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-- with the eu? >> vacancy countries across the vacancyowing quickly -- countries across the world growing quickly. see countries across the world growing quickly. they are worried about the level of red tape locking down member states. lacks the tide of sentiment is turning against -- there are some poll numbers. 54% of britons in a referendum would go to state in the eu. >> they want ever formed relationship -- a reformed relationship with the eu. how will you vote if the eu changes? if there is not any change, you may vote to leave. >> in 19 75, he tried to negotiate with the eu. what lessons can be learned when david cameron tries to renegotiate some of these treaties? what lessons can you learn from the mid-1970's? was able tolson play a fast one. he had a bit of a cosmetic change. --tten voted to state in britain voted to stay in. the hurdle will be much higher for david cameron. they will be looking at some substantial changes before they vote. >> he has called for a referendum. 2017 seems lik

who will be the next president of the eu commission. there are two front runners -- a social democrat from germany and the christian democrats from luxembourg. the candidates have covered a lot of kilometers campaigning across the eu. both men have clearly concentrated on france. it is the second biggest economy in europe thomas and it is ailing. public deficit keeps rising, and a strong far right party has been making life difficult for traditional parties. >> it is a tight race between jean-claude juncker from luxembourg and germany possible to schultz. who will be the president of the european commission? both candidates have their eyes on the europe's top job. today, we are on the campaign trail in france. the campaign kicks off at 20 past 7:00 on the morning show in paris. hundreds of journalists have interviewed the leading christian democratic candidate since his campaign started in april. there is one theme he repeats over and over -- >> i know europe like the back of my hand, and i want the eu to address big issues -- currency,

they feel they need more solidarity from the eu. one of the political things that's happened because of concerns of illegal immigration, we have seen the extreme right wing party seen by many here as a neo-nazi party campaigning hard on a strong message. to some people, not a majority by any means, for some that has resonance. >> glad to see blue skies behind you too. looks lovely. what about immigration issues today? >> if you were to sum up why there's a creeping criticism in places like this, there's one word, immigration. the issue has been building in the political arena in places like this over many years. the leading party in the polls, they talk about how european union freed them of rules. it means anybody of work age can travel to another part of the eu and look for work without restrictions. the european countries are relatively doing better than southern seeking in than the northern european areas. they're saying too many from southern europe coming to take our jobs. it's a political message particularly with blue collar

will leave the eu. right party far that we saw a surge in the polls ,as france's national front coming in first in those elections as well. we heard francois hollande talking about freezing the shannon jan agreement. >> i think it is very unlikely, because the dominant parties in the european parliament remained the european people's party and the progressive socialist. france, francois hollande remained in power. why they made immediate push towards policies against the free movement of labor within thinkropean union, i there should not be expected a major setback on the free movement of people within europe. >> you think the antiestablishment parties could unite anyway? members from at least seven countries to form a new bloc within the parliament. to think they can unite in some capacity? they are a motley bunch, aren't they? some sorte and form of protest bloc within the eu parliament? >> at think it is likely that they will do that. even the national front and france will probably have 25 seats, bo

eu enlargement commissioner stephen farrell said. in this state taxation benefits of most countries joining the union. and the established to member states. god's been boosted gross. an improved so living standards in the succeeding countries. so as to what the foregoing it is agreed will come of the forthcoming european elections use. now let's take a look at next week's agenda on monday eu asean finance ministers meet in brussels. then on wednesday in the belgian capital the us and eu japan and summits. on friday. it's your day and then the following day. it's the eurovision song contest in copenhagen denmark. thanks for watching. in it. were i i i i. it is the eye. i didn't to the eye. after. i have the roo roo bar. did today from france week allied to the top. monday to thursday at seven pm on nbc the church. i chopped off to find a way to stop and it is police say. the process i've got. chu we will. on the screen. i know. i do welcome to hq world slime to dote on him to kill ukraine's interim government has sent special police f

a lot to talk about the direction of eu, policies of eu and face as at the top of the eu. much more to talk about in the coming weeks and months. >> thank you very much indeed from brussels. >>> you're watching "gmt" on bbc world news. news just getting out of donetsk in the east of ukraine. gunfire reported at the airport there. the main airport actually hit by explosions and heavy shooting as armed rebels seize the facility. that's on the press news agency. thick black smoke seen rising from the airport. fighter jets overhead as well. one russian tv station is saying that ukrainian military helicopters have opened fire on the airport. also the tv station adding that machine gunfire could be heard from the ground as well and smoke billowing from inside. we have correspondents in the area as well. we'll try to speak to them as soon as we can. >>> in other news. the railway officials in india say 40 have been killed and dozens injured in the train crash in the state of outtar pradesh. rescue prs are trying to free people trapped inside. >>> president barack obama made a sur

