germany is the key to that european effort. without them, there is not a europe, so. >> i would simply add that i think that the, the question over the coming years is going, is not gonna be is there too much germany or is there too much military, but the opposite. in the wake of the financial crisis, defense budgets across europe are plummeting. there are gonna be deep cuts in the numbers of troops, in the numbers of ships. britain's been talking about, uh, the question of its nuclear submarines, uh, and so i think that, that looking over the horizon, the question is, is europe going to be on the geo-political radar screen, or is it going to sort of slip off simply because of, of defense cuts? >> let's talk about the economic role of germany here for a few moments. germany is the largest economy in europe. how does its influence stack up against the united states, for that matter, against the rest of the european union? let's turn to our great decisions group in connecticut and see what they have to say. >> germany has jumped

germany is the key to that european effort. without them, there is not a europe, so. >> i would simply add that i think that the, the question over the coming years is going, is not gonna be is there too much germany or is there too much military, but the opposite. in the wake of the financial crisis, defense budgets across europe are plummeting. there are gonna be deep cuts in the numbers of troops, in the numbers of ships. britain's been talking about, uh, the question of its nuclear submarines, uh, and so i think that, that looking over the horizon, the question is, is europe going to be on the geo-political radar screen, or is it going to sort of slip off simply because of, of defense cuts? >> let's talk about the economic role of germany here for a few moments. germany is the largest economy in europe. how does its influence stack up against the united states, for that matter, against the rest of the european union? let's turn to our great decisions group in connecticut and see what they have to say. >> germany has jumped

as far as energy is concerned our european more than yours. the russian energy ministry and the european commission for energy that have agreed in the jay sekulow they have agreed to signs that for a very important agreements and will not but i will in the city of which will in the helmet birth defect to the system off early warning concerning possible disruptions and that's in the mood of not going to but they will help us find. solutions to those problem is and most importantly they will help us find common with the mid-east. map of cooperation that we use the with the which in question is how we can cooperate in this crucial in the securities area an area which is crucial both for russia for our european partners some talking about a road navea for the region but i for yanna juke operation between russia and the european union until twenty fifty and this road map is so. really worked out you know if you can we expect our partners to consider our proposal seriously you can you believe i would like to think you're going to see this but you kn

sterritt see measures becomes as billions of dollars of aid go to the middle east at the expense of europeans germany down your bushel for all the details. plus ukraine is hit with accusations of corruption and mismanagement. to the patients blame the health ministry for delays in the supply of lifesaving drugs. a very warm welcome to you this is our life from moscow italy fears an immigrant exodus of up to three hundred thousand libyans in the ongoing revolt the country's southernmost point of lampedusa is the closest european shore to north africa elton ultimately the get away arab refugees from the troubled region thousands of tunisians have already flooded the european island after the overthrow of its authority and regime in january. reports on this. they don't call them to do so they get into europe for nothing you see this tiny italian island in the mediterranean is located just around eighteen miles off the coast of north africa and over the past decade many refugees came here looking for a better life and while we were sent to other european countries nevertheless this place still ma

born in in western europe who are proud to be british are proud to be a european citizen you know we are british we are european and so this argument that just because we are muslims or just because we follow the faith of islam that somehow we're not acceptable in western societies is the problem this whole debate of multiculturalism has been about people giving up their faith or people giving up their way of life that's not going to happen if multiculturalism is about respecting each other having told once for each other yes disagreeing from time to time but having respect and tolerance then that. it's a good thing it should be celebrated but if multiculturalism is about the muslim community or the immigrants who come into any particular society given their culture or their ethnicity or their beliefs then that's that's not acceptable and that's a form of multiculturalism the people would oppose and there's a fine go to you know i mean your organisation i mean your beef with the day they don't foreigners in particular in your case we're talking about here is muslims they don't integr

