e.u. economic summit and water cannons were used to disperse thousands of protesters who threw rocks and declare their own alternative people's summit and they were demanding a wide range of reforms and accuse the sixty nations taking part of just ignoring the public's interests. and french troops have regained control of the city of homs as they attempt to retake northern mali from rebels french warplanes earlier bombed militants near the islamist stronghold of tao a parasite says it won't leave until it's rooted out militancy and restore stability but francis faced accusations the campaign is actually a return to its colonial past in order to secure mollies gold and new radio resources. of its biggest engineering and construction company sends sea reportedly paid one hundred sixty million dollars in bribes to the son of ousted leader more daffy that's according to canadian police documents and jailed vice president. was reportedly purchasing the influence of saadi gadhafi to secure lucrative contracts some of the cash which went through various offshore companies well it was allegedly used to

economic problems but let me ask you this i mean this coming year twenty thirty you know the e.u. has come up with something called the european year of citizens to essentially highlight the rights people have because they're in the e.u. what do you make of that one of the key what people should have is a via to elect their own government and for that to actually make a real difference but of course with the european union power has become too centralized amongst the into touche and in brussels and that just takes away power from ordinary citizens of the european union can tell us why it's that we have but of course we don't actually have the vite to make a real difference of elections because far too many decisions now are made at the supranational level major decisions being made in brussels away from the citizens whether they be the citizens of violent or britain or spain or greece for that matter ok but we restored but were there any success stories in twenty twelve or must have been something even after all the countries predicted to have collapsed by now are still surviving.

e.u. is economic stronghold germany appears to be harboring concerns over its sovereignty as well as what is peter all of the discovered. there's a rising feeling here in germany that it's not the germans who were really in charge of their country. the government is taking the sovereign rights of the german people and giving them away to bureaucrats in brussels specifically with regards to currency this is a painful injury to the sovereignty of germany the issue is said to be fought out in the second tie used to court this group calling themselves the civil coalition movement want to stop germany's fiscal future being decided by the european central bank particularly how much german cash goes to the eurozone countries and set the prep to democracy because it's no longer the governments who have to make a policy but is the european central central bank deciding which policy is paid for over five thousand people back their petition as they look to challenge one of the most common pieces of perceived wisdom in europe that germany is the success story in the eurozone there was no other countr

e.u. member states a member of the european economic area we could cancel e.u. membership attain the european economic area membership and that would keep the free movement of goods services and and capital as well as others labor for the time being until we form some new transitional. arrangements and set up a pua free trade area so trade will continue once you outside of the u. we could be out of the political union and that would be a very good thing for democracy and for our economy a year ago was ahead it would make people you know have quite a bit. i have news for robert now because he's right trade will go on but the conditions for trade will be totally different once you don't belong any more to the entity that decides about all the rules on trade norway phrases that switzerland face the threat they cannot influence trade rules. but they cannot influence not correct any process of how the human rights works sorry sorry sorry as the lady is not in the area though that is not correct although as other economic areas countries that they are consulted on legi

e.u. succeeded in bringing economic success to member nations, critics warned of crucial flaws in its complex structure. >> they threw together a whole lot of economies that are very different from each other, gave them a single interest rate policy, but didn't put in place any of the political institutions that would be necessary to help countries that feel the pain of an interest rate policy that's not appropriate to their own economic situation. >> in the united states, you have very different levels of productivity between new york and alabama, but you're within one system of governance. you have not only one currency, but you have one national budget and one fiscal deficit. in europe that was never true. >> in the states, you know that you have your local government, you have your state government, and you have your federal government. you pretty much know the architecture of who governs, who legislates, and who runs the show. europe, it's a little more complicated. you start with the national governments and they have their own constituencies, their own electorates to represent. now add