these cucumbers are model specimens according to the eu regulations. they one had a regulation that they should have no more than a centimeter of curvature for every 10 centimeters of length. cucumbers that did not conform, they could be discarded. right or wrong, eu citizens were displeased to see incandescent light balls band -- bulbs banned. >> it is ridiculous. >> that sort of thing is usually the result of politicians being lobbied. >> they should decide important things and leave small issues to the people. >> many believe when it comes to important matters, there are more advantages than disadvantages to being in the eu . >> i like the freedom of movement for sure. and the euro, at least in most countries. >> i can work in portugal, sweden, wherever. >> take the cost of the internet, for example. it is more expensive in belgium. and i think europe can help regulate prices. >> one of the biggest challenges facing the eu officials and parliamentarians is explaining their function to ordinary voters. the lisbon treaty which went into effect in 29 g

it also involves further aid to combat the eu and united states. and also as expected of the country's new interim government in return the bailout is dependent on economic reform in particular reducing the country's eight billion dollars budget deficit. the lamb at the school for a whole range of cost cutting measures including suspending sector wage and pension increases on slashing the number of sector workers. in addition kiev is to come down on tax evasion and increased gt on alcohol and tobacco use the energy sector described as inefficient and taipei is expected to face the biggest day of the hole. ukraine has one of the highest consumption levels in your late hour of spring subsidies car in the run around seven point five percent of gdp. we believe that ukraine. as an opportunity to seize the moment. to break away from previous practices. both promise to school. from a monetary and from the government's point of view. the conditions are likely to its households haunt pounds could strain the fledgling government's tenure its grip on power uk

you have to remember the bulk of the meps in that parliament are pro european, pro eu. so there isn't going to be a sudden, a massive euro skeptic surge in the parliament itself which will stop eu legislation dead in its tracks. nevertheless, where her influence i think will be felt is in french domestic politics. we're already seeing signs that the french president is starting to talk about the need possibly to address some of the concerns that the voters have expressed in this election with regards to brussels' relationship with paris. because of that, because french is such an important country in the eu, you would assume, therefore, when you've got people like the french coming to brussels and indeed the british, david cameron in britain under equal pressure from the anti-european party there, when you've got two leaders of two such important leaders in the eu coming to summit meetings in brussels expressing concern about the powers of brussels, it's bound to have an impact on the agenda. >> there is going to be a meeting of european leaders later on today in brusse

that is not enough to threaten the pro-eu majority. >> francois hollande says that the eu has become incomprehensible and it should scale back. talking to our correspondent in paris about that. first, this report. >> resounding victory for france wash national run. they have officially entered the mainstream. populist leader marine le pen cast herself as the voice of the protectr of french voters. the day after the election, she repeated her battle cry to change europe. >> we want to create in the european parliament a common front to defend the people and the nations against european technocracy. >> they received one quarter of the french vote. it was a huge lead over previous elections. the conservatives came in second. that was followed by the socialists at a distant third. newspaper headlines like earthquake and the big bank have she cannot -- shook enough people in france. >> they are using it to their benefit. i read their program. i could not find any substance economic or political. >> people say they feel misunderstood. protests are continuing on despite common sense. >> the

there's no eu flag but re-french ones. >> the eu has france in a headlock. it has lost its radiance and has nothing to say. we want to restore france to its former glory. >> the national front mayor took up office in march and locals are mystified at europe's apprise over the french vote. >> more and more people are on welfare. they don't have jobs and they don't have money. who should i vote for, the left or the right? i don't trust any of them anymore. >> even if the national front is far right, it's not like he used to be. >> but what is behind the party that has captured the imagination of the french people with such arguments? and now, he travels through france warning people away from the national front all stop >> i thought we could serve as a genuine counterweight to the e you. the national front is the only party that can affect change in france and which doesn't belong to the old, established click. a party with good chances and speaks the language of the people. >> his hope was that marine le pen had change the party. but he realized holocaust smi

