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woes are we spoke to peter martins author and head of belgium's workers' party that discussion is right now. today we're joined by peter merton c is a belgian politician of the worker's party and he's also the author of a book called how dare they which focuses on the european crisis and he tries to dissect and find alternative reasons behind what's going on in europe thanks very much mr martin's for joining us today for course the obvious question is the title of your book is how they are thinking who is they who are you referring to after the crisis of two thousand and eight. we. asked ourselves. what is the change finally after describes because i remember in two thousand and eight there were lots of the colorations of for example sarkozy was also obama

all the political leaders that said the financial sector and the financial capitalism we've come to take really radical measures to change that and i wanted to see for yourself these declarations where these things and i think basically in the financial level various noting changed. and if there is something changed on the contrary those who are responsible for the crisis of two thousand and eight have had have received more power and more and even more financial resources so the most important figure i think of the book is the study of the. could do this with the investment bank that says one hundred percent of adult population. in the world little. more than thirty eight percent of all the belts on earth so if i understand correctly from your answer. first to what leaders

obama sarkozy or the bankers or the elite who are you grouping them all together in that block some open question. but in each case there is little. in europe and in the united states that is composed. of industrial capitalists c.e.o.'s of. enterprises of bankers and also of some politician it's a circle the system an upper class from people that know each other well received a banking system in trouble again we have austrian banks in trouble even german banks that are supposedly safer spain is in big trouble now if the problems keep persisting despite the solutions the leaders have offered in the past that mean fundamentally the problem the root of the problem has not been solved i think the root of the problem is in the productive sector because there are

a lot of forces that are telling that it's only a problem problem of the financial sector but in my vision you have this problem of overcapacity in the production that is present. today likely the automobile factories and so traditionally what. economy do to resolve this problem that there is more capacity from production their capacity of course i'm sure they get close to to get to rest restrict relations and so on and so on to demolish productivity capacity but neo liberal way was also another way to tackle the crisis and this way was to create artificial consumption and they did it by reducing taxes for the richest people in the united states afterwards in germany and everywhere in europe they did it to give to middle class credit cards.

three four five credit cards the system existed to enlarge the artificial consumption and they did finally to also give to people. predatory loans loans to sell them houses they knew very good that these people never could. pay them back and the problem of the banking in the banking crisis of two thousand and eight was that. small banks disappeared to the bigger banks state and we have to program that's called the failed syndrome it is this too big to fail reasoning that's holding everybody hostage the economies of europe hostage and even holding politicians in their heads now at what point will this reasoning be not enough anymore you can't anymore say it's just simply too big to fail so in order to change things i think there will be a need to question from from from from from the basic we need popular movements are we we are going to in my opinion to or europe or to

a very large number of social conflicts we are seeing it already beginning of the beginning of the spring of the peoples and we're going to need it so it's true we're seeing a lot of social upheavals now across europe are you saying that only when these social upheavals reach critical mass will there be any change at all that this has got to happen for europe crossing point of three possible ways and there is a one way and this raised. from frank food from and from berlin this is a more authoritarian europe and they want to save the euro by a target measure by taking national survey nitty overnights to the european level by mixing in matters of salaries for example of counties of the pensions of france recent second to. the crossing province of my

view is that europe will separate again and that we have. two three or four europe's. strong states. the. one hand middle states like france belgium and luxembourg on the other hand and then the so-called weak states but it's nationalism again and we really have a conflict in europe and then there is a tertiary in my opinion that is the rate that give the people's mind the most movements are strong and if they find political translation it's will be possible to go to. something like a socialist europe or europe of so you better tier of corporation or banking system it's really to our energy system it's probably better is democracy now one of the countries of course at this crossroads having to make a choice is greece you talked in your book about a lot of the myths surrounding greece why do you think it's the misrepresent that

if you have the. figures. of them up and everyone can see that. the. greek people are working. more than two thousand and one or worse a year and that is for example more than six six hundred i would say year more than that in germany more than five hundred dollars a year more than in belgium so the summit of the lazy greeks doesn't exist and so i was asking myself why why are they telling such things on the mainstream media. in germany in. belgium and i think it's very easy to understand because the. establishment who has the most. profits from this story since ten years that is the german establishment and the dutch establishment and so in creating these false conception of the greek people you can

say but no it's no not a problem of economy it's not a problem of the eurozone it is a problem of lazy greeks what about. the euro project some would argue that the question of whether or not the euro is needed to pursue a united europe is a moot question but the fact that it's what it was chosen as a single currency years ago means that the decision has been made and there's no turning back do you agree with this so you have a europe. organisation called the european roundtable of industrialists and they are. beyond the scenes really of most powerful organization over who has pushed this concept of one of euro. since the end of the eighty's in politics and so from the beginning all. european monetary union was conceived as a concept to create a big competitive europe that could compete competes reads the united states meets

