e.u. citizens regarding the use of their personal data online and in the cloud. already in 2012, 70% of e.u. citizens were concerned that their personal data held by companies could be used by a purpose other than the one for which it was collected. the prism case as reported in the media also highlights the difference between the european union and the united states. whereas in the u.s. system only u.s. citizens and residents benefit from constitutional safeguards, in the european union everyone's personal data and the confidentialallity of their communications are recognized and protected as fundamental rights irrespective of their nationality. while reports are particularly worry some -- >> colleagues, commissioner, 500 million european citizens were very shocked last week to find that a foreign nation has unlimited access to every every intertate detail of their private life. it was the president him solve who came and answered to questions of congress and the media. so what do they see in europe? first of all, with all due respect to the commissioner, we get

e.u. citizen number of assumptions in your question that i would challenge i think they're wrong the first assumption is that there is a majority of people skeptic skeptical in a number of times as it is certainly increased from the last saying it has increased but that's very different from saying are inferring that the majority of people are against our scandalous ever edgerton i think you know this campus is growing we were able to as an inference in your introduction as well on your question the. a majority of people are against the level of integration of where we stand in our relationship with europe at the moment. that's not to say that the russian now oh for people are accepting data integration is the same it has changed over time we joined the european union as a country whose level of income was below the european average despite everything that's happened we're now at least in line with and ahead of us in some cases in terms of your specific question regarding banking decimeter.

e.u. citizens posted yes most britons are ready to welcome them if they are prepared to integrate and work hard although a quarter say they want immigration back even if that means pulling act of the european union let's talk more about this with writer and journalist john white who joins us now john thanks very much for coming into the program tonight not a fair number of people in u.k. d.c. immigration is the number one political problem is it really that bad you know it's a problem because the perception is a problem but this perception has been worked out by the right wing of the tory party. both of which in my view are interchangeable. the only meal which is the populist right when powerful britain the fact that you have a national government responsibility is to form a social cohesion the fact that this government is also subscribing to the secure mongering is the problem so the perception is definitely there are legitimate concerns but those legitimate concerns are breached on the fire we live in a country under the most vicious austerity program or any developed nation in the entir

e.u. citizen number of assumptions in your question that i would challenge i think they're wrong the first assumption is that there is a majority of people skeptic skeptical of the number as it is certainly increased from saying it has increased thousand priests but that's very different from saying are inferring that the majority of people are against. us average or two i think you know this is emphasis and it's growing we were able to as an inference in your introduction as well on your question the. a majority of people.

e.u. citizens regarding the use of their personal data online and in the cloud. already in 2012, 70% of e.u. citizens were concerned that their personal data held by companies could be used by a purpose other than the one for which it was collected. the prism case as reported in the media also highlights the difference between the european union and the united states. whereas in the u.s. system only u.s. citizens and residents benefit from constitutional safeguards, in the european union everyone's personal data and the confidentiality of their communications are recognized and protected as fundamental rights irrespective of their nationality. while reports are particularly worrisome -- >> colleagues, commissioner, 500 million european citizens were very shocked last week to find that a foreign nation has unlimited access to every intimate detail of their private life. it was the president himself who came and answered to questions of congress and the media. so what do they see in europe? first of all, with all due respect to the commissioner, we get the commissi

e.u. citizens and he had some harsh words for the european governments working with the n.s.a. . and governments are devoted to the elimination of privacy worldwide is the u.s. the u.k. and its three partners are utterly devoted to doing that has profound consequences for we're everybody who communicates electronically greenwald who is in possession of the cache of n.s.a. documents obtained by edward snowden revealed what he believes to be the n.s.a. is all to make goal and also made it clear that the as his activities go far beyond counterterrorism the n.s.a. documents they are here is teaching us with all sorts of references to the fact of the goal of the n.s.a. is captured by the phrase call left at all. in the united states one of those has top defenders senator dianne feinstein the chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee made some surprising comments about the n.s.a.'s bulk phone metadata collection program suggesting she may be open to reforming it after all. this program in conjunction with other programs helps keep this nation safe i'm not saying it's indispensabl

