but again it's time for the headlines to blow for nicholas sarkozy of losing out to socialist candidate france well known in the first round of the french presidential election in the past sets of face off in the second stage in a fortnight or so to zee becomes the first french leaders of printing when the first round from him in fifty years. is new concern for u.s. soldiers over the growing dependence on antidepressants during service. eight fold increase since two thousand five hundred thousand military personnel affected. and syrian rebels refused to advance to a foreign to you insisting that military intervention is no way to resolve the

deadly conflict. three hundred unarmed observers to syria to content to see a ceasefire. how is the french the bait and sets in sunday's presidential election first round we talked to a member of the socialist party for a moment and gives his view on the second stage runoff and talks about the huge challenges the country is facing. so they were joined by a good one he's going to member of the french socialist party since one nine hundred eighty seven he's also been a member of the european parliament from two thousand and four to two thousand and nine and today he is the spokes person of the socialist party that of french presidential candidate francois hollande thank you very much mr moore for joining us today first question with the course of the future of france there are two top candidates now socialist francois lord and incompetent colossal queasy oh but kind of france are we going to see

a lot of presidency. probably affronts that's much fairer a much more egalitarian than it is today of france we have today is significantly poorer and it was four years ago and she's probably lost her influence in the world with for example the failure of the mediterranean she's lost much of her influence in europe and the best example of this is her anger merkel and nicolas sarkozy have agreed on a draft european treaty which is very favorable to german interests and i'm very i'm favorable to the rest of the rest of europe france is mostly very divided it will be here today the task for francois hollande will be to somehow repair rebuild and assemble the fridge to avoid opposition to one another this is why his political project is intended primarily to address inequality yes and. so you're talking about a redefining or reestablishing france's a role of influence in europe when you bring up the treaty. does want to

renegotiate the fiscal part. leaders but how much leverage does he really have he's going to go up against german chancellor merkel and let's be frank what she wants usually. a decision making from. his messages are clear treaty is not. france will not ratify and therefore it cannot. give merkel wants to impose fiscal discipline eurozone area because we will require a growth measure when you treat your. course you want to make progress on your a levels. really with the european central bank is no question we would not accept a treaty will result in austerity measures in front of the world. most of our growth is related to trade when you if the french companies are going to invest as austerity policies your neighbors could not afford to do it because. we

believe that if he thought that it was simply saying a treaty channel received the only understands of germany's economy i think that this treaty does not benefit the rich having an economy with all the spanish nor the french authorities with a great progress is that nicolas sarkozy has not descended the interest of the british economy or the economies of europe are not actually for suckers read to sign a treaty to appear a protector of the for the security of the euro is a simple public relations but says he signed a treaty that we consider better because it is his achilles going to steer a little crazy north of. talking about a sturdy are you against all types of belt tightening nationals do you not see any merits a way of speaking about growth measures afonso law keeps bringing it up but doesn't really need that. we want our real industrial policy based on a new instrument going public building public investment then it goes it's we'll

develop tools that allow us to get people with other european from north korea but also with countries you know society. oh good you're pretty well let's talk about immigration other presidential candidates such as the national front somebody the pan and even the glass circles you keep bringing up the problem of immigration using this as a campaign point what is your view on immigration in france in general and in particular illegal immigration. right honestly i mean gratian being an economic and social problem is primarily a political problem in many european countries big issue is systematically you have to say that immigration is a threat to the country new york when they talk about integration in the united eleven those look as if this is the way people are approaching like immigration minister in a political debate for us and our opinion from what the president their politics are to the point with nothing but we are a good chance. it will reach the point where great number of anglo-saxon newspaper

can no longer see the difference of what we're going to read and nicolas sarkozy saying about islamic immigration. this is a major setback for from think and see the president's ability either inspiration or program the fronts of our russia this is a very grave step back of what we're saying or i could is that we need to discuss the conditions of the economic migration and the needs of different sectors of the french economy if we must and rules to economic immigration we will do so we don't want to make immigration issue used to divide and frighten the british so this is a serious matter that must be created and must be circulated to political on the things you cannot make them social responses we should not be a subject used by nicolas sarkozy he will append the three women vote and raise racism in france the five years the french reality is the right color tolerance and violence is perhaps more racist now than it was five years ago yes there's

discrimination in hiring but yes there's discrimination in access to housing and yes there's a scrim a nation in access to leisure it depends on whether you have a white face like mine in on a white woman in a position like myself in the socialist party for all your name is a good year of arab or north african origin for the mother but the process and the thing with an ok let's talk about natal and differences which is a patient in campaigns in various countries asshole and wants to withdraw more troops in afghanistan earlier than planned however he doesn't want to drop off france completely from nato. but. mate for reality native we want to evaluate the decisions made by nicolas sarkozy to rejoin the integrated military commander of nato we're not sure that our reintegration into the military command has had the expected results but above all what we regret is that there has been no strong

