the president of the european council had a man from rome boy doesn't ireland as it takes up a rotating e.u. presidency while experts question whether the country will live up to the task of pulling the block out of the financial crisis. and packs of walls closing in on residential areas in russia's republic of europe forcing authorities to declare war on the deadly predators. it's a pleasure to have you with us here on our t.v. it's now seven o'clock you're with me to bang with say the postponement of the inauguration date for venezuelan president hugo chavez is legal according to the country's supreme court meanwhile the country's vice president has called for people together in front of the presidential palace to on of the eighteen leader who said to be recovering from cancer surgery in cuba lawyer eva golinger says the country's opposition could use the president's protracted absence to destabilize the country. article two thirty one of the venezuelan constitution does leave open to interpretation the issue of inauguration when the elected president cannot meet the date of january t

the president of the european council had money from ron paul over the islands as it takes up the rotating presidency while experts question whether the indebted country will live up to the task of pulling the block out of the financial crisis. and packs of walls closing in on residential areas and russia's republic of korea forcing authorities to declare war on the deadly predators. twenty four hours a day seven days a week this is archie the postponement of the inauguration off date for venezuelan president hugo chavez is illegal according to the country's supreme court you know all the countries once president has called for people together in front of the presidential palace to honor the ailing leader who's said to be recovering from cancer surgery in cuba lying evil gallen joe says the president's protracted absence could still destabilize the country. article two thirty one of the venezuelan constitution does leave open to interpretation the issue of inauguration when the elected president cannot meet the date of january tenth before the national assembly which is the parliament what

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therefore in the latin american state we've got the latest for you also the president of the european council. takes up the rotating new presidency well experts question whether the country will live up to the task of pulling them out of the financial crisis. walls closing all residential areas in russia. the sorties to declare war with deadly predator. just joined us it's kevin owen here at the new center tonight our top story the postponement of the inauguration day prevent as well and present a good child which is legal according to the country's supreme court meanwhile the country's vice president has called for people to gather in front of the presidential palace to honor the ailing leader who said to be recovering from cancer surgery in cuba wherever gallager told me the country's opposition could use the president's projected options though to destabilize the country. article two thirty one of the venezuelan constitution does leave open to interpretation the issue of an occupation when the elected president cannot meet the date of january tenth before the national assembly which is the

the presidency of the council the european union with the head of the european council visiting dublin to mark the occasion islanders own economy was saved by a bailout in twenty ten is presiding over an economic nightmare for the union with twenty six million people and. group think tank thinks that the visit was all about reinforcing austerity and has its own economic problems which are continuing of course as has the economic problems which have been happening ever since the 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 would be better off spending their time really trying to address the 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 is that arlen when he says island is that we mean that irel

a deal is signed to reduce ireland's banking dad and the news comes as the president of the european council. held top level talks in dublin after the country took over the e.u.'s rotating presidency although some experts believe ireland should get its own house in order before taking up the challenge of pulling the european union out of a financial. island has its own economic problems which are continuing its course as 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 this it will servant and 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 island is that we mean the islands are

to try and help solve the eaves financial troubles the head of the european council was in dublin to mark the occasion on the economy was saved by a bail out in twenty terms presiding over an economic nightmare for the union with twenty six million people unemployed now as some fall from this with robert all of the bridge group think tank is joining us on the line from london robert evening over the next few months the e.u. is to organize a banking union also the cap on employment growth and to approve a controversial one trillion neuro budget is ireland up to the task of overseeing all this considering its history weiland has its own economic problems which are continuing its course has has the economic problems which have been happening ever since the 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 disabled servants and they would be better off spending their time really

european council president there saying island there's a special case which is why the country secured this deal on its crippling sixty four billion euro bank debt it's going to be able to retain the status of coming expect to see it eventually fall apart of countries like greece though what do you think's ahead well i think there's a lot of propaganda thrown in that position within ireland at the moment and how it is doing and i think that's basically it all took trying to keep a very disgruntled public happy because i think a lot of people are aware now that there is the army people on the street that are paying the car out of billing out german and british banks and the army people are footing the bill and so i think there's quite a lot of discontent and i think that the objective of the e.u. propaganda machine is to ensure that people really don't the pastor very basic just sad that has been part of this whole issue of how the e.u. is actually forcing ireland to. it for reckless lending by german and other european banks but what is the solution i'm well i thought were a lot of us

