union and its policies the us means people are realizing that the european union is an empire. that is in fact really strong in that region and doesn't protect them from economic social or migratory difficulty and i think that the increase in patrick to managing a country's own affairs to control of the border is whether it's a human capital a product is a revised i think what we're seeing is the brothel is very falling down it's crumbling that is to say that the european union and its model has reached an end it's a destruction that it's not right now but will probably accelerate well do we need to look at what's been happening in bulgaria where there has been a revolution and where the government out as well as the parliament within ten days also need to see the results in italy where within two years the us skeptics have become a majority and i believe that many other people are in the place of projecting the policies behind these policies is ideology ryssdal to free trade immigration globalization that is making us open our doors and windows to all the products in the world

so your opinion on france leaving the european union and the eurozone in the shotgun agreement you're you haven't changed your mind on those matters oh it sure took us a little folk to. each day that goes by i believe more in this idea i even asked the french president to organize a big referendum in january twenty four teams to ask this question to the french people do they want to stay in the europeans any of their do they want to stay with open would do they want to take the risk of having romania and bulgaria in the same hand with the arrival of millions of roma who are attracted by social system that's a very advantageous which is the french system yes or do they want to go on with trade we want to do for bit economic status as you would do they want to european laws should be stronger than national laws and i want to loot hungary you decided to change the constitution so that it prioritizes national rights over european rights it's going to crush leave to democracy because again the sovereign people are now the ones deciding not the brussels technocrats well there are those that

people are realizing that the european union is a land park. that is in fact destroying that region and doesn't protect them from economic social or migratory difficulties and i think that the increase in patrick has me to managing a country's own affairs to control of the border is whether it's a human capital a product like this is a reversible i think what we're seeing is the brussels bill falling down it's crumbling that is to say that the european union and its model has reached an end it's a destruction that is slow right now but will probably accelerate it was it was happening at the european parliament it's supposed to be democratic but it's not at all representative of what the people of the european union think that there is a very strong proportion of people who are generally model and these people are not represented by the european parliament so i think that electing the success all of them on a wild are although is a large screen it's to make people believe that there will be an increase in democracy but in fact the mortal the eco

facing the european unions economy. he mentioned unemployment, credit rating agencies, and the overall credibility of the e.u. ireland currently hold the six month retating presidency of the european union. this is had a half-hour. >> the president of ireland. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i would invite you to please take our seats. >> your headphone on the right. >> ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor to welcome the president of the republic of ireland, mr. higgins. a very warm welcome to you, mr. president, and to the european parliament. [applause] 3 >> esteemed colleagues, mr. miggins -- mr. higgins will be addressing us, but before i give him the floor, it is a articular pleasure for me to welcome on the public tribute the grand duke of luxembourg and his wife, a very warm elcome to them, too. it was applause [applause] >> i am equally delighted that xt to them on the public gallery seat we have mr. higgins' spouse, a very warm welcome to you, too, in the european parliament. ladies and gentlemen, i'd

to nation states they don't want a more flexible european union where people can pick and choose what powers belong with nation states and what powers belong at the e.u. level they support a blanket e.u. where things are standardized from one one area to the to the next from ireland to portugal or costa finland and greece that's how they want things done from eastern europe to to the atlantic there is not a chance of getting significant powers back from the european union or to the nation states that is quite simply not feasible when it's already been rejected by other e.u. leaders. well times are tough austerity in the euro zone making the entire project look increasingly unpopular later this hour on r.t. french right wing politician rail upin explains why more and more people think they would now be better off going it alone with brussels. so i think that first and foremost if there is a rejection of the european union and its policies the us means people are realizing that the european union is an empire a soviet union that is in fact destroying their freedom and it doesn't protect

is limited, but it might take longer than planned. >> the european union's plan is set at 15 months. the millions are also determined to keep it as short as possible -- the malians are also determined. if 15 months will be long enough -- we will just have to see if progress is made. >> the government is hoping the european mission will deliver fast results. >> i believe it will allow our security forces to walk more quickly and effectively in recapturing in securing territory. and pave the way for negotiations. >> talks with opposition groups are another initiative being pushed by the european union. >> this all needs to be part of the political process of reconciliation with the north as well as within the various groups across the country. another aspect is elections, which should take place in july. >> germany will be the second biggest contributor to the european mission behind france with up to 330 soldiers. it has also sent an air tanker for refueling emissions and three cargo planes, stationed in neighboring senegal. >> britain is moving dangerously away from its own tradition