e.u. would result in economic disaster for britain that's according to the chair of germany's european affairs committee the statement comes in the aftermath of an outright warning against britain's possible withdraw worse by a senior us official on wednesday which cause a further schism in the u.k. coalition government details now from marty's laura smith. we've always known that the u.s. prefers the u.k. has a close relationship with the e.u. because when it wants something done it's britain that it calls this kind of direct challenge to the government over europe involving itself in internal bush's affairs is something a little bit new the u.s. is warned of the dangers of holding a referendum on europe for the u.k. and it has called for all out in the coalition government although that's not a difficult thing to do these days david cameron the prime minister has played it out saying it's just an opinion but nick clegg his deputy has said that it is a big issue that the u.k. is valuable to give us precisely because it has a close relationship with the european union and but of course his par

e.u. is headed you talk about economic issues policies also that don't work there are many that say that cameron was under a lot of pressure to make this speech you think indeed the words you had to say was a result of pressure on him or something else. well undoubtedly i would say because for many months now there have been a growing number of euro skeptics within his own tory party they are demanding that the conservatives do try and renegotiate their deals with the view and renegotiate their relationship secondly he is in between a rock and a hard place because he's in a coalition government at the moment with the liberals who are against this stance so what you see today is a man who is trying to appease those euro skeptics within his own party but maybe he's weaving a very clever political path because he is saying that i will make this my election pledge so we are banking on this to win the next election for the conservatives within the joran if that happens then we can hold this referendum so i think he's trying to please those people who have. been annoyed with his european stance within

e.u. look at ireland but with an economic basket basket case before join the e.u. another look at it than economy this is don't forget the good times but when i don't and can't to the wall there was no one within the european establishment holding them up as a kind or responsible for what happened in ireland and i think you know there are two doors that the crisis in ireland responsibility for it can be placed at and while i was at the e.u. on the other just our own governments and the patients and what they took but i think it looks like that more and more pressure is going to be put on the organizers taxpayer to squeeze the budget tighter tight and already you know people are extremely concerned about the amount that they're having to pay cuts cuts cuts all the time and increased costs of living and i think that eventually people are going to like the greeks of course have to start saying a cold on a minute how much more can we pay and only pay at their lunch and i think that there is this tendency within the european union has an interest. but on a good faith an

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trying to address arlen's economic difficulties rather than trying to solve the problems within the european union which are very great indeed of course unemployment now in the e.u. is alarmingly high and while i was going to find herman van rompuy called ireland today an example of how to handle the economic crisis this quickly take a listen to. you are taking over the presidency in challenging times for you. you are a good example to all on how to handle the economy crisis through painful but unavoidable. consistently are your targets and more importantly your recreating your potential for growth and jobs. so positive points there as far as i was concerned you agree well the obvious economy isn't doing as well as what he says the i.m.f. said just recently in december that they should perhaps slacken their driver for austerity because that was harming the economic growth in ireland and of course the thing is is that arlen when he says island is the reason that ireland's a poster boy for austerity means that the irish people are not protesting and taking up their white to protest as people in spain and greece have done because we know that austerity at this time

currency it will create more economic problems and that's why we see unemployment across the eurozone rising quite alarmingly so he's very happy that arlen is getting on with the e.u. policy of austerity but actually it's actually the wrong policy this time. now in the midst of the economic crisis regulators are coming under fire for making life easier for banks rather than for the people and it appears the wider public knows little of how when where the big decisions about the global financial future are being made he's pretty oliver went to investigate. have you ever heard the wall about the bank is the billions and bars all the chances are you probably haven't but six times a year central bank heads from the u.s. europe asia and everywhere in between representing around three quarters of global economic output gather in the swiss city to talk shop behind closed doors i personally also don't like these secretive meetings because. you never know what in effect. is discussed in these meetings it's something that has a tradition that's put there play i mean bankers have always talked to each other in a more secretive way the whole business of banking is not really

e.u. and is now been tasked with leading debt ridden you rip's charges of economic crisis we look at what's in store for dublin coming up. next social networking kuwait's landed two men in jail a court each of them a two year sentence claiming they defamed the with the tweets the uprising in the countries about the markets second anniversary with the government accused of resorting to any means necessary to gag dissenting voices or journalists i should returns he told me coates just another us back to the ship. it's obvious that the united states and nato countries desire to keep their thousands of troops in kuwait and as we've seen of course there are demonstrations in bahrain and of course saudi arabia where i'm not being covered on any corporate media it's very difficult to cover the brutal suppression of human rights in the nato and u.s. backed dictatorships human rights groups themselves are in a sense a different subject because some of them are being normal day by u.s. authorities but in fairness there and been some human rights groups that have campaigned for the horrible human righ