but the eu trees. it was possible and ten years on mason degree the crisis has be a success the baltic states ireland and slovakia have all become stable democracies with economic rates that are the envy of the eu some older members. the new eu countries have been at the full front of developing innovative industries. european commission vice president she tell us tremendous in the geisha nations to join the eu to miss time as this kenyan prime minister. seoul a screenplay. toby's the men were all full so it should be dead to begin a communion that amin to eminence monday's let alone never nineteen seventies again. and a second these economic prosperity it until they heal or so to me and the scaly as for the security dilemma the piece the sentiment piece is. beaumont importance today makes disdain use a staunch supporters of the eu but not all of the multi member states of the depicted as much as this tenure with the pos decades hungarian politicians have blamed brussels for the country's economic worr

they do not want to be ruled by the eu, or obey eu laws. >> translator: it's all over for the eu. it now has no value. >> reporter: french president francois hollande's socialist party came in a distant third. he said the national french popularity signals the public distrust of the eu and his party. in britain, the uk independence party appears to have won the most votes. its leaders want the country to quit the eu. >> but as members of this union, we can't run our own country, and crucially we can't control our own borders. >> reporter: supporters say eu membership is a heavy burden on the country. >> because we feel that the old parties have not provided for the british people. and so, we need to have a fresh change. >> reporter: predictions by the european parliament indicate centrist parties will lose ground in the 751 seat assembly. but keep their majority. members of parties opposed to the eu say they plan to form their own bloc in parliament. analysts say the tie-up could affect issues ranging from free trade negotiations to the selection of the european commission preside

on thed will not put pressure to make sure eu commission president -- to make chulz eu commission president. in the parliamentary elections, they barely missed the five percent hurdle. now it has garnered enough support to claim seats in the european parliament. afd has grown into a new party for the germans people. a freedom loving party. a socially conscious party. a party founded on values. [applause] success story for eurosceptics who seemed to be firmly established on germany's political stage. as we promised them a we will be crossing to major european capitals this evening. let check in with the spanish capital of madrid and our correspondent there. first off, what can you tell us about the vote in spain? no figures out already, but what we know is about the turnout, it is quite similar to the last elections in 2009. if we take the forecasts done before these elections, we can see that there will be a loss within the two big parties. the socialists and the conservatives, and the smaller parties that have come up with in the last month or years will gain strength. but it will not chan

we have to acknowledge this as an eu wide problem that requires an eu wide solution. >> you've had election results showing ordinary people on low wages face a threat from migrant workers. they say no, we don't want them. >> issues are slight different. what's imperative, what we can't get away from, 700,000 died trying to cross last year. this is not acceptable. some of those are seeking safety. people are fleeing persecution, conflict and putting lives at risk. >> if you're an italian, english builder, you say that's fine. i've got a job and family to feed as well >> this is my country. >> i would suggest actually for example in the uk, we received lower numbers than other eu countries. proportionally we're below average. >> europe wide? >> europe wide numbers still. look at lebanon. more than a quarter of the population are syrian refugees. we need global solutions to these problems. >> what do you suggest? >> i say in eu context first and foremost we need safe routes for refugees into europe. there's one way which is through these places. the uk for example -- 691,000 were in need this

. >>> some are celebrating a decade of eu membership. they include eight former communist countries. it was a return home to the economic family. withinnhutt)j time, the eu elections will be taking place. we have the latest of our election series. we report from the areas on the impact of a decade in the eu. >> this is a tale of two europes. the first elegant, beautiful, old. where even those with jobs like the tram driver are barely coping. >> we suffer directly on cutbacks of the economy, of the service for the people. it's tough for everybody. for everybody. >> the crisis almost destroyed portugal. a bailout from the eu saved it. the huge public cuts here means the economy took a massive drop. in poland, it still feels like a place on the up. the eu has help modernize the:h country providing tens of billions in development aid. not just warsaw but out in poland's huge rural economy too. >> the apple trees are in blossom. poland is the biggest exporter of apples in the world. this farmer benefitted from being part of the world's larg

our next guest said the eu has an identity crisis. roger is managing director of capital economics and author of a new book, "the trouble with your." -- "the trouble with europe." aying it would nice to have lower europe and we need to get the economy back on track. the relationship with vicki you at the moment is stretched, difficult. with the euionship at the moment is stretched, difficult. some people say that u.k. should not be part of the eu. can i make the same argument for italy or spain? with a be better off out? >> it is possible. the first best thing we should be aiming for is to reform the eu. we are going to need some sort of common european association. it would be better if we reform the eu so that it serves our purpose is better. there is a question mark about how one is likely to succeed. the barriers in front of fundamental reform are quite strong. >> i am trying to broaden this out. would really benefit as much as spain or the u.k. from that reform? served bye be better that reform? >> arguably they could benefit as