for now here on r t serbia has moved a step closer to joining the european union after the e.u. commission recommended starting talks on membership now that decision comes in the wake of belgrade approving a deal with its breakaway territory because of agreement has been met with fury among both in serbia and kosovo some of whom have branded it as treason it groans pristine as ethnic albanian leadership control over kosovo or serbia minorities will be granted autonomy is within the territory of more on this and are joined by boycotting but it sure the foreign affairs editor at serbian a public television and nice to see you today so thanks for joining us here on r t serbian officials have stressed that the deal does not imply a recognition of kosovo as independents while pristina insists that it does how do you read into it. well of fish and it does not even depend on the recognition of independence of course always specially because their leaders insist that in one of the article says that. serbia will. block membership of the way the international organization that article was

continue your road towards the european union. all of all the roads to european union and some of the costs of how they will deal with it remains to be seen but indeed european union on solving that issue because they haven't invested much into cost of all they fought a war secure like members of nato to secure its independence of course the way they're not going to give up now. while some countries buying on the door to get into the e.u. rather fun of membership rules are driving them into desperate measure it's the largest in history from just ancient palace just to keep its economy afloat for details about that coming up very shortly. the government opened fire in a shop in western russia has killed at least six people including two girls age fourteen and sixteen counties are in english because across the story. well you know at this point to the thirty two year old sergey paul was doing is has apparently been holed up in the in the sun sort of a space as supposedly a round a car market in belgrade and this point are preparing

union has a fabulous history of not getting it sums right bear in mind that the european union itself has not actually been able to help its alters sign off the european union as a kite for the last eight years so there are certainly key reasons why this could happen to be fair part of this is probably because when you get into an asset collapse after a bubble actually as you keep scrimping things away you discover assets that are being priced at a higher level on a company or a bank's books than these really realistic it's the same situation going on at the moment and stay in spanish and so on and something like eighty billion euro is worth a property except for the fact that any billion euro is worth the property there valuing of the value they thought it was worth and so. two thousand and nine which is probably forty percent more than it's worth right now like the sorts of things happen when you strip away you can find don't see huge problems at the same time it also has to be said that the european union has been well remarkably naive all times in believing doubt it was given by b

part of your peer european union system files and for. paying the money to the european union to help . the other two contras you may embarrass. no but this. problem or it's because you know economy or suffering as economic drama continues with politicians and bankers drawing a painful measures to execute the eurozone i.m.f. back bailout plan it's all too clear to ordinary cypriots who is going to be bearing the brunt of this is mother for example have a monthly pension cut from one thousand one hundred eighty nine year olds to just over one thousand a month ago why they cut from people who have special needs they cut from their people for his part allies question all cypriots would like answered as well. tesser silvia r t make a c.s. cyprus. and as you've just seen the capital nicosia has been rocked by a wave of protests with people venting their frustration throughout the week activists crisostomo out a meeting says the so-called bailout package has effectively destroyed of a separate economy i don't think that it's correct to speak fo

which i think that first and foremost there is a rejection of the european union and its policies european people are realizing that the european union is an empire a serviette union that is in fact destroying their freedom and doesn't protect them from economic social or migratory difficulties and i think that the increase in patrick has been to managing a country's own affairs through control of border is whether it's human capital or product flows is irreversible i think what we're seeing is the brussels wall falling down it's crumbling that is to say that the european union and its model has reached an end it's a destruction that is slow right now but will probably accelerate it was he was happening at the european parliament it's supposed to be democratic but it's not at all representative of what the people of the european union think there is a very strong proportion of people who reject this model and these people are not represented by the european parliament so i think that electing the success of resentment of al gore although it's a smoke screen it's to make people believe that

to twenty years in the european union this was a big achievement you know i was a young minister for economic affairs starting in eighty nine so i was part of the fall of their own curtain call ups of the soviet empire and the enlargement of our enlargement and the new member states. this was an extraordinary positive driving experience for us and we benefited not that everybody benefits from this union in the longer in the long run yes but there were problems look for instance greece is a good example greece starting from the year two thousand until now they had wages reason. fifty sixty percent i mean this was not sustainable the productivity was a factor or stigma and germany for instance had a very long increase of wages ours too as well the productivity was very cold so i mean those countries in some countries did not do you the common currency of the benefits of a common currency low interest rates in a reasonable way in now if they have to pay the price they should have used this a benefit with with edition and structural reforms look to deed to the labor market still need to

