on r.t. . ghostrider was chancellor of germany from one nine hundred ninety eight to two thousand and five he's now chairman of the board at nordstrom's russia's new gas pipeline under the baltic sea europe mr further why should the e.u. increase its dependence on gazprom. we're not talking about russia's dependence we're talking about cooperation between russia on the one side and the european union on the other in the energy sector and the stream is viewed as a priority project both by russia and the because it's been part of europe's energy networks since two thousand and six not recognized by the european parliament and the e.u. council of energy with its debts which wasn't from our peers from parliamentary or and from that minister to nordstrom pipelines have already been laid what top of the third one will be added and what will be its capacity we haven't yet i don't

know that we currently have at least two pipelines with the total capacity of fifty five billion cubic me article beat me the question of whether a third or even like climate political would have to be answered by european stock holders of as you know we have gazprom in the one florida and holland's got sunni g.d.s. suez in germany and the s.f. winterson on the other investors decide to build a third and fourth pipeline through a privately finals might we're not talking about states like that then it could be done i do not know whether they will make such a decision as it was not part of my will and mine of. brussels wants all russian energy companies not just gazprom to be allowed to export gas to europe what are the implications of that for gazprom and europe as. regulator reprovision one is not the issue. and the rest of the nations need gas to sensibly reform that and. russia on the other hand has to sell gas to keep its budget and so there's

a. codependency culture is a good thing for jay how to be happy to see european companies invest into russia and european markets open up there wasn't a company that it's a good free market economy does is good for the marc rich what do you think of the recent new raids on gazprom and its partners in europe think about just the all p.r. gasper i think europeans need gas to feel as has many years is a dog with a political uncertainty in north africa also good to have a stable partner that you can rely on for russia is one of the you know better than anyone else for at least the bit written recently switched from export to your old partner europe needs a gas supply to maintain a stable mix of energy sources but it's climatic conditions where you want them to get any norway's going outside but also russia's gas and therefore i think opening the market up different companies would be a wiser more of. the name to do some e.u. officials oppose russia whatever it does get us is for though that's most money i

guess it is so we have to admit that or i hope we will get over it it's understandable and says the european union needs russia geopolitically but the reverse is also true it's not a question but with the time has come to start cooperating and stop looking back at an idea or degree difference yet again that misrata could russia switch supply east to china if brussels keeps up its hostility and then as it towards your evil minds of which is in a situation where it could ship gas to china and all of asia and europe i hope russia never has to make a choice is the use of the russian government is evidently pro european but europe cannot keep pushing russia away it hurts russians pride about me and we have to keep in mind that while russia has the alternative of shipping to asia europe has no such alternative and europe's geopolitical position look only improved if it manages to enter a tiny hard to ship with russia one under the same time grant only a recession to turkey and that would be a sound strategy aimed into the future the rest. yesterday's debate alice and.

guess that if russia does decide to go east could that mean the gas shortfall for europe now does vet a snake know whether or not happy russia was an exceptionally reliable supplier during soviet times so no one has to worry about that trantor i will say again that europe hallmark it is incredibly important for russia to keep it logic balance in the other things therefore we're not talking about the kind of a code and it's a good progress in shipping liquefied natural gas. makes europe less dependent on pipelines can that affect this project and. i don't think it would have a negative effect on the project as europe's liquefied gas market is quite limited to move there's nowhere to sell it in germany or poland has a developing market important is that it's in no way a danger for us and that's not the reason i'm criticizing is the indication that there are alternative sources of the low spot prices on gas their support deals can

be of no more gain than long term supply agreements in the short run but they do not offer stability for think of fair play in the wake of the fukushima disaster germany is closing all its nuclear power plants do you support that and how will it change germany's energy mix. have been damaged mind consider this me and my team or the people who would rigidly negotiated that deal with our energy suppliers that we had agreed to make a sensible exit out of nuclear strategy that was followed by a short period when the federal government thought our agreement should be overturned and of course they've since gone the other way and started supporting what i had negotiated on this does not mean bridge technologies like nuclear energy cannot be used until energy efficiency is sufficiently developed that we need gas as an interim energy source for the sake of energy security that's the reason we need to buy gas from new york from other cultures but primarily from russia and the reason we need to build a gas power station. morse. with this debt crisis mr sarkozy says

