitions with the prime minister and the minister of the economy to reduce competitiveness gaps with a high performing countries and to improve our growth potential, and that is why we have to free up taxes on over time hours. we decided not to replace one of every two civil servants taking their retirement. we decided to eliminate the professional business tax, which existed only in our company -- country. politicians on all sides denounced the lack of investment by our current -- companies. a business tax was levied against investment, and that is why we adept at the tax provision that supports corporate research, and it is the most attractive of all the countries. and we've granted our universe is -- universities complete autonomy, and we're reforming our retirement regime. europe requires this, and france will continue to reduce its public deficit, which will be 6% in 2011, and 3% o

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 full interview with dr nat one thirty pm g.m.t. right here on our team now the final stage of antiterrorism drills got underway in southern russia with security forces demonstrating how to handle a potential hostage situation sec

and he says that ever since his country became a member of the european union he had to reduce his stalk almost two fold that out of the russian market i mean by are in favor of the market return now that you're apart from france wasn't interested in our products this seriously in fact the demand and farm owners had to secure their stock because according to new regulations keeping it was too costly in two thousand and four the country was accepted into the european union but instead of greener pastures which e.u. membership promised and gary informing suffered a serious blow. brussels have a special program to develop regional agriculture and which promise bigger income for farmers but experts say it has brought little result local producers have been losing more than a third of their revenue every year since two thousand and four compared to the nine hundred ninety s. and now even their own market is practically close to them. foreign supermarkets flooded the hungarian market with cheap goods which are being far better promoted than domestic products and according to e.u. regulations w

all the europeans are happy with the concept of the european european union i know what it means to be happy if i can kind of turn your question around and ask are there many europeans who are unhappy with the e.u. and i would say yes there are some but not because it would have been reflected in the national policies of the governments of the member states the euro skeptics are usually on the margins of political life and they are certainly not even close to a decent minority if they think about the things you as a political force what does depend on it's far easier to become a real political force on the world arena be told read a simple logical force and of significance it it's a bit unusual because he doesn't have a nod and. he doesn't have. it doesn't have all the usual requirements that are assigned to escape because it's not the state but it is such quite influential and it has its needs its presence is set and felt in many corners of the world you know latin america for example. so it is a force to be reckoned with but it's its significance it's not based on its military power

from the 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 i can't imagine that anywhere would you support for this kind of event. time now for some other stories making headlines across the world at this stage of the day twelve people have been killed in a spate of attacks targeting police across afghanistan and head out near the iranian border a regional police chief and three bodyguards down in a suicide bomber struck their vehicle in a car packed with explosives another local commander was shot dead along with six others when government stalled his home in the north and produce problems and in kandahar an officer died when the minibus he was traveling in struck a roadside bomb. at least two hundred twenty seven people have been killed in landslides triggered by heavy rain in western china two thousand missing after floodwaters tore through the gallant su province toppling buildi

the european union -- with less 9 eventide -- with less naivete. france will be all the more powerful if it sets an example. our ambition with the prime minister and the minister of the economy, to reduce competitiveness with the most high performing countries and to boost potential, that is why we freed up taxes on overtime hours. we decided not to replace one of every two civil servants facing retirement. politicians on all sides denounced the lack of investment by our companies. the business tax was levied against investments. that is why we adopted a tax provision of that supports corporate research. it is the most attractive of all the oecd countries. we launched the bid loan and we will reform our retirement regime. europe requires this and france will continue to reduce its public deficit, which will be 6% in 2011 and 3% of gdp in 2013. the issue of competitiveness is key and i am perfectly aware of the fact that our tax systems must be used to prevent relocation of industries abroad. i have asked our representatives to look at harmonization

union, and i welcome the additional funding provided by the european union. mr. president, a disaster of this scope and magnitude requires a global response which must have the united nations at its center. the people of pakistan need clean water, food, shelter, medicines, and it falls to us, the global community, to get these life-saving supplies to pakistan and distributed to the population as soon as possible. this crisis has not occurred in an instance, devastating all before it, as was the case with the asian tsunami or the haiti earthquake, and in some ways, the full measure of the devastation still remains unseen and completely covered by the flood waters. it is clear, nonetheless, that the scale of this crisis is an epic proportions -- is of epic proportions. over 1000 people lost their lives. up to 20 million people have lost everything -- their homes, livelihood's, livestock, and possessions. it is our global responsibility now to ensure that the people whose lives have been devastated by this tragedy receive the aid they so desperately need as soon

