started in new york continues to engulf a growing number of u.s. citizens. right next to speak to a. former chief accountant for the european commission she says that brussels only cares about propping up the idea of the e.u. however much the budget grabs her interview is now. i. i. i'm talking to martha and dress and who is now a member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party but she was formally the european commission's chief accountant while she was in that job she raised concerns about flaws in the commission's accounting system which she said left it vulnerable to fraud mottram dress and thanks for talking to us today now were you a euro skeptic when you joined the commission as chief accountant no i was not a euro skeptic in fact i thought you were a project was a project of cooperation i thought they were sharing solutions among the different

member states so i was quite owners to be able to be part of the european union and also or to be part of our if i had minister to reform and that they were undergoing what happened or what did you find out to make you change your mind when i found out that they had no control on the payments they were making out of the european union budget basically you know they didn't ask if people qualified to get the funding from the european union and i was responsible for the signature of the spain. so i had the highest responsibility and i thought i needed to know if i was talking to the right person and for the right purpose and they just didn't care and they didn't allow me to make change use to be able to determine if we were making the right pane so what does what does that all mean well this means that e.u.

funding is going to people who do not qualify for these who do not need the funding and who use it for other purposes and this is very dangerous because you know there are many other purposes for which the money can be used. and when they raised the money from the peon taxpayers they are short of saying this is going to be used for certain. certain extent they are lying to the you know be an expert i thought i was working on behalf of the european taxpayer and my obligation was to make sure the payments were correct others didn't see it like that they did that in fact you were fired for blowing the whistle do you think anything's changed since i don't think anything has changed i now see it in the budgetary control committee so all the committee in the parliament that oversee the

payments out of the budget and i see it in the budget committee that the committee that oversees the planning of the budget and in both committees i can see that they have no respect for european taxpayers' money and i don't see that fundamental changes that they shouldn't have taken plex you know once anybody who makes up payments in the long run will. take care that the payments would ask the questions what does this pain mean and what is the purpose and this questions are not asked by the can. the solution is to blame the member states only gave the money to the u.k. it's the u.k. who is committing the irregularities well yes but you paid the money out the to us the proper questions they dealt so for me nothing has changed a lot of window dressing but nothing else and are you suggesting that the

commission is being defrauded and if so who by. well it's being the products to a certain extent in. talking about fraud it's always very problematic because obviously you have to prove it and it's very difficult to prove fraud in places where you don't have adequate systems to control ok that is know all the tray so it's very difficult to prove it but you know there are beneficiaries who are getting the money without being qualified to get the money that is the essence of the situation do you think brussels is capable of reform is there a will to tighten practices like that no i don't think that it's any will to tighten this practices because they have a different agenda they want to promote the european union project and to promote this project they're going to be able to get the money to the people who will support the project not the people who really care about their lives.

in a proper way not the people who are going to use this funding to grow the economy of a certain member state but the people who will promote the european union project how deeply entrenched you think best interests are in brussels where the real power play is well from my experience in the commission fundamentally but also now that i'm in the parliament a powerful people in the e.u. are the directors general in the european commission the european commission has different directorates with different substantive issues so you have environment kaname culture and this directive the generals are the ones who hold the power you know the commissioners come and go every five years but this that ector general normally have been there for decades and they hold the power there you know who

they need to give the funding to get the support where in times of austerity at the moment and members all. across europe are cutting that state spending is there any sign that brussels is doing the same now absolutely you know last night we spent six hours approving in the budget committee the two thousand and twelve budget and they have they are asking for a over four percent increase i was even asking for the creases but fundamentally saying we should at least reduce the allowances for the any piece and they don't want to reduce them i mean i think we should show the example and the every piece themselves don't want any reduction and the council of ministers had decided they wouldn't give more than a two percent increase and here the parliament goes back and say no we want more

than four percent so i don't think there is no will and i am a lonely voice really in the parliament in what we first reduction of the budget and ultimately it's your goal to as it were destroy the system from within ultimately my role or my goal is to make people in the u.k. but also around the rest of you know the truth about the european union you know the truth about how their money is being spent this is michael and then it's up to people to react to this new information or to this information and it's not been for something you know we are now in the middle of a crisis and people saying well the year budget has nothing to do with price but i will give you an example greeks was brought into the european into the euro zone when they didn't qualify to get into now people say greece live well maybe in

their account but. rippin commission has asked that this ticks off its uterus that who should have challenged the fetus and they didn't challenge that side. ten years later they learned so something is wrong but they are there they have one thousand people working in uterus that two on the life of the figures they should have come another thing the budget was used to grow the economy of all these countries that came into the uterus. griefs got sixty billion pounds in the last twenty years out of the european union budget the question is were there the money goal because the greek economy has not grown so where did the money grow william hague the u.k.'s foreign secretary says that the e.u. budget is now under control is that the truth and i think it's not the truth i have to challenge. speech because he doesn't know. he

