e.u. and then a referendum on future membership would britain and the e.u. be better off going separate ways. to cross-talk britain in the e.u. i'm joined by tony helper in london he's a journalist for the times also in london we are robert oulds he is director of the bruges group and in brussels we cross to. keith he is a liberal member of the european parliament and head of the german business association tony i'd like to go to you first in london it seems to me that the britons position in the european union is equivalent to how americans feel about gun control people get really excited about it here is cameron cameron playing politics is this just for his personal agenda and getting reelected in the thing more i think is a great deal of that cameron effectively offering voters a chance to decide on the e.u. membership after the next election implicitly therefore they should vote for him at the election in order to get that chance so mr cameron is effectively trying to eliminate the threat posed by the u.k. independence party and push the liberal democrat

e.u. membership after the next election and implicitly therefore they should vote for him at the election in order to get that chance so mr cameron is effectively trying to eliminate the threat posed by the u.k. independence party and push labor and liberal democrats into what he considers to be an unpopular position with voters of denying voters an opportunity to decide the e.u. future so the north a lot of domestic politics involved in this initiative ok before i go to robert i mean it's quite transparent isn't it i mean it's cynical politics i mean how does the average briton feel about this or can you say that about an average brianna's i think i think the average briton won't really mind if they are given the opportunity to decide on the e.u. . many people have commented in the run up to this speech british voters haven't had an in out question put to them about e.u. membership or common market membership as it was last time they were asked to close on forty fifty years people would like to decide that question and until they are given the opportunity to do so i think that they'll ba

e.u. membership or in fact common market membership as it was last time they were asked to close on forty fifty years people would like to decide that question and till they are given the opportunity to do so i think that they'll back the party that says we will give you that chance ok robert so it's democracy in action isn't it absolutely finally we're going to be having a say on the european union british people have been denied that opportunity to express what they think political parties across the spectrum have promised referendums and then broken those promises and it's that's one of the reasons why we are where we are now with people saying we must get out of the european union because the political class the political parties who have all favored e.u. integration have allowed things to go far too far and now course they are reaping the whirlwind and that is going to be a referendum and this is now one sister we're not giving any thought or getting ahead of ourselves we don't know if they'll be a referendum your girlfriend go to you in brussels why not renegotiate britain's engagem

now britain's prime minister is using his nation's membership of the e.u. as bait as he looks to carve concessions out of brussels in a much hyped speech but the balancing act is hazardous euro skeptics fear david cameron won't go far enough with his demands or euro krantz say he's gone too far already as artie's there are further reports he ultimately risks up setting everybody. when the prime minister first became leader of the conservative party he said the biggest problem was that they spent far too much of their time banging on about your eye is he glad those days are over i. take countdowns as the prime minister protests to deliver a landmark speech on europe but with warring factions in his own policy growing euro skeptic sentiment in the u.k. and his increasingly unimpressed european counterparts to appease and the pressure is on is he's struggling right now on this issue up till now i think he has he hasn't given us a clear message a clear standpoint on the e.u. and the u.k.'s relationship with it i think has been for a number of factors whether it

that british membership in the e.u. would then be put to the country's citizens in a referendum to the next general election he really painted himself into a corner where he's got to have a referendum after an election and he will try a skillful politician if he is to paper over the cracks to give a bit to them. and say that we now are looking for europe to make a response to our proper requests that it will be a very. confident speech until you actually analyze it and you see that he's asking for the e.u. to behave in a way that there's not a hope in hell they will do that with this speech under such scrutiny maybe david camm going to get some inspiration i know the conservative leader he's relationship with the e.u. was often straying. to try to suppress mission and concentrate power of the center of a european congress would be hard. and would jeopardize the objectives to a tree in margaret thatcher's memorable speech she set herself against the european superstate exercising and need dominance from brussels yuri ske