., and the eu. meanwhile, ukrainian military forces clashed with separatists, killing "many rebels." ryan chilcote has the latest. it looks like overwhelming support for self-rule. what does this mean? >> the separatists have been counting the votes. he had votes into different regions. in the easternmost part of the country, that is the most important and larger of the regions. the separatists saying that 90%, just shy of 90% of the population voted for self-rule. , thether region separatists saying that 94%-98% of the people that turned out -- and they say, in both cases, turnout was very high -- voted for self rule. the question is legitimacy. theforeign secretary in united kingdom said that no one in the world is going to recognize the legitimacy of these votes. almost correct. willig question is, what russia say? russia just issued a statement by e-mail and they said that the shows of popular will, noting that there was a very high turnout. the point that they say, the word "respect" and not "r

basically resell the eu and sell its importance. what is important about the eu to citizens? >> if you see what's going on in the world, there's countries, spain, catalonia wants to leave spain. we have the scottish referendum coming up. the brand eu becomes even more important and it's not a koss meting resign of the brand, it's more about telling people the truths about europe, xplaning what europe is doing for them and also show them that other nations believe in the european union and they want it to continue. >> isn't that something that needs to be done at the national level and not at a more broad level? if you're going to communicate a message like that, it has to be down at the granular level, surely. >> yes, you hit on one of the key problems we have with the brand in europe. national governments will never go to their citizens and sell them the brand of europe because they use europe also as a scapegoat for the national problems. >> absolutely. >> that's one of the problems we have, nation states are not in charge of the brand of europe. it seems also brussels is n

russia for its actions in ukraine on monday germany called on to yet but moscow washington and the eu to try to talk and once again anti ukrainian embassy in berlin. i will of photographs commemorates those killed in the unrest. the german government has been at the forefront of diplomatic efforts to end the crisis elaine says it's doing everything possible to help ukraine hold presidential elections planned for may twenty ten. wait until we're working towards that it's the most powerful tools to descend established by geneva is the oecd which is supposed to be involved on many levels the sun is up for the twentieth and now we want to push for its involvement to become possible. he didn't come. in mid april the eu and the us joined representatives from ukraine and russia at a conference in geneva. they agreed on steps to defuse the situation that those have been ignored and the violence continues. gemini now wants a second geneva conference to move the process for worse the conflict was also on the agenda as german present you looking gal met his czech counterpart in trot. both heads

and eu are further sanctions. russia at this point is weighing its options and seeing what he will do. it does not want the west to act as a mediator between them. they are still trying to the the ukraine these they've lies herein certainly, the reaction so far has been milder than europe and the u.s. worried about it being. >> over 50% of the vote taking the sanction congress nation in the eu and the u.s. office able? vice it does immediately. eu leaders are meeting in bross's forays, and we already heard the swedish prime ministers they he does not ask them to discuss new sanctions today but at the same time, the polish prime minister said we need to keep that threat on the table and it is important moon doesat if anything further to disrupt sanctions, we will be right there. the screenreal mbo russia and the eu and trade, particularly on the energy on. the eu depends on russia for 30% of natural gas needs and half of that amount goes through ukrainian pipelines are there is worry among your team leaders that if

eu elections on thursday. an interesting body that calls for eu membership terms to be revived for the automotive the members are some of the bosses of the biggest companies. is 50 years old. what does create -- what does it take to create such an enduring brand? young.s happy birthday, nutella. protein only. es. --ot look at the pul pulse. if you are a u.k. pension advisor, how much has been taken? ♪ >> welcome to "on the move." for a recap of the biggest themes, i am joined by jon ferro. will we start the show, the ecb government. targeting the euro could cause a counterreaction. he went on to say on the level of the euro was too strong. one side is folks on exchange rates. it's hard to imagine the monetary policy. what is your take on the comments so far? hasn't had an impact? >> the key line is the straw euro has been easier. he talked about influx from the capital flow. the key part is the 10 year yield is the yield is so much lower and more inflows and that pushed it higher. something mario draghi hims

