e.u. relations so is brussels going to respond to that. not necessarily because this is simply going back to the normality so what the concern there are a number of member states of the european union that have all bilateral agreements with russia in this area or the countries do not have them russia has been applying and applying a moratorium for this country not to have to have bases for their air crews and now this moratorium has got to an end this applies of course for these countries crews flying to russia and for russian flying to this country's. asfar site knowing informations that they have everything is. evolving normally that's also what you're seeing now is that brussels isn't considering that an unfriendly sort of gesture from. moscow no not not enough we would have preferred or that the monitor would be mounting to facilitation agreement enters into force but of if it is not don't we cannot and should not consider it an unfriendly move ok but anyway i would suspect that this m

could leave the e.u. america could have some cause for concern the robot elves in london he's a political analyst at sea with going to happen maybe but hi there just how crucial is britain's presence within the e.u. for america's national interest these days. well i think the most important thing is britain's national interest and britain remains within the u. we can't manage our economy fully as we like we can't manage even our own foreign policy as much as we'd want because often there has to be a common e.u. position so really good an exiting the european union would allow britain to put its national interest first which is the most important thing for this country so that we can have a government who can fully respond to its citizens needs you are than having to go to brussels first before deciding what it's going to do ok before i go back to the american stand what america may or may not want the original question will britain's position be swayed by america's stance i don't think so i think the peop

start seriously looking into those issues in the e.u. space and declan those problems like we try to tackle our problems you know but but . we do not say we do not tell them that you must do it is specifically with the use of their lawyer in all these or that way. we are not imposing any solutions unless those solutions stand there rectally from certain international covenants to report some of the problems that you mentioned there can be traced back to poor economic state that finds itself right now talking first and foremost of course about the rise of nationalism which you mentioned in your previous answer. but it's still growing economic crisis is bad enough actually to. majorly radicalize our majorly change the european critical system it's hard to see whether it is. tough enough you know the the crisis but obviously the crisis is a pretty tough and and we see titian every day and obviously the especially the social economic rates of the europeans in almost all the european if not all the european union countries they do suffer and

and the e.u. share in the russian trade balance is forty eight point eight percent and this is not sky is not not the limit of the european partners are ready to diversify away and enlarge their exports to russian markets where the. russia's accession to the w t o we hope that the e.u. will remove most bands and our experts including dumping procedures the e.u. is one of our main investment partners aggregate. investment. is now worth three hundred ten twenty five billion dollars. and russian companies have invested over two hundred fifty billion dollars so with one hundred direct investment. our economies are growing increasingly interdependent convinced that this will show in our. relations including the legal basis of our cooperation we have agreed to today to continue working. we have general agreement between russia and e.u. we have discussed this a free. travel agreement between russia and the european union and i would like to point out that almost all the technical issues on the visa free

and the e.u. is this putting a lot of pressure there bearing in mind his position does it put a lot of pressure on the prime minister there and you can a moment. yes it does indeed many people see obvious johnson as a future prime minister of course some people don't like the idea of him being prime minister many people in the conservative party do and he's actually a political phenomenon norman in this country he's won the london he's been a twice elected mayor of london which is quite an achievement seeing as he's a conservative and london usually has a bias towards the labor party's over here to be successful here does mean a lot and some people think that he he will be a future leader of the conservative party perhaps even a conservative prime minister and some people actually want him to take over sooner rather than later so the more you get ticked yes he being a euro skeptic will that really win him the votes as it's something on people's minds of the moment do they want to see the u.k. out

but with the e.u. mired in economic strife it's sort of the can peacefully that the protests and riots let's now talk to max alter who's a business professor and an independent investment fund manager thanks for joining us here on r.t. firstly do you think the e.u. deserves this award. levy agree with the a previous speakers that it's really a symbolic gesture it's like a perhaps on the shoulder the same as when it was awarded to obama but this is even stranger because how can you want such a prize to an institution i mean if you want it maybe you should of water to the originators of the idea of european unification adda no one should mom and so on and so for us to go a little they had a vision put forth and they set it to work but how would you really. want to prize an institution that really doesn't have a vision and some. smarts crisis of legitimacy in decades and i guess it's just a muddle over to really you have a half of the show so you know for me to decide the e.u. was worth the price despite