the european union has kicked off a training mission in mali to bring the military up to snuff and provide logistical support. >> the country has been battling insurgents since last year. france began assistance in january. the joint force have been able to press back the rebel fighters and beginning key cities in the north. >> about an hour's drive from capitol, cup -- bamako. 40 instructors and 40 medical personnel from germany are part of the european force. on a recent visit, the german defense minister said it was essential to contain the islamists in the north. >> they pose a threat to the entire region. mali is just one border away from the mediterranean, so it is in the european interest to stop terrorism from spreading mali. >> the european mission will provide training for some 4000 troops. in brussels, they are keen to stress this is not a combat mission and its duration is limited, but it might take longer than planned. >> the european union's plan is set at 15 months. the millions are also determined to keep it as short as possible -- the malians are also determined. if 15 mon

the politicians and the governments and the european union especially in the euro states has done such a lot of things wrong and. misuse of treaties we made and which we swear we kept all the time that there is no face anymore in in our experts to stabilize all going to be free to cross some one hundred years ago the german. second said. the german spirit really use the problems of the world and. my impression is that we try again you know to convince european partners you must do it the german way but the other countries especially in southern europe portugal spain greece italy and france not to forget they count do it that way because they have a different economy and they have to find their owed their own to which one of the most important is to get back their old currency when they can reach to reduce the value of their money and can compete internationally once again i think these countries are more or less on their own they have to manage their problems first in their own country and the troika hasn't to especially not internationally the tools to help countries like portugal spa

or rather it was created by the cypriot authorities with the approval of the european union while syria was a top were a major topic that was touched upon during this interview putin saying that an end to hostilities must come from both sides in the conflict this is always been russia's point to to find a solution to what's going on in syria he also touched on the point of what's always said that russia is arming sounds like to me a putin said there's no laws anywhere that would make darts illegal to assad there's no law stopping the doing of business with a legitimate government which the assad government still remains however what there are laws against is arming paramilitary groups the recent past three point five tons of munitions and weapons have been given to the opposition fighters in syria by outside forces now there are laws against that serious international law and he said that that must stop and you can no longer r.t. dot com for a full transcript of the interview and find out what not to push and have to say about other pressing global issues. u.s. secretary of state john k

union next year but some experts say that's out of touch probably what the european commission knows about predicting economic growth forecasts you could probably run on the back of a postage stamp to be honest with you i think that there's very little prospect. for the growing at any point in the future what i would say is that. even if you level the playing field at the moment you took away all the debt and all the problems in europe because it's extremely difficult to see how it would grow going forward because in order to compete with the chinese and the indians and the canadians of the australians what europe needs is to be regulated markets and to cut the bureaucracy and the red tape and the un elected officials that basically run it and what europe is in fact doing at the moment is the exact opposite it hasn't even begun to tackle its problems yet and in fact while i would argue is it's actually doing exactly the wrong thing european vision has been falling apart the years but unfortunately people who run europe have still got that vision and a still hell bent on pursuing that

the european union was shouldn't. be icelandic state the icelandic taxpayers were responsible for that of private banks in the case to an international court now the after court found iceland was in the right i'm not responsible for this amount and refused the claims of that and at its roots they hard initially forced about the current relations between iceland and the rest of europe are you guys still friends they claim but basically be flushed down the toilet and would not be able to. sort of a merged sun equal in europe but that. falls on us iceland's relationship if you would of been the outside world normalized. international investors are coming back to the country. thanks have stabilized quite a lot the only thing to add here is sure there's lots of information on this story in blogs and social networks but you won't find it in mainstream media why perhaps to avoid giving ideas to anyone else under pressure. let's not polaroid forney a political analyst at the c.i. p.-i foundation think tank in brussels mr rouh