rose was in the west bank with government support the eu decision means that it was before dark so no longer competitive in your pmr. it looks interesting the showcase and sell some tall like close to twenty percent on video. if dough until it's also a magician the damage would be so great i don't know if i can continue farming. if things stay this way farmers aren't the only ones feeling the heat. my front door behind both of us to keep the house has seen its gold price fall. oh it's just a year old boy. will be tested to work. i did contribute their business. steyn be argued for riley's and the costumes. they are. if the company is forced to end operations in joke if i cared for. many palestinians will lose their jobs. i can either shut down this factory and fire one thousand three hundred people among them five hundred palestinians you met many of them today they will go hungry and their families will go hungry. why is a place of employment an obstacle to peace on the contrary a place of employment can bring people together to normalize people's lives. even as the boycott movement

represents of kiev, donetsk. >> that's lavrov there speaking at the eu meeting. the british foreign secretary hague condemned the referendum. >> these votes, attempts of referendum have zero credibility. in the eyes of the world they are illegal by anybody's standard. they don't meet anybody's standard of being properly con ducted in proper referendum or election. the people organizing them didn't pretend to meet the standards. >> in moscow, it is said while putin called for the vote to be postponed it comes as surprise that russia expects the results. >> moscow takes a different view from william hague. we heard from sergei lavrov a few minutes ago actually quoting from a statement issued earlier today. a short statement issued by the kremlin basically saying the referendum in donetsk in eyes of moscow represented the will of the people there. moscow noted the high turnout in those votes and made it clear it would respect the votes. wi&=p. kremlin condemned what i described as attempts to sabotage the votes with the use of violence including the use of heavy wea

suffered in the polls and he has been forced to take a tougher line and promise a referendum of the eu and under press to move further to the right and some observers say that would be a mistake. >> the temptation for governments would be to like at the parties and would be say to win would be going to lock up and detain and lock up migrants and this is potentially damaging. >> reporter: can they repeat this sort of success and the elections for the uk in less than a year's time but long before that he will have to describe who he can have alliance with and what it will have on politics. >> i'm with al jazeera in the south of england. >> reporter: that is the view from the uk and this is the view from the rest of europe and we are from london to tell us now that the people have spoken what does this mean for the eu and its powers? >> well, i think the first thing to point out by puncturing the hype around the victories of these anti-euro parties and political earthquakes as described in many countries is the euro counties have not collapsed. and it's expected 70% or more of seats in pa

we have election results from the eu parliamentary elections. a mixed bag with an increase in gains for the anti-eu, a constituent from italy where exit polls show renze shows them pulling ahead. a surprising win for the new prime minister. that's why the ftse is up 2.3% today. we'll have the latest from milan in a few minutes. >>> let's go there right now, in fact. claudia has the latest. a surprising result. >> reporter: absolutely. it was expected that renzi could win and beat the second largest party, but it ended up that the distance is almost 20 points. so 21% of votes goes to him while 40% is what the pdk came up with. both a historical victory for the party as well as for renzi facing national election. the young prime minister is 39 years old. that sort of took over in this party coup in the month of february. and they have passed with flying colors, so to speak. there was a surprise with the gdp number last week that fell. and it was looking weaker for him in terms of the approval. he's spoke a lot about the ambitious economic and cons

the eu hearties through parliament. mario monti joins us to give us his take on europe and the future of the ecb. ♪ >> this is on the move. the far right parties in france and the u.k. took an unprecedented first place in the parliament. turnout was down ever so slightly. results,look at these quite shocking the sheer for some of these numbers are. were there any establishment parties which came out of it ok overnight? >> matteo renzi. this will cause national governments and parties to rethink their approach to the european union, but in no way the immediate collapse of government some people were expecting these elections to precipitate did not happen. theire have in italy, government actually strengthened. he comes in at 41%. the five-star movement had only 21%. italy is seeing strong. yes, the far left artie made great advances in greece. doesn't look like a collapse of the government is imminent. far right parties made advances in france the socialist party of francois hollande came in just 14%. yes a strong fini

the us has publicly denied that the eu association agreement has sparked a crisis in ukraine but in a post or a meeting last week us secretary of state john kerry was quoted as saying. some folks in europe. made mistakes the association agreement became too much of that of an east west tunnel for eating shouldn't have been. question has long said would spark a crisis in ukraine was the use forcing ukraine to choose between russia and europe the eu association agreement with president victory of all the trick is to sign after long deliberations would require ukraine to several for galloway many of its ties with russia it would break the hurt its economy and you had millions of people in ukraine who strongly oppose ukraine's alienating itself from work she's such a way but some european officials were talking but it's the polite patient waits that ukraine had to make that the eu pushed ahead with the agreement refusing to negotiate some kind of a three way your range but that would allow the pain of the reserve price with much debt and to establish ties with the eq. now for the first i