union are sorry in the european parliament i tried to get an emergency by on the european arrest one and is it being misused for political purposes against political dissidents and i was refused that did by and the person who stood up and spoke against it in the parliament was none other than martin short's the leader of the socialist abs amazed that somebody as important as him would get up and argue against someone as insignificant as me but they were so terrified of having this debate that they stopped in its tracks and we were not even allowed a measly half an hour to actually talk about how this arrest warrant is being used now but i understand there could be a review what in june over extradition procedures do you think anything will come out of that i mean you're in the science reckons that there's something might come out of that but what do you think. he will i've asked our i've been pressing the previous home secretary in the current home secretary on a new number of these cases before mr sanchez one came along and pointed out all the injustice is going to happen in either

free speech activist has fallen foul of the law for expressing similar views being coerced by major european leaders elizabeth. says that after decades of mass immigration multicultural society just isn't working she faces three years in prison for inciting religious hatred after she criticized. a european citizen peacefully debating islam with a muslim is nothing unusual in a multicultural country like australia but it's a topic not always discussed in such gentle fashion i advise you not to burn the koran but you're reading. much studying what islam. we learn how to. know your enemy elizabeth supper teaching wall has been on trial and a vienna court on charges of making what is described as a hate speech against islam a left wing all strand magazine recorded and published a speech at one of his seminars landing here or in court i have nothing against people who want to practice their faith. but i would like them to do this in the privacy of their own homes your ideas she says are nothing new and when europe's political elite express them they are not prosecuted for the same views multicult

we don't wait until european legislation or regulation coming up. we also have no brussels, no belgium, but european towns, towns in europe, trying to find one another and to press, to put pressure on mayors and regional ministers to commit themselves to invest in bicycle policies. so those towns can learn from one another. as i told you, brussels, i have found several similarities with the two towns i have been getting to know now yesterday and today. we have about one million inhabitants. brussels is 10 to 10 miles on distance and i agree with what has been told here that that is in favor of promoting cycling because the distances are never too long, although we also have a difference of height. i mean, like amsterdam is plat as a pancake we would say. brussels does have some, well, ups and downs. an important issue politically is that we have -- we are, in fact, giving big gross national product to the country, 20%, although we're only 10% of the population, but yet most workforce is coming from abroad, from flounders, from outs. so they are comi

indication that these countries have lost the will to work with the europeans but of course the europeans need to know who are going to be there are stores from now on killer james here italy is one of the most. serious story we're pressed for time just just briefly i'd love to know what you think from bearing in mind your expertise on law and diplomacy whether we should be seeing military action from the likes of the e.u. after all the libyans are crying for help lives are at risk aid is one thing but what about military action is not feasible. well that has it's starting to be discussed and certainly far as the evacuation of their nationals are several european countries have a story started to take measures i know the british and the dutch have sent warships in the close waters there is this question has been broached at the u.n. about the no fly zone. to me still be one of the. first steps that they might eventually have to take but i will leave it that thanks so much for time here on r.t. professor at the fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts university in massachusetts thank

in the role of the european country actually not to accept a warrant issued by a fellow europeans the. european union state. that's a law that was accepted by the opi of the union that it is able to. warrant and search warrant should be served in any other country so basically it was difficult from the very beginning to clearly. he should not be excluded members of your opinion and they have to work together here when it comes to the legalities of this process so they couldn't say no basically or a no no during a start he is expected to appeal this decision how long could that take there there are some reports. from our reporter laura meant saying it could go to the summer absolutely absolutely well or ill and say it will last as long as there is some money people oil. the proceedings in england they're extremely expensive and the last extremely long time and nobody knows whether it will be or when i was lawyers i've been expressing concern over the swedish judicial system saying there's evidence to support their claims that assad won't get get a fair trial would he like about well he