live from moscow where now the e.u. doesn't deserve its nobel peace prize that's according to several former winners who are demanding the block is stripped of the award they've written to the foundation saying the e.u. doesn't fit for the prizes valleys senate committee has lost its founders vision artists are first expects. in that letter they said that the twenty seven nation blocks getting this award contradicts the valley's safety ated with the pricing what they want to see happening is the one pointing million dollar prize money not be awarded this year and they also said that the clearly not one of the champions of peace a consensus here amongst the signatures and indeed among many many people when this award was announced this year was that really the awarding of the prize the european union not in the keeping of the spirit of the nobel peace prize the prize was awarded at a time when the e.u. is they think the biggest crisis it's face since its creation we're seeing huge social unrest and you know what a lot of

it's eight pm right now here in moscow the headlines tonight russia and the e.u. should be partners by choice not through that's the view of the european union is it outlines its vision for relations between the two during the first trip to brussels since returning to the presidency. which has already. a million documents being prepared to be really. promises no country in the world will remain unaffected by new wiki leaks revelations planned for twenty thirty. and russia's lower house of parliament approves a law banning americans from adopting russian children in retaliation for america's so-called magnitsky. hello and a very good evening to if you just joined us here at the new center tonight our top story russia e.u. cooperation should be defined by choice and not forced by necessity that's how europe sees future ties with russia and it's a view that second by president putin to who's in brussels for talks with the blocs leaders for the first time since his return to the kremlin. reports. a lot of speculation happened before the summit that this will be a meet

well is the e.u. pursuing the goal of united europe at the expense of individual nations that issue take center stage in the latest edition of people of l's cross-talk in just a few minutes here on r.t. . of course the european union has to be based on subsidy or it's a principle which means that the decisions are made close as possible to the citizens on the other hand the only is an indication is that the case on sure thing is that the case let me finish or i go ahead yeah yeah of course about dontcha think that. in a case that a federal union existed with a federal strong budget that the sovereignty of the european citizens overall would be better than we have it now in that crisis we are all victims at the moment because we do not have a fully fledged clearly question is that people join to create something like the united states you know i mean they are going to join it to create a united states of europe. that it has to be discussed i'm sorry i was saying yes there is no alternative to that and

e.u. in a position to choose between crippling sanctions or war which he was confident europe and the united states would be fair keeping sanctions but the main target of a lot of netanyahu from the beginning was crippling sanctions not war i believe he dismissed the u.s. and europe and he was successful israel's plausible nuclear stockpile or threat to iran. i really believe neither israel is existing threat for iran nor iran is existential threat to israel we had just global disease summit conference here and i told the conference that even today israelis they are always using the wrong issue justifying the nuclear bomb saying iran is existential threat for israel but the fact is israel is that israel produce nuclear bomb before islamic revolution where the shah of iran was that a lot of israeli. israeli nuclear bomb has nothing to do with iran because it was massed produced before of revolution now they are using islamic revolution in order to justify which i would not buy this idea ira

russia e.u. cooperation should be defined by choice not forced by necessity that europe sees future ties with russia indeed it is a view that second by president putin as well as in brussels for talks with the blocs leaders for the first time since his return to the kremlin. a lot of speculation happened before the summit that this will be a meeting of confrontation rather than a corporation but it actually turned out absolutely the opposite scenario all these speakers. started off by saying that the trade turnover between the e.u. and russia has grown significantly now it's exceeding three hundred billion euros a year and this is a good sign but both sides expressed their willingness to make it a corporation by choice not by necessity our relation as a huge potential that can still be explored as we have proposed to president putin we should drill for an interdependent spend their society into an interdependent space shows but clearly the biggest contradictions still remain in the issues of the

so the e.u. said it was increasingly concerned around the transfer and potential use of chemical weapons within syria again pledging that would hold anyone responsible accountable now this comes as the damascus regime increasingly accuses both the e.u. and the united states of conducting a smear campaign against it as in terms of falsely accusing damascus of using chemical weapons the syrian foreign ministry has written a number of letters to the united nations in which it says that it is afraid that countries backing both terrorists and terrorism my consults provide those countries with chemical weapons and then shift the blame and point fingers towards syria there is of course growing concern that chemical weapons stockpiles within syria could land up in the hands of extreme militants in here we've been hearing reports of both al qaida as well as has been on the south operating in lending their support to the insurgency and so there's concern that these weapons could land up specifically in the