do your road towards the european union . the. union and they do not like. how they will deal with it remains to be seen but indeed european union is on solving that issue because they have. to call the will they vote for the security. like members of nato to secure its independence of course where they are not going to give up now. well while some countries buying on the dollar to get into the e.u. others of funding the memberships rules or drive them into desperate measures maybe they want to get out greece is up for grabs with the largest fire sale in history from pristine coastlines to ancient palaces just to keep its economy afloat coming up with. the next most of course put the head of a british investment firm on an international wanted list issued an arrest warrant for him william broder from the hermitage capital investment funds also the former boss of the late russian lawyer sergei magnitsky died in prison or being held on tax evasion charges let's get more on this more correspond your priest can all of you go what are the charges that leggett is

union at the moment and that is the between the northern european nations led by germany who are seen to be fiscally signed and pragmatic and sensible of by their remit coming out of the nest old tend to come closer to the mediterranean and they're led effectively by from some in france likes to think that it's still a first world economy but the difficult years their numbers really aren't dramatically better some of the economies of the mediterranean such as say if police or spare them campaigned on pledges to resistance to america's policies he softened the theme after that but to say he's going to bow to pressure about what i do for hard is i mean his popularity has plummeted so vastly and so quickly it's very difficult because i mean ultimately the last french presidential election was fought on a juvenile debate it discuss a high the french government whoever it was going to be were going to and therefore it's ridiculous i mean it's the sort of argument that wouldn't even grisoft. second grade students union advantage countries for president that sort of an institution it's a dis

union and military aid from the united states the european union the united states working together in a position to put the most enormous pressure on israel through sanctions or withdrawing aid or lift a lifting the trade agreement which also has a human rights course within it we need action urgently by those two key players in the situation because in france you time tonight screwed see. you're most welcome thank you europe's human rights court rules that ukraine acted illegally by jailing its former prime minister later in the program then we look at whether the decision could change anything incarceration that's coming up also coming up to medics he shifted to guantanamo to deal with a worsening hunger strike a psych psychiatric experts and that's why there's only one solution to the prisoners protest is couple of stories just a couple of minutes away. with . technology innovation all the developments from around russia. the future covered. the international landlord in the very heart of moscow. europe's latest unemployment figures are in the don't make good reading the rate we

continue your road towards the european union. that the. union. members will fight. for how they will deal with it remains to be seen but indeed european union is on solving that issue because they have been very much in control. they fought for secure. like members of nato to secure independence of course where they're not going to give up now. while some countries buy another door to get into the e.u. others are funny with memberships rules a driver the human to desperate measures as we find out greece is up for grabs it seems with the largest fire sale in history from pristine coastlines to ancient palaces all just to keep its economy afloat he says about that coming up very shortly tonight. but next to moscow of course put the head of a british investment firm on an international wanted list and they should arrest warrant to william browder from the hermitage capital investment fund is also the former boss of the late russian moister good magnitsky died in prison while being held on tax evasion charges let's get more from artie's correspondent corpuscle of it eit

continue your road towards the european union they. call of all the roads today european union and some of them do not break. how they will deal with it remains to be seen but indeed european union is on solving that issue because they haven't invested much into cost of all the fault or secure like members of nato to secure its independence of course the way they're not going to give up now. for some countries buying on the door to get into the a year where there's a fine of the membership rules are driving them to desperate measures great seats up for grabs it's the largest fire sale in history from pristine coastlines to ancient palaces just to keep its economy afloat we've got details about coming up a little bit later this hour. next the gunman's open fire in a shop in western russia has killed at least six people including two girls aged fourteen and sixteen or police units in the rule city of both girls are currently undergoing the shooter. the story this all started just several hours ago when this thirty two year old suspect ha

i some said a little bit isolated in two thousand and eight during the economic crisis the european union did not really step in to provide financial aid and so on really welcomed chinese investment china build a new embassy it right to make china invested into eyes and to the icelandic economy and so i think pfizer it's really a long term a long term goal that iceland really hopes that when this arctic development really takes off that i can be really one of the hottest. scandinavian countries. i think norway in general is very favorable to the norwegian foreign minister said a few months ago that no way was now welcoming the outsiders into the arctic council he said that it's better for these outsiders to join their club to join the arctic council than those outside of starting their own club and so i think over all that is agreement and that it is better to have cooperation with these outsiders and see how economic interests and environmental concerns can be can be managed jointly i think overall that's that's that's the. that's the mindset of course you know that difference between an

