afford to expand will survive the consequences of its economic decline and how bright is the united to europe's future let me get back to his madness vice president of the european parliament welcome to the program it's really great to have you with us so we're going to go ahead and start with the latest news. so canvassing fighting on the streets a legal crackdown on demonstrations deaths have been warnings of a civil war all over the rejection of an association treaty with the e.u. now as a man who is directly in charge of relations with candidate countries could you all about to you are presenting have done anything differently. well you know what. the other fact you know what we are doing and what we might do is to treat. people with the highest respect. personally by have the understanding that. a potential member country of the european union it would be very hard very evil

crain joins the union sooner or later because as long as we doesn't join we have the whole. of the european construction but of course we have to first of all to wait and respect what the ukrainian people who decides and decisions. are not taken by demonstrations in the streets are taken by voting in elections and by. giving the opportunity to the government and the problem in the charter of the representation of the people giving them the possibility to decide what we hope that. the sooner the better the majority of the parliament will be to say the majority of the people makes a clear choice to. join the european union meanwhile the only thing we may

expect is that the ukrainians themselves. parties government and opposition find necessary understanding and especially the necessary primate to define. their future also in what respects the connections with the european union well you're saying q craniums should decide for themselves what we see lately a lot of you were paying politicians actually taking part in the demonstrations in caravan taking sides in the dispute what do you think of that is that justified. i think i think it is all right i think anybody anywhere i believe in international solidarity i you know i come from spain and the socialist i have spent half of my life there was treating forty sous that were not spanish issues but they must meeting in favor of those who i think deserve that to be supported i have.

supported in in a number of opportunities. russians who were claiming for their rights and i think it's all right if if utopian politicians go and support those who are if they feel their blow their desire or political. brothers or sisters or you know you know i. the i have criticised the european union leaders who have a protested and claimed that there was a russian interference in crane and indeed i would criticize the russian authorities if they would think that there is utopian interference especially if if people if people who who feel that they have. brothers and sisters. come grades in grain fighting for

a certain cause which is the same as theirs i think they are entitled to express their support this does not mean that the european union all that the european parliament are such are taking a position but indeed i do not hide that my expectation is that deal grainy and in full. freedom made in full dignity decide that they want to join the european union and i believe the european union should play in such a way in a clever way first of all to. there is a way to join the union and second to make clear also to the. craniums. that very joining the european union cannot mean any kind of aggressive position against russia but rather what what would be convenient in my opinion. for for the understanding is that

joins the european union and behaves as a necessary bridge between the european union and russia because few people know russia. can understand the russians better so this is my vision on the situation and i think it is reasonable what the president of crimea have called on the opposition in order to try to find means of understanding that we calm down the situation reduce the tension which is becoming extremely dangerous and one might means of understanding because it's completely obvious at this point that opposition doesn't really control the crowds anymore who would the government talk to if they wanted to that's why passive finalization precisely. i do not. statements are very very strong and it is obvious that. they

control or they don't control you see in any case i think it is in the interest of the opposition as it is in the interest of the government to find an understanding in order to calm down the situation. if it is obvious also that if you tell me that the crowds that are in the streets now what days in kiev in the northern cities are not controlled by any body in you see then then it would be very dramatic because it would be that many many many craniums are. a revolt against the bodies against both the government the political parties. the opposition in the one i cannot accept it and they believe it is the firm. requirement from the government and from the opposition to sit down and seat. measures that we appease the current situation but also we have heard in the press

a lot of extra sick extensive criticism towards care for passing a package of anti writing loss in the wake of the clashes criticism from e.u. as well but a similar law proposal that sparked riots in spain hasn't really proposed provoked any criticism from brussels how do you explain that. were you know when when. the current government is putting forward a project for what they call the national security we. i am an active member of the opposition to the current government and of course we have said that we disagree with a low that indeed. citizens' rights in terms of their capacity to demonstrate and capacity to express their.