polling stations are heavily guarded and it's taken place amid security and eu and african union have observers to monitor the vote. the vote is over two days and it comes after three years of political turmoil, in july last year they talked about mohamed morsi and the next day a crack down and the army has a state of emergency and curfews and the muslim brotherhood band a month later, the second time it has been ban since 1954. the new antiprozest law ensued in november, soon afterward the muslim brotherhood is declared a terrorist group. religious groups are banned under a new constitution, the prime minister had a resignation the following month. in march the coup maker abdel-fattah el-sissi quicks as army chief to run for president and leonard smith looks at the frontrunner and will do a bit later but first on retired marshal abdel-fattah el-sissi who is the frontrunner and appointed the chief in 2012 and had a coup against mohamed morsi last year and, abdel-fattah el-sissi kit -- quit to run for president. and he first ran for president in 2012 and came in third with 21% of the v

be accepted by the eu the belief is that a uniform price for russian gas would improve the eu negotiating power into the price of gas by all member states and in doing so the infrastructure in regards to the transit should include the western balkans georgia and ukraine using a pan european create the natural gas and electricity to the potential to increase the diversification of energy imports. international news on one. chowdhury years acting health minister has forced people to get placing contact with camels especially sick once in the wake of an outbreak of the potentially deadly virus maintenance free spirit received ride was denied as does can cause fever pneumonia and kidney failure it steals the rampant that the sufferings of the three hundred and forty five people have died from it since it was identified to use to carry the virus which has been found in baths as well is believed to be spread by animal reservoir is full from person to person transmission in hospitals. but among the pungent animal pens in riyadh scam or market stretching several miles along the highway out of the

and eu. putin called it a move aimed at providing benign conditions for ukrainian elections on sunday. >> irina has signed up for a dangerous job. she is the deputy chair of the internet. her job is to ensure everything goes smoothly when ukrainians elected a president on sunday, but not everyone wants the boat even take race. >> we were threatened by people with guns. they came in and took all of our paperwork thomas and now, we are trying to put it back together again. >> pro-russian separatist are thought to be behind the intimidation, intent on disrupting the presidential election, but the participants of national unity talks, part of an osce-sponsored peace plan, are adamant that citizens in eastern ukraine should be able to exercise their right to vote. negotiators met not far from crimea for their third round table session. once again, the separatists were not invited. the german diplomat was not very optimistic. >> after the elections, we will not simply be able to get rid of all the

and eu around the table. insurgents say they are not ready to lay down their weapons. young men were still signing up to enroll in local militias. egypt, where, three years after ousting hosni mubarak and 11 months after the --, the huge favorite to win is the former army chief, i don't but all cc -- army chief, abdel fatah al-sisi. al-sisi is among the first to cast his vote in cairo, the beginning of a two-day election in egypt. make historywill today and tomorrow. may god stand by -- egyptians will make history today and tomorrow. may god stand by egypt. >> the veteran leftists finished third in the 2012 elections that brought muslim brotherhood back hooduslim brother mohamed morsi to power. >> they can see all the old people, all the older people waiting. they all want to make some change in the country. they are looking for a better future for us. i'm going to vote for al-sisi. he can make a better economy for us. military guy.is a don't enter politics. picture a different southwest of the capital. one of only three polling stations on the outskirts of the city ha

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germany is china's number one trade partner in the eu. and the top investment destination for german companies is china. based on this emerging economic between china and germany, quote, a special relationship, unquote, is now emerging. item. china needs technology and germany needs markets. structural similarities and shared economic interests are key for this emerging special relationship. item, germany's approach to china is mostly driven on the need of its exporters. germany's foreign policy is based on the idea that economic exchange will lead to political and society change in china. item, china sees germany as the most useful country for its economic development. germany is an attractive partner because germany's prom prominent role in the eu, but also because of increased german dependence on china. item, nearly a quarter of eu imports from china go to germany. item, during 2010, germany's trade with china grew by 34% to $181 billion. china is now the second largest market for german exports outside the e.u. item, chinese demand i

nations to vote in the european parliament election, find out why they are turning more against the eu. first to thailand ready army has announced it is taking control of the government there after previously saying its imposition of martial law two days ago was nota coup. been rocked by months of antigovernment protests and the dismissal of the last prime minister, yingluck shinawatra. we have more from bangkok. >> the army, which was overseeing these important meetings officially announced they have taken full control of the country. this is a full coup d'État, as they say. people what many expected was going to happen when on tuesday they imposed martial law. we know that leaders of the protest movements, the red shirt and yellow shirts have been detained by the military and taken to the first army division headquarters nearby. the military commander and army chief has called on people to carry on as normal. they say this is in the interest of national security. they have a short foreign governments and interests in the country that they will do nothing to harm those interests. cle