no euro no europe surely europe will survive without the euro so that there's i know i know former english as a quote my successor in office like to of course europe's going to have problems if the euro has problems but there's one thing you can be sure of at the end of the euro is going to survive as a common currency there even it theoretically things turn out differently which i find very approachable you think we will still have a united europe it is vital in all pugging you would chancellor when greece cooked its books to join the euro should you have stopped athens from joining the single currency. on those it towards your invalid i do not think that was our situation of the european commission its employees that had to conduct inspections they had let us know that we could take the responsibility for greece's e.u. a session on ourselves and it was a purely preparatory mission conducted by the european commission and the national

governments if we had made the decision to take greece in we could not claim without having the firm proof that the information we got then was on diplomatically speaking not entirely correct raghav people might keep in mind that the european parliament voted in favor of greece's membership almost unanimously including the conservatives who are now trying to distance themselves from that decision sometimes in politics you don't want to believe things that he wants condoned or actually happening. for and loss. of the commission was wrong or the handling of greece has been wrong since it ended which which is a matter kensi in. it's pointless to talk about how things were in the past we're talking about the future i hope we manage to keep greece in the euro zone so that i was the new greek government would have to be nonpartisan uninfluenced by debate provoked by right wing and under that's on for me i hope the package of aid agreements that european leaders have agreed on it implement that if that's the case then i think we can start taking care of stabilizing my lucky. with

a great deal of help from greece here for or there is one point i would like to make the country should not be broken down not only does greece need budget discipline which is of course trivial should what greece needs our investments to invest it would be good to see wealthy greek citizens who are currently vesting abroad with pay taxes in their own country instead of looking for investment opportunity or so on was a good us thought to bring is there a red line beyond which german thursday we're not going to bail out southern europe anymore or does germany have a historic debt to europe has from putting its been there getting about debt i'm not against discussing a red line the problem is that if you start to talk about a red line then you'd eventually have to correctly germany's interested both politically and economically in a functioning europe that have economic interest is easily explainable you get forty percent of our export goes to the european union and beyond with your eyes if those countries are hit by a crisis then so is germany secondly or the lesson we learned in the past and our

prospects for the future dictate that germany is not strong enough geopolitical to play a significant role in a game where the u.s. is one superpower and an asian leader. in this case china is the other new european state it is only a united europe can take on a role like that if that's why germany is interested in a night in the us that is not just because of the past with you but for the sake of our citizens future of that conference a lot of being to small question many germans many dutch people many finns are angry at having to pay. of a role that's enough for it see and i can understand that but i have to explain it very consistently to the current generation of political leaders clearly it's within our own interests to maintain stability in other countries as germany is a nation that relies hugely on actually here if markets around us crumble it harms us we have to explain to our the new generation the prospects for long lasting.

peace allies in europe are good during the secular and when you serve the german chancellor there was no question of receiving financial aid from china or russia directly or indirectly through the i.m.f. do you regret that's happening potentially and what would be the implication if think it doesn't make it but i do not think we should feel bad about other nations getting stronger be they russians chinese brazilians south africans or indians or it should not concern us because these countries offer us more opportunity to export our products as they develop but that's only the case if we stay better and stay more innovative when we fulfill our agenda of twenty taro and sort out our social policies in germany is the only country that understood back in two thousand and three that for an aging country to maintain prosperity that it must provide for change i think and i i wonder if the rest of the e.u. states if i'm having understood this a decade later i will manage to take the action needed to maintain prosperity eyes

on the other hand we have an understanding that an aging society with a decreasing number of people who are deployed has problems of that so it will be a matter that we started taking care of our problems in time it was the rest will regret it and be forced to take on a harder mission this goes for everyone not just the sound of or bust us but if they've been ignored and gerhard schroder chairman of the board for the north stream gas pipeline thank you for speaking with r.t. . the earth.