revolt in their opposition to the current government does not mean we being a party that has. long experience and expectation of being a ruling party of course we have to be aware of the fact that. demonstrations of the people must come into a certain order. not being. moments of. a value. of revolt which does not follow the democratic. c.d.'s which of course you need so say you do within the european union forty students if you talk a little bit generally the e.u. has not really consider russia as a strategic partner i mean in words maybe but not in practice and moscow is

constantly berated by so could the e.u. have handled the ukrainian negotiations any differently so as not to alienate russia and if so how. well you know you know. there is a. clear vision for some of us that the russian federation must be a partner for the european union is this is this is this is the one of the main one of the main claims of my own position on this issue and you see it in the in the framework of where will scenario today of globalization matters in the international community and especially what has to do with the peace has to be settled and are going to be settled by eight nine ten global

partners global actors and in my opinion russia is one of those global actors and is going to be one of those global actors the european union is tending to consolidate as an older global actor and by you know by you know there is no doubt that. russia in the european union are two global arcturus which are not only twin brothers they are c. armies brothers we have i believe that it is our common interests to understand each other to work together to sit down and discuss all matters which will much be gone russian all the european union territories this is my vision. and this is what i am trying to fight within the european union without without using any pretext to make out of it an obstacle in the relations between russia

and the european union's of course we can discuss about the baltic countries we can discuss. about. gazprom we may discuss about two crane we may discuss about issues that may become. but in any case there are people who are. using those. obstacles to made the relations between russia and the european union more defeat go into book that's my motto is start to go to the contrary please hold themselves you go she's hold that thought because we're going to take a short break and we're going to pick up right from there we're going to pick up from your strategy right after the break we'll be back with me get back to this to talk about the challenge yourself expansion after a short break don't go away. in

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and we're back with me get back to his math is vice president of the european parliament great to have you back so back to your theory you have recently said baltic member states are hindering dialog with moscow are they really that big of an influence on the union's decision making i wouldn't say that the baltic countries are making difficult of the relations of the european union with russia i don't believe frankly speaking i don't believe that the baltic states would have

enough or strings. in order to be an obstacle to the relations between such. powers no it is obvious that even some of the baltic countries. making. is more or less. more or less in the instinct of many people and making corporation is more difficult one. has to make arguments when asked to make concessions and before the baltic countries that would be much easier to be done through the european union which is a power of similar strains the russian federation may be each one of the baltic states and in a separate way is of course enormously weaker. partner as compared with what the european can do now the problem is how to convince. some of

the political forces of some baltic countries that their interest is not. but these incorporation with the russian federation and other controversial thing with those three countries with a stoning alison and levy and i can say with certainty that it is the case with all three of them is their self stance towards snacks and we often see military parades and state funerals for those who fought alongside german forces does that worry you at all is that anything being done about that in many many european countries we are still facing the problem. number of people. do not feel. where or do not feel interested in denouncing the. nature of another to them and of fascism and they try to buy more lies such regimes with

horrendous crimes. those regimes and those ideologies brought to our respective peoples but this is a reality which is not only. felt in the baltic countries it is felt in more countries that is why we are really very worried and we are trying to fight strongly against that other things because it is strictly against the principles of the values and the history of the european union as such an approach are now mr martin is silent talk to you about the shape e.u. finds itself right now in the euro skeptic movement is on the rise especially in great britain and what do union suffer if britain left for instance. what do you mean you mean they were of skeptics and this is what you mean yes you have are skeptics people who are saying well you reckon you know and you know it didn't turn

out to be that great union that everyone aimed for once it was started because of the crisis because a lot of people are losing faith that they don't have to study directly and hear reason a little bit this is well this is of course a subject of concern. and this is very very very great paradox because in my opinion the european union is more necessary than ever more necessary to our respective peoples you can you know in times of regardless of globalization none of our countries and none of our peoples will be able to mundane the progress that we have succeeded to achieve and which i suppose nobody discusses even in the russian federation that the standards of living and of social progress that we have built within the european union are of enormous value