are due on tuesday but so far the european indices are flat my. and most financial stocks are in the red on the footsie xstrata is supposed to biggest loss is down two point two percent. and also more than one percent on the foot see whether energy shares pushed up by high oil are keeping the index to positive in frankfurt the tax is trading marginally in the block. and here in russia investors are also looking to hear reports from europe and the us later in the day they are ts in the might six up to positive our oil and gas companies are the top gainers in the my six on rising oil prices the branch heard close to one hundred four dollars on continued and growth in the middle east and robust chinese demand. ok now let's have a look at something does russia second largest gas company not a tech is leading the gains on the my six its shares are up two point eight percent after russia's federal antonopoulos satis approved mother to explain cho holder venue the he sells it for twenty five percent of the shares and. though he has corporation through hi

vast areas of european countries european countries can have sort of some of those in a temporary basis and one stability that is prevailing in the us countries they should go especially in tunisia they should be able to all of them go back to need is now fairly on the road to stability what do you say you say to tunisia is on the road to stability here but let's say let's go back a few weeks now egypt really was as many say the catalyst for the beginning of a domino effect of violence across the region but when we look at libya do you think it is a violent hand against its own people could just swayed other uprisings in various countries in the region do you think oh i think the arab countries in general there are people. are finally. revolving against those people who have caused them dignitary harm and they dish into economic harm arabs have been in iraq in beijing for over nine hundred years by the. europeans by the byzantines by the heart to mind empire and then you are british an american so they have had that is enough foreign occupation and suppression of their rights all these

before two thousand and eighteen and that means there will be no problem for the european football fans to come for the world cup that russia will be ousted our source in the russian northern capital is reliable the foreign minister of finland who is on a visit what makes the minister so optimistic and it is this the only good news let's ask alexander still. remembers one of russia's most devoted partners over the question of ending the visa regime between moscow and europe besides helsinki is pursuing constructive policy of dialogue with moscow over the arctic finland says it wants to build a partnership with russia similar to one it has with no way the future prospects and problems of the region have been the topic of the finnish russian partnership seminar in st petersburg. how i'm a so welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us. well first of all to me first of all mr is it is it true that you can run up to forty kilometers a day on skis that you're a keen skier and this was the reason why you proposed there in st petersburg you propose missed the children and gara of

and also, again, as pat said, this is a european affair. if anything is going to be done, it's going to have to be done through the international community. it can be on led by the united states and it's going to be led by the europeans, and just one other word of caution as we saw happening in egypt. there are lots of things that are happening behind the scenes, out of the public view, that we don't know about yet. so while everyone is criticizing the president for not doing anything, i think down road we're going to hear about all sorts of things the administration has been doing behind the scenes to get a handle on the situation, to protect american lives on the ground, to protect not only american interests but european interests, because let's not forget, oil. >> okay, more moammar. >> moammar gaddafi spoke to the libyan people on thursday by telephone. his one-hour message was transmitted by libyan tv and rebroadcast on the al-jazeera website. gaddafi tried to shift the blame to another outlaw, osama bin laden, and a supply of drugs f

counterparts european commissioners. if you might need change to look at the earth again you don't know we all would like to know that. because our laws are welcome for the native looking anti-crisis measures by the russian federation and been put in the governments of european countries economic growth but actually each of reasons in one thousand and ten rules of course we'll see some risks and challenges because of growing energy as rice is with nothing to say we saw a hundred and eighteen to dollars per barrel or barrel of media if you can if this is a serious threat economic growth in the world and if this goes on the theory can i can tell you that actually the russian economy is not interested we want the new my employer process to meet fair and we realize save much and i think economic growth slows down worldwide and this will have a negative effect on our economy as well so we will do everything we can come to it with our european partners who when you go to prevent this from happening of the needs of people yet.