union, and now the question is, when is the european union going to be ready -- >> performing on all of the economy criteria. but then the domestic issues are so big in the european union that a new member, especially like a large country like turkey, is making people think twice, three times before making the big decision. but we believe that strategically it is very important for turkey to be in the eu, we believe that the european union is an important piece project emerging after the second world war, peace project but we believe the turkish project is more of a global project. >> from i understand the relationship with the united states is good, my understanding is that the relationship between the prime minister and the president is good. they talk to each other, on the phone, they share ideas, not only about the relationship but also about broader considerations in the world. correct? >> that's right. >> go ahead. >> actually, when president obama was elected the first time, during his first term, to the very first overseas trip he made was to turkey, because we have such a lo

political life is very important not only for italy but for all you italy is european union's the third strongest economy thus any small storm in the country may pretend a tempest for europe putting the future of the euro at stake some analysts say the e.u. states may share common currency and enjoy open borders their attitude towards one another is infused with discord for the moment it has been yes. well we could do a much much more you know by agreeing among countries on the financial. with disparagingly called pigs. it's not pigs it's its financial target it's a private attack this is the reality of the so-called euro crisis italians headed to the polling stations desperate for a leader who could bring back stability and prosperity the nation once enjoyed but the results seemed to show unity only in the resoundingly no to this territory measures put in place by mario monti begging the question just what kind of future is in store for the euro zone. in rome even r.t. . and our economic experts among skies and stays ahead but also discuss the issue of data as they deliver their own ta

union considering they're fighting off shores right now yet have territories such as cyprus and british virgin islands. it does have a touch of double standard policy about if those nations have an opportunity for shutting down those offshore havens they certainly should have done so. who do you think is primarily responsible for the fact that offshore schemes are being conducted right in front of the regulators eyes do you think it's the regulators themselves the banks isn't it with. the scale and scope of the two thousand and seven two thousand a crisis in the context of a globalized world was impossible to predict the magnitude of the crisis took everyone by surprise the crisis has taken its toll on every economy the u.s. is presently struggling with a budget deficit the u.k. is saddled with an enormous deficit complete with negative economic growth none of those countries had anticipated that these economic ills would overlap in such a way that it would inflict such a severe downturn on them one could argue that it was economists who had failed to give us an early warning or that it

i mean you talk about ultimately the forecasts for the european union is not a positive one my latest data here today so if the public confidence in the european union has fallen to historically low levels in the sixth biggest edu countries what's next for the block. well i do want to imagine what's next but this numbers just show us. where those positions tell us that the euro zone is still stable it is not at all and if you look at unemployment rates in the southern european countries you realize that those. numbers of political problems that in the end was the turning nations against each other instead of working together and this is why we say that you have to start this year experiment as quickly as possible but also in a controlled manner. more complicated between european countries and well i mean many europeans are holding a grudge against a european body is why don't known as the troika for what is seen as a poor response to the crisis what's your take on what they've done do you think should the troika have decision making powers taken away perhaps now it should not at all b

union should be expected to assist cyprus with everything it could do in order to mitigate the fallout from writing down the greek debt after all the write down was a collective decision taken by the e.u. but it did come as something of a surprise when the e.u. declined to bail out cyprus to the extent that it had earlier rescued greece i believe this course of action was not entirely consistent and that is why i said that the european union was fully responsible for the state of the cypriot banking system considering that cyprus is part of the union and of the eurozone i've also argued that there might be a spillover effect from cyprus to the banking systems of e.u. neighbor states i don't believe the crisis is over but far from that it's presently at its peak and we don't know where it will eventually get us its outcome may prove to be better than expected or it could be worse cyprus has not yet allowed depositors to withdraw their money from cypriot banks especially from the biggest ones such as the bank of cyprus so far there is no way of telling what those depositors and investors

the european central bank and the european union so i think that of those recipes become harder that fuels plenty of discontent is there any chance that the leaders in madrid now will hear the voice of the people and make some changes or do you think the voices of the troika resonate louder. well at this point the spanish government in particular doesn't have a lot of support i mean most of the most of the surveys that are coming out show them having kind of a steady nineteen to twenty one percent of the electorates sort of the population support so they've been governing in the minority for quite a long time the question is it's also not actually politically viable for them to listen to the troika either because they're going to be you know sacrificing. a lot of their own sort of the goodwill that they you know they have in that tiny fraction of the population that actually still supports them so. it's clear that they govern i don't even know if it's for the markets and the troika it's certainly not for the spanish folks what it seems like is that they're in a situation of where the