initiative of france in favor of a genuine european defense system for five years we do not believe today that european defense and protection of the broader strategic interests of europe and the european union can be supported only by meter we consider it necessary to develop autonomous structures and that's why we exist on developing a european events when we will evaluate the benefits and drawbacks involved with a return to the integrated military command of nato and as you said in connection with our own eyes so as not to destabilize nato in afghanistan we will withdraw our troops from afghanistan before the end of twenty twelve. ok you want to reassess their francis participation and fast or large ones cooperation on this european debt defense system however by pulling out troops in afghanistan earlier than planned well that a solid relationships with britain or germany for example who are investing a lot in that effort. now anything our analysis is good for our military

intervention is not able to add a value that allows a peaceful solution to the crisis of the conflict in afghanistan the point of military intervention we lost the ability to act on political and diplomatic levels for that we want to regain freedom but room to maneuver politically and diplomatically harder to find a solution. together with major regional players in the conflict from. that requires the first withdrawal of duties will not get us down and pull if we believe that a military solution is doomed to deadline for the possible we do not believe the solution to the conflict in afghanistan requires a military only approach otherwise we would have solved the conflict already or the last synchronized attacks but it's in many parts of the show that there is no longer any area we have going today it is truly protected thought it was russell europe must find ways to influence the immediate neighbors of afghanistan should the larger regional players in order to find a political solution to the afghan conflict and military operation must one day

come to an end and we think it is now time for that to come in with a couple of others are talking about political solutions here does that apply as well in syria for example. you know feeling syria is on the edge of civil war the proof is that despite being on a plan there are still dozens and dozens of deaths of hundreds of others i want to come to talk about the role of russia in this matter by its place in the security council and through its role it can play by the syrian regime russia was in a key positions unlike the syrian situation and to avoid an all out civil war from both the bilateral frank a russian relations and of the people of the e.u. russia relationship we want to rigidly tense association. we also want general of the international scene to contribute to stability what if we can understand the historical relations of the russian state syrian state and what today with russia

is a destabilizing factor in his country also the whole region or we must respond in a concerted and coordinated way between russia the european union france and permanent members of the security council can a military intervention go through nato and syria at this point it seems premature and this is where the plan a. possibility of a political solution with the involvement of observers feel that the in fact considering the number of observers who will go there and the difficulty of verifying whether or not atrocities are committed against civilians should be a strong force in place to ensure that observers really do observe what happened before. a. very big. step. in libya we played two different roles at one point. wanted to sell nuclear power plants to develop and then he bombed goodell are you

when you're a friend of nicolas sarkozy always a weary guard there for them to change the completely incoherent nature of nicolas sarkozy is for a policy i think the intervention in libya was a necessary because gadhafi used his own four. and bombs against his own people with that doesn't mean that the situation is not stabilized we observe that the movement of weapons of the so-called region is linked to the consequences of the conflict in libya because this helps to arm groups like i kin that's the whole failure of reform was that if some of the events are not related to what happened in libya therefore we need stabilization policies growth and development support both of these two fronts are going to be able to help from end of the gadhafi regime the french development aid to developing countries fell from not point seven percent to not going to four percent of our g.d.p. so we give weapons but we don't help the development growth of job creation and as we know if there are weapons or no jobs there will be no more instability francoise

islands and vision is to focus on stabilizing the margaret north africa region because it's a foot bed of potential unrest for europe and beyond including much of the african continent. thank you all thank you. for your time and for giving us a sensible. spring overseas that's my great story birds will come home to roost. when their muscles and some great. empathy to sway to ponder the motions. towards those who live on the current.

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to our teeth on top. of sarkozy and losing out to socialist candidates across waldameer in the first round of the french presidential elections for the past set to face off in a second stage in a fortnight because even comes the first french leader to fail to win the first round for more than fifty years. as a new concern for the u.s. soldiers over the growing dependence on antidepressants during service and eight fold increase in the problem since two thousand and five hundred thousand military personnel effective. on syrian rebels refused to dance to a foreign tube system but the true intervention is no way to resolve the deadly conflict the un is deploying three hundred unarmed observers to syria last ditch attempt to oversee a cease fire. is take a look at what's happening in the world of sport.

hello and welcome along to the world of sports is what we've got coming up european dreams the sports art moscow go down three males are on jay as they suffer a huge dent in the high tech champions league football next season. clay call king rafael nadal secured his eighth straight monte carlo and also title with a comprehensive straight sets win over and under paulo brock djokovic. and steve merchant dreadfuls world champion sebastian vettel secured his first win of the new formula one season in bahrain and moves talk of the drivers' championship. but first the russian premier league and demanded moscow where the only seen the stand between jennings and paint is bad and their second successive russian premier league title that's off the spot i'm not going last three no lines ranji to

investment title hopes and she was seventeen starting today and looking for a europa league spot that meets next season on the big spenders top samuel eto group the deadlock six minutes before half time. after the break show me a lucky yellow double the visit is made after some questionable goalkeeping from the house our camera. man had only won twice in the previous seven matches but ten minutes later they sealed the points although they had a helping hand along the way because players strong touch the fender send the ball into resigned net three nil i'm sure how it finished reading the last rites. meanwhile the team's champions league hopes were dented is later no matter how you feel rubina a win could have been from two points behind second place then i'm not sure they drew a blank in front of their own fans the point keeps them fit and in the final europa league spots were being remain two points shy of a european place. on sunday. relegation bricks had a grossly suffered

