culturalism. european identity is. a legal construct that is you know all the things that come with citizenship and it is so simple logical construct it is the policy of european integration do you think that is your opinion may be eroded its the concept of national identity by bringing all those member states so close together and by raising all the borders between them no the few opinion integration has done is refined national identity in the good old days of the battle days you know long before. identifying themselves you know position to the. sword so so many reasons for having so many wars in europe. it is. and we can cooperate makes and travel and still retain our national identity so you don't think that the

modern globalized work has played to the advantage of national patrick system well you see i mean those who probably have very little relation to each other really well nobody's ation is. trading more. knowing more therefore about the child those learning more about the child what is happening that we simply learn more about each side and teachers and what is what constitute the constituent elements of the identity so we simply learn more about each other but i think it doesn't really change what identity how do you see the row with. the next twenty years oh boy that is a question that i don't think anyone has any answer for including the people who are. you see the some gases that make you well you are referring to this old old question that many have. final form of the e.u.

. well it can probably go in three different directions it can become a federal state. and yes a big federal state but unusual because it would have three levels of government rather than two that's one possible direction and there could be just a union of. states. kind of maintaining. the the traditional type just like it is now. rog model this all or eight. a third. state. that. we can even think about because it hasn't happened yet do you think. all the europeans are happy with the concept of the european european union i know what it means to be happy if i can kind of

turn your question around and ask are there many europeans who are unhappy with the e.u. and i would say yes there are some but not because it would have been reflected in the national policies of the governments of the member states the euro skeptics are usually on the margins of political life and they are certainly not even close to decent minority if they think about the new as a political force what does depend on it for easy to become a real political force on the world areana be told reduce a political force of significance it it's a bit unusual because he doesn't have a knowledge of me he doesn't have. it doesn't have all the usual requirements that are assigned to a state because it's not the state but it is such quite influential and.

it's it's it's presence is certainly felt in many corners of the world in latin america for example. so it is a force to be reckoned with but its its significance is not based on its military power or the threat of using military power it's not a. political force that can be conceived in purely realistic terms real this is partially a political build to to the nature of. right now it's experiencing crisis like any other organisation in the country or at. its political force to depend on its handling of the current crisis and how it's handled the problems with greece and with the euro while our problems are difficulties and. they have to be dealt with unresolved but you see judging by the history of do you.

it has had many crises or what was perceived to be crisis at the time for instance around the ratification of the maastricht treaty forums for example do europe paralysis for example and every time a things like that happened what what emerged afterwards is accelerate the process of integration so if you hear right now about. the european monetary fund finance ministry for the euro zone countries. that is probably what is quite likely to emerge after the problems with greece and with the deficits are dealt with to prevent a crisis like that to happen again they will probably play called the steps that they can think of to make this less likely what do you think will happen to the theory or whatever you may say. here would be catastrophic

for us as well what do you think is the real danger that something may happen to iraq that would not be just catastrophic for russia it would have been catastrophic for europe had it happened and the rest of the world would have been affected i mean again a lot of strain. it is in the votes of many central banks around the world and that is something that would affect. europe and beyond and if for no other reason than that reason alone is probably going to assume. that the euro would. look at your opinion where are they in their relationship well as far as concern to russia. in the early stages still learning what do you being union is it really started when mr yeltsin was over this is the

first time when you know people in the kremlin. comprehended the idea of dealing with the. direct through the leaders of the member states. then it became quite clear what the power within the e.u. when it came to the problem of the visa mr putin trying to arrange that with then. german. chancellor and the french president and well it didn't work so. it is i think it is probably accepted in moscow. it is probably a good idea to do with the director and that's how it started. well you know if for no other reason than the reasons of geography the two have to have a relationship and it's better of course for both sides at this place where it is

based on corporation and not based on hostility now the problem is that the process of integration within the e.u. even those who have been you know from the very beginning are most integrated dose which is the joint i was last and those who have have joined to recently have with a few problems with russia right because they said the former soviet bloc countries and of course their impact on the policies of the e.u. moscow is. present and it is at least for now a bit of an obstacle i would still want to emphasize on our relationship.