e.u. citizens and you had some harsh words for governments working with the n.s.a. . and governments are devoted to the elimination of hard to see what is the u.s. the u.k. means three partners are clearly devoted to doing that has profound consequences but we're everybody who communicates electronically or greenwald who's in possession of the cache of n.s.a. documents obtained by edward snowden revealed what he believes to be the n.s.a. the ultimate goal and he also made it clear what the that the n.s.a. his activities go far beyond counterterrorism. throughout b. and s. a guy. here is teaching us all sorts of references to the fact that the goal of the n.s.a. is captured by the phrase call out in all yesterday in an interview with a.b.c. news greenwald promised a more reporting on the n.s.a. noting that only a small fraction of the documents have been published and that there are still very significant stories to come meanwhile in the united states one of the n.s.a.'s top defenders senator dianne feinstein the chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee made som

e.u. citizens the right to tell the e.c. what to do if you get a million signatures that's what we're doing unfortunately we couldn't ask for basic income to flood we had to ask the e.c. to look at the question and so our initiative which is great about the european commission we're asking them to just look at the question do a pilot studies do some research into it if you look at the research into basic income in other. parts of the world. health outcomes rise kids stay in education and nutrition gets better it's a really good way of helping the poorest even though it goes to everybody it actually helps the poorest the most and that's that's why we're so in the absence of a political effort to go in this direction what are some of the nonpolitical ways that pressure can be applied for example we had just a couple years ago with the occupy wall street movement out you know there's a lot of talk about challenging the system as it is currently not a lot of solutions or ideas were put forward a lot of discussion and so and i kn

e.u. member states is growing as its newest members remain a bulgarian prepared to gain the same rights as other citizens of the e.u. freedom of movement and banking are driving a wedge between nations that fear of lot of benefit hungry immigrants an unfair competition as boyko reports it's supposed to be an ever close a europe but the european commission the body responsible for keeping the twenty eight country club together is facing a growing number of complaints from its members in january as the newest members remain ians and both carians will be able to travel to work and live anywhere within the euro zone. but the u.k. prime minister david cameron's not exactly offering open arms to change the rules about every move with people moving to countries for a job is one thing but i'm not favor of people being to be able to claim benefits that's why we set up a series of measures this week to put beyond doubt that there isn't a freedom to go and play by the same sentiments have been shared by many in france so it's no surprise that views not going down well with the european commission it argues migrants

harvesting online data around the globe on top of the security agency targets european citizens and even tops e.u. leaders but at the same time germany and the u.k. along with a stranger and kind and actually closely collaboration with american intelligence lashon american governments and companies are a major target for u.s. spines and on top of the n.s.a. is collecting data from fiber optic cables that carry most of the world's internet and phone traffic former cia officer raymond government believes those violating privacy should face justice not been me. i am delighted to hear that ed snowden on his desk in honolulu had a copy of the constitution of the united states of all dog eared because he used it to argue with his and his compatriots there it is say as to whether what they were doing was illegal whether it was constitutional whether it was a crime for them to be corrupt to be cooperated in using their technical expertise to violate america's privacy right and left the question should be why those who are aided and abetted this whether they should be in the spose peached in their case an

harvesting online data around the globe on top of that the security agency targets european citizens and even taps e.u. leaders but at the same time germany and the u.k. along with australia and canada are actually closely collaborating with american intelligence but an american governments and companies are a major target for u.s. spies plus the n.s.a. is collecting data from fiber optic cables that carry most of the world's internet and phone traffic former cia officer ray mcgovern believes those violating privacy should face justice not the leakers. i am delighted to hear that ed snowden on his desk in honolulu had a copy of the constitution of the united states all dog eared because he used it to argue with his his compatriots there it is say as to whether what they were doing was legal whether it was constitutional whether it was a crime for them to be corrupt to be cooperated in using their technical expertise to violate america's privacy right and left but the question should be why those who are aided and abetted this way they should be. spose impeached in their case and brought to trial for t

