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the head of the french institute of international relations. a picture of the present political landscape all across the. to the longer we all thank you very much for being with us today it's a pleasure sir so you had one of your ups i was wondering in terms of policy what do you promote and is there such thing as european approach for example there's an american approach there's a question approach is there such thing as your approach not truly in policy terms

because we know europe is not yet. single unified decision maker especially for foreign policy i think it will take a few decades before europe is able to be the single voice in international international affairs nevertheless i think there is a so-called sensibility you know or sensitivity about international affairs europe is much closer to the you where you should continent but in the united states perhaps we are a little bit more realistic but do you see russia as part of europe yes of course russia is part of europe but it's not part of the european union you know i was reading the economist couple of years ago and they were making predictions on how the world would be in time years and one of the predictions was that russia will be part of european union do you think it's possible you know why now first of all. russia is much too big you know and i think that. europe president loves

a lot in since the collapse of the soviet union twenty years ago and we have not they just. the new chemicals and don't forget that we have a huge controversy about. just cannot emerge in the country to see russia. in a time when we are still struggling and debating a bangle so. about turkey so i think i'm not saying that russia will never be in the european union you know my own vision is that in one hundred years from that one two hundred years from now the european union will have extended to the whole planet actually because i think we do seeds of a new model of world government so the european union is a very serious thing but if you tell me in ten years that that is not the slightest chance. for russia to joy so surprised to hear that theory for many people now that at the. basis for your playing. well specially with

a. badly you really think such a strong foundation that it can last and actually expand. yet. again i'm talking long very long term horizon for fall for one simple reason you know globalization means more and more into dependence with more and more interdependence the risk of the small incidence of accidents have a huge consequence is all over the world this risk is increasing very fast which means that we will have to invent totally new modes of governance this is exactly what we are experimenting. european union level of course progress is difficult of course in the case of the you will we know at the very defining moment . my guess by the way for the euro is that we will come out of this stronger not

weaker because we will be forced you know to invent into the new devices the new instruments of governance to avoid the repetition of such crises and but but there is no alternative for europe is supposed europe. suppose you have destroys itself itself it could happen of course. but it would be a cup a straw for a single member of the european union it would be the world so my point is that of course the realty really shaky but it is the most interesting model in politics that has been invented in the last so since world war two. and i repeat i think it will be a model for the whole world and invite me again in one hundred years from now and you will see that i am right as financial for example right now america regardless

of the crisis is considered to be had to be number one how do you think it will be in ten years we are talking about the new type of governance of the well first of all i think that the us is no longer the good model and that it's the beginning of the end and we might very well be at this stage comparable to let's say the great britain at the end of the don't seem to century. talk about seventy or eighty years for the u.k. to lose entirely its predominance and i think we have a more or less similar evolution with the us my point is that the degraded for instance of note. the u.s. by standard and poor's seems to be an anecdote but it's deeper than that because it shows that no the united states is becoming a country like the others that is they have to to put their house in in order but

it will take time and the problem is that the u.s. you know they are not accustomed to thinking in those terms because the custom to think about themselves. all the other countries following the leadership is no longer the case but you know we also china you know china. hates it. also to discuss and to to to negotiate the economic policies with the with the others so we have one country we have two countries that are three the u.s. and china for different reasons the do not like to cooperate to really corporate we countries they have to. to learn to learn how to cooperate with others and with the europeans in particular on financial matters but it's going to take time now what are your predictions for russia because i know you've been traveling to this country since ninety seven a lot of people say you know cynics in

a westerly decorations or change them really rush a stack mentality what do you predict for russia what how do you see now and how how do you how do you see it coming up the next five ten years well first of all. like this country. like think it's a great country it's a civilization in itself and i think that what they have done over the last twenty years is quite remarkable remarkable spite of all the huge difficulties of transition after the collapse of the soviet union and i think that most of western knows and it's teammates who do not recognize. the kind of a nightmare you know the collapse of the soviet union with all its institutions its economy and so forth and so on well so i think what has been achieved is quite remarkable i think this country will gradually evolve in. the way in your more liberal way but all this will take time do you agree

that the image of russia in the west is slightly distorted if not iraq it is yes i think the. worst country in particular but not only in france there is a tendency to look at russia in a very very good. because the way. i think this is probably has a negative backlash as a consequence because i think that for the for the for the russians if the op will see them constantly criticize for not being good enough democratic and so forth and so on but in the end it can have a negative feedback effect so we should be more tolerant but by the way many of the people who criticize russia constantly do not even trouble in russia strip

nevertheless russia and france do share a very special relation and that these two countries are closer than any other european countries presidents but america we kind of have good relations but we have fundamental blocking points with france we share. nearly what i think we get ourselves as opposed to other countries. i think that russia is in many ways a much stronger relationship with germany than than with france but particular in economic terms but i think it is true nonetheless that france and russia has always kind of a special relationship but it's very interesting because one of the new presidents in france for instance want to change the relation and that was the case with sarkozy at the very beginning because at the beginning of his term sarkozy was a little negative about russia but usually after the while when the when the newcomer a little does his job so to speak to the classical relation is restored.