you know it's not all bad the e.u. does provide a huge amount of aid a nation but i think what we see in happening in the e.u. in the last year really has been very far from the idea of you know a peaceful union two thousand and nine we sort of all did see president obama many people feeling that was being awarded the peace activities he might do at some point in the future again very much not in keeping with the will we are to have actually got some reactions of their own to this latest piece of information about it being contested we had in any p.j. a bath and say it's highly devious with the e.u. even fulfilled the rules under which the award should be given only really very strong we are. of course see that price being awarded feel as if that may have been a project that many people feel represents the total opposite. on r.t. dot com right now major media embarrassment all this news agency publishes a some typically incorrect demographic as proof of iran's nuclear ambitions. also online survival manual as the mayan

you know it's not all bad the e.u. does provide a huge amount of aid a nation but i think what we see happening in the e.u. in the last year really has been very far from the idea of you know a peaceful union two thousand and nine we saw were awarded to see president obama many people feeling that was being awarded the peace activities he might do at some point in the future again very much not in keeping with the will we are to have actually got some reactions that they're writing to this latest piece of information about it being contested we had an m.e.p. jerry back in say it's highly devious was the even fulfill the rules under which the award should be given i mean really very strong reactions for this prize being awarded as we said even a project the many people feel represents the total opposite to peace. well you can find all these stories and much more on our website including a supermarket sweep a lot to get from one italian shop could get you full time employment more details are online plus my predicted doo

russia and the e.u. should be partners by choice not mine assess it as the view of the european union as it outlines its vision for relations between the two during that first trip to brussels since returning to the presidency. which has already. a million documents being paid to be released during the sounds of promises no country in the world will remain unaffected by new wiki leaks revelations and in twenty thirteen. russia's lower house of parliament approved banning americans from adopting russian children in retaliation from america's so-called magnitsky act. and online twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. . russia e.u. corporation should be defined by choice and not forced by necessity that's how europe sees a future ties with russia that view is echoed by president putin he was in brussels for talks with the blocs leaders for the first time since his return to the kremlin . has more. a lot of speculation happened before the summit that this will be a meeting of confrontation rather than c

are demanding the block is stripped of the year award they've written to the foundation saying the e.u. doesn't fit with the prizes values and the committee has lost its founders vision r.t. sarah firth explained it in that letter they said that the twenty seven nation blocks getting this award contradicts the values safety aided with the pricing was a once already happening is the one point two million dollar prize money not be awarded this year and they also said that the clearly not one of the champions of peace a consensus here amongst the signature even indeed among many many people when this award was announced this year with that really the awarding of the prize the european union not in the keeping of the spirit of the nobel peace prize the prize was awarded at a time when the e.u. is they think the biggest crisis it's face since its creation we're seeing huge social unrest and you know what a lot of people are saying is that the european union at the moment really for a lot of people. come to represent divisions within society we've seen those divisions between the rich and th

the brussels strips the e.u. countries not only of their economic independence but also their political sovereignty what's your what's your take on that well i think it is a very very intense debate of course now because of the moment we just had the the the summit on the budget but actually the from my point of view this is looking at trade and investment and what creates jobs we need to focus on the five european union is a large single market five hundred million people it is the biggest one in the world and the opportunities within it are enormous which is why i encourage british companies to look at the opportunities there it's why us trade minister spend time in brussels arguing for fuller implementation of the single market as also by the way for free trade agreements around the world with european union part the markets can the u.k. opt out of the european union are politically while staying very closely integrated economically it's not part of this government policy it walked out of the european union we

this recapitalization of the banking sector is going to greece are coming from the troika the e.u. the i.m.f. and the e.c.b. and they are going to be repaid they are going to be part of the greek it national debt which is going to be paid by the greek taxpayer we had forty thousand small businesses closing in closing this year alone three hundred additional thousand of job losses as a total unemployment rate of twenty six percent so we have really. on the one hand austerity on the other hand bank inability to provide liquidity for the market russia cooperation should be defined by choice and not forced by necessity that so europe sees future ties with russia and indeed it's a view that second by president putin too is in brussels right now for talks with the blocs leaders for the first time since his return to the kremlin and his electorate esky as well. a lot of speculation happened before the summit that this will be a meeting of confrontation rather than a corporation but it actually turned out absolutely the opposite scenario all these speakers but also one started off by sayin

