i'm still not tied down to power. they have it something that is not working some people decide not to see it why don't they have the palin classic look into time countries u.k. are you talking about baghdad or paris it's my duty with the other son. france's president emanuel bankroll likes to be seen as one of the driving forces for reform we leave you with this episode changes own country around it's a serious trouble i guess this week here in brussels this is former europe minister not telling you was old one of his most vocal cheerleaders in the european parliament is the micro revolution advancing or has it run out of steam.

not only was a welcome to come to. nobody has talked more about reforming the e.u. than emanuel mccrone why should anyone listen when he is making such heavy weather of reforms in his own country while 1st has been reforming from for more than 2 years with steady pol. pot the country is in chaos the country is not in k. off there is no threat anymore and railways all public transportation and there will be the most ambitious pension system to form a full decade would wish which went off in the parliament in the next week people have died in demonstrations paris has wreaked of tear gas for weeks on end you've had gigantic this. up sions in transport so the worst transport disruption since

the 1960 s. are you talking about that office or is this another talk about paris you don't seem to come often to paris are i do i have my family in paris yes they're with are from protests that are french tradition birds are they hurt or 1700 people injured across the country 17 and hurt a number of policeman injured among them and some casualties were due to this yellowjacket protest movement are you see it throughout the word right now middle class is wondering whether globalization for good or bad for it for them and they need to get on for it and the government from the government they've got 70000000000 euros program that catered at increasing wages and increasing public services and they found the president has an increasingly authoritarian streak doesn't last year's report by the national ombudsman spoke of

an unprecedented number of preventive arrests so that along with the decline of public services a policy of strength and security and repression taken root is a path work is ations from the official watchdog charged with defending the rights of french citizens and i strongly deny it we were in a democracy if it makes it on our up to bomb you think you mix it up i think well he's free to say it and i would like to us lower the yourself with where people are that free to protest or to deny what's happening and the government isn't much good if you just dismiss it when he says it are this is my line is this on this is it yes i was a client of public services the undermining of funding mental rollovers i'm not in the government i'm an elected member i have 23 elected members of my party here in the european parliament i have as much freedom of expression as any french citizen we're. our in a democracy where in

a country where we have rule of flow every problem has been or is being investigated with independent judiciary i would love to see it as open as balanced and with such a rule of law in other places in the european union i think you should focus on what's happening in poland on what's happening in hungary rather we talk to poles of hunger but we're talking to you about france and you're still a member of the president's party you know mancienne are still one of his most vocal cheerleaders so that's why i'm putting these points to you especially when both the u.n. and the council of europe weighed in against what they saw as disproportionate force against demonstrators on the streets of france there was this proportion of the violence in my country and there were casualties caused by. blockades by yellow vests can't should we forget about it should we forget about the number of trades of a city which closed because of this unrest i will never because i was elected by my

fellow citizens united knowledge was addressing the points the many people have raised the paris think tank for instance general has your leap so last year the clampdown on civil liberties was part of a consistent pattern since mr merkel took office and i deny it because there are freedoms they are respected they are propped acted for instance freedom to go on strike that's fine that's even constitutional in my county but frank freedom not to go on strike should be protected as well and freedom of movement should be protected as well you want to see powers of police increased as they were october 27th in the new deterrent or substantially increase police in february 28th in the immigration or reduce the rights of migrants and asylum seekers in october that year the supreme court refused to halt the creation of a biometric database containing detailed information of. french citizens as

surveillance and these are measures that are causing concern one prominent lawyer a long time supporter actually i'm assuming across france or soon will put it bluntly said fundamental rights are under attack while our i know mr question well i know the n.g.o.s he is dealing with on refugees because i'm dealing myself on private bases and the rights of refugees are but please are fighting against terrorism the 1st freedom of my fellow citizens is security and my country was struck again and again by terrorist attacks should we are 3 as we were before and say we are doing nothing this is not a nobody asked you to do nothing this is that i say no to we're going to undermine fundamental rights and liberties as they are not you know right you can always go to the courts and you always have your rights protected i know what my father citizens want they want security more than rights more than for no grounds they

