has lashed its perceived thought to bureaucracy into action as it seeks to rush a critical austerity package through both houses of parliament the nation's president has promised once the door is past prime minister silvio berlusconi will resign with his possible successor being a former e.u. commissioner of course want to sort of first is in rome with more from there a lot of the people a lot of the m.p.'s we've been speaking to the last couple of days they want to send a very clear message to the markets to the international community that they can take decisive action now at a very critical moment in its latest three. we saw that they posses reasonably easily today one hundred fifty six days to twelve and it's expected tomorrow that similar things going to happen in the a final approval will be given in the lower house and that of course with them pave the way for prime minister berlusconi to step aside as he vowed to do once a as reforms had been passed and at that point his thought that the italian president will try to appoint a new hires and that some sort of technocratic government will be formed going to

happen very quickly from what we've been hearing as he said the emphasis really had now is on decisive action and the front runner that's emerged recently is a man named mario monti he's the former. and he's certainly favored not just among politicians here but amongst you is a need is well he's got very close links with brussels he's thought to be the man he can lead the way three this crisis situation now finds itself and by no means is the new government going to be a quick fix to all the problems but it is essential at this moment that some form of action is taken to stand that strong message next week to try and stem a lot of that uncertainty and mistrust and the political guidance here in the country that we've seen from the markets and from the international community and as he said mary months is a favorite we saw the italian president making quite a clever chesney when he appointed him a standard to life now that's made him a much more appealing candidate the m.p.'s much more political. liable to take that

top spot we've also seen the top spot increase taken by a former e.c.b. official you've now got married monte possibly gehring out state the top spot he served for me commissioner there is definitely concern amongst the public in these countries that what you're saying now is an extension of brussels in the sofa surely that is what's happening again the m.p.'s that we're speaking to is saying that this technocratic government now is really good it just pushing through these harsh measures just getting them off the ground because they've been long promised and have failed to materialize and that's really what's needed to stay now from the years and leaders and of course it's labor the entire usa and future right now looking extremely uncertain but the public very concerned about the loss of red a say about whether the new governments are going to be acting in their country's interests here in italy is still to this very harsh reforms that not only have to be passed but they don't have to be influenced say is one thing to put in place these euro kratz who are going to appease brussels at the quite another to gain up

public support and we've seen in the past in both italy and countries like greece a loss of public to pull can really have a very significant impact in d.c. by no means it's league game to be out of the words if and when that new government is formed that's expected to happen as early as saturday they're not out of the woods yet there's still a long way to go they funds us at a very critical point in the future. so if earth reporting there the new greek prime minister lucas papademos has been sworn in as the head of a unity government and make up of his new cabinet was also announced on state television after the ceremony the former banker and european central bank vice president's immediate task will be to implement yet more austerity measures in return for continued he paid out payments mr president most as vowed to do all he cared to bring greece's finances under control and promised to keep the country in the euro zone laughlin the director of studies at the paris institute of democracy in cooperation believes brussels has escaped much of the blame for the blocks debt

crisis. these people who have taken power in greece and shortly to take our initially have never been elected these are men who made their entire careers through garnering important appointments and places like the euro in commission or the european central bank they have no democratic mandate at all and precisely what is so frightening about what is happening now after as the european union and the euro enters its death agonies because that's what i think it is is the way in which the european union really is showing and i say this without any exaggeration it's true nature as a dictatorship after all it is europe which has effectively commanded these two prime ministers to leave office and do you have to leave office the moment you suggested a referendum on the debt package and berlusconi had to leave office the moment he said that italians would become poorer under the europe so we're seeing really a very ugly development of course the governments are responsible for the crisis

but there is a code responsible element and that is the euro itself they only need bailouts from the european union because they don't have the option of devaluation they don't have the option of managing their own economic and monetary affairs i am absolutely convinced that the euro project is at an end i can't say when it's going to break down but it is at an end yes there's been financial irresponsibility in greece initially but the situation has been made worse well catastrophic by their membership of the euro. ahead for you in just a few minutes here on r.t. armed to the teeth syrian authorities ring the alarm bells over an increased amount of weapons being smuggled into the country to boost extremist factions fighting the regime. still to come but first nato may have finishes bombing mission in libya but now there's a full scale western invasion energy corporations are queuing up to do business with the new government which is rewarding the military victory with lucrative oil and gas contracts and bodies laura smith looks at how the harvest of war is being

reached. first british bombs tourists apart now british companies will get paid to put it back together libya is open for business and u.k. firms are being encouraged to join the gold rush the relatively wealthy country with oil reserves and i expect that there will be opportunities for british. companies to get involved in the reconstruction of libya philip hammond is urging c.e.o.'s and sales directors to pack their suitcases and head to the north african country the u.k.'s bill for its part in the nato intervention in libya is estimated at just under five hundred million dollars but according to the u.k. department of trade and investment the value of contracts to rebuild libya in areas ranging from electricity and water supplies to health care and education could

amount to put of three hundred billion dollars over the next ten years and the british government will make sure it takes a leading role in that just as it did in the war and that's raising more questions about the u.k.'s motives in playing such a big role in the recent conflict john hillery of war on want says it has shades of post-war iraq when companies from countries involved in the allied invasion were awarded all the best gigs. journalist john pilger says there was evidence of battering before nato even got involved in a transitional council told the french. they would give thirty five. being really. the u.k. department for trade and investment already has staff on the ground in libya ready

to welcome british companies. awarded contracts wanting to get in on the action or oil firm shell and b.p. shares rose on the news they were talking to the transitional government and generic firms and mark macdonald also reportedly keen but if the latter refused to put up a spokesman when asked preferring instead to send basic statements which critics say is a new tactic to avoid defending their ethics it's better p.r. for them not to be involved in any form of public discussion of why they're doing what they're doing around the world. so far the conflict in libya looks like an excellent investment half a billion dollars to oust a dictator with a return of three hundred billion in business contracts when it's all over now the humanitarian goals no longer need to be touted wall suddenly makes great business sense nor a smith r.t.