least of enormous value for our respective peoples and that the level of equality and inequality that we have in our respective countries even if it is growing in recent years and conservative ruling easy indeed the inequalities in any of our countries is much smaller than the one one is reaching nowadays in the russian federation not to speak about countries like china or all others in the world so so you know our system is a system which is reasonably satisfactory even if it needs to be improved in the many cases it is indispensable i say if we want to mundine these the standards that we have succeeded to build now the strange thing and the failure also of many of us is that. there. moment in which this process is more necessary than ever it is also and you were right with more threatened than never now one has to question why is

this process being threatened and by whom now if you want they can tell you why it is threatened and by whom it is threatened yes tell me please. will you know it is threatened exactly by the powers of financial world which know that the eve of the european union consolidates itself the power that the financial the banking system and in general. the capital because i am not too worried with using a term which doesn't seem to be very fashionable duty but the capital knows very well very very well that even we consolidate the european union the european union is going to build the systems to kontrol the capital into all blige the capital to behave with full respect for a number of social. progress for social justice measures

and of course the capital doesn't want that the capital has been gaining power enormously in recent years the capital who was controlled more or less at national level has broken these controls. with globalization in the world and they do not want the european union to become a political power which will necessarily cointreau all the behavior of the capital and we will blige the capital to all be to social justice mechanisms and values so that is why. the capitalists trying to oppose by your means the consolidation of the. european union it is doing that through remember us media to keep our word which is indeed.

attacking and denying any credibility to the european union process and it is doing that also through the creation of the financing of political parties and eastman's which indeed are putting into question the. european union are such the european union is the big big danger for the capital power which has been enormously growing in europe in the world. they know very well that it is not in. a european union that consolidates that is asking but the state capital have anything to do with their staring the measures that are being implemented over and over again in the european union countries because overwhelming majority of economists are saying that these measures aren't working. not with this but the but these measures are where the law which

is the will be and you see the governments in the european union are saying that the measures that have been. that have been induced. in in their economies. are making progress so far we do not see such progress is in the nikkei's wherever they say it is a case in spain that there is a certain progress this progress already in greece portugal this progress is paid with three men this tremendous social crisis and we've enormous growth in the inequalities because those who are becoming richer every day in those who not only are becoming food are but are unemployed and have even lost the hope to get a job and therefore are even leaving the respective countries abroad which have not

happened for decades because you know you've got elections coming up pretty soon right and the latest gallup poll is actually saying that young people and young people have always been the main supporters of the hear idea are losing faith in leadership do you see that as a problem for the future. i would not say that the young people against older people are in favor i think there is a general wave which is a transversal. place to younger people which applies to older people there is are no bewas reaction or via disappointment about the european union. as not being able to solve a number of social problems now you see the question is that these disappointment does not go on a gainst the european union this is the point goes against. the political system in each one of our countries this is the point when goes against

the democratic system which is not solving the problems in these is the point been goes against politics of large because politics are not resolving the problems of the citizens and here is what i call what they say before of the power of capital trying to poison the society with this with this idea politics is about seeing politics is corruption democracy does not work to the parliament does not solve the questions of the if that is what this company in the european union comes as one more in this list of these appointments comes as one more of the bodies which are less and less appealing for the citizens younger citizens and older cities mr regulus he like i'm so sorry but this is the only only time we have because we're going to get cut off actually thank you so much for this really really interesting insight i hope we get to talk to ceiling again in more depth

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your brain spreads to other cities where crowds are besieging local administrations while in the capital a temporary truce is holding as the opposition and the government vow to continue talks. with manning protesters dismissing and to go she was a regime will look at the radical elements and made the trouble or fueling the violence. and in other news today no face to face meeting for the syrian government and the opposition as a warring sides agreed to talk only story un mediators in different rooms and different times. and cairo is rocked by series of deadly.