e.u.'s how to feed the poor despite huff and million citizens including children turning to charities this year to stave off hunger the opposition's criticize the government for gossiping with pride and ignoring the problem laura smith now reports. just a stone's throw from the seat of government in westminster is something that's becoming a more and more common sight in the u.k. this building's used as a food bank handing out emergency supplies to families so poor they can't afford to eat as the cost of living rises the number of people turning to food banks increases with its funding tighter all the time but nevertheless the government has turned down a potential twenty two million pounds in funding for food aid why because the money comes from the european union britain we've caught a government with a very anti european ideology appears to be more keen to. warn europe to get credit for something than to get money which can how fate hungry people if you are starving you need some food and you cry to die and this government's refusal to provide the carriage is literally taking food out t

citizens. friends stereotypes within nato and the e.u. are now takes it approach to other countries russia's top diplomat comments on this she is trends in foreign policy during his visit to us. that the bombing attack on a police h.q. in egypt adds to the country's political crisis as the interim government blames the muslim brotherhood for the attack branding it a terrorist organization. and the fracking protests against all corporations aiming for easy cash what shall report on the events of the five twenty for the take. over a good evening if you just joined us is to say it's ten pm now you're moscow my name is kevin our top story that an israeli airstrike on the gaza strip tonight killed a young girl and injured several members of her family the shelling comes in response to the fatal shooting of an israeli civilian on the israeli palestinian border israel also confirmed there are tanks and infantry involved now in the operation middle east correspondent paula slee has the latest. one palestinian girl a three year old has been killed

citizens. friend or follow stereotypes within nato and the e.u. or an outdated approach to other countries for russia's top diplomat comments on this year's trends in foreign policy during his visit to us that r.t. . deadly bombing attack on a police headquarters in egypt adds to the country's political crisis is the interim government blames the muslim brotherhood for the attack branding it a terrorist organization. and mass anti fracking protests against all corporations as a lever easy cash washoe report on the events that defined twenty thirty. years r.t. i'm kevin i ever get even sure if you're just joining us we'll be watching around the world in the breaking news or just talking about the an israeli air strike on the gaza strip has reportedly killed a young girl also injured several members of her family to the shelling comes in response to the fatal shooting of an israeli civilian on the israeli palestinian border israel also confirmed their tanks and infantry involved in the operation his middle east correspondent spotlessly has the lates

citizens. friends or foes stereotypes of the nato and the e.u. are outdated approach to other countries russia's top diplomat comments on the years foreign policy trencher a visit to a. deadly bombing at a police headquarters in egypt adds to the country's political crisis is the interim government blames the muslim brotherhood for the attack randi get a terrorist organization. a mass protest against all corporations aiming for easy cash watch our continuing series on the events that defined twenty thirty. if you joined us good morning i'm kevin now in this is r.t. live from moscow our top story and israeli airstrike on garza's killed a young girl and also injured several members of her family the shelling comes in response to the fatal shooting of an israeli civilian on the israeli palestinian border earlier israel's also confirmed there are tanks and infantry involved in the current operation a middle east correspondent paula sleep late. one palestinian girl a three year old has been killed in the gaza strip and some nine others injured among t

citizens. friend or foe stereotypes within nato and the e.u. and i approach to other countries. comments on this trends in foreign policy during his visit to. police headquarters in egypt to the country's political crisis is the interim government blames the muslim brotherhood for the. terrorist organization. protests against all corporations. report on the events that define twenty.

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must leave their homes reports from the city of granada where citizens are defending their right to stay put. also ireland shakes free of the e.u. lenders becoming the first state in the block to exit its bailout program by the country's government warns that financial independence may not mean the end of austerity. and broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas let's get right to our top stories you are. seeing rival rallies in the ukrainian capital the pro e.u. demonstrators are on your left today have been camped out in kiev for several weeks now the pro-government crowd well they're having their say as well they've joined in tens of thousands of people have come from all over ukraine to show their support for president. ortiz paul scott is in kiev for us. you can see the close proximity between the two opposing rallies right behind me is independence square which has been the halls of the opposition movement for the last number of weeks now you can see the barricades that have been built by the protesters and reinforced in the last couple of days but if we pan around to the left hand sid