union but instead of greener pastures which e.u. membership promised and care in farming suffered a serious blow. brussels have a special program to develop regional agriculture and which promise bigger income for farmers but it has brought little result local producers have been losing more than a third of their revenue every year since two thousand and four compared to the nine hundred ninety s. and now even their own market is practically close to them. foreign supermarkets flooded the hungarian market with cheap goods which are being far better promoted than domestic products and according to e.u. regulations we cannot these supermarkets to sell our products the only thing we have managed to do to avoid a complete destruction of the local market is to push through legislation which obliges the. the shops to have at least thirty percent of domestic production on their shelves hungary has a moratorium on purchases of farmland by foreigners former say this is the only thing which keeps their agricultural sector from being completel

the same for the european union, we can't afford to lose the advantages of the euro, a euro is a must. without the euro, we can't forget the european soul and the european market. when you need a single market, you need a single currency and it's very important, otherwise when you don't have this, you cannot come out like what we had a few years ago. we cannot afford to lose the advantages of the euro. we have to use all our energy and political will now to get the job done while the window of opportunity is still open. the crisis can be defined as a crucial and specific part of the situation or a trimming point. in the case of the european union, there's two options that break apart and emerge from the crisis stronger than ever. in my speech the last sentence is i believe in the latter option. it's very difficult and complicated, and you see to bring all the 27 member states with different interests gives you only one example. for example, germany has about nearly 25 percent of the gross domestic product in manufacturing, in industry. great britain has about 60 and 70 percent and fra

from the second world war out assault to 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 you support for this kind of event. well now let's have a quick update on world events at this stage of the day five afghan police have been killed in three separate attacks in the country in the southern city of kandahar a bomb in a part motorcycle hit a convoy returning from training killing one officer while in western herat a suicide bomber drove a car filled with explosives into a police minibus putting four men and wounding another. but these two hundred twenty seven people have been killed in landslides triggered by heavy rain in western china two thousand and missing after floodwaters tore through the gansu province toppling buildings and overturning cars disasters the latest to affect the country this summer which has seen the worst seasonal flooding in a decade. fifty three peopl

the european union and u.s. remain concern about the move. >> the launch of the first full- scale iranian power plant has seen delays, but now it is set to become operational. moscow is hailing the project as a major sign of cooperation. >> it is a highly technological project that is expensive. the rusan gernment is keen to emphasize that the plan will be monitored by the iaea, and moscow will take voice spent nuclear fuel, but it is feared it could be used to build a nuclear bomb. the kremlin has tried to allay fears by a supporting tougher sanctions. they even put out a planned arms delivery. >> they do not want a war in iran. whetherhat might be an attack by u.s. or israel or still a war. they are concerned about consequences by the whole region. >> russia sees itself as a mediator, aware that tehran remains a difficult partner. authorization of the lawn. earlier this year, imf and other countries agreed to a bailout package. big customers spending. the 2010 target is 8% of gdp, but they're not stressing ath

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 the ice age. and find some expert analysis on the search giant google decision to join forces with the cia to trap web browsing behavior that's in the column section top stories. the rich and fertile lands of hungary have long made and been able source for food production to farmers there say that since joining the european union in two thousand and four they've been losing business. has been to examine their plight. this is one of the biggest but farms in hungary more than ten thousand guineas and ducks bring quite a pro

look at european union. where they are in their relationship well as far as russia is concerned to russia has so on the. in the early stages of learning what do you being a union is it really started when mr yeltsin was over this is the first time when you know people in the kremlin. comprehended the idea of dealing with the. direct through the leaders of the member states. then it became quite clear what the power within the e.u. when it came to the problem of the visa mr putin trying to arrange that with then. german. chancellor and the french president and well it didn't work. so. it it i think this it is probably accepted in. probably a good idea to do with the director and that's how it started. well you know if for no other reason than the reasons of geography that you have to have a relationship and it's better of course for both sides at this place where it is based i'm called peroration and not based on facility now the problem is that the process of integration with you even those who have been you