e.u. membership is not an menu and let's listen can't just say we're going to renegotiate our terms it's not as easy as that so for david cameron it's going to be a bit of a tightrope on friday that he's going to have to walk and all eyes are on him for the big speech on friday. his political reporting right while some scots you're in for freedom of the u.k. . exit from a limp. union for the pandemic unemployment. crisis failed to dampen cypresses goodbye party in brussels with lawmakers praising it for exemplary leadership of the. i don't moderate islamist court coup and protests that have ended their third day coming up here on the program we report on what the government sees as a conspiracy between the people. to depose. for now though the un's atomic agency experts are back in iran for the second time in a little more than one month tehran hopes this visit will bring clear progress but stresses a deal is only possible if its rights for peaceful nuclear energy are respected by the worst fears iran is seeking atomic weapons and keeps piling sanctions on the country but as. they often have

e.u. membership is not an ally carte menu and that person can't just say we're going to renegotiate our terms it's not as easy as that so for david cameron it's going to be a bit of a tightrope on friday that he's going to have to walk and all eyes are on him for the big speech on friday and coming up we report on how those in britain eyeing an exit from the e.u. may find their case getting a little stronger unemployment to the budget and the unity crisis failed to dampen cypresses goodbye party in brussels with nor make is praising it for exemplary leadership of the european union. is to become a moderate islamist parar of course in protest of the day coming up shortly report on what the government sees as a conspiracy between the people and the judiciary to depose it. first the un's atomic agency experts are back in iran for the second time in little more than a month to iran hopes this visit will bring clip progress but stresses a deal is only possible if it's right for peaceful nuclear energy respected the west fears that iran is seeking atomic weapons and keep piling sanctions on the cou

e.u. membership is not an menu and that britain can't just say we're going to renegotiate our terms it's not as easy as that so for david cameron it's going to be a bit of a tightrope on friday that he's going to have to walk and all eyes are on him for the big speech on friday. coming up we report on how those in britain an exit from the e.u. may find their case getting a little stronger than the unemployment a tad and unity crisis failed to dampen cypresses goodbye party in brussels with lawmakers praising it for exemplary leadership of the european union. but also moderate islamist accord protests that are. coming up we report on what the government sees as a conspiracy between people and judiciary to depose it. all that still to come for you but first french troops have fought their first face to face battle with islamic insurgents in mali the ground operation comes after five days of intense air attacks there the army is aiming to prevent the al qaeda affiliated militants who sees vast areas in the north of the former french colony from moving towards the capital market but the operatio

e.u. membership is not an menu and that britain can't just say we're going to renegotiate our terms it's not as easy as that so for david cameron it's going to be a bit of a tightrope on friday that he's going to have to walk and all eyes are on him for the big speech on friday. there reporting from london while i still to come on the program we report on how those in britain are eyeing an exit from the e.u. but they may find their case well actually getting a bit stronger make unemployment a tattered budget and a unity crisis fail to dampen cypresses goodbye party in brussels lawmakers praising it for exemplary leadership of the european union. a moderate islamist pariah accord crew and protests that have ended their third day still to come here on r t we report on what the government sees as a conspiracy between the people and judiciary trying to depose. another the un's atomic agency experts are back in iran for the second time in a little more than one month tehran hopes this visit will bring clear progress but stresses a deal is only possible if its rights for peaceful nuclear energy ar

e.u. membership is not an hour can't menu and that person can't just say we're going to renegotiate our terms it's not as easy as that so for david cameron it's going to be a bit of a tightrope on friday that he's going to have to walk and all eyes are on him for the big speech on friday. a moderate islamist pariah a court and protests that have entered the day in pakistan i mean are we report of what they see this as a conspiracy between the people and the judiciary to depose it. first french troops or for their first face to face battle with islamic insurgents in mali the ground operation comes after five days of intense air attacks that the army is aiming to prevent the al qaeda affiliated militants who sees vast areas in the north of the former french colony from moving towards the capital market but the operation has led to the first retaliation mother militants have raided a gas field in neighboring algeria killing two people and kidnapping a group of around twenty european u.s. and japanese workers the spokesman for marine le pen president of the national front in france says this coul