most secular european states have identified their citizens fighting in syria often on behalf of radical rebels and that's really started to worry e.u. officials who know that those is amiss will come back one day looks at those concerns. number of europeans heading to syria to fight in the country's going civil war is currently topping me you counter terrorism agenda speaking at a meeting of security officials in brussels the belgian interior minister says as many as two thousand the citizens may be involved in the conflict his french counterpart saying well those numbers on the increase statement reiterate findings by the international center for the study of radicalization there are a group based out of king's college in london they suggest that since april of this year the number of europeans going to syria to fight they have increased three fold their other findings suggest that up to eleven thousand foreign is as many as seventy different countries may have taken part in the conflict at some point eighteen percent of those coming from western europe the majority of that eighty percent from britain and from france but also a co

e.u. professor mark all men in oxford historian though thinks the street protesters don't speak for them the majority of citizens. i think we should be careful of attributing what's going on to the majority of people in ukraine i suspect that the tragedy of the greatest great majority of people rather passive uncertain of all the dissolution about politics when both equation the risk now is that we have a hold of tickets to minorities and it may be that the group home the streets with kind of paramilitary nationalist support from the west not just western plane but also from some of the were pretty new countries they feel able to strip states of kind of who was seen anyone in time of the same time and this could change go but it could lead to a very violent situation and it could be questionable at the ukraine is viable state. of the west in general would prefer to be winners out of this and they hope that this yanik group which will shoot him so for now the fourth of against the world will handle this crisis very well so far that he will try to curry favor back with a good rescue group maybe simply there is not

e.u. counter terrorism agenda speaking at a meeting of security officials in brussels the belgian interior minister says as many as fifty thousand the citizens may be involved in the conflict his french counterpart saying well those numbers are on the increase that statement reiterate findings by the international center for the study of radicalization there are a group based out of king's college in london they suggest that since april of this year the number of europeans going to syria to fight increased three fold the other findings suggest that up to eleven thousand foreign is from as many as seventy different countries may have taken part in the conflict at some point eighteen percent of those coming from western europe the majority of that eighty percent from britain and from france also a contingent from right here in germany in fact in the german state of the interior minister has been proposing a nationwide campaign to try and tackle radicalized satiate this is after a study that found that jihadist recruiters were using universities to try and recruit potential fights is this is all adding to the reason why why the issue of europea

e.u.'s efforts maybe in winning ukraine right now but in a few minutes we hear about the struggles and it's having in its having in keeping citizens in its current nations out of poverty. plane is being compared to a lady home on a want and takes money from an old an elderly gentleman but one sister and her time with a handsome young man but sometimes you know you really have to choose i mean you cannot have both if you're using that kind of metaphors i think you should clearly separate the present existence ukrainian authorities we should have been negotiated in a very embarrassing way was both the european union russia and ukraine a nation. dramas that try to be ignored. stories others to fuse to notice. the faces change the world writes never. to picture of today's you know. from around the globe. look to. i. even while the e.u. keeps the welcome mat down for potential new members it could be setting itself up for trouble ahead one of the impending threats is widespread poverty which some say the bloc just won't be able to handle over twenty percent of europe's population now is the risk of poverty bulgaria is one of the most i

substantial percentage of ukrainian citizens who realize that neither in economic terms nor in terms of so-called values is there anything to be gained from the association to be the e.u. back in two thousand and four nobody wanted to risk anything for the discredited kuchma establishment nowadays i think that many people are particularly in the south and in the east knows that their livelihood depends on developing connections with the only power that can offer some belief now immediately and by the way i'm amazed that the bulgarian plea to sion can talking lowing terms about the european union when bulgaria is now the basket case importing tomatoes from thirty percent for goodness sake in bulgaria used to supply all of eastern and central europe with vegeta bills only twenty years ago ok such a very quick colleagues i want to conclude this now where's this going to lead to because after all it's been coming very clear now these protesters they don't just want a new association they want to get rid of the government the parliament the cabinet the president is that going to happen when the government survive three believe that your new coach has weathered the storm an