we're up for a very interesting e.u. russia summit here in brussels with several very important issues on the agenda one of them will be the energy cooperation i'd like to remind you of us that gazprom remains the biggest supplier of gas into the european continent and despite that gas from has already built several pipelines delivering the russian gas to the european continent the e.u. has a certain claims and accusations towards the russian gas giant in particular it wants to but it wants gazprom to diversify the means of control over its pipelines in europe certainly stand strongly against it and we understand that the russian president will be discussing this with his european colleagues. we are somewhat puzzled to put it mildly by their retroactive effect of this decision that you know if you pass a document and a blight to everything that existed prior to it it just creates a mess and undermines the credibility of cooperation. this summit takes place in the times of economic crisis in europe and we understand of co

the leaders of the e.u. have accepted the nobel peace prize on behalf of the bloc despite widespread opposition was recognized for its efforts in promoting peace on the continent the people in oslo protested in the streets while several laureates demanded the e.u. be stripped of the prize of a explains just what people are unhappy with. mark four little children. will one day live in a nation where they will not be deterred by a call about him but by the content of back character. the one it can be probably would have become a glory to the humvee assassinated however the nobel peace prize is only awarded to a living person this he is winning. text search trying to react especially when it comes to finances the announcement the european union was to pick up the twenty twelve gongs sparked heated debate borders being discredited particularly after the outrageous use picked it up recently so see what has the e.u. done over the last twelve months to convince the nobel committee it's worthy of such a prestigious

welcome back more international stories for you now the e.u. doesn't deserve its nobel peace prize that's according to several former winners issued an open letter to the foundation demanding the twenty seven nation bloc be stripped of the award on the surf earth explains. in that letter they said that the twenty seven nation blocks getting this award contradicts the valley's safety with the prize it was a once already happening is one point seeing million dollar prize money not be awarded this year and they also said that the clearly not one of the champions of peace a consensus here amongst the segment even indeed among many many people when this award was announced it was really the awarding of the prize not in the keeping of the spirit of the nobel peace prize the prize was awarded at a time when the e.u. is they think the biggest crisis it's they since its creation we're seeing huge seychelle of rest and you know what a lot of people are saying is that the european union at the moment really for a lot of people. come to represent divisions

. >> a few hours later the common debate on the e.u. budget began in earnest. >> now, i think this multiannual framework, the e.u. budget a simple word to use is insane. to ask for a 10% real increase above inflation is insulting to our constituents. it's insulting to the people of spain and italy and portugal and ireland who are being told to pull in their belts. >> is it the truth of the matter that literally the only way that you can be sure that you end up with a less than inflation increase is by not announcing that you're going to use it and by making sure that you negotiation all the way through? it's a child that announces on the first day of the negotiations that they're going to use the veto because of course the commission gets its way. >> i have had police officer who is came to my surgery and they understand that their pay is frozen. they're less happy about the terms and conditions. they're less happy about not getting their increments. but what they don't understand is why other elements of budget and in particular the eu

while ordinary people enjoy life in the austerity red to e.u. does seem some corporate giants will stop at nothing to get out of paying their shame tax evasion and avoid its cost the dead stricken bloc one point three trillion dollars a year a figure that's no longer being tolerated as artie's affair for its reports. well people from all over the board tend not to protect this country because companies like starbucks and apple and google at the moment it's really part of a much larger picture welcome to the world of tax avoidance illegal but morally suspect way the companies and the wealthy have been dodging paying their fair share most people are due to discuss these companies do not the very taxation which is a criminal offense but are void taxation basically use existing facilities and legal loopholes in the different regulation and taxation between different countries to their advantage companies like. their head office is based in luxemburg which they claim is the center of the economic operations which is handy as luxembourg so well known