want both of them and we protect both of them. does mr mccraw believe he can have greater success on the european stage with reforms than he's had at home time after time people claims the need for new organizations in the it's a bit like picking random tickets out of a hat isn't it forms the immigration defense trade the european agency to protect democracy european council for interior security european climate bank and the reaction from the rest of europe was resulting silence to these proposals are i'm not sure we are talking about the same word about my country or about here rob you're obviously very anti mccrone that's all right that's a surprise because i thought that was fair internalization but it is not that your right or right it's my it's my duty to put the other side to you your macro support and putting the other side to you ask the growing that's where you see things that are not necessarily the way other people eternalism but that's alright i don't deny

and the 02 learn to 1st interact less or go to reforms in france yes they are working we are the 2nd most attractive kountry in the european union for foreign investors we have one of the highest growth rates in the european union we half the number of unemployed which is nick grimm increasing steadily you have 3 terms the unemployed number of germany through right but we don't have many jobs when we talk about jobs which we talk about jobs will full pay that's a choice and we are still fighting against one point and we are changing the rules for apprentice for instance and it is working and considering the european union you mentioned the climate bank this was something i was complaining for in favor of when i was the head of the list of what they thought in the european union election and now this isn't a program of mrs from the lion her new green deal includes

a european climate bank includes. 1000000000000 euros in the coming 7 years to finance green projects so this is precisely what we have were advocating for and this is precisely what the rope in union is indicating committed to but there was a huge backlash against you climate proposals wasn't there when the yellow vests protested against the new carbon tax which was introduced trying to get the troops to change their behavior people in rural areas it was deeply on firm the tax had to be abandoned or hardly handled through all humor or you have. claims for a more pru and vironment more anti global warming policy and at the same time people fear not in my backyard not on my our fuel expenses we face it every single developed country to finding it sucks your butt we have burned raising taxes

but we are working with the european union with the commission on a mechanism providing for our protection of european companies compared to 30 kountry companies if they don't respect the same and fire imminent rules they should pay for the difference there is no reason to impact all companies for a nickel for regulations that we are shooting on a room in europe with your independent advisory council on climates this report last june strongly suggested your record didn't match the promises you made tell me of 11 single european country matching the result with the promises every counter is lagging with some difficulty and you say you and there is a bunch of climate that's a tragedy and one on target and that's why i mean this european parliament is a you ropey an answer we couldn't we cannot have one member state taking decisions

and. another going and a different path we have to take common objectives and abide by them we have to have objective worked 420342050 we are in the process of doing it but if you were serious about the environment you would halt this incredibly wasteful process of convening the european parliament for one week every month in strasbourg and the rest of the time in brussels why not have the parliament in strasburg all the time i agree i mean you know but at the moment this is hugely damaging for the environment and hugely costly to the european taxpayer but it's france's vanity project it's in the treaty. and it's german's vanity project to have the european central bank in frankfurt and inflection of advantage approach actually to have premises in luxembourg with the whole european parliament doesn't get up like a traveling circus or some people have said once every month how do you have

a cost of over $100100000000.00 euros a year have you asked the cost of having premises in luxembourg in frankfurt and in many other places in europe that doesn't justify this. might a more of a specific interest you must you want your regret to thady in brussels public. cut from the reality of the ground cut from member states is that what you bought is that what citizens have been voting for for them and they are telling us political tremendous things please get out of this but these are very startling heard once a month and not telling you that. in my country it is only telling you about the cost of between 11 am also listening to my voters between 11019000 tons of extra c o 2 emissions every year just to make this stunt possible you know every time