e.u. membership the turkish government nevertheless seems determined to avoid the issue altogether instead turning its attention across the border into syria it in a ghost go r.t. . while our correspondents are closely following developments in iraq syria via twitter feeds so log on to check all the latest updates on this and other issues. and as well as president which obviousness to miss his inauguration deadline postponing the ceremony indefinitely did a poor house his request past the national sam william and opposition claims that the move to satellite or a date isn't constitutional pepe escobar from asia times online told us there will now be mammy players willing to stand in his place. chelsea's war is not a monolithic saying like will dare to say the communist party in china there at least four or five different factions fighting for power and this is a lot of problems we have an unsteady situation in terms of chavez health because there will be an internal struggle for power inside show this will make the same time we're going to have more possibility just a horror of interference

e.u. membership prime minister david cameron has promised to enter the next election with a clear you wrote skeptic position my colleague bill dog discussed it with point but use popularity at a very very low amongst the british public at the moment we've just had a poll that asked respondents to grade institutions like in school and the european union got an average grade of a d. plus from the british public that's not very very high now on a more serious note this recent poll it's really marked a tipping point because for the first time in decades the number of people that say that they would vote for britain leaving the european union is the majority of the british public so it's really telling we're looking at britain telling internation of real euro skeptics at the moment and it's not just the result of one poll we've seen things like for example british support for political parties and to european ones like the u.k. independence party it's at an all time high so lots of bad news for pro europeans at the moment so what is the main drugs that many people are holding against the. well t

e.u. membership is being criticised not just at home but also abroad. british prime minister david cameron has threatened to redraw the map of europe his pledge to hold a referendum on whether the u.k. should remain in the e.u. is when the next election in twenty fifteen basically he wants more pounds return from brussels to westminster and will try and renegotiate britain's terms of membership but he has warned that he is not successful then the u.k. would probably vote to head to the exit i was his long awaited european speech and died at the place many of those euro skeptics within his tory party there are many u.k. business leaders for example say that even talking about an exit at this stage will create uncertainty and could scare away tension investors germany's chancellor angela merkel has said that perhaps a compromise is needed. a less sympathetic mark says the e.u. is not. cherry pick the legislation that happens he said the e.u. would simply become a mess so while david cameron is his to solve any internal squabbles within the party taking pl

e.u. membership if he wins the next election.nd the bank of england takes a step back from watching more stimulus as there's a surprise decline sending sterling to highs. >>> okay. meanwhile, maria and i are here in davos, the annual meeting of the world economic forum. it was something, we heard that deal flow may pick up for private equity groups. >> he said there's opportunities in the u.s. but also outside, particularly in the emerging markets. >> and mr. david rubenstein, co-founder of the carlisle group. you completed a nice sale in china recently, china pacific insurance. what do you take, $700 million? >> the deal was done over several years. it was an investment we made several years ago and turned out to be among the most successful deals we've ever done. >> what does that tell us about -- are you going to do more of that, the success of doing business in that part of the world? >> we're probably the largest private equity investor in china. we have 15% of our work force in china, all chinese natives. we'll try to incre

e.u. membership the turkish government nevertheless seems determined to avoid the issue altogether instead of turning its attention across the border into syria it in a ghost go r.t. . well our correspondents are closely following the developments and around syria via r.t. is twitter feed so log on to check all the latest updates on this and other issues . he. was just. but as well as president hugo chavez is to miss his inauguration deadline postponing the ceremony indefinitely due to poor health pepe escobar from asia times online told us there will now be manny players willing to stand in his place. show his will is not a monolithic saying like would dare to say the communist party in china there at least four or five different factions fighting for power and this is one of the problems a few we have an unsteady situation in terms of chavez house because there will be an internal struggle for power inside chevys will it make the same time we're going to have more possibility just a horror of interference trying to rule that you know a louvered this process and i mean specially our frien