they are. convinced that other than taking economic risks. there will be no political risks to take they also have to have an assurance that if there is a contractual dispute. that there is someone who can adjudicate that in an objective way following the law and nothing else so that means that russia needs a independent judiciary russia doesn't have one at the same time. you know russia should be quite attractive because potentially it is

a fabulous new rich country so russia has the makings the foundation for economic development it's just the first and foremost the political in structure for that to happen as long as. our high price then the money is flowing and that kind of makes everybody. satisfied but what if the prices go down and since it's a market they may and probably will then what. death is something that. the political leaders of russia. should be concerned about. thank you very much to me thank you.

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welcome to the sport here on r.t. the company and these are the headlines. european dreams any go through to the champions league playoffs off the beach and remain inside. while big boys. by young boys from brazil from switzerland. and under pressure would suffice to keep his number one status some place on the u.s. ryder cup. we start with the football was in its. one step away from the champions league group stage they beat remains one nil at the stadium last night to win the third qualifying round tie after the first i could finish goal list danny fogg the home side ahead and hung on to the lead to win one nil on aggregate they now go into friday for the champions league playoffs a good day fiza needs who also completed the signing of portugal defender bruno

alvarez for twenty two million euro. turkish giants. stuff in the shop one home defeat to split side young boys and it's down both cameron strike very young villeneuve with a strike that saw his side when the tie three to an aggregate making matters worse . they had starts sent off for a second yellow card after that. but i did go through it and surprised but only just on the way going through. put poet heading three goals in seven minutes at the start of the second half seem to have won the title i.x. the squad is making one one. and then. added another for all close watch. in the right place at the right time

for this linger and maybe everyone with that freak a. bit of a lucky bang. our bad dimitry hoping this one back to the greek side. to give them a bit of a sniff of a comeback undoubtedly if it also missed a penalty for them but scored in injury time i think three that made it through for now but i x. through on the away goal was ruled. i know the game celtic failed to make it into the playoffs despite it's a one second leg home win against braga the glasgow side losing two four on aggregate that phenomena here have had no problem these time the carney cyclamen a three one victory in the second leg to make it six one and i could get for them elsewhere a spot of prague or secured that playoff spot off the beach and legs away in the second gang. meanwhile in europa league russian premier club sabir have

a great chance to make it into the playoffs today as they take on a pole in the midst so it's a big. hoping his side can hang on to that one nearly from the first leg of the third qualifying round in siberia that their first ever game in european competition elsewhere liverpool are preparing for the second leg of their europa league qualifier they hold a comfortable two nil lead going into thursday second leg at home for macedonia inside. meanwhile coach roy hodgson there has made sure his star striker fernando torres will remain at anfield spain forward had been strongly linked to city and chelsea but assured fancied stay with liverpool the hodgson to see. what they will . live through in the screen fifteen minutes with him and we wouldn't be perceived . he's a footballer you know when you're talking before result level and hopefully view been the game a long time it's not difficult to to find the right things to say. his

decision really had to be one that he he had to make sure he had the motivation to be back here to do the job as he knows i would like it to be done and the good thing for me is the motivation was put into question by the speculation but as a christian because lou told me don't worry you'll be with us. a little too often he was the he was what now a premiership rival chelsea looks set to bolster their squad with the signing of brazil midfielder amir is from benfica the clubs have a greater price tag of just under twenty nine million dollars as long as the player passes a medical team would be the second signing for chelsea in the pre-season. from liverpool and i could be a bit of movement in the russian primarily the normal moscow league in the chest pointed me to feel that we should perform as any skipper hasn't been getting too much playing time from coach louis van. waspada moscow still waiting for celtic