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the latest news in the week's top stories in our t.v. keypads of asian pacific rim agreed to start working on a free trade zone it could revitalize relations the russian and u.s. presidents also used the apec summit for a meeting on the sidelines to discuss missile defense russia's membership of the

world trade organization. government prime ministers the plight of greece and italy as both nations raced to pull back from the financial abyss and have to approve new austerity measures to steer clear of bankruptcy and avert disaster in the euro zone. plus a u.n. report claims iran might be seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon. as a u.s. backed smear campaign bring in the lawyers are now reconsidering their country's cooperation with the eighty eight which they're calling the disappointment. brings up today for the moment i'll have more for you in about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime kate is next with all the latest action from the world of sports stay with us for that. hello and welcome to the sports news and these are the top stories does it delights

mclaren's lewis hamilton wins the abu dhabi grand prix from ferrari's fernando alonso after sebastian vettel retires with a first lap point. while thriller down under local boy greg chill in the survives a fine late run by tiger woods in a gripping last round in his second australian open. and relief in manila found celebrators money yeah retains his w b a welterweight title with a controversial points when planning my mom office. we start with formula water where mclaren's lewis hamilton returned to form to claim his third win of the season with a victory at the abu dhabi grand prix after sebastian vettel retired on the first lap red bulls newly crowned world champion picked up the second corner it was battles first retirement since korea last year and ended his run is the only driver this season to finish every race as well as going on since the michael schumacher

his record thirteen victories more seasoned pro meanwhile ferrari's fernando alonso tried to take the lead at the final pitstop finished nine seconds behind tomlinson mclaren's jenson button who took surfer red bulls mark webber from a massive misfits. and is now in world number for roger federer has won his first ever paris masters spinal with a straight set win over a frenchman joe wilfried tsonga federer survived to break points in the opening game from the two thousand and eight champion before racing through the first set six won in just half an hour the third seed then took a four love lead in the second set tie break before wrapping up his eighteenth monsters title in an hour. in twenty five minutes it was also thirty year old federer is a sixty minutes twenty one success and victory number eight hundred two in his career. to ice hockey now russia have won the cup in finland after coming from

behind to snatch a vital two one victory in the dying seconds of the czech republic the czechs took the lead in the second period with a wrist shot from thirty nine zero seven hundred forty clay to canada then the red machine managed to level in the closing period and an exam that i do not scored his fourth goal of the tournament with just ten seconds to go until the final buzzer junior champion yet again because the soft snaps the winner so russia one of the titles regardless of the later result between the defending champions finland and sweden which the swedes won four three. gulf now and local man greg chalmers survived a tiger woods fight back in a thrilling final round to win his second australian open why is single shot while woods finished third behind jones and despite a fine round of sixty seven after a disappointing third round of seventy five that saw wood structure joint eighth the former while the number one came roaring back close to clinching his first win in two years carving an eagle and five birdies five under par round but that wasn't

quite enough to win as australian charmers enjoyed a confident performance finishing three straight pass for a final round of sixty nine however the thirty eight year old was forced to watch nervously as overnight leader sent away close with a thirty five foot birdie putt at the eighteenth which would have taken it into a playoff but his effort just missed to give an emotional traumas the second the straight and i can title in three years. i got the short straw i got the really hard won the treble my wife got me out you're all back in dallas be at the starting school that day i got my four year old boy. would be great if everyone could be here but. there. and i think that's great. football now and frank lampard says desire was the major factor as the midfielder celebrated claiming the england captain's armband by scoring his side's second half when in their one their victory over world and european champions spain the wembley it was

a man's first victory over spain for ten years and the first time just three lines before the reigning world champion since one thousand nine hundred ninety eight defeated argentina also wembley led his country in the absence of the rest of john terry headed in from close range fourteen minutes to darren bent and struck the woodwork explained dominated possession for long periods of almost a quiet place only about his b.s. struck the post and substitute excess fabric as place to the chants but england resolutely held on for a confidence boosting with. it was a difficult game and we didn't know my spine but we think we have to understand this morning it's a great time for the free and we defended their commitment not to go on the grass over the line route regarding. what we've done i mean you cared about us so we know that the day we got the one off executive found. that we're very proud i'm very proud to live in st petersburg i'm very proud for the fact that many fans think i'm