economy on top of that it's now the country's turn to take on the next six month presidency of the european council well for more on the presidency in the e.u. we're joined by robert auld director of the bruise group which analyzes european affairs thanks for joining us here on r.t. how much faith will other e.u. nations have in ireland's decision making do you think given its reputation for not being able to sort itself out. well arland has enormous challenges of itself and its own economic problems which will continue and the i.m.f. has warned there austerity drive may actually be hurting the situation even more might need to be slackened instead of this hard cuts and tax rises which will further hurt the irish economy to course to deal with enormous deficit but of course 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 do it can

is going to be nigh on impossible we've heard the home of under-employed the president of the european council you've had georgia manuel but also you've had a shawl tuesday president of the european parliament you've had a good prime minister and the list can go on of all of these people who are saying that britain cannot cherry pick this is an attempt by cameron to kick this issue into the long grass we're talking about a referendum five years down the loan and it's all dependent on whether he wins the next general election or not and we know that if you look at the polls today it's showing quite clearly that chemical struggled to win the election so i do think that this is an attempt to kick it into the long grass and quite frankly this man is largely fall on referendum to give the cast their own go out and see that we were out we would have a vote at friends and on our membership of lisbon he went back on that referendum pledge show i don't think you can be trusted on this issue. in his speech today with cameron admitted he personally wants britain to stay in the club as they struggle to pl

renegotiation is going to be nigh on impossible we've had a helm of under-employed the presence of the european council you've had a man well but also you've had a shawl tuesday president of the european parliament you've had the dutch prime minister and the list can go on of all of these people who are saying that britain's cannot pay for this is an attempt by cameron to kick this issue with the long grass we're talking about a referendum five years down the line and it's all dependent on whether he wins the next general election or not and we know that if you look at the polls today it's showing quite clearly that camera will struggle to win the election so i do think that this is an attempt to kick it into the long grass and quite frankly this man has lied before and referendums he gave as a cast doubt and say that we were right we would have the best friends and on our membership of lisbon he went back on that referendum pledge so i don't think he can be trusted on this issue. coming up israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu received enough votes to secure his second term but how much support do

the president of the european council. but also you've had a shawl tuesday president of the european parliament you've had the prime minister the list can go on of all of these people who are saying that britain cannot cherry pick and what we're saying is give us that referendum and give us it now we haven't voted on this issue since one nine hundred seventy five what we voted on in seventy five was about trade we didn't vote on a parliament or flag and firm embassies because this is becoming a european superstate it's not what we want it's not where we want to go and if you're under fifty four you have another vote on this issue and we look roy i was a ball last time of all was taken on this issue my generation deserves a right of all and let's get it out the way let's not have any of this on the certainty over five years and we renegotiation will start after two thousand and fifty let's have that referendum in this parliament and let's do it in two thousand and fifteen and i will what about a david cameron very he's ultim

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 what he says are the reason that aren't supposed to boil for austerity means that the obvious 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 point 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 alarming lee so he's very happy that arlen is getting on with the use policy of austerity but actually it's actually the vong policy this time as the global f

economy but despite this the very same country has just assumed a six month presidency of the european council. smith reports not the celtic tiger some hard graft ahead of it. it's all changed by the e.u. presidency as takes over the six months rotating challenge on the first of january not the ovi a choice islands one of the pegs the countries that have the least stable economies in europe and sure enough the first country to take on the presidency of the twenty seven nation bloc while being propped up by i.m.f. money so for the next six months the e.u. and systemic problems will be presided over by one of its weakest and most problematic members so what specific challenges faced in europe over the six months of its presidency first the european economy is slowing and the crisis is nowhere near over secondly it must preside over leaders actually agreeing to an e.u. budget for the year two thousand and fourteen to two thousand and twenty something they've spectacularly failed to do so far and thirdly there is a problem coming from right here in london increasing british opposition to brussels

well island has taken on the six month presidency of the european council marking forty years of its 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

you're watching are going to live from moscow island has taken on the six month presidency of the european council marking forty years of its membership prime minister and the county and has pledged to bring the republic's vast experience of coping with financial difficulties to the table while focusing on the easy economic recovery alice robert oulds says that with too much power concentrated in the hands of brussels that may prove to be a tough task for the celtic tiger. one of the key votes that people should have is a via to elect their own governments and for that to actually make a real difference but of course with the european union power has become too centralized amongst the into too sions in brussels and that just takes away power from ordinary citizens so 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 to the elections because far too many decisions now are made at the supranational level made decisions being made in brussels away from the citizens whether they be the citizens of violent or britain or spain or