aiden mcgeady to make it is mind about a speech to the russian capital the winger has been looking at leat apartments in moscow and is being tempted by a wage of over three million dollars a year after tax. very nice to me the n.b.a.'s oldest star shaquille o'neal has left the cleveland cavaliers and signed a two year deal with the boston celtics his wages are reportedly worth three million u.s. dollars here to the thirty eight year old four time and be a champion hopes to add another title next season as he would play with paul pierce kevin garnett and ray allen and change the big three into a terry big four. let's turn to go off because the heat is on tiger woods this week his number one ranking am placed on the u.s. ryder cup saying are under threat as he heads into the world golf championships in ohio gets underway at the firestone country club on the stand on the question and lee westwood have the chance to claim the number one spot which is health for the

last five years back. has won the last four times he's played at this course and another win would also be seen as chances of qualifying for the u.s. ryder cup team however his form has not been great since returning to the game following scandals in his private life although who says victories will come just be patient keep working keep building i've been through periods like this before. and just got to keep being patient keep working keep building. you know keep putting the pieces together and when they do come and they do fall the place. the shoes you want i will win a few tournaments and finally end with a bit of white water rafting because although russia is senior team fail to claim a medal at the recent world championships it's youth team to them proud claiming gold in their event showing there is still a strong future for russia in the sport with all the action is constant thing but top off. this year's will drafting championships and old history as the first event

of its kind ever to be held on an artificial course the three hundred meter wide water run attracted fifty teams for over twenty five countries to compete in the world greatest roughtly event which also saw the first youth championships being held five star elite teams from brazil germany so their kid japan and russia tried their best to tackle in town towns with plenty of spectators watching the impressive showdown there are four disciplines the sprint a simple completes the run quickest wins that see if they can avoid getting thrown out there were a few flips and some of the raptors ended up swimming one of the most spectacular disciplines is the head to head two teams try not just checking the tricky turns but also battle it out on their way to the finish line it's an ideal chance for the competitors to show their river skills and convert maneuvers the next challenge is the slow i'm looking awful rafting disciplines the course consists of twelve games

hanging over the river and the rafters have to draw on their best technical abilities to complete the route. the final discipline is the physically demanding don't river cruise have to run down the route but then have to run uphill back to the top and with people at several times russia's national team is always among the hold favorites in all roughing tournament but this time the russians failed to get enough medals to get on top ending up in the fifth place. it was the first world championships held on artificial course and we don't have such facilities in russia as we train on real whitewater nevertheless when you aren't opponents very well and we knew what we could expect our men's team got to hold in sprint and then we didn't succeed in other disciplines and stuff however we had some trouble as one crew member broken legs and we couldn't perform a full strength with. japan. raptors have showed swift progress in past years and

this time to grab their first ever title in both the mansour and women's divisions however russia absolutely dominated the youth championship only two men also in all four disciplines in the men's division and becoming the all girl champions and we he would be actually we initiated holding the world youth championships that we've been developing rafter young to be a force as two thousand and four and every year we are lots of competitions across the country so i would say that i would try and find the world championships because as a result it is not only about results that are enough to support help the children and their personal enhancement sometimes that quite a character in the catcher in the right now making them fall down and of course we try to make it more popular to attract more kids there were a bit smelly have been manufactured but the stamina and strength shown by the world's rafting elite was more than real. archie. and that's all this both me for the moment stay with us i've got news headlines coming up till now.

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still in flames the final flight is talking on hundreds of new fires every day well at least fifty people. have died several days before the scorching temperatures show any sign of cooling down we're reporting from some of the affected areas stacey bivins is in the center of the capital but first take agrees is among fire ravaged woodland in the. moscow region a village of moscow region and i'm actually standing by an example yes another example of just the devastation and destruction that's been brought upon local communities here we have. if you recognize it what was the garridge and inside is a car that's being burnt out now is the farmer so as far as that residence he didn't have time to move the car out there was he just ingolf it's a similar story there's rubble strewn everywhere and there's also the surrounding houses were completely burnt down as well.