let's pack in the eu thing. that's just not going to happen. although the european parliament is quite powerful. there's plenty of power invested in national governments. in a way, that's one of the key questions. is there going to be sense of europe's institutions, leading players saying there's a lot of yo it out there. i'm skeptical it's going to change. the idea of unraveling the euro and unraveling the the freedom of movement so people go from one country to another, that would would be a huge stretch. >> even with the situation now. people in the parliament don't want it to exist. >> this is a question that's incredibly difficult. it sounds like a cop out. the reason i'm skeptical is being older these days. i remember the setting up of single currency. there was a lot of euro skeptism amongst the people. there was a sense maybe the polit politicians will have to pack people. it didn't happen. >> you're getting even older. hope you are here to tell us about it. thanks very much. >>> let me bring you other headlines making stories around th

and us profits as it will cost to eu consumers. one of my famous homemade treats and we must take it. when ginny ninety six percent of people think that the standards of environmental protection updates and in the us. uncle safety the big issue ninety one percent in favor of the eu held data protection agency fine to send didn't think the us delegates are up to the job. more transparency is needed in tt talks say those standing against mrs merkel's posse and upcoming eu elections. the indians the whole negotiations are taking place behind closed doors. amongst the small number of people. we must be vigilant when this type of deal is done with third world nations are often attempts to undermine the legal system of apple and we will not accept this. it's called jimmy and the united states remain the focus to friends of the international stage when under the medical sits down for talks that broke obama looks likely that there will be some issues they certainly don't see eye to eye on the thrall of a faulty building. let's not discuss

eu andrussia hold the u.s. foreign-policy hostage? >> this is a threat that everyone is worried about. ultimately though, even though the eu is so heavenly dependent on russian gas, i do not think people see it going that way yet. if russia were to cut off gas, it would be cutting off its nose itspite its face, because needs all of that money, and company like buys prom -- gazprom do not want to be involved, also rose next. and there is the assistance of the imf money that we all know about, so they are hoping to try to solve this problem this month before the next round of the trilateral talks are going to be taking place. >> we also heard today that russia is calling for a decree -- delay in ukraine elections. what is the latest on the ground ? it was supposed to be this month. >> it seems that more and more, the main game of vladimir putin seems to be to disrupt and interfere with elections as much as possible, what u.s. officials are telling us. now, on the ground today, we sought increased violence, and they say it is spiraling m

the eu is demanding massive reform. >> indeed. i think the expansion into the east of europe is perhaps one of the success stories the eu can point to over the past decade or so. it's been the anchor for strong and sustainable growth in eastern europe. it's been the anchor for a rise in prosperity in places like poland, the czech republic and slovakia. there are one or two countries that joined in 2004 and they are in a single currency and experiencing problems with the single currency. the eu has been a runaway success for other countries. >> would you classify croatia that that bracket, in terms of it being a runaway success. >> croatia only recentlidowned. >> they've had five years of gdp. >> they've been in recession pretty much tonightiously since 2008 now. and that really reflects deep structural problems in its economy. which should have really been dealt with before as part of the succession to the eu. there was reform in places like poland. it didn't go as far in croatia. >> when slovenia joined, the argument afterward wa

as the first time the eu has gone to stage two sanctions. that means sanctioning entities, companies, not just individuals. are sanctioning 13 individuals and to companies and crimea -- they haven't listed the names yet and we'll have those out as soon as we know who they are. last week in brussels, the ambassadors got together and discussed sanctioning some russian companies and crimea that sees crimean assets. what they have done at this point is sanctions done on crimean companies that are effectively now russian companies. the next stage we want to look at is whether there will be stage three sanctions against entire sectors of russia's economy. because aeen delayed lot of countries are concerned about the impact it's going to have on their own economies and the trade they have with russia. the pledge and had today and said we are going forward with this massive $1.5 billion sale to russia of two helicopter carriers. they have to do this otherwise they would be paying huge penalties to russia for nondelivery and they point out military s