etc etc and they knew very well that at the beginning of the euro there were large inequalities in europe so they knew it and they said oh it's no not a problem we create a system. called the jones. and that was a treaty of mastic the norms of maastricht and they said no we're going to level up all the counties to prepare two thousand and two into the introduction of the euro and now we are ten years later and we see that the inequalities in europe. were level to at zero but it's created more inequalities than ever in the last fifty years in europe and of course the country in focus right now with spain again we're seeing the same solution being prescribed assets prescribed to greece and ireland i think really that the financial sector in all of europe should be

transformed tyrannically in that we need the public sector in finance in all over europe because now they can be allowed spain into. but it's all a very short term measure as it's structurally it isn't changing a lot and i hope they will help as a short term but you need also measures at the long term in europe and so i instance it once stupidity what is stupidity stupidities do something twice again and think there will be another results because they said it will solve the crisis in greece now it's for five years greece is in recession it's becoming much worse and much worse and now they're going to take the same program to spain in the air expecting magically another result and just briefly talked about socialism two point zero one your book what exactly does that mean by doing to this computer system has to change seriously and i think

we are going to need to again socialist system where. there is a large public sector and british role in a system also is a democratic control and i think that for all those sectors that are big to feel for humanity like the banking sector like energy sectors if it is too big to feel for the future of humanity in the world you and we do have a public control and there are sources they say in belgium for reynolds and the father of the world it's working force people are working on thinking and creating things that the father of the world and then you as a mother of the world and they say this nature. and this capitalist system has a problem with. this is all father and his own mother they are exploiting the workforce and they are exploiting nature and socialism two point zero a my view is

a system that is not exploiting its mother and father but it's a respecting workforce and she respects and peter. martens thanks very much for your time and my pleasure. there hasn't been a thing get on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. before source material is what helps keep journalism honest we probably.

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the headlines on r t two large bomb blasts have shaken the syrian capital striking close to a government building it's all just one day after a deadly attack on a pro-government t.v. station. anti american sentiment in pakistan reaches a new peak as the country's involvement in the u.s. led afghan war claims pakistani lives on an almost daily basis. by the e.u. leaders grow desperate to undo the ruinous effects of austerity on the twelve member nations grow wary of german proposals of a political federation of europe where those are the headlines here on r.t. though a time to join paul for the latest in the world of sport. thank

you very much henri welcome to the sports headlines haze what we've got for you continental quests to germany and italy prepare to go head to head in the second semifinal of the european football championship right on first day. record chasing spain moved to within a game of the historic third straight major title after downing portugal on penalties in wednesday's first semifinal. on the second challenge of global sport manufacturers nothing to discover a young russian talent the thought that shot at stardom had gone. but starting with football in italy and germany due back later on thursday for the right to face spain in the final of euro two thousand and twelve atmosphere is building in more so which of important is in the polish capital and caught up with fans from both sides of the divide. many it's really a true clash of the titans. these two countries to establish themselves as

a powerhouse of european football over the last seventy years germany have looked imperious so far in this tournament played for one for their supporters would have preferred a semi final clash against england but instead they will have to pick their wits against an italian side who have never managed to beat at a major tournament a little bit of course and a lot of my friends saying so we are not able to breach the dow jones but for me it's clear this time it is the exception that's going to govern the route. no one gave it really much hope before this tournament started they were humbled free nil by russia and the only warm up game was some of the players were caught up in yet another corruption scandal on the eve of euro two thousand and twelve. in the first part in first turn easily was not so good that we played that. we make people feel that we are not so good and then we do at the end you show us so the

last match against england was perfect yeah we decided to win because we played very well germany a well known for their forward thinking and efficiency and the zeroes of certainly no exception that even created a mobile foreign embassy to help out those supporters who are need of assistance these have been in existence since the world cup in italy in one nine hundred ninety s. and the mobile embassy receives funding from the german football board and provide a vital service to their fans but we started our website seven months ago we are producing to every every match we are producing a frenzy and we have a fan guide we have a helpline where fans can contact us twenty four hours in case they have any problems also was reasonably quiet the day before the match the vast majority of supporters yet to arrive in the polish capital however expect a fantastic atmosphere on thursday as two of the biggest powerhouses of world football not corns for a place in the euro two thousand and twelve final. version of the euro two thousand

and twelve championships are coming to an end in poland the last game played in the country taking place on thursday at the was on national stadium just behind me well over all the tall and has been very well received by the locals on the holds of visiting fans and everyone will be hoping for a classy encounter with italy take on germany. d'arcy warsaw well germany's influential midfielder bastian schweinsteiger has been declared fit for the match after shrugging off an ankle injury forwards mario gomez lukas podolski and thomas miller over vying for a recall after being rested against grace it's a nice collini daniel the rossi and nazi are all injury doubts the coaches are prandelli he was quite dismissive when it was suggested to him that germany with the favorites. we should do homeland should of course it will be greet to take on this enough course we're convinced that we can. actually playing our own game so we are very calm and we are very keen to put into practice everything that