out of the e.u. once and for our according to the opinion polls most people in britain do want the u.k. out of the european union i think the e.u. is a massive burden both in terms of tax amount of money you have to pay to be you each year and of course it regularly treat burden trade with other businesses individuals on the continent will always continue whether we're in the you whether we're out of the year you remember the european economic area britain has global trading links we don't really need to be run by brussels and the institutions of u.k. and union telling this country what to do we're big enough to manage our own affairs the economic evidence is really pointing towards if britain were to leave the european union it would be actually help the british economy it would actually help our economy to grow and it would reduce the burden on the british taxpayer. he says make a shift in the geography of the middle east is now on the horizon what they're discussing next on the future of an indepe

e.u. to rescue this week banks. hello kevin owen here at r.t. tonight's for you company france and britain of some of the israeli ambassadors in their countries together and says over why more settlements have been authorized in disputed lands near east jerusalem the un and the e.u. have also said that israel's construction plans pose a threat to future peace negotiations now more from a middle east correspondent paula. it's happening in an area known as anyone and what it effectively means is that the voice that income will be cutoff instrumental in this announcement is widely perceived as punishment against the palestinians for number one going to the un was with this by the number two winning it essentially winning that sees the palestinian state being recognized within one hundred sixty seven borders and given non observer nonmember observer status at the united nations now we're also hearing criticism of some european ambassadors european diplomats warning that we would encourage cert

the e.u. is set to receive the nobel peace prize make protests and speculation over the world losing its credibility. the opposition in bahrain pledges talks without preconditions and made one of those to be a crackdown on dissent. and egypt faces more opposition protests and the boycott of the draft constitution despite the president giving up his recently extended powers. live from moscow you're watching our carrie johnson three presidents of the european union's main body you to accept the nobel peace prize at a grand ceremony and also live before the prize was even hundred out hundreds marched through the center of the norwegian capital protest comes on the heels of several previous winners and suing an open netted a nobel foundation claiming that the e.u. does not deserve the award but artie's the owner found out these are the only issues on the bond the credibility of the prize. remark or little children. will one day live in a nation where they will not be deterred by the call about the

but with the e.u. modern economic strife the scene is far from peaceful with the protests and riots across the continent a business that professor and independent investment fund manager. says the u.s. policies have brought to disorder it's probably some kind of official ideology that supplied the ideology that this year or has brought peace which it has and has brought on the wrist the european idea as such has certainly. brought peace or a state. in western europe and beyond but not the studio and not the official policies we're pursuing right now they have nothing to do was peace and maybe it's just a way to mislead people in the populace about the process how can you war on such a prize to an institution i mean if you're the war that maybe you should have awarded to the originators of the idea of the european unification are the no one should monitor and so on and so was the goal they had a vision put forth and they said it's a work but how would you really. want to prize some institution that real

while the e.u. is strongly condemns the construction of israeli settlements its members are still happy to buy products worth millions of dollars from them every year although as our genes put all of our reports there are growing calls to ban trade which is illegal under international law. produce of israel except this isn't israel this is the jordan valley in the west bank and this farm is deemed illegal under international law the european union imports around three hundred million dollars worth of products from here each year now a group of twenty two n.g.o.s from across europe is looking to highlight the issue and it's published a report in which it claims e.u. imports make the settlements viable because they are produced in illegal settlements which are contrary to international humanitarian law should be banned out of the european union now if this is not possible at least the consumers have to have the possibility to. to decide for themselves if they want to buy products which have been produ

at midnight moscow time the badge of peace for a region in turmoil the e.u. gets its nobel prize but hundreds of protesters joined the voices saying it doesn't deserve the. egypt's opposition calls for more protests across the country are rejecting the referendum on the new is myspace constitution. and the regime and the opposition in bahrain say they're ready to sit at the negotiating table but many believe the divisions run just too deep to end twenty. three good morning for me kevin i would hear the new scent of the smalling if you just joined this our top story the european union is three presidents have received this year's nobel peace prize on behalf of the group it's been given to commend the e.u. for fostering peace but not everyone agrees hundreds marched through the norwegian capital in protest peter all of it looks at why many believe the e.u. doesn't deserve the prize while the whole nobel institution may no need to rethink . mark or little children. will one day live in a nation where they will not be deterred. by the content of their character.