so it's exactly what happened with president sarkozy you know by the way so and also it's important to see that in russia in france. russia is culturally quite popular for instance many of you know our best hope. because the deal with russia when they were to have a special relationship to your lap or et al right now we are always agree politically for instance libya sarkozy was so adamant for cafferty go russia not so much but i think well. i think two things at least. if there is you know when you have circumstances such as the so-called arab spring that some people prefer to call the islamic spring which i think is

a little bit exaggerated but the way to behave is not obvious at all because we know that doing nothing is not desirable and acting too quickly has also some drawbacks so the choice is is difficult and we know that there are many obstacles for instance the. world will not be an easy one but this being said i think it's important for russia not to give the impression that. it is always on the on the side. of dictators. so to be too much conservative to be on the side of saddam hussein in their fee. kim jong il. it's it's not it's not it cannot be a long term policy so. it's

a difficult balance but i think that was also heavily criticized in france france is against a military intervention differently it's not that we really stick you know there is no support for military intervention nobody wants to intervene militarily in the in the case of libya it was. risky but that was all the support in the security council and. there was the support from the arab league in the end and there was a military involvement. in the case so it's a totally different situation thank you very much for this interview.

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would be soo much brighter if you knew about some news from feinstein. t.v. dot com. the headlines on artsy twenty six thousand airstrikes and no civilian casualties outrage greets nato as claims of a flawless libya intervention all as a new and just as bloody campaign unfolds against gadhafi his former supporters. russia's freshly elected parliament has chosen its speaker the new state duma convenes for the first time two weeks after its election sparked mass protests and sun calls for a week. and a fresh between britain and the e.u. brussels orders london to relax stringent benefit laws saying a newly arrived immigrants in the u.k.

must be is eligible for handouts as britons themselves. time to dive head first into the latest action from the world of sports with kate. i welcome to the latest sports and here are the top stories on the brink fears grow that russian premier league club told him could collapse amid a mounting debt crisis. last you'll see liverpool striker luis suarez was fined and how did eight match bank are racially abusing manchester united defender a tree several. hundred forging ahead scar stretch their lead at the top of the western conference after thrashing to a scout five two here in moscow. first russian premier league side f.c. tom are on the brink of going bankrupt amid debts of four and a half million dollars and allegations of embezzlement said to get in the nick has

stepped down as their president saying there's no hope of saving the fifty four year old club top mccartney bottom of the lake and seven points from safety after suffering a sixteen game winning streak you make believe the twenty three million dollars needed to run inside the site every year has become unaffordable to make matters worse local governments decided they would no longer sponsor the cycle other sponsors have pulled out as a result of an ongoing police investigation into trains to club officials besant funds well tom's next day we should want to be back on march the third the first thing after the winter break. while he controls one of the league's wealthiest clubs and he has once again being linked with also midfielder and russia captain and that i showed him his former agents that he's like that was says the thirty year old is hoping for a move from the emirates back to his former club suneet but this isn't petersburg have not expressed an interest and his role is now filled by portuguese danny so a move to in january could be more likely but i guess don clark was bought by

billionaire sort of and gary moved in january and since signed stars such insomnia left so and brazil legend roberto carlos. moscow midfielder did he call for. being a russian player a full year after the twenty four year old finished twenty eleven o'clock i was top scorer and became a regular member of the national side which i'm porfiry reports. for to difference a year makes twelve months ago denise culture cough was just one of a number of talented russian midfielders however at the end of two thousand and eleven he's established himself as one of his country's key players in this position crucial causes there's no particular reason for his rapid improvement though he did pay tribute to his new coach with my t.v. posse conceding. the fact that the coach believes in me is vital and when you have this believe it's much easier to play on the field i remember back in two thousand and eight when i was playing and the coach at that time that i should buy him of

didn't believe in me even though i was scoring regularly belief for me is everything. because your call has been at like a my chief of a vast majority of his career two thousand and eleven has been a frustrating campaign for the team as bay failed to live up to vent potential however crucial call has been perhaps the team's key player and a former coach anatoly busch advents says denise is developing into an excellent midfielder. just optional when you have a side he's a very versatile plant and has everything you would want to find in a modern day football or defensively he is very sound while he is excellent to getting food and schools a lot of goals especially for midfielder i'm really happy that he managed to break into the national team and i'm sure he can continue to go from strength to strength . bush recalled was like a much each top scorer with eight goals which is an impressive return for midfielder. and that helped a twenty four year old break into the russian national team and he managed to grab