a potentially damaging to fate as they went down ranelagh heads across the del sol trujillo coming from nicholai markoff midway through the first half to defeat to the group leaders tara just one point about the relegation play off places. while they have to make fixture pull your socks off thanks to the rough stuff inside start the business just. linkers finished off a five. star struck part within fifteen minutes roman automorph lies of the heart didn't let the three points slip away is going to executed this last minute penalty to secure the win two one. still remain close and for. now the english top flight why the race for the title is less clear cut out the sunday reaction not just united now have a three point lead at the top after being held full four by everton in a thrilling encounter at old trafford the visitors late in the six yellow which you

feel like it's a storm back into a forty two second hard place but goals from steven pienaar underdog elevate strike complete is an unlikely comeback manchester city then took full advantage and closed the gap clocks rate with a turnover in a bottom chargeable rampant defeat means wolves are relegated to the championship game all things out of bringing sport with as west brom compounded liverpool's recent worries with their first victory unfiltered nine hundred sixty seven. now to tennis where russia has been knocked out in the semifinals of the fed cup serbia securing a three two win in moscow to reach the final for the first time in their history inside and got a taste of sunday's final day of action things looked to be going in the house way when anastasia publishing probably took the first set against advantage however the rallies went ten consecutive games taking the match three six six love six three comments are a lot of has not served a new feeling to win against former world number one great advantage who went down comprehensively in straight sets six one six balls. you know i'm really.

excited and feel. believe the final. you know historical moment for us. remember those days when we were playing in the lower groups and you know i have achieved. playing for your country is also something very special. in a very very happy to throw in a good thrash but meanwhile in the men's game rafael nadal has won the monte carlo masters for the eighth consecutive year novak djokovic in straight sets in the final six three six one three of his dominance on clay the serbian lost his grandfather on thursday did not to be his usual imperious self it was the spine his first victory over the world number one in eight attempts. history of rather he had a few moments where you were solid from the baseline with no mistake. you

know after a few days playing against him and he was almost perfect every battle where he wasn't. the better. now to formula one where the reigning world champion sebastian vettel is celebrating his first victory of the season the will of bahrain taking him top of the drivers' championship the red bull driver at the start finish and came. three seconds ahead of righteousness killing right in the fins to make room and gorge on finish for the seven seconds behind the second and third place for later sort of thing finish on the podium for the first time this season the man who took the overall standings heading into the weekend but apparently was hamilton was eight with his teammate jenson button eighteenth hole ferrari's fernando alonso finished seventh for his teammate early play masonite away with both car struggle for pace a problem that is plagued the team all season. let's see what has gone into the driver's championship when his move fragile top it was hamilton has slipped down to

second his full points behind the german battles were able to make mark webber it is early days like with the season just four breaks his old. now thirty six thousand runners have been pounding the streets of england's capital and the thirty first annual london marathon it's the final running of the race before the olympics descend on the city later this year and the runners and those raising money for charity lined up to complete the twenty six miles across the men's elite race was wanted by ten years wilson kipsang coasted to victory more than two minutes ahead of impact we're not allowed and we're posting of an unofficial time of two hours four minutes and forty four seconds well with second i mean it's a great day of a day meanwhile it was a kenyan one two three in the women's race with merrick entirely finishing ahead of world champion had let it get to scar just. now finally to a charity hockey match which took place in moscow this week and russia again slovakia the classic hockey rivalry so legends of the sport alongside politicians

actors i'm seeing is taking to the ice as regarding explains. russian taking on slovakia. always supposed to be a tough ice hockey clash but this time around there will be only winners and no losers. the game played in the russian capital one survey is just a small chorus of a big charity project aiming to help kids with severe diseases the stars of the sport bullocks and orit's joining together first time sold in five years is top of the treasure games and since that time we collected a lot of my new killed more than one thousand kids to improve their health and be on guard duty of the international level and also the various kinds of games from football i saw him possible ship ocean to julie firstly our founding to help kids

suffering city diseases as they health care costs vast sums of money that their families just can't afford and that's where a charity is really how you. can strengthen is one of those parents were supported in their desperate for it for their kids' life. we were only given four hundred fifty thousand rubles to boil the necessary medical equipment one of our daughters needed a machine to help but agree very grateful to the confidence that she is now staying at home with us and making great progress. it was not only russians and slovaks her plate but a canadian legend of the sport to a closer look at the hosts lineup revealing the hockey hall of famer and six time some a cup winner anderson get used to it because i'm over here quite a bit and we're playing quite a few games but what the russian team. one of the celebrations was a sexy sixty five year anniversary so we did a game up in st petersburg and we did

a game here in moscow and canada basically that's what we do almost nine months of the year so we play a lot of charity games and there's a chore that we do right across canada that happens every year play above thirty games a year the teams also include some young very young hockey hopefuls with some skills to show off their games and trophies might be for a head but they have already claimed their biggest victory. helping to save the life. of reporting here on r t moscow. is all the school for now but there's plenty like to head on twenty four hour. culture is that so much a given to each musician a person finding the time to mark west point god best me sanction of israel

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