are the directors general in the european commission the european commission passed different directorates with different substantive issues so you have environment karnow me in agriculture and this director generals are the ones who are all the part you know the commissioners common goal every five years this general normally have been there for decades and they hold the power there you know who they need to give the funding to get the support where in times of austerity at the moment and members all. across europe are cutting their state spending is there any sign that brussels is doing the same oh absolutely you know last night we spent six hours approving in the budget committee the two thousand and twelve budget and they have what they are asking for a over four percent increase i was even asking for the creases but fundamentally saying we should that policed really usually allowances for the police and they don't want to reduce them i mean i think we should show the example and the n.e.p. use them search they don't want any reduction. and the council of ministers had decided that the

former chief accountant for the european commission she says that brussels only cares about propping up the idea of the e.u. however much the budget grows interview. i'm talking to mark to address and he's now a member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party but she was formally the european commission's chief accountants while she was in that job she raised concerns about flaws in the commission's accounting system which seems that left it vulnerable to fraud bartram stress and thanks for talking to us today now where you were euro skeptic when you joined the commission as chief accountant no i was not the euro skeptic in fact i thought the euro project was a project of cooperation i thought they were sharing solutions among the different member states so i was quite onerous to be able to be part of the european union and also on or to be part of our ministry for reform that they were undergoing what happened or what did you find out to make you change your mind while i found out that he had no control on the payments they were making out of the european union budg

independence party but she was formally the european commission's chief accountants while she was in that job she raised concerns about flaws in the commission's accounting system which she said left it vulnerable to fraud not transgress and thanks for talking to us today now where you are you're a skeptic when you joined the commission as chief accountant no i was not a euro skeptic in fact i thought euro project was a project of cooperation i thought they were sharing solutions among the different member states so i was quite corners to be able to be part of the european union and not all nor to be part of our administrative reforms that they were undergoing what happened or what did you find out to make you change your mind when i found out that they had no control on the payments they were making out of the european union budget basically you know they didn't ask if people qualified to get the funding from the european union and i was responsible for the signature of the australians so i had the highest responsibility and i thought i needed to know if i was playing to the right p

whatever it takes in crisis there year is that little picture of jose manuel barroso there european commission president standing at the podium free to speak to the world this garbage he says we trust that the european central bank will do whatever is necessary to ensure the integrity of the euro area and to ensure. it's financial stability ober also wants to consolidate the banks they want to create a euro bond they want centralization of power they want loss of sovereignty of the euro countries to increase the power of brussels and the european commission these completely spewing nonsense he's antsy competitive let me explain something stays there but the solution to this banking problems is to be pro competitive that would mean fostering competition in the banking sector not creating more too big to fail banks that by definition are not competitive that's a brussels talking about he doesn't understand a thing about economics finance or markets he should be removed immediately after max your talk is considered dangerous and yet this man's talk is not considered dangerous and yet hundreds of

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minutes past the hour interview with more to understand she's the former chief accountant for the european commission who's now a member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party and she says that brussels only cares about propping up the e.u. political project regardless of the cost that's coming right up next i'll be back with some of our main news stories in about seven minutes. i'm talking to martha an address and who is now a member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party which she was formerly the european commission's chief accountant while she was in that job she raised concerns about flaws in the commission's accounting system which she said left it vulnerable to fraud dress and thanks for talking to us today now were you a euro skeptic when you joined the commission as chief accountant no i was not a euro skeptic in fact i thought you were a project was a project of cooperation i thought you were sharing solutions among the different member states so i was quite on earth to be able to be part of the european union and also on or to be part of our ministry

coming from the european union and the latest one from miss ashton the foreign minister of the european commission who said that should get a prison sentence that a possible deal on association between the european union and ukraine would be canceled also we've heard very interesting comments coming from moscow in the wake of the accusations that tymoshenko that the gas deals which she stole his truck with russian two thousand and nine were unlawful moscow is adamant that these deals were signed in full accordance with the two countries laws so this is definitely a mounting block and nobody knows who's right and who's wrong here but for now the tension the simmering tension has been dying down for the last hour with no violence no clashes in the street but the situation still is that knife's edge with thousands of protesters here and many more thousands of police troops also blocking the roads and blocking the protesters from attempting any violence we are monitoring the situation and we'll be updating our viewers both live on on air and on our twitter r.t. on the score coleman to get on the score

. >> in brussels, the european commission president said that libyans should now look to a future free of repression. >> the hope now is that today the people of libya can brace freedom, building a new democratic future. that is why we are calling on the national transitional council to pursue broadbased reconciliation that can reach all libyans and enable a peaceful tradition. >> those calls were echoed by u.s. president barack obama. >> the quick formation of an interim government and a stable transition to libya's first free and fair elections. >> the international community has already promised to support the transitional process. the german foreign minister of germany -- the german foreign minister made a pledge. >> we stand on the side of libby on the way to a better and peaceful future. we will help to relieve suffering and we will help the reconstruction effort. >> all the rebuilding libya will not be easy, the final downfall provides the opportunity to steer the country towards a positive future. >> let's bring in our washington correspondent. we just heard from president obam