and also the partnership that it has in dialogue with nato and on improving european security and william hague the british foreign secretary also underlined the importance of that relationship let's hear him. see patient. relations. giant leaps measured steps this visit is an important part of the steady improvement in relations which we initiated on our side when the coalition government came into office. working relationship. issues and global issues it is undoubtedly on an employee free trade but it does seem that in the past every attempt has been made to put this relationship back on track has been deemed railed in some way latest example of that is new car doing the guardian correspondent who was refused entry to russia this month there was something wrong with his accreditation and that's why he wasn't allowed back into the country but of course that's not the only thing we're really this relationship was the merger of alexander litvinenko in london in two thousand and six and the british law enforcement main suspect is under a look of war who is now a dealer deputy and it's again

it is all the european union can do to express its displeasure. the foreign policy chief said the suspension of the trade deals that he enjoys, maybe if he had not been given those, ybe wouavtoppled earlier. it was an interesting insight. she said that is where they are and they will move on from there. that will be imposed. everyone is saying in brussels, where will we be by the time we impose sanctions? things could change dramatically. it is a moving target the international community is trying to aim at in tripoli. but there may be no khadafy regime by monday morning. -- >> there may be no khadafy regime by monday morning. n we realistically expect nato to get involved in libya? >> not really. the nato chief said they have no mandate to interfere or intervene in tripoli. they would need united nations mandate to do anything. they are discussing possible humanitarian aid missions. there's also the possibility of the deployment of military ships in the mediterranean region. there is also possible help with evacuation. there's no questio of nato

the european operations are concerned. incurred losses of $1.8 billion. -- opel incurred losses of $1.8 billion. sales rose by 9% to $106 billion. they are putting their success on increase profitability in their core business which is to help fund life insurgents -- life insurance. the libyan crisis is weighing on share pric again on thursday. let's look at the figures starting with the close in frankfurt. the blue-chip finished 9/10 lower. across the atlantic, the dow jones industrials also lower at 12,067. the ongoing unrest in libya has been driving up demand for gold. the price went up before declining. investors have been flocking to the precious metal among concerned that the violence could escalate. they expect the price to increase if the political and social tensions in northern africa continues. >> the wikileaks founder who rocked the u.s. by publishing a classified diplomatic memos has lost a legal fight to stop his extradition. a british court ruled that julian assange must be extradited from london to sweden

the european union scrambles to help italy with waves of both african immigrants and politicians. whether multicultural. pulling the strings wiki leaks has revealed the u.s. has been spying on top nato officials and using pressure to distance the alliance from russia. and this week. twenty said no it's just a mock up trip it is hoped the unique. will bring a real mission to the red planet. russia the european union have joined forces to fight the massive flow of drugs from afghanistan next tonight we hear the international effort is going so far with a man whose job it is to tackle the problem. i'm here talking to mr you're a federal to he's the head of the u.n. office for drugs and crime russia has long been trying to get drug production included on the list of international security threats mr pitt also thank you very much for talking to us now the u.s. seems to have been hampering those efforts to get struck production on to this list of international threats why do you think that is. everybody considers. that african consumer.

the european union is threatening sanctions against libya.what would you like to see the international community do right now? >> the violations are serious. we have about 300 deaths, at least. the action now needs to be go beyond words. we are talking about targeted sanctions against the libyan leadership. that meananmuammar gaddafi and his family and senior look -- senior lieutenants. he's -- asset freezes should be in place. a key element here is accountability. make it clear that the people do use of multiple force against demonstrators will be held accountable by international justice. that can help protect protesters can stop the bloodshed. >> your suggestions are rather clear. why do you think we are hearing so little from the white house? >> the white house has been muted and its criticism. one concern they have is getting their staff out of tripoli. this is a legitimate concern. the u.s. also has to play a key role here. it is astonishing to me that we have not seen president obama waited on this. but there was ever a case of arab st

the alpine skiing european cup now gets underway. right now we cannot cross live to london whether russia now foreign minister sergei laugh it off and his british counterpart william hague are holding a news conference after that meeting let's let's listen to what they have to say bilateral discussions with the foreign secretary of the day i strongly welcome and it's a chance to return the generous hospitality that he extended to me when i visited moscow last october we've had very good talks this morning i was very much looking forward to continuing over lunch his visit comes at a pivotal time the terrible bombing of moscow's airport in january which killed first six people all of them british brought into sharp focus the common security threat we face from international terrorism that's just one of a number of serious challenges that we need to tackle together ranging from nuclear proliferation to climate change and as i stressed on my visit to moscow in october we can't address these stark global problems and listen governments wo