we like you and our economic role in the e.u. but we don't want to be a part of your political role. he is trying to negotiate a half in/half out role for the u.k. that is very concerning to the u.s. because he has raised the stakes by saying he would put it to the british people in the referendum. if they vote to get out of the e.u. that could fundamentally change that relationship. >> let's listen to a little bit of your interview there. >> you see all the economic turmoil in europe. you see it over here, as well, in the u.s., the rambling over the fiscal cliff. it seems to be endless economic uncertainty. >> president obama and i have agreed that different countries should take different pathways according to circumstances and america is a reserve currency country. everybody knows over time the deficit has to be brought down and difficult decisions will have to be taken. our experience is you can take people with you as you take difficult decisions but it is a very tough and hard road but it is a road we all have to travel. in

trying to address arlen's economic difficulties rather than trying to solve the problems within the european union which are very great indeed of course unemployment now in the e.u. is alarmingly high and of course the thing is that arlen when he says island is the reason that ireland's a poster boy for austerity means that the irish people are not protesting and taking up their white to protest as people in spain and greece have done because we know that austerity at this time can't actually work last year in the euro in the single currency it will create more economic problems and that's why we see unemployment across the eurozone rising quite alarmingly so he's very happy that arlen is getting on with the e.u. policy of austerity but actually it's actually the wrong policy this time. the i.m.f. stop economist livia blanchett admits he was wrong about early i'll start before cos admitting failure to see the grave consequences was the financial measures brought on weak a u. country such as greece and i.m.f. working paper says the fund significantly underestimated any potential increase in unemployment marco politi a london based financial adviser and wealth man

back on europe speaking at the davos economic forum the prime minister rushed to calm the storm after he promised a referendum on whether the u.k. should leave the e.u. also. not once but twice i'll give you the story of a one year old girl who survived this. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at. life with your worldwide. movement has broken away from the al qaeda linked islamist saying it wants to fight terrorism and extremism and the newly formed group has stated it's ready for peace talks with the government and the french forces are currently fighting france's defense minister meanwhile has said his country is prepared for a long drawn out conflict. looks at the reasons behind the. the french have died headlong into the military operation in mali but the discussion is still ongoing as to exactly why the western nation has put a boot on african soil again costing money and people's lives. official rhetoric remains in line with the mantra of the war on terrorism but some statements suggest another layer of france's defense minister has declared total become quest of mali is the main goal with the president echoing french troops twenty

e.u. presidency with plans to bring bad growth and create jobs but some alice say double and show a better focus on its own problems. island has its own economic problems which are continuing it course has the economic problems which have been happening ever since the euro which created high inflation there and then of course exacerbated the faster they had ready to take on the presidency of the european council is of course a very large piece of work not just for the senior politicians in the government but also for many of the civil servants and they would be better off spending their time really trying to address arlen's economic difficulties rather than trying to solve the problems within the european union which are very great indeed of course unemployment now in the e.u. is alarmingly high and of course the thing is that arlen when he says arlen this is the reason that on and supposed to boil for austerity it means that the irish people are not protesting and taking up their voyage to protest as people in spain and greece have done because we know that austerity at this time point actually work last year in the euro in the single currenc

his back on europe speaking at the economic forum the prime minister rushed to calm the storm after he promised a referendum on whether the u.k. should leave the e.u. . catalonia trumpets its right to split from spain despite madrid supporters stations with a sturdy crisis and stagnation driving that to a strained sides further apart. and a world wide a witch hunt we speak to him battled online business women freedom of information activists who claimed schuman rights are ignored in the politically motivated persecution of his colleagues around the world. around the world online on screen live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the twenty four hours a day a splinter movement has broken away from the al qaeda linked islamists the money saying it wants to fight terrorism and extremism the newly formed group has stated is ready for peace talks with the government and the french these forces are currently fighting there for us as defense minister meanwhile has said his country is prepared for a long conflict on his return ocean a look at the reasons behind the french intervention. french have died headlong into the military operation