serious blow to european union didn't want to. improve the situation and. only wanted to get down on markets and they have done it they don't need our production they produce. enough meat to fly and they produce everything they want to hang people to buy that production. but it is bad for us it's like a situation if a colony. brussels have a special program to develop regional agriculture and which promises bigger income for farmers but experts say it has brought little result local producers have been losing more than a third of their revenue every year since two thousand and four compared to the nine hundred ninety s. and now even their own market is practically close to them i mean their foreign supermarkets flooded the hungarian market with cheap goods which are being far better promoted than domestic products and according to e.u. regulations we cannot these supermarkets to sell our products the only thing we have managed to do to avoid a complete destruction of the local market is to push through legislation which obliges th

european union is meeting hungary's land of plenty to be done to success. chinese authorities say they've managed to retrieve almost all of the barrels which was down a flooded river. but the worry is that. to be dangerous chemicals into the. office more from russia's far east. chinese authorities do see that they've managed to extract nearly sixty four hundred barrels out of the seven thousand washed into the river four days ago as a result of a flood however the cleanup operation is far from over first of all three thousand barrels of those were washed into the water contain toxic substances including acids which may be harmful to the environment and it's not clear how many barrels out of the remaining ones in the water contain these substances secondly chinese media reported that some of the barrels were damaged and have leaked some of the chemical substances into the river and they were detected by specialists all of this is of course raising a major concern in russia since the river joins the river which you can see behind me over there and that's a ma

second world war out assault 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 there be bridge or to support for this kind of event for many people in ford speaking to us from brussels that. well 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 artie's ceviche other nazi talks to a man who's delved deep into european identity to hear what challenges this creates in relations with moscow. it is probably accepted in moscow that. it is probably a good idea to do would be either directly and that's how it started for no other reason than the reasons of geography the two have to have a relationship and it's better of course for both sides of this place where it is based on cooperation and not based on hostility now the problem is that the the process of integration with

plus big brother is watching you the european union's plans to. install surveillance systems on airplanes and the british human rights campaign is full of violating privacy. rights that's the main news stories for this hour now artie's interview program spotlight is up next and i'll going off speaks to nobel peace prize winning bangladeshi banker and economist mohammad yunus he championed through his banker scheme to give loans to people too poor to qualify for traditional lending. peep. founded the grameen bank she developed the concept of credit. giving. deprived households. could make a big difference while traditional banks. reasonable interest rates. high repayment risks that given. the world. credit. to women.

all through a week in the sun but if the european union project goes ahead these people could have their conversations and movements monitored while they're flying the plan has a lawman civil liberties campaigners who fear further growth in the surveillance state but at passengers are divided yelling as bad this kid is like a private person or you wouldn't i don't know this i mean is a line and you keep pushing and pushing it with like the regulations and i think it's so prevalent already. with this expected you watch t.v. you watch t.v. or you'll be surveilled and to be surveilled here there's a more in me but nothing to hide so i wouldn't worry me personally. the e.u. project is aimed at tackling terrorism by analyzing the way passengers behave in a bid to isolate potential bombers or hijackers when they're already on board at the moment surveillance on planes is mainly limited to a c.c.t.v. camera near the cockpit britons are the most watched people in the world with more c.c.t.v. cameras per capita than any other nation there are cameras almost always in train stations and in at port

union that is more nations are becoming members of the club the e.u. is identity is changing political science professor. from the university of toronto gave r.t. some insights on the process and the challenges it brings. professor while diverse thank you very much for being with us today thank you so in your own words how would you define these european identity the emerging you and identity will have probably the same nature as our canadian identity here in canada canadian identity means the charter of rights and the policy of multiculturalism. european identity is. a legal construct that is.

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union he had to reduce his stalk almost two fold. the russian market i mean by are in favor of the market return now that you're apart from france wasn't interested in our products this seriously in fact. and farm owners had to secure their stocks because according to new regulations keeping it was too costly before the collapse of the socialist regime and nine hundred ninety hungary was one of europe's breadbaskets its agricultural sector was a strong part of the economy and countries of the post soviet space actually imported hungary in products in two thousand and four the country was accepted into the european union but instead of greener pastures which membership promised and care in farming suffered a serious blow. didn't want to. improve the situation and. only wanted to get down on markets and he have done it they don't need our production they produce. enough meat to produce our. people to buy that production. but it is bad for us it's like a situation if a colony. brussels have a special program to develop regional agricult