developments around russia we. cover. it with our live from moscow words four thirty pm top stories circles these slips for french president failed to convince enough voters now do you think the socialists are tribal there now grow head to head in the second round the new leader will face a tough job of fixing our faltering economy and back hurt on. israel's war and its peace treaty with egypt was in danger after cairo says it terminated a gas export deal over payment and prize to. syria's opposition keeps calls for the mill for military intervention despite the u.n. troops observing mission there please find a little public sympathy with him a country of our correspondent in damascus finds out. now is the french debate and

the sack the first round of sunday's presidential election we'll talk to a member of the socialist party in my home he gives his views on the second stage runoff and talks about the huge challenges the country's facing. today we're joined by a good law he's been a member of the french socialist party since one thousand nine hundred seventy he's also been a member of the european parliament from two thousand and four to two thousand and nine and today he's the spokesperson of the socialist party that of french presidential candidate. thank you very much mr for joining us today first question will be of course on the future of france there are two top candidates now socialist a lot and incumbent colossal crazy but what kind of friends are you going to see with the presidency. probably a front third so much fairer

a much more egalitarian it is today but france will head today is significantly poorer than it was five years ago she's probably lost her influence in the world with for example the failure of the union for the mediterranean she's lost much of her influence in europe and the best example of this is hell angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy have agreed on a draft european treaty which is very favorable to german interests and very unfavorable to the interests of the rest of europe. france is mostly very divided with heritage today and task for france what i learned will be to somehow repair rebuild and assemble the french can avoid opposition to one another this is why his political project is intended primarily to address inequality and. the. equipment you're talking about redefining reestablishing france's the role of influence in europe and you bring up the treaty. does want to renegotiate the fiscal part i

agree upon the e.u. leaders but how much leverage does he really have he's going to go up against german chancellor i'm marco and be frank what she was usually a role in even social making from within his message is clear if the treaty is not really go see it from some will not ratify it and therefore it cannot come into force if merkel wants to impose fiscal discipline in the eurozone area we will require a growth measurement of treating all where now there is no we want to make progress on euro bonds we want to expand the role of the european central bank there's no question for us that we would not accept a treaty that would result in austerity measures in france and europe at the same time most of our growth is related to trade we didn't you if the french cannot buy companies cannot invest because of austerity policies then our neighbors can either buy in or invest either because they too practice austerity or we believe that

merkel is prepared to hear we're simply saying the treaty cannot proceed only under the terms of germany's economy in fact this treaty does not benefit your talian economy nor the spanish nor the french economy our great regret is that nicolas sarkozy has not offended the interest of the french economy or the economies of european countries sarkozy agreed to sign the treaty to appear a protector of europe and of the euro zone a simple public relations purposes he signed a treaty that we can see. because it focuses only on austerity or particular thought excludes you know who they are. talking about a steady are you against all types of belt tightening nationals do you not see any merit to it and speaking about growth masters of us all of us bringing it up what does it really mean. we want a real industrial policy based on a new instrument and public finance a public investment. we will develop tools that allow us to compete with other european countries but also with countries outside the european union or your

people a lot of talk about immigration and other presidential candidates such as the national front. and even nicolas sarkozy 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 were present when you got quite honestly immigration being an economic and social problem is primarily a political problem in many european countries the issue is systematically used to say that immigration is a threat to the country. when they talk about immigration they usually mean arab african and muslim this is the way people approach the immigration question in a political debate in france and europe in france what the president of public said was nothing but caricature. it will reach the point where a great number of anglo-saxon newspapers could no longer see the difference between

what will be in the plan and nicolas sarkozy sorry about islamic immigration. this is a major setback for france because to see the president today finds inspiration in the program of france's far right. this is a very grave step back of what was saying is that we need to discuss the conditions of economic migration and the needs of different sectors of the french economy if we must add rules to make an army immigration we will do so we don't want to make immigration issue used to divide and frighten the french this is a serious matter that must be treated as such and must be subject to political economic and social responses it should not be a subject used by nicolas sarkozy all opinion to win votes and raise racism in france the five years the french reality is the rise of intolerance and violence is perhaps more racist now than it was five years ago yes there's discrimination in hiring yes there's discrimination in access to housing and yes there's

discrimination in access to leisure it depends on whether you have a white face like mine at laneway and a position like mine at a socialist party all you'll name is code year of arab or north african origin for the prices they get and let's talk about natal and differences in. campaigns in various countries. that wants to with the grog more for so afghanistan earlier than planned however who doesn't want to withdraw france completely from nato. that. may or regarding nato 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 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 nato. we consider it necessary to develop autonomous structures that's why we insist on developing a european defense we will evaluate the benefits and drawbacks involved with a return to the integrated military commander of nato and as you said in connection with our allies 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 separatism and fast or large ones cooperation on this new european their defense system however by pulling out troops in afghanistan earlier than planned that the sour relationships with britain or germany for example who are investing a lot in that effort. now in our analysis is that our military intervention is not able to add a value that allows