leaders of the e.u. have accepted the nobel peace prize on behalf of the block despite widespread opposition the union was recognized for its efforts in promoting peace on the continent but people in oslo protested in the streets while several laureates demanded the e.u. be stripped of the prize artie's peter all over explains just what the people are unhappy with. the remark for little children. will one day live in a nation where they will not be deterred by the call about him but by the content of back character our appetite the one it can be probably would have become the laureate if the home be assassinated however the nobel peace prize is only awarded to a living person but this is when a test such trying terror especially when it comes to finances the announcement the european union was to pick up the twenty twelve gong sparked a heated debate the award was being discredited particularly after the outrage of who is picked it up. recently see what the e.u. done over the last twelve months to come v

the e.u. is set to receive the nobel peace prize amid mass protests and speculation over the award losing its credibility. and the opposition and craned pledge talks without preconditions i made what appears to be a crackdown on dissent. good morning you're watching our team with me to see confidence let's get to our top story now in egypt where the opposition is gearing up for more protests they say that they're going to boycott a referendum on the draft constitution president mohamed morsi has already given up his sweeping powers but this fails to appease his opponents journalist bill true joins us live from cairo with the latest morsi does seem to be making these concessions and yet the crowd is still energized people are still in the streets why is that not enough for some egyptians. who have a moment to make this news you just heard this morning president mohamed morsi. the decision to increase tax burdens on the country these are sales tax and consumer goods and services this is be quite

the e.u. is set to receive the nobel peace prize amid mass protests and speculation over the award having lost all credibility. and the opposition in bahrain pledge talks without preconditions amid the ceaseless crackdown on any display of dissent. and broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. certainly glad to have you with us the opposition in egypt are gearing up for more protests and say they'll boycott a referendum on the draft constitution president morsi has already given up his sweeping powers but failed to appease his opponents as he maintains the poll on the new charter will proceed next weekend journalist bill true is in cairo with more. the national salvation front which is the coalition of opposition forces the press conference and they express their complete rejection of the referendum of the constitution which they say enforces dictatorial tendencies and neglect key economic and social rights that called for more protests on tuesday against this documents

not in the keeping of the spirit of the nobel peace prize the prize was awarded at a time when the e.u. is they think the biggest crisis it's face since its creation we're seeing huge social unrest and you know what a lot of people are saying is that the european union at the moment is really for a lot of people. come to represent divisions within society we see those divisions between the rich and the plough poor between those who employ it those who run employed you know the people that we've spoken to in these countries really feel very very let down the vision of the european union with about peace and democracy and that's certainly not what people feel that they're getting now the committee praised the voting after the second world war and spreading stability to former communist countries promoting peace and stability within the e.u. you know it's not all bad the does provide heat amount in a day nation but i think i will be seeing happening in the e.u. in the last year really has been very far from the idea of you know a peaceful new year two thousand and nine we saw were awarded

but the e.u. three was not able to recall denies the legitimate rights of iran because the us position was zero enrichment that's why it was she asians during our time failed despite the fact that we were ready for full transparency and we proved practically . during president damn it in a jar russia in two thousand and eleven proposed step by use the plan the russian step by step plan consisted of all majors requirements of the. tonic and as you agency and united nations security council resolutions. and even beyond but the iranian officials they will come the russian initiative as a basis for negotiations it was the us and the you which declined the russian proposal therefore i believe again even today the russian proposal can be a good basis for negotiations if you personally work to word the. monitors in iran for several years and while the international observers are known to have accused iran of not letting them see everything they want while the iran has been saying that it can't satisfy al

out of the european union they think the e.u. is a massive burden both in terms of tax amount of money to pay to the e.u. each year and of course the burden the trade links would always continue will always be buying german cars or french wine or french cheese and and will be selling to them financial services and other goods that we make in britain so that won't change course what will change is that the money that britain has to hand over to the european union will cease or we can drastically reduce that we don't really need to be run by brussels the needs of the european union to this country what to do we are big enough to manage our own affairs. some other international news in brief now typhoon bopha which is currently battering the philippines has claimed more than two hundred eighty lives tens of thousands fled their homes as the storm rolled across southern and central areas cutting off power to entire provinces rescue teams are working in the worst areas but it's feared the number of casualties will rise the storm is ex