blower strikes again this time at the very heart of nato according to documents published by two european newspapers a u.s. mole was planted right in the office of the alliance's secretary-general several of the cables revealed by wiki leaks indicate america is trying to control nato from within reporting confidential information back to washington this point of view is supported by some of the documents allegedly sent by u.s. diplomat jeff rafter. when under spog rasmussen was looking for closer ties with the collective security treaty organization made up of former soviet states the us was quick to veto the idea after a private dialogue with the u.s. representative to nato rasmussen took all mention of the two organizations growing closer out of his address to the alliance in two thousand and nine but why would the us try to pressure its allies. as one of nato is key players the u.s. tries to prevent the alliance from growing too close to the russia in the former soviet bloc because the region is of strategic interest to america they of course would prefer to build exclusive bilateral r

many europeans say their countries are concerned about promoting democracy abroad but the neglecting their own citizens in the process. and ukraine is hit with accusations of corruption and mismanagement as a child of the positive patients blame the health ministry for the ladies and the supply of lifesaving drugs many are turning to alternative medications putting their health in danger. well let's get more insight into the continuing unrest across the arab world in a recent article in the wall street journal edward looked back a writer and u.s. military strategist said that the removal of egypt's hosni mubarak would lead either to anarchy or to muslim extremists coming to power well r.t. spoke to him for more analysis on this and that's in an interview next week on r.t. . edward luttwak thank you very much for being with us. who do you think pulled the rug from under mubarak and pulling the strings right now well spoiling the strings nobody's pulling the strings because this is a crowd action crowd this is the popular insurrection it's not the revolution it's not the coup it's not

it appears that the european union connt tstanon th sidelines. the >> have called for free and fair elections, -- they have called for free and fair elections, but isn't that too little too late? hong >> they are trying to find a new policy, and it is not easy to find common ground among more than 25 member states. there is a time of uncertainty that we can observe in brussels. europe has supported all of these dictators and the seemed to be going. it is a very difficult issue. i believe that most european politicians believe they can solve the problems themselves. hong >> do they make a difference? >> we have to be realistic. not because people does like democracy, but because they are disappointed by european politicians preaching democracy and in reality, trying to find their way out with any dictator as long as he is pro-western. this attitude led to a disillusionment. most arabs say we like to be supported by europe. but wedon't want a direct interference. we will decide who will govern us. >> israel seems to be concerned that egypt could tu

don't us look at britain as our partner in the russia nato council and in our relations with the european union we also work together within the framework of the organization for security and cooperation in europe we pay a great deal of attention to the idea of european security as you know president to get it has put forward an initiative to sign a treaty on security in the year of atlanta that we are confident that it's necessary to create a solid legal foundation for providing equally guaranteed security for all countries on the whole i'm pleased with today's negotiations and expecting an interesting discussion on a number of other regional and international issues. and although this hasn't always been an easy diplomatic and political relationship it's always been a good business relationship and the two sides seem keen to build on that of course we saw the deal between b.p. and sniffed and that was mentioned in a speech that mr left made earlier today and he outlined some areas in which he thinks that russia in the u.k. can cooperate to develop russia's economy he's talking about thin

point european man's cup the skiers are having the training day this tuesday and the main part of the competition will be held during the coming days a total of seventy four test events will be held in sochi before the two thousand and fourteen winter games twenty nine of them international competitions it's the start of serious testing of the olympic infrastructure not just the venues but also roads bridges tunnels and power lines the construction of most venues is still underway although the organizers say it's answering the final stages and it's over the most difficult initial phase the organizers among them members of the russian government sports industry pros and construction companies will use feedback from these events to fine tune preparations for the olympics themselves. just remind you can head to my website for more stories in addition to what you see home screen. a taste of what you find that right now i'll stay in the space two russian cosmonauts make their first simulated steps an experiment replicating a mission to the red planet. than. the star of a russian language m