a peaceful solution to the crisis of the conflict in afghanistan by our military intervention where we lost the ability to act on political and diplomatic levels we want to regain freedom in our room to maneuver politically and diplomatically in order to find a solution together with major regional players in the conflict that requires to first withdraw our troops from afghanistan would we believe that a military solution is doomed to deadlock if we do not believe that the solution to the conflict in afghanistan requires a military only approach otherwise we would have solved the conflict already the last synchronized text by the taliban in many parts of afghanistan would show that there is no longer any area in afghanistan today that is truly protected france and europe must find ways to influence the immediate neighbors of afghanistan a large 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 the time for that. then with the growth i'm

talking about political solutions here does that apply as well syria for example. your theory syria is on the edge of civil war the proof is that despite the annan plan there are still dozens and dozens of deaths hundreds of deaths 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 is in a key position to unlock the syrian situation and to avoid a bloodbath and civil war both at levels of bilateral franco russian relations and on the level of the e.u. russia relationship we want a rich and intense association with russia we also want to actual role of the international scene to contribute to stability we can understand the historical relations of the russian state with syrian state but today russia is a destabilizing factor in his country but also the whole region we must respond in

a concerted and coordinated way between russia and european union france and permanent members of the security council china military intervention go through nato in syria at this point it seems premature and this is where the plan by kofi annan opened the possibility of a political solution with the involvement of observers in fact considering the number of observers who will go there and the difficulty in verifying whether or not atrocities are committed against civilians should be a strong force in place to ensure that observers really do observe what happens with. france played a very big. intervention. in libya we played two different roles at one point nicolas sarkozy wanted to sell nuclear power plants to gadhafi then he bombed good elfie. when you're a friend of nicolas sarkozy always be wary. it shows

a completely incoherent nature of nicolas sarkozy's foreign policy i think the intervention in libya was a necessary because gadhafi used his own forces and bombs against his own people. but that doesn't mean that the situation is now stabilized we observe that the movement of weapons or so held region is linked to the consequences of the conflict in libya this helps to one groups like i keep him that's al qaeda in islamic magreb that some of the events in mali are related to what happened in libya therefore we need stabilization policies growth and development here to france has intervened to help end the gadhafi regime but the french development aid to developing countries fell from a not point seven percent to not point 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 and no jobs there will be no more instability francois hollande ambition is to focus on stabilizing the mud grab

a north africa region because it's a hotbed of potential unrest for europe and beyond including much of the african continent. for your climate for giving us a central point. spring overseas smile great story birds will come home to roost. when their massive hungry. envisages wait to ponder the motions. towards those who live on the current. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for life you think you understand it and then you've lived

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party's top stories started cozies splits the french president fails to convince enough voters now are losing to his socialist r.'s rival the pair and now go head to head in the second round the new leader will face a tough job of fixing our culture no commie and backward unemployment. israel warns its peace treaty with egypt is in danger i'm sure kyra says its charm unaided against export deal over payment and prices observers say the route was a consequence of the troubled revolution and foreign interference in egypt's affairs. but syria's opposition keeps the calls for military intervention despite the un troops observing mission of their plea is finding little public sympathy within the country and our correspondent in damascus and finds out. follows next

here on r t it with the sport. thank you very much and he's a welcome into the world of sport here is what we've got coming up for you dreams dentate spot on moscow's eye of making the champions league for the first time in six years suffers a setback following defeat and gene. pool in perfection russia's swimming squad for this summer's olympics in london is named all in the national championships here in moscow. and back on track of the six years without a page or a title form open champion ben curtis gets his hands on the texas open. but we start with football where after a great recent runs. being brought back down to earth in the russian premier league the red and white snoozing three nil at home to angie on sunday a bit of an upset this one time dominating possession but it was good hitting

charges who made their limited opportunities count samuel eto the man getting the scoring going six minutes before half time substitute lucky yellow would have doubled the visitors need surely after the break really it was a gift off the questionable goalkeeping. on g.'s push for europa league qualification next season was the strength in sixty nine minutes and an own goal for nicklaus player topping off a dismal day for the muscovites who remain third and out of the champions league spots. now the premier league title race in england looks as if it will go right to the why after the weekend's action and all eyes are now on manchester united seeing their league cut to three points on sunday the champions involved in a full four thriller as whoever is in second place manchester city meanwhile taking full advantage of that draw to a single win over wolverhampton means they could go level with united when the two sides meet in a massive clash next monday at eastlands defeat so i clearly emotional terry