thinks it's under control because he's asking for a freeze in the budget but while he was talking about the freeze there was somebody . the budget committee was trying to. vote in favor of an increase of four percent so it's not under control and also. you know with or know exactly where the money is callie and i think we should know it's visible for everybody you know as i told you why is it that greece hasn't run its economy italy spain portugal what is what are all the structural reforms that we have been paying for the last take. so no it's not on that point members of parliament here in the u.k. now look set to hold a debate on whether there should be a referendum on britain's membership of the european union do you think person is hooks on the e.u. despite talking about wanting to leave. while i think that the government might be

hooked to the european union i don't think that the country as a whole is called to the i think. the u.k. could really european union negotiate another type of relationship when there are people who are very critical about you know what would happen how would we trade. the u.k. trade they've done existed before the european union try think it could go back to the days. the u.k. is one of the biggest importers from the european union so forty two percent of the imports come from the european union so i think the u.k. seen a very solid position. and i think it would be healthy not only for the u.k. but for the rest of the member states because it would force a renewed association of the european union and all the trade agreements that we

have i don't see of course this doesn't happen in twenty four hours i mean of course now we have seventy percent of the legislation coming from the you of course that would be interim period or the u.k. would have to develop new legislation of its own i mean of course it doesn't happen in twenty four hours but we first have to make the decision to leave and then. start the process euro zone countries are staring down the barrel of a gun basically what grandees are talking about is in forcing more fiscal union in the face of economic collapse which seems like a desperate measure who stands to gain the most from keeping europe together i think the. director is generally the bureaucracy in brussels who stands to gain those people who have been pushing the project all along and they want this european union who are they will hold the power over all the member states and

finally as a euro skeptic do you feel anywhere vindicated by what's going on in the euro zone at the moment. sadly yes i feel vindicated because you know if people had heard and had sort of responded to my claims to hear some go. maybe this wouldn't have happened so yes i feel vindicated but it's sad to say this because we could have prevented all that's happening today. thank you very much thank you.

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. hello welcome to the sport on this big day of european football quanah finals and the headlines keeping cool country got the caught her just caution as russia door on tuesday night with a place at the european championships at stake while gearing up late call up again on stephen donald compiling the news even sports have a tech crunch semifinal with the strain of the rugby world cup. scrapped the first fortnight of the n.b.a. season is counseled as the payroll rumbles on between players and. the first of football in group b. leaders russia needs just a point against minnows on door in moscow this cheese day nine's to secure a place at next summer's european championships once russia coach because the guy has warned his players their opponents could use sporting tactics as his side's to

keep their heads at the hearing which of ample feet reports. going into their final qualification group game russia find themselves in an excellent position they top their poll by two points and the remaining fixture is against andorra a team ranked at the very bottom of the fee for rankings alongside the likes of american samoa and montserrat russia a massive favorites to claim all three points even though a draw would suffice and advocate says they'll look to qualify playing good football we've tried to play with two. world well organized. thing to do well longer and would work better than the other one but still i think the team is playing quite attractive who will the dutchman does have a few selection concerns constantine's to be on of another example and you call for both out suspended after picking up the yellow cards and slovakia last time outs

well you are sure coffers lost his battle to be fit after picking up a knock in jelena undergo a thorough is ok and he's likely to retain his starting spot while some of the fringe players may be given a chance of a first eleven however uppercuts biggest concern is having an dorrans may try to use less fanfare means to stop his team brazil's towards putting two more blows to failed to do with it because this is quite irritating to play realize it as well in. what they're doing. they don't want to play football. one man who will know more than a thing or two about on dora's tactics is andrey arshavin he was sent off four years ago against the same code and it's as russia just about qualify for euro two thousand and eight i missed the first two games of the tournament due to his red card and of the counters warning his players not to react to be antics of very

opponents mungy the world to the players and the so we have to blow through discipline because this is the way we like to believe. we are to prepare for that it's been a very good qualifying campaign for the russians have dominated every one of their nine games so far that they played in the group and they'll be looking to book their ticket to poland ukraine in style russia when touching distance of next year's european championships was standing in their way a bridge in poland and ukraine are under unsigned but have only won one competitive mansion history what we got back outside will obviously start as massive favorites and of russia play to anything like their full potential and they should have absolutely no problems whatsoever in picking up points richard pombo played r.t. moscow. well russia are the only side he can make it to the tournament from group a second place ireland will take on third placed armenia in dublin with both sides