e.u. membership the turkish government nevertheless seems determined to avoid the issue altogether instead of turning its attention across the border into syria if you know gosh go r.t. . and turkish involvement in syria's internal war becomes more apparent to nato missile batteries and hundreds of military personnel from the e.u. and the u.s. headed now to the border for what the alliance describes as protection from ankara's volatile neighbor we go a bit more in depth just ahead for you on that one. next the bell first to see the fifth straight night of violence as police fire plastic bullets and water cannons and hundreds of loyalist protesters there the angry mobs hurled firebombs and bricks back at the authorities injuring three about sixty officers be wounded in bouts of violence over the last five weeks since city always decision to only fly the union flag on special days there's been reports of loyalist paramilitary groups orchestrating violence social justice academic peter shergold told us they might want to use that confusion as a base for more violent action. there are several

e.u. membership prime minister enda kenny has pledged to bring the republic's vast experience of coping with financial difficulties to the table or focusing on the e.u. is economic recovery earlier i spoke to analyst robert oulds told me it may prove to be a tough task for the celtic tiger one of the key challenges facing many countries in europe is of course the economic difficulties and ireland is of course rigidly sticking to the austerity drive which the european union wants which it mandating arlan to do it's effectively running its budget policies in many different areas amount of money that it can be can spend to deal with the deficit but of course arlen's medicine that they're taking and partly suffering from but they're getting on with it isn't really vital for the rest of europe so if they're going to be driving forward the agenda in the european union for the next six months that's not the. 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 ri

e.u. membership you know transparently body with a whole series of shocks you know three million british jobs would be lost if we left the european union really really we import massively more from the e.u. than we sell to them would mislead is stop selling cars. it would have the we all know what the new thing a person should be looking to trade outside the well you know what i'm saying is this that europe is aging europe as a percentage of the world economy is now below the fall in quite sharply it is gripped by eurozone crisis which is likely because of their fanaticism to keep it together to last for up to a decade and yeah ok europe is the. exact it is an important market place for the rest of the world to us. because we're stuck inside this old fashioned nineteenth century concept of a customs union we cannot make our own trade deals anywhere else in the world let's have a free trade deal with europe like the swiss do and let's reengage with the rest of the world we've always see this latest postponement to take understandable reasons but i've seen a number of delays already what do you

e.u. membership the turkish government nevertheless seems determined to avoid the issue altogether instead turning its attention across the border into syria in a ghost go r.t. . getting armed to the teeth is a controversial date being set aside on the calendar in the united states a right wing group of americans is over my special day to call owners of weapons to buy them and fire them anymore without online tonight also to the mystery of the missing million dollar materialists a sledgehammer wielding fave snatched it twenty five years ago now it's turned up again. bad news for the eurozone jobless rate this is a new record high with spain again suffering the most followed by greece while nearly twelve percent are out of work across the block over a quarter of people in spain can't find a job now worrying number comes amid fresh demonstrations in madrid thousands of doctors have been marching against government plans to partly privatized health care a move they feel will ultimately lead to further job cuts punish political analysts who go since it's an alarming sign that traditionally pro

e.u. membership for britain is one of the big names on what's seen as politicians day at the world economic forum these business host pilbeam is there for us. today it's all about politics that will take center stage british prime minister david cameron has addressed other european leaders we've got german chancellor angela merkel she will also make a speech on how to boost the stagnate global economy the two marios are in town as well of its leaders mario monti e.c.b. president mario draghi as well and i have a feeling that the really interesting conversations about the referendum the european union today in britain will happen behind secret closed doors but you know what i'm going to really try my best go tactics to get into those listening to what's going on i guess knows all about russia's oh we have the prime minister to meet you medvedev speak about the prospects and i realized the dependency on oil the complacency that can come out of a van sometimes that russia gets a bad rap in sounds of a major as well the brics are also going to be discussed today how they serve in these challeng