you don't know what a program on your smart phone you walk dissipating and carbon emissions and still here doing it yes we'll have to have change our habits but why are you finger pointing the heart of european democracy where we have the council of europe where we have the you open court you can argue that is right you don't need to go to strasburg once a month yes we can stay in strasbourg i agree the european concerns have to solve this when this group said it was time for any peace to get their own house in order and the traveling circus no organization can honestly claim to be serious and tackling climate change and still maintain the work of working which is so manifestly destructive to the environment while i hope you don't rob a conservative group also notices that poland one of its main supporters is far is lagging far behind in terms of the mission and still denying the need for

our green new deal let's talk about foreign policy and then you will merkel's foreign policy because there's been a strong perception that he favors go it alone diplomacy instead of the multilateral initiatives that you was close to value one of your president's harshest critics here in brussels the green movement peeved philip lambert squeezed him of being drunk on power and said you don't shape europe by bullying europe. shoot europe by building alliances this is what we saw in in previous decades but a very lively you rock well listen to on the your world stage it was so obvious that we were winning n. that we were united an official come on you're not united on russia policy on russia manuel or innocence russia look at the normandy form and summit that we had in paris a few weeks ago what did get you we defended ukraine's rights we favored an exchange of prisoners which had not taken place for months and needs and we are fully in

line with the european position on ukraine crimea don't buy that and the rest is just the council on foreign relations as a lot of people claims sumac and didn't even inform them ahead of time when he sent his foreign and defense ministers to moscow last september seem to be part of an emerging pattern of unilateral actions you say the same one angle america all good to moscow to me it was a bloody mirror putin know they are playing their role france is an important members that of the european union france has a permanent seat in the security council we have responsibilities with a friend european values we carry you rope in voice and we have to share european positions we are fully in line with those a bore while there is not the year that of a slice of paper between what throws the ball isn't vacating for and what we are pushing for bilaterally it strengthen europe it doesn't weaken it was wonder

whether when mr all bad prefers to talk to put in or to talk to out of our and says that they are hungary and commissioner is at the service of a major and wonder whether he supports european union policy last august mr markham called for a new architecture in europe based on trust and security because he said the continent would never be stable without easing and clarifying europe's relations with russia. well you didn't spell out was how you base a new relationship with russia on trust and security when there isn't any and you suggested us or we are vigilant my our political party was hacked by russian activist during the presidential campaign when there was a chemical attack in full of kerry in the u.k. who was pushing the other europeans for a coordinated onset it was a man like him and no one else we are perfectly aware of the threat of.

russia nostalgic of the path but then will it change geography what do we prefer to have russia turning definitely to china or to have russia and gauged in the dialogue with the european union and nato concessions does that involve it doesn't into a country that both those international borders shoots down commercial aircraft or as you say sensors assassins to europe to murder people for ethical weapons for instance i would have preferred not to theatre not trying to protect supported so heavily by germany because it deepens or dependent thing on russian gas that's a problem and we have said that and then i'm back on that it very bluntly it's not a question of confessions it's a question of having or a voice horace is a consistent voice that if we look at the question of the large mint in the

european union for instance in august. sumac rome was the leader who told europe to really invest geographically in the west balkans warning that if it didn't the fate of that region could be decided by the us russia and turkey and then just 2 months later you affectively blocked or at the very least delayed those countries from joining the e.u. doesn't fit does it contradiction it's not the 1st time if you block ivan. myself a year before we want our votes you can tell us short acting from from these other countries that are taking an interest in was balkans and then not serious but going through i mostly remember ship look at serbia serbia started in succession process did serbia distance itself from russia not a 2nd. do you think that access and the good solutions are the magical recipe to have counter is to distancing themselves from russia look at hungary it has not worked we have to reassess the who accession the concession process it was not

working we want to turn a blind eye and just considered that we have a policy when we have only bureaucracy now we have to be serious i'm dead serious about the importance of a european perspective for western balcones and that because i believe in it i don't want to leave it to bureaucrats wants to be deeply involved in what we ask this country's work to what would take them accountable war for the fight against corruption fight against organized crime understand the council on foreign relations european council formulation said you french action may have actually weaken the e.u.'s leverage in this region french veto of north macedonia is albania such a negotiator and has a mix so completely changed the context for resolving bilateral problems in the west balkans once again look at serbia they're in the process they are negotiating