not the one minute we can celebrate the world champions. staying with the will and with a year and twenty twelve preparations now well underway to add the cost says russia are improving with every game i play off the drawing one one in a friendly with greece in athens on friday night as head coach which is more important i think is a really good test for russia today i mean you probably learn a lot from ses mij a very comfortable very reasonable you know a lot of said do it every day do we point that out of the team and we can play the part in the game will be good at the end of the show to get a very physical team like. for the future i mean how impressed we i mean had a few debates in some encoding and. you could see that they were a part of the team and as always a port and they were not alone there in the destruction of the good result so that i was pleased with have seen the first game is always difficult but i mean i am also i mean you've said you've got free games the head of the european championships in two thousand and twelve has

a team progressing you did look very good tonight as well we're progressing already from the from the beginning it is a real team and there's a reason i have also some problems to change because it didn't look very good for the lies that and played in jens is the first we had to go through for the full four chances before we had to go to three goals but for voters to be improving yes but if you have how have items as a coach be have a simple score because i mean very few coaches around europe can call on such a few group of players would you have done over the last few years does your basically is base your squad yeah that definitely. the majority of the players knows what i want is see the big in the games that simply doesn't that's important and we can only do better i think still a semi high i mean obviously the likes of a shot in public. can get figureheads if your team i mean how disappointing is it for you as a head coach but they're not getting a lot of game time in england

a moment that's doing that alone. played today ninety minutes. i didn't want to tell you is was wrong with his back because this is important to get fit again so we are still timing of to bring everybody in the right loves you can i get a long break until the next seven weeks here when you play normal friendlies i mean which seems you looking to play in my time or do you not decide decided but there's a possibility to be played in the in february but i don't know what's going to have a day off the result of some night bombing loss for you know tonight against croatia probably one. of you and mr keating. we will see if we can do that exams are. boxing manny pacquiao is convinced he was the winner after the thirty two year old filipino defended his w.b.i. welterweight title due to a controversial majority decision over mexico's one manuel marquez in las vegas.

with your god i want to fight it now it's very clear and you know i blog or most of the hundreds of mark i saw. you said you wanted to leave absolutely no doubt however the audience has a doubt do you think that you really left no doubt this time around that you beat marcus well we had our share of that market is that if you're born it is good bye there but you know i want to fight you. you know that i just thought oh well meanwhile there was relief of back as fans in manila after the outcome was identical to the pairs last meeting in two thousand and eight despite a strong finish from thirty eight year old mexican law two of the three judges narrowly ruled in the filipinos favor while the third couldn't separate the two after the final round both fighters adopted a victory pose but got the notes to the fury of the sellout crowd and marcus who stormed out of the ring but in the philippines victory was all that mattered. the

fight was equal but marcus watched a minute by much used to see money much punching so much that is why i am surprised that she won but i am happy. and finally despite mixed fortunes at this year's world championships jamaica's you saying bolt has been named as male athlete of the year for the search by the international athletics federations well despite being the overwhelming favorite both was eliminated from the one hundred meters in diameter for full start however he cruised to gold in the two hundred meters and there's i helped to make a set a world record in the four by one hundred meters really like. i mean it was in the best season but i promise next year will be better. than the time before. taking me to of says no not really appreciate everybody for coming out and so. for ten dollars people and t.v. . i don't want to make sense thanks for everything. and on the women's side accolades went to sally pearson of australia who recorded the fourth fastest time

in the history of the one hundred meter hurdles one hundred ten victories out of eleven races this season. again thank you everyone for coming tonight it truly means a lot to all the athletes here i'm sure because we work so hard for what we get you know results in this boy and to have not said this means a lot to us it feels that our results have been appreciated and that's all the sports news bison.

it's easy to. believe. the latest news in the week's top stories on r.t. asia pacific specific at the apec summit the regions keep ellis agreed to start work in a free trade zone that could revolutionize relations. rewriting history in europe

new governments being formed by ministers replacing debt ridden greece and italy as both nations race to pull back from the fallen short of it. plus a un report claims iran might be seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon but tehran slams the allegations as a us practice smear campaign. with an attack of the past seven days top stories in the latest developments this is the weekly on. the creation of a landmark free trades. own dominated talks at this year's apec summit which brings together the leaders of asian and pacific rim countries barack obama hosted the get together in hawaii and met up with dmitri medvedev to churn over some pretty hot topics he's honest brings us more now from honolulu the final day of the apec summit to do.