his first of a goal for his country against andorra denise looks certain to be selective to pick up a cut squad of the year of two thousand and twelve finals however he's taking nothing for granted. looking at the deliver the i don't even want to think about trying to break into russia starting eleven at the moment i would just like to make the squad as there is six months till the euros get under way and they're looking to happen in this time in the end if dick of the cause decision and he decides to call me up then i'll be delighted. two thousand and eleven proved to be an incredibly productive year for denise however the twenty four year old will still be looking to improve if he continues to progress at the rate he's currently going adds and he could become a key member of pick up the cats russia side of the euro two thousand and twelve championships which a bump off an eternity moscow. quality of earnings and live a full strike a little suarez has been banned for eight games and fined sixty two thousand

dollars after being found guilty by the football association of racially abusing men. tonight a defender patrice evra in the one one draw at anfield on october the fifteenth the iroquois starred in the eyes the allegations and has a fortnight's to appeal saying on twitter it was a painful and difficult day for him and his family while liverpool said we find it extraordinary louis can be found guilty on the word of patrice evra alone the ban will not start until any appeal has been heard in the twenty four year old is expected to play for the reds at wigan this wednesday night though he could miss the carling cup semifinal against manchester city plus league matches against manchester united and arsenal. while in the meantime league leaders manchester city entertain stoke this wednesday evening hoping to at least retain their two point lead over rivals manchester united and city manager about the mancini says the aim is to finish the packed christmas programme still at the summit. is important to stay on the top. as important as the greens most.

important to stay in the you know this season because we know that can happen also that we came over this example to show you this is going to happen is if you've got to stay on the top for thirty six games the games. we drive these boys who are well in other games this wednesday night united go to full fifth place all small go to aston villa newcastle who've lost any ones at home so far take on west brom everton face one z. and sunderland travel to neil warnock's keep yall who produced a valiant showing lawson days to no time defeat to united which was knighted by black cats boss martin o'neill. first of all a good a lot of respect for the manager has been. an excellent move into for a long time and you so you would know what to expect from his teams. and they could consider. was having

a look at that not just united. the number of troops is. soon. i don't think confidence would be good. well on tuesday night more pressure was heaped on blackburn manager steve kane as his side slipped to the boss of with a two one zero defeat to basement and local rivals bolton was twice came from behind to draw two two with norwich but are still just two points above the drop zone while over in spain defending champions real madrid us through to the last sixteen of the copper del rey a comprehensive five warner home win of a thirty year old but again that saw them shoot a seventy one on aggregate severe espanyol and while also advanced. and in the meantime the russian national team oct twelfth behind denmark in year ending world rankings while the new european champions spain reign supreme for the fourth year running the netherlands and germany completing the top three wales with

the biggest gainers of the year collecting more points than any other country to break back into the top fifty while at the other end of the table american samoa finally moved off the bottom after recording their first victory last month after thirty straight defeats. to ice hockey now as garson petersburg have extended their lead at the top of the western conference to twelve points after winning five to say well this guy had gone ahead through that his passion early on but that simply sprung into life behind humble netter grace as his side to score five times. back. we've got the final goal of the night five two to start the final results that defeat in eighth place in the western conference. two into sports now and russians katherina style yet obama has come up short of a first podium finish at this season's freestyle world cup it was the second mobile

event of the season ski resort of metal bell and a study out of. was the first across the finish line of smoke fire against heather mcphee the judges sided with the americans awarding her the bronze on points american and a kidney took first place to extend her perfect start to the season to t.v. trace. but in the meantime with just two hundred twenty days to go before next summer's london olympics giant rings have been unveiled at the entrance to the channel tunnel in northern france it took two days and five climbers to install the symbol and each is over nine metres wide and almost five metres high britain's former olympic triple jump champion jonathan edwards says they'll offer a warm welcome to the millions of visitors expected in london next summer. but see the rings on the entrance to the euro settle it's leave it welcoming people coming from europe to our games for twenty two hours one of the great things we want to do is extend the welcome to the entire world europe included and this is

a great symbol of the vehicle and let's finish with a football goal which should have been at least in the running for the gold of the year award but for one small matter this krakow found the back of the net in the hong kong top flight over the weekend. amazingly classic overhead takes to make the likes of match united ukraine rooney go green with envy but the trouble is it was an own goal this nigerian defender vestas base tempted to clear the ball and failed magnificently luckily enough despite citizen went on to win three two bases if it's the system virals needs of. us and that's all the sports war just a two hours i hope you'll join me again then. culture is that so much i'm afraid we're going to make a lot of the play here yeah but one came to the next passage of north korea's dear

leader again highlights the acute insecurity on the korean peninsula and beyond.

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