. >> the european commission is proposing a coordinated recapitalization of the region's banks.this came after france and belgium agreed to bail out dexia, the first and dragged down by the crisis. the european commission president said the proposals would be made to member states which would include removing toxic assets to keep banks afloat. he said this protect citizens savings deposits. he would not speculate on how much money would be needed. shares in dexia have plunged to penny status. the suspension followed reports that the sovereign wealth fund of qatar is in exclusive talks to take over the luxembourg facility. the belgian army is to be nationalized. the healthy divisions will be sold off to help finance a bad egg floated with troublesome assets. barack obama has warned europe's problems could have a real impact on the u.s. economy. he said it was therefore even more important that congress pass his 447 billion job creation bill. >> our economy needs a jolt right now. this is not a game, the time for the usual political gridlock. the problems that europe is having cou

which is one of the adjoining the european union commission originally. called. ukraine what was your you know the european union only and today the european commission. about changes. so the. situation. again for the head of the you were holding the. grip. all right artie said daniel for sure there are life for us in brussels thank you. our hourly update here the business news is next with me. and then when welcome to the program russia and china are creating a joint investment fund where up to four billion dollars the deal will be sealed during a prime minister putin's visit to beijing the start up will be jointly run by the russian direct investment fund and the china investment corporation each has already allocated one billion dollars to the project at least seventy percent of the funds moneys are expected to be invested in russia and former cia s countries. well in further effort to boost trade beijing has just announced that its decided to cancel exchange fees between the u. one and the room to talk more on this i'm now joined by jacob now chief economist f

when asked about their reaction in the significance of the protests a spokesperson for the european commission answered how does that concern us the e.u. employment commission allows law and order joked that protests to should go to frankfurt instead the seat of the european central bank the police reaction has also been excessive one m.e.p. invited around thirty protesters to his parliament office in the e.u. parliament here and to discuss their concerns but he was blocked by riot police on horseback even though it was obvious that the protesters were peaceful now of the protests against the heavy handed security company in charge here called g four s. at the european parliament around seven protesters were eventually let through to actually discuss their concerns. his i don't know which will be from brussels let's turn our attention to the united states now where the occupy wall street movement was born a month ago protesters are on saturday planning a mass march on a branch of chase bank to close their accounts that's followed closely followed by a rally at the military recruitment center i

legislation which binds all member states because the proposals for legislation come from the european commission which nobody has ever elected they're not accountable blame rests with the european union which is burdened british businesses for far too long the excessive regulation is damaging not just british competitiveness but the competitive competitiveness of the whole european union and undermining europe's economy that has got to stop would be a lot better off without the you. coming up later in the program the sick reports. the health of egypt's former leader hosni mubarak is shrouded in mystery sources suggest a heart attack has left him in a critical condition but his lawyer denies those claims. that still to come but first libya's new leaders have ordered an investigation into the death of the former leader moammar gadhafi following mounting international pressure this is libyans erupted in celebration after the announcement their country had been completely liberated but there are plenty of questions over the cost of what they now call freedom but is a nice and early as this report. c

well there's a target in three key buildings here the european commission the parliament building and also the council particularly angry here because you had one of the best social systems traditionally very generous retirement conditions also very good unemployment benefits and as one protester here put it the. last money of first time a crisis came and now we're being asked to pay for their mistakes a second time now the reaction of the u. officials has been also making people even angrier when asked about their reaction and the significance of the protests a spokesperson for the european commission said how does that concern us the e.u. employment commissioner joked the protesters should go to frankfurt instead the seat of the european central bank the police reaction has also been excessive one m.e.p. invited around thirty protesters to his parliament's office in the e.u. parliament here and to discuss their concerns but he was blocked by riot police on horseback even though it was obvious that the protesters were peaceful now protest against the heavy handed security company in

added there are consequences for by that relations and earlier today the european commission said it hoped for a review of this of this verdict on appeal and we've wanted to see changes in ukraine so this all took place called to happen again the head of the european parliament regrets the verdict of tomasz a plan is calling for a review of the case on appeal they claim wish to enter the european union has been discussing the free trade agreements and the ukraine president is actually due here in brussels next week to discuss the first steps to joining the european union but the sounds we're getting here from brussels is that this may be put on hold and in fact stopped if if this case is not reviewed let's now listen to an expert for more details on this case the european union has already made it clear that if you use this trial very dimly it takes a great gives you this trial it doesn't like to see opposition politicians put in prison and i think there is every chance that the european union may take some strong measures such as freezing the talks with. frankly there is no