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i'm sure europe will be my best chance before i can return to grace. >> we can see the eu as her best hope. she will be sure to vote. >> we spoke with our brussels correspondent. it right off the bat, we asked about the long-standing voter apathy of european elections. >> i think it is a sense of voters being able to actually choose individuals. my guess would be that this might -- there may be a lack of clear understanding about the distinction tween voting in national elections and they don't fully realize where the power base lies. >> we will make sure that there is a president elected for the european commission for that same party. this is all about process. national ministries and government or whether europe really has power to deliver change. >> what can europe do to excite people more? >> it is also considered to be interfering -- we are the people correct the damage done by the economic crisis. the perception is that europe was somehow to blame or complicit. it is a very difficult balancing act. you will convince them they are worthy of the vote but also somehow to blame the

and where does that fit relative to the eu commission? is it a subordinate or on an equal stature to the commission? will i say subordinate i probably get in trouble so i will not use that even though it may accurate. the main role as they approve the budget for the eu commission. it also massages legislation but he cannot propose legislation on its own. it mostly just tweaks it. yes, subordinate may be the right word. will the parliament decide to be more assertive when it is seated later? just how assertive will it be? the eu nichols on what elections are all about. >> coming up, the buildup continues for the world cup. have you noticed it's coming? >> i did. >> a story related to that. how the interpol team and what they are wearing to repair. the newspaper segment is next. ♪ ." >> welcome back. >> i manus cranny. our away from the start of the trading day. time to the papers. caroline heiden emma two -- caroline heiden -- two beautiful ladies beside me. who wants to go first? sweatshop, forced to train an extra layers to prepare for

this video from the left front party claims of free trade deal between the eu and the u.s. french people could be buying chicken washed in chlorine. a practice common in the united states but not in europe. they are seeking to remove tariffs and regulations on both sides of the atlantic and led to claims of the european markets don'td with products that have a stringent eu safety standards. >> they tell parliament there will not be any treated beef imported. you must trust him. thenother sticking point is plan to allow private investors to sue governments if they see a local law threatens their investments. companiesllow big oil a challenge france's ban on fracking. withis would be a deal global implications. every day they traded goods and services worth two billion euros. it adds up to almost half of the economic output of the world. bring 120 billion to the european union and 95 billion to the united states have critics say they exaggerated and are not likely to be seen in practice. criticized of being too secretive, it won't help convince members to support any deal tha

republicans only eu country with a needy citizens are given financially but it does not solve all the problems but only increased expenditure side of the budget. jasper has quickened its opium of the brothers in general though the prices in the welfare state in all european countries because there's a lot of employees instead of either more retirees if your children at the same time the number of employed people in belgium is reducing the tax payments are also reduced the actual absence of economic growth fiscal bit of attention but it is growing. the analysts say the problems will not be sold without creating new jobs across europe employment growth in the eu is possible to run the support of the european central bank and the new transition program thousands of workers went on strike on the streets of jakarta on the day they demanded to reform the social security system and to confront the carrots employment despite the peaceful demonstrations in two thousand police officers went to the streets to comply with the weather. similar rallies were held in other cities not that the social

i think that the us by the eu and iran and pretend i would say that this week that it has been kind of like a winning hand. in terms of that because to look at when you look at the economy sanctions that can be a nice job has been put forward to that accompanied the eventual travel bans and asset freeze this is not enough. i think in terms of showing to pretend that we are a united front that we are past that he needs to be known in the us and eu are going to act on it. they have to come to not going to mean the us is not to commit troops. ok it's not gonna happen if the us to commit troops in serious not to commit troops here. i agree but that's why he eats into the whole top gun. we are in our team very hard. how much can you buy it if you're not going and doing a thing or if you're not good and tight space to continue to be good incentive to take time to take effect in the house and capital flight out of russia. um there has been the good the ruble has fallen quite a bit. we did some point some of the oligarchs and put a circle you know might say you know wait a minute are you now k

these eu leaders are looking for a response to this obvious voter frustration. can they find one, do you think? >> reporter: well, that's going to be a tough challenge for people like david cameron, francois hollande, and the dan niche prime minister and others. for examp frankly they have suffered a rise in these countries in these elections of parties who are anti-euro skeptic and call them what you will. they want less europe and not more. it was interesting to note as the leaders arrived they've been sitting out in the last 24 hours since the results became apparent to them. i am sure there's interesting exchanges around the table behind me somewhere in the bowels of this building, felicity, of people demanding change and reform. they're going back to their electorates to say, i told you can fix europe. here i am. this is what david cameron said earlier in evening. >> we need change and an approach on what happens on growth and jobs and not try to do so much. we need an approach that recognizes that brussels got too big and bossy and interfering. >> there is