we have been working on in training it that it is going to be a very exciting game. of us. a little bit decisive as it will play our game will bring our strengths it will try to have a return and will not let lead to late show us how we have to play so it's a confidence thing where to be cheeky we have to be strong and brave but we must also concentrate and we must work hard. well whoever wins the second semi will face spain in sunday's final the reigning world and european champion sing off portugal on penalties on wednesday partridge reports from the yet. it was a very forgettable first ninety minutes with a defensive display from both sides who flooded the midfield but neither could find any penetration in attack in fact there were more bookings than there were shots on target for in fact andres iniesta were the only one for spain and cristiano ronaldo with a couple for portugal and in the last minutes they can't do you have a chance to win it the ball to go a free kick for spain it brought down the ball fell to realm relish and he found it

on the left hand side but now they could only blast over the bar well that meant it went to extra time and that seemed to spur spain into life he asked dan such to tasers not as they drew too close range shots rupert's but they couldn't make the breakthrough so we went to a penalty shoot out both sides missed their first shots and then when it came to streets to to spain danielle they had to school for portugal but he missed and fabregas stepped up he hit the post but the ball still went in to make it forty to spain they go through to the final on july the first in kiev at the olympic arena and they have taken either nine hundred sixty eight winners italy or three time winners germany. meanwhile after their poor showing at the euros the netherlands are now looking for a new manager this after stood down the sixty year old was contracted to guard the dutch through to the twenty fourteen world cup and beyond with a contract until euro twenty sixteen has decided to resign after the dutch failed to register a single point during the group stages in poland and ukraine

a surprising turnaround offered guiding them to the world cup final in two years ago. meanwhile in tennis maria sharapova is trying to progress to the third round at wimbledon after resuming her reign delayed second round match would start on a put on grass on thursday the world number one was a set of three one up when play regime she lost the second on a tie break as well and has just started the final set. also in action on thursday but in the third round matches are the likes of six even four time champion serena williams who's taking on bill in the sink of hungry you can see william so the first set six one but his two ones. and in the second world number two victoria azarenka takes on swiss romina grounding defending champion not patrick a veteran is up against the lineup touch up of great britain. in the men's game forty down to mary takes on eva college of croatia while number two rafael nadal plays czech lukas rosol seventh seed spot you david for days up against canada shot

out of france has just taken the sat well andy roddick who has lost in the final three times places beyond the power of germany. now the russian olympic committee have unveiled the official uniform to be worn by russia's competitors at the london games in an extravagant presentation in the country's capital and members of the current olympic team as well as for my limbic champions paraded the new kit a five hundred strong dance troupe while spectators with a pulsating performance for many prominent musicians politicians and athletes were present on a traditional english double decker bus president of the russian olympic committee alexander was in attendance and russia has the potential to better their performance than in beijing four years ago i. have about twenty five gold medals so it will be actually a little bit more than. that of course russia will come be the america. if you call collate the results of the last world championship we can see the.

real problem in the first place the united states the second. now finally back to football where a major sports manufacturer has headed a scheme aimed it's discovering young talent that thought they may have missed their big chance provide on your own reports on those in russia who are getting a second opportunity. they love the game they have the skills and have been dreaming of becoming football stars here is their shot at parkland. with the night jones program seeking gifted players from all over the globe from sixteen to twenty years old and strictly without professional contracts the russian selections of

dozens of contenders exploited and assessed by professional coaches at the table when you margaret look at this he did all the hard work and failed to score he looks great but i want to make sure he's got what it takes to finish the nineteen ninety three russian cup winner. and t.v. commentator on day to life and he's call it based the hard test on sunday selecting only for a lucky ones will represent the country in the finals in barcelona among the magnificent one hundred nature oborne talents from pole over the world fighting for their dreams to come true pile price is sixteen out of one hundred ten global participants will go on the global for the football tour to best's nike teams like event also like manchester you had it etc however even if they aren't their future looks promising for the other but i presume that some of these guys most likely

those four who will be chosen today will be able to start playing in the russian premier league or the first division in a couple of years so if you're curious you can follow the winners careers and see if i'm right and here they are all go up give you a minute to do up there and loads lots near enough the ones who made it to the finals but maybe still at the very beginning of a long and glorious way. you can always see if a player is really good even when he fails you see the has the skills organised the way he acts that really matters in any of these who have the potential to play in a professional level. robert ferdinand r.t. moscow. for a lot is all from the world of sport more in a couple of hours time here not.