they are opening chapters and closing chapters and they are closer than ever to moscow they are with something that is not working some people decide not to see it we decided to name it because we want to reform it if we are serious about enlargement and we are serious it's not just a slogan it's not just to play nice and then go to some countries and try to make business it's about having one hand and then straight with the other it's being in having them ready to enter the european union and not being a failure and not endangering the european project to me about the rumblings in the party because they've been some signs of serious discontent 2 months ago limo deported the illusion of. president to the amish group in the chamber written to macro warning about the state of his parliamentary majority and pushing him to rebuild trust with rank and file m.p.'s series this year when the presidents and then please don't trust him oh if it were the case our that would be serious issue

and there are are many examples throughout the european union of we could nation with weak political parties absence of majorities of varying their own majority you have one and a state in european union which doesn't face this problem and this is france there is a clear big strong majority there is but by the end of the november 11 employees in the national assembly had quit or been pushed out of the parliamentary services by the mention group in the summer 60 on march 1st out because they were out of the principles and values of the other parties and this is healthy so party discipline is breaking down in the summer 60 our march m.p.'s abstain though voted against the government over the free trade agreement with kamber that could mean one single draft bill which was not voted by the majority of 2017 put just one there is now you've got an official party candidate in the race for mayor of paris in march

benjamin greville and another our marsh m.p. said to the villany has decided he's going to run anyway despite failing to get official backing it's a mess isn't that only a non-accredited omar's not north korea agree we are not russia or agree we are a recount tree with reed i mean political party whether you agree with or think the line named for running where there is there's america with the answer is no but he's free and then thought of we are in a free country and losing the youth vote as the elections. for the european parliament no it didn't there had never been as many young people voting and the number of them voted for omar well compared to 2017 new last 6 percent among 18 to 24 year. rhodes and 11 points among voters aged 25 to 34 problem is that you should compare what is comparable compare it with previous european elections and you will feel that the turnout was much bigger and young people went to the polls where they

were not voting for previous european elections the highest school in the europe in the elections categories was in the category of people over 70 years old now but no party can be complacent about that we are a party which was created out of trap scratch in 2016 and we are a party which when the presidential election the national election and we fear the world in the european election we are going to have 23 and a piece in this parliament exactly the same number as the far right i would have preferred to have even more than that but compared to my predecessors i'm quite proud of the result but the party that came to power representing above all the younger poorer more metropolitan sectors of society dissent that caring about climate no wasn't that was not the it's a party that denies the traditional left right divide and rightly so look at where traditional right and traditional left argentina in france and it's true throughout

europe you're about to take a position in the. steering brakes it steering group well is one of the really directed illinois to be is going to be u.k. caught in a little room we have and you have a deal 11 months while are not on everything on have a bare bones deal probably yes. i could have done a deal with the reason my why didn't the do that you would have suffered bret's it in the remember due to insisted on the irish backstop but because it's clear that finished her off didn't it while she had no majority in her parliament and she could have got an agreement through if you'd let her on the backstop legions of them really think that protecting the rights of our companies offer citizens are protecting pleasing island was not a key priority i don't agree with you government so that was a key priority but the backstop wasn't necessary but you're going to end up with

a with an outcome if britain leaves without a deal as an outcome that nobody wants as usually the brains yeah but you didn't want to dive though but it's going to cause massive disruption for you to buy it my point is you plowboy it's a choice for the press if they want to destroy their country i don't think this is what they want they have to be responsible leaders it's time for responsible it's going to suffer too that's for sure i mean there is no good record bret is bad whatever form it has but protecting the rights of a company's protecting or priority is protecting the european project is key they have chosen in britain to get out of their european union fair enough. we have told him to just to destroy the european union all right and we will not that's why you will thank you very much you will come to.

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