european countries try to push. the people of those conscious it's easy to ridiculize the station and chino for evolution will never end you see it so while the regime will be replacing one another like setting off a chain reaction their children will have off things very much indeed for this insight and analysis see her law from the moscow based in seat of world economy and international relations talking to us here on r.t. . the popular uprisings in tunisia and egypt started the domino effect that spread around the arab world while there was fresh hope in and outside of the region for brighter future under democracy some fear it could just be a false dawn artie's peter all of our reports from cairo. they fought they bled many died the protesters who took over central cairo had a clear goal the removal of a dictator and establishing a free country. as an activist and one of the organizers of the revolution that toppled logic he believes that egypt can make the transition from dictatorship to a democratic state the

measures it comes on fears of billions of dollars of aid going to the middle east at the expense of europeans down a bushel for the details. plus ukraine is hit with accusations of corruption and mismanagement as a child be positive patients blame the health ministry for the laysan the supply of lifesaving drugs. this is r.t. within twenty four hours a day one am here in moscow and now eleven pm in italy where rome has been raising the alarm about the potential influx of up to three hundred thousand libyans with the country. in the throes of a possible civil war italy has demanded the e.u. share the burden of the so-called exodus stemming from the unrest in north africa thousands of tunisians have already flooded italy's southernmost point to produce a closer european shore to the troubled region which is there with more. they don't call them to do so they get into europe for nothing you see this tiny italian island in the mediterranean is located just around eighteen miles off the coast of north africa and over the past decade many refugees came here looking for a better life and while we we

the european union is launching a mission to help italy deal with a wave of immigrants from northern africa more than five thousand people poured in from china zero alone during the past week and officials agree the situation is out of control the wave of migrants comes just as europe seeing a vicious debate over multiculturalism as the leaders of major nations admit it's not working despite the current mood however one outspoken critic from austria is going on trial for speaking out against the rights of religious groups. with. a european citizen peacefully debating islam with a muslim is nothing unusual in a martyr cultural country like france but it's a topic not always discussed in such gentle fashion buys you not to burn the koran about your read. about studying what islam stands for will be learning how to play to know your enemy elisabeth's supper to channel has been on trial in a piano court on charges of making what is described as a hate speech against as long a left we all stand magazine recorded and published a speech at one of his seminars lending your. i have nothing ag

just when i think of a european citizen peacefully debating islam with a muslim is nothing unusual in a multicultural country like france but it's a topic not always discussed in such gentle fashion and i advise you not to burn the koran about your reading. about studying what islam stands for we'll be learning how to. know your enemy elizabeth supper to channel has been on trial and a vienna court on charges of making what is described as a hate speech against islam a left wing all strand magazine recorded and published a speech at one of his seminars lending who are you. i have nothing against people who want to practice their faith. but i would like them to do this in the privacy of their own homes your ideas she says are nothing new and when europe's political elite express them they are not prosecuted for the same views multiculturalism has failed this is nothing new. and my group and i have been saying this for years now all of a sudden. and others come out of hiding and agree with us i don't know why but elizabeth subject wolf opponents say she crossed the line here a speech is

how will be honored to speak on behalf of the european union. the countries of the civilization and potential candidates albania, bosnia, herzegovina, as well as armenia and others. the whole world has been falling with shock and growing dismay the events unfolding in libya. reports of deaths of a very high number of demonstrators and other civilians, to use of live ammunition and heavy weaponry against peaceful demonstrators exercising their right of the freedom of assembly. the violent suppression of civilians is ongoing, including reports of arbitrary arrest of lawyers, human rights defenders, a journalist, and peaceful demonstrators. the blocking of the internet and telecommunication networks undermines the freedom of expression and freedom of the press. access to human-rights monitors and other agencies and humanitarian and medical supplies is not assured. governments and civil society has not been signed the -- silent. the urgency and seriousness of the such a question has been underlined by the eu, united nations security council, they af