aiming to keep their european championship dreams alive the irish need a point to confirm second spot and a play off place that will be without their captain robbie keane the striker suffered a thigh injury during friday's two know when iran dora west brom simon cox will take his place up front well shay given will take the captain's armband and the goalkeeper is fully aware of the dangers of playing on media who themselves could grab second spot with a victory at the of beaver stadium. parts with the belief that we can go on and beat them and i know they'll be common thinking the same but. you know it's a chance for us to you know center on hands which which is all you can ask for in alaska a million we got to go out there and do the business i mean i had a taste of the of the best stadium with a training session on monday the eastern european side lost one millet home to ireland in the opening round of last year's european qualifiers but says that defeats they've only been beaten once in eight matches during this campaign and have won the last three games scoring eleven times in the process and conceding

just once so they're brimming with confidence but also full of respect for the irish from still in the. team but both we believe we can win this because. their own king. it's important for us three points. but you know there are clues in the room has to move through. and this is how the group b. currently looks at just a draw for russia would ensure they automatically qualify for next summer's european championships and also a point for ireland would mean they'd finish seconds go into a two legged play off. the rugby world cup france have named an unchanged side for saturday's semi final with wales in all clones coach mark livermore will keep the same side that beat england in the last eight with morgan again starting as flying off france have lost at the semifinal stage of the last two world cups but believe their experienced team will see them through this time between them the players

have six hundred eighty seven caps and also a good record against the welsh having lost only once in their last seven meetings . well new zealand will face australia in the other semifinal and they spent the day in the gym on tuesday among them was new flyhalf stephen donald who's come in after an injury to collin slade who himself was called up to cover the injured dan carter and winger hosea gear has also arrived after mills really on a suffered a broken shoulder in their quarterfinal win over argentina. now the first two weeks of the new n.b.a. season have been counseled after players and club owners failed to agree on a new wage deal the argument is over the structure of a salary cap what slice of the n.b.a.'s revenue players should receive under the old deal that was fifty seven percent of the clubs want that reduced to the half the parties met on monday but couldn't find a breakthrough prompting n.b.a. chiefs to scrap the first fortnight of the season which was due to start on

november the first. and meanwhile in the n.f.l. the detroit lions extended their unbeaten start to the season to five games by beating the chicago bears twenty four thirteen well it's detroit's best starts with nine hundred fifty six and they had a few started to sank to touchdown passes he connected with calvin johnson to get the first. points on the board eddie was comparing it by halftime it was chicago who it's looking front kellen davis going over for a ten seven leaves however detroit soon regained the advantage this time stuff at finding brandon pettigrew. and that the touchdown was the highlight of the game after forcing the best account job and best was untouched as he took the ball up the middle of the park to troy and so on to win twenty four points to thirteen five wins from five games for them all chicago's before starting to miss this was that defeat. and funny russian mixed martial arts supreme will feel the yaml yelling cat

is preparing to face one of his biggest challenges the last emperor goes up against american jeff monson in moscow on november the twentieth and sees the fight as a chance to revive his career robots that onion reports. the new force never stands up there wards of the men who had dominated the mixed martial arts heavyweight division for a decade that changed last year with three million and has suffered his first actual defeat in june twenty. fifth i. think the. brazilian fabrice overdue forcing the russian to tap out there in the kick start they don't want spiral on the canvas we subsequently lost his gentleness and dan henderson. retirement had been optioned for thirty five years old but you manage it believes he's far from dumb and wants his thrown back

to where in the three bouts i lost my friends i could have warm but the wind somehow eluded me i felt i could do it i had chances but god's will was different the opportunity to get back to winning ways will be unique one further said to take a course for the first time in a pool mixed martial arts glad. in moscow jeff monson the man who stands between him and redemption on november the twenty four year old morrison is a two time world submission western chant and get his nickname snowman from his brazilian jiu-jitsu counterparts as a sign of respect for his ice cold demeanor and the pressure for the as a. you know i've said a long time ago he's the best heavyweight of all time and. to have the privilege to fight him is an honor and but i'm going to train hard and you know i only take fights i expect to win so i expect to win but i think it's going to be very

difficult challenge those sentiments echoed. the film it's less a fight then the launch of an entire career. no still it seems has been left unturned in the build up. there will have a great training camp in the netherlands with both strong wrestlers and standup fighters there i'm going to invite william again yeah sure he's just won the world submission reston championships and beat no less than for priests who are doing in the finals so he can be considered the world's best wrestler at the moment there are no end of fans looking forward to seeing their rise again but the mention self is remaining composed as usual hype what hype is just another day at dampers office almost a victory that's what will be at stake for me in this match and i will fight for it's. his greatness is beyond question his legacy secure though one suspects

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