london. the un security council is reviewing palestine's bid for un membership in new york the motion was filed in september too much euphoria in the west bank and the deciding vote may come as soon as next week. ways are palestine's chance. palestinians have resigned themselves to the fact that it's unlikely they going to get the two thirds majority they need in the united nations security council for the statehood bid what this means is that they will not become full members of the united nations and the united states will not be forced to exercise its veto rights there are eight countries amongst the security council who have indicated that they will vote in favor of the palestinian bid these include russia china india south africa brazil levanon nigeria and gabon both the british and the french have announced that they will abstain from the vote there they will abstain alongside portugal and bosnia while germany and colombia might either abstain or vote against

it alongside the united states now this really leaves the palestinians with two options the one is that they can still next week demand that the security council vote on the statehood bid this will force those countries who are not supporting it to publicly justify their position and the palestinians might go ahead with this although they know that they're not going to get that admission into the security council the other option and this seems likely is that they still take the bird to the general assembly what this will give them is upgraded observer status or though they will not become full members of the international body was it seems a lot of pressure going on behind the scenes the palestinians have accused the united states of meddling and putting pressure on other countries not to support the statehood but you just need to look at the united kingdom as one example and here the foreign secretary william hague has said that it is to quote him tactical judgment why the u.k. is abstaining from this bid now the palestinians were relying on the british to

support the bird and the foreign secretary has now been accused of being hypocritical and abdicating responsibility when you mention the e.u. nasco admission to the palestinians in need. the following that the united states canada and israel withdrew or stopped giving funding to the bodies so much so that you miska has had to suspend temporarily its activities now that kind of pressure comes while israel continues to build settlements in occupied east jerusalem and the occupied territories so certainly while the palestinians a short time ago had a lot of euphoria that the international community would back the bid for statehood this kind of pressure going on behind the scenes seems to be paying off. palestinian american activists and writers told me earlier that the palestinian bid for recognition will just prove america and israel's inability to stick to their promises of a two state solution. i honestly think that the approach to the united nations is

less about membership of palestine in the united nations and more of challenging the west and the ability to walk the walk of a two state paradigm or what we're seeing is forty four years of the west specifically the united states making a case for two states but in the first real test of bringing two states about has failed to move it forward and i think what is at stake is much more than just the membership issue but rather the entire two state paradigm and that's dangerous i believe u.s. foreign policy as it relates to this issue has been hijacked by a pro israeli lobby inside u.s. politics and i don't believe the united states is acting in its interests by ignoring this big which is exactly in line with what it has been calling for not only for forty four years but for twenty intense years of new bilateral

negotiations the president of bats has basically put on the table this u.s. position and is asking them to vote for it and they refuse and that leaves the palestinians with very few options to keep the two state solution alive and i think the newer generations that are coming out seeing the arab spring around them are going to be much more interested in calling and demanding their rights then calling for statehood as we move forward. two people have been wounded after stepping on a land mine planted by syrian troops on the northern border with lebanon syrian authorities say it was mind to prevent illegal shipments of alms i mean the military supplies which increased over the last few months professor of international relations marc hellman says that syria has fallen victim to lebanese political games. the people doing smuggling may be doing it for money but of course somebody is paid and i think there is ground thinking that in lebanon for instance the explosive situation there is being made worse by the fact that one faction of

politics the a sunni muslim factions with former prime minister hariri also backed by the saudis for instance. see the syrian regime because it's its rival and it supports its rivals has on the christians in lebanon who don't wish to see a revolution in syria bring to power a sunny fundamentalist regime which will likely be hostile to the religious minorities and so we are seeing there are cynical people who do anything for money we're also seeing people who say the way to paris with. well it brings you up to date for the moment coming up to sixty minutes past the hour here in moscow with a recap of all our top headlines in about forty minutes from now but in the meantime for those are eager to come to the russian capital the business we have the ultimate guide moscow out is coming up very shortly for you.

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in moscow top stories now on our t.v. attorney and senate approves its cautious new austerity noid yet. hoping to stem a growing consensus that the eurozone third largest economy is falling to the ravages of the euro crisis. palestine is still pushing for a vote on its un statehood despite the fact it knows it will likely lose and if it does fail it wants the brits opponents to justify their decision which if unease will be dictated by the us. and western corporations the centerpoint oil rich libya seeking to exploit the riches left following nato bombing mission. and those are our top stories for the moment this hour in r.t. more from innocent half an hour from now in the meantime we report on the claims that major pharmaceutical manufacturers who make cancer fighting drugs are also thought to be response.