collins men relegated from the top flight. today for the games it's in. ways you could prove you're going to stay in. the spin room. really. in. motion to the rules. of the so when. stuff plays sports is a community group. only actually gives me a chill. now while it will be another trophy to see if arsenal supporters can at least silly star man robert robin van persie has been named professional footballers' associations player of the year in touch international means the end restoring charles with thirty four goals in all competitions or england international call walker has been recognised as the cream of the krakow munging leagues rising stars and twenty one year old son defend the young player of the

year. now just swimming where the russian olympic team has been finalised the national swimming championships have concluded here in moscow and as michael crouch anchor reports they also travelled out as qualifying for this summer's games in london. although the haven't been many breathtaking results and even fewer records broken the annual russian swimming championships has slowly but surely been picking up swimmers for its olympic charge in london and on the final day it was no different and of the sea it shall now really beating out hot favorites and already qualified olympian a theme of up in the women's two hundred metre breaststroke event it meant she will now also join you theme of in london windsor case this result means a lot to me a qualified privilege i'm really pleased that everything starts now ahead of the intervention so of course it's an honor to be crowned national champion but representing your country at the olympics seems to be even more coveted unlike in other countries the russian national swimming championships is the only chance for

russian swimmers to qualify for the summer olympics and that means it will take a break for a lot of takes the gloss of the actual championships as many of the minds of the slimmest a purely focused on qualification. in the women's one hundred meter backstroke and us to see as we have a justified her place on the olympic team winning gold and posting the world's best time in the distance in twenty twelve filmy all see those things and overall i'm very pleased that not for championships and i hope will be able to receive the impacts. in probably the most closely contested event the men's one hundred meter freestyle uki to logan said finally made good after dreadful start of the finals people solo i came to the championships completely out of form which was plain to see i completely flunked the four hundred metres and didn't do much better in the two hundred meters but now i have more last pound my form again

i got sober in the one hundred meters and i managed to pull it far and i still think that's a success but it was daniel is a lot of gold in that event he too consolidating his place on the olympic team. russian swimming federation president of afterward stated there were still areas that need improving but overall was very pleased with the selected batch of athletes. those who have been selected to the national team. is used for in one hundred freestyle man. group who was competing very hard week with each other so for me it's a good sign after a short break the swimmers will convene in spain where they will begin the first of many training camps planned in the run up to the summer olympics. now it's been a good weekend for ben curtis over on the gold greens with the american winning the

texas open for his first trophy in six years curtis going from holding the british open clara judge in two thousand and three to only being able to enter four p.g.a. events this year he would roll in one of his three buddies here on the seventh hole not every state in contention by simply three days in a row with the final after coming on the sixth john howard though finished tied for second with every as curtis held his no. in the hole and secure a much needed rain perseverance last paying dividends for catches in a two stroke victory. i don't know how i do it but. you know last couple years you know just fighting through it you can stay positive that's all you can do and you know like regular good support. now in the n.b.a. the rockets hopes of launching themselves into a post-season play off place have been dashed by miami le bron james coming to the

fore in place of injured teammates dwayne wade and chris bosh making sure houston missed the playoffs for the third straight year the rockets are by seven at the end of the first before shane battier clearly down to five would have possibly thing shocked when the quarter james that i put on an electrifying long run show once again finishing the night with thirty two points in the balance and five assists he will have to finish the year with twenty eight wins in five losses at home the best stuff percentage in the franchise's history ninety seven eighty eight the final score of the night's. now this year's fed cup finale will feature the czech republic and first time is. russia three two in the semifinals schools with one run apiece heading into sunday's final day of action in moscow on things literally going the host way when anastasia publishing cova for the first. set against an invalid edge of the former world number one rally twins and the consecutive games say the match three six six

six three that men spent a lot of business over needed a win against the likely young creature the russian don't know when they run going down comprehensively in straight sets six one six pool. and i cannot believe this we're in the final. you know historical moments for us and i remember those days when we were playing in those lower groups and you know i have achieved a lot but playing for your country is also something very special. meanwhile in the men's game rafael nadal has won the monte carlo mosses for the eighth consecutive year the spaniard seeing off novak djokovic in straight sets in the final six three six one to reassert his dominance on play djokovic his grandfather died on thursday but clearly contributed to the never really getting close to his usual imperious self first victory over the world number one in eight attempts.

were already had a few more mistakes than usual and that was stolen from the baseline with only. a few guys playing and he was almost perfect every barrel today he was a. little better finally there could be a new name on the kontinental hockey league trophy later today adding god currently three two in the best of seven series against in a moscow as the squad prepare for game six of seven in the russian capital who'll tell a commanding three one series lead before the nano brought himself back into contention and the controversy late in game five on saturday having dodger fans announce on beloff sat out the match apparently due to injury but according to the country's deputy sports minister the twenty five year old tested positive for performance enhancing drugs the russian anti doping committee has now temporarily suspended the aspiring russian international pending further investigation. well that is all the sport for now a lot more in

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