e.u. partners they've been moderately angered by his promise to let britain hold a referendum. economic forum for us we've got the e.c.b. president mario draghi he has taken to the stage to address europe's current issues which includes stagnates growth this comes a day after prime minister david cameron from britain he was talking about how to do with tax avoiders and also we had german chancellor angela merkel she was saying there can be no only way and no letup in the spending cuts despite european union warning that there is social unrest in the likes of greece and also her homeland as well germany where people to have been protesting against wages now the spades unemployment rate for the youth will sixty percent that's really sent shivers down the spines here in davos yesterday and that was another issue and today we're also going to be talking about own breasts in the arab world as well particularly syria what can be done to really improve the future for this part of the world so i'm going to be providing we have live coverage here in davos to root out the day and i'll be back lat

currency it will create more economic problems and that's why we see unemployment across the eurozone rising quite alarming for you so he's very happy that arlen is getting on with the e.u. as policy of austerity but actually it's actually the long policy this time. the i.m.f. top economist olivea blanchard admits he was wrong about earlier sorry to forecast admitting failure to see the grave consequences which the financial measures brought on reka e.u. countries such as greece and i.m.f. working paper says the funder significantly underestimated any potential increase in unemployment. your poorly a london based financial advice and wealth manager says regardless of the latest statements the people will end up paying for government's mistakes. the reality is of course the most waste western governments which includes most of the southern european countries the level of state involvement in the economy has grown substantially over the last few years and what happens is of course that any significant austerity measures will have a massive impact on on the economy what is being is debt accumulation that's the same in the us and most of most of europe mary is continuing ma

economic problems and indeed ireland is one of the most problematic as you say of the troubled states and has not got enough to deal with without holding the e.u. presidency as well at this stage. well yes it does have a great deal of challenges in the you of course the budget situation in europe in the european union isn't sorted out yet the whole situation regarding britain's membership is coming to the fore britain of course maybe will be having a referendum at some point on britain's terms of membership all these issues need to be discussed and agreed in the forthcoming year and so on and the taking on the presidency for the first six months has a key role to play but of course they've got their own challenges to face and it's a very difficult task now the presidency of the european union has in some ways been downgraded in terms of the influence it has because now the council of view of the european heads of state the council of ministers have their own. poi's as the president and fall in the foreign affairs is run by the high representative but of course arland must still be driving forward the agenda but of course they've got their own

economic cliff conservative party m.p. steve baker thinks the u.k. is better off outside the e.u. . the consequences are worse for the than they are for the united kingdom if we leave because i think we you would become even more inward looking and really what's required is a change of heart within the nations of europe to be more outward looking and to believe more in dispersed political power it's quite likely that the european union will say you know our way or exit i think all sorts of horror stories will be told to try and keep us in but in the end the british public of got to have confidence in ourselves the european union's a relatively new innovation we were a great help with looking trading nation and hugely prosperous long before the european union we don't need all these petty forty four being regulation we certainly don't need to surrender the sovereignty of the people so i think people need to just be considered and think carefully about what kind of future they want . and by the way stay tuned to r.t. this coming friday as we bring you our special coverage of david cam

e.u. the return to manifest destiny with nafta and the japanese co-prosperity sphere with the asian pacific economic community i mean this is sheer absurdity and. i have socialist tendencies myself but the call the eurasian union and what russia is today the result of unification is so far from the truth in a couple of sentences what is russia doing in its neighborhood this is a very natural in this world the globalized neoliberal fast moving twenty first century world regionalization this is a natural tendency economic and political defensive tendency we see it occurring all over the world europe is the pioneer after the united states south america mirka sore. the eurasian union is only natural because of the cultural the historical the language the infrastructure. and actually it's largely for security reasons to the well there's a way as you point out it russia doesn't want to recreate the soviet union because the soviet union cost russia a law school and i do you see really that would be the previous speaker because i didn't find anything new in that statement i don't think it was a full back in