i enjoy each day on a distinguished analyst thomas while he is senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations and he joins me today from brussels. thank you very much for being on the interview we've seen some recent progress in east west relations on syria and carry on syrian chemical weapons on the uranium nuclear issue gee think it is a risk now of this relationship being poisoned by a what's happening in ukraine. what that will precede the relation between russia and the west will drop him off to play either an issue between russia and europe as is its conduct a series of overlapping bet on it. ah yes the husband corporation up over time off so time of tension on syria. um yes the house the incorporation of a kind one around but will pursue the same time. it is a a a a a vigorous may increase the vigorous from sonic cents almost hostile to the competition also by the domestic standards. what you might call the shroud. eu russian sphere of interest all the best pieces of calls from the coliseum. and that of a bunch of. this protective come about by the ukrainian govern

even criteria such as teaching nineteen ninety three european council and denmark to find other countries eligible to join the eu the criteria required to state estimates that you choose to present democratic governance and human rights functioning market economy that's not the case the eu many reforms to me it sounded too quiet. he's going well but it could be better we expect only eu member states to respect the conclusions of the european council and two most of the dates for serbia for opening the accession negotiations before the end of the irish presidency that was a commitment to be with twenty seven so i don't have any reason to doubt that the eu member states will stick to their commitments montenegro. iceland's techie. former yugoslav republic of macedonia oven mitts scarves that country strict sense the people who criticize future announcement saying the eu is in danger of becoming a victim of a success. coming out in a neighborhood puts me in and took my kids agreed. some people thought that maybe worms six was enough. when a pro. what we're seeing is that you can units become

we went to ask the european council a political organization with the mission of assuring human rights and democracy within the european union. we showed extracts from our filming to the human rights commission. interesting way he now seems to discover the severity of the problem i think it's far more widespread than we realize that. many people think human rights violations are something that happens elsewhere and not in their own country and they're not they're not ready to look at who are the most vulnerable and most at risk groups within their own societies. we like to think that we we are very developed we have the european social model we have welfare systems we have functioning states and by global standards we are not that . europe thought it was immune to child labor. because its conception is that a solid body of legislation to protect children's rights and now i'm talking very concretely the ways that you can use the european legislation to force countries to plan and. where n.g.o.s bar associations. individual activists have realized this will take a long time to go through

and sorry president of the european council herman van rompuy said that i condemn in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack in volgograd this morning i said my heartfelt condolences to families of the victims and my solidarity to the government and people of russia meanwhile nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen said there can be no justification for such barbarous attacks nato and russia stand together in the fight against terrorism including by working together on technology to prevent attacks on public transport systems the un secretary general also called for those responsible for the tragedy in volgograd to be brought to justice and terrorism also unanimously condemned by the u.n. security council and the war activist don de bar thinks that it's up to the international community to join forces against global terrorism people on the ground who did this perhaps may be you know anonymous players just individuals who are incited one way or another but you do not move weaponized explosives into a major city without the aid of very powerful forces state actors usual

gabon is here.f his excellency of the european council is here. the leader of croatia is here.his excellency, the president of nigeria is here. [applause] minister ofe prime the united kingdom is also here. ofhe president d'voire is here. and of course the president of brazil is here. this point that i would like to call upon the president of brazil all the way from latin america. [applause] we need translation? translation? oh, he is there. thank you. >> thank you. president zuma and south , and family members of toson mandela i would like say my condolences for the invaluable loss of nelson mandela. ladies and gentlemen, heads of friends,ar

even criteria to task during nineteen ninety three european council and denmark to find other countries eligible to join the eu the criteria required to state estimates that you choose to present democratic governance and human rights functioning market economy that's not the case the eu bn is an official candidate many reforms to me it sounded too quiet. he's going well but it could be better we expect only eu member states to respect the conclusions of the european council and two most of the dates for serbia for opening the accession negotiations before the end of the irish presidency that was a commitment to be with twenty seven so i don't have any reason to doubt that the eu member states will stick to their commitments my maker and iceland's techie. former yugoslav republic of macedonia of a mixture of the country's strict sense the people who criticize future announcement saying the eu is in danger of becoming a victim of a success. coming out in our neighborhood. she didn't bookmark disagreed. some people thought that maybe worms six was enough. when a pro. what we're seeing is

we went to ask the european council a political organization with the mission of assuring human rights and democracy within the european union. we show extracts from our filming to the human rights commission a. interesting way he now seems to discover the severity of the problem i think it's far more widespread than we realize that. many people think human rights violations are something that happened elsewhere and not in their own country and they're not they're not ready to look at who are the most vulnerable and most at risk groups within their own societies. we like to think that we we are very developed we have the european social model we have welfare systems we have functioning states and by global standards we are not that. europe's thought it was immune to child labor because it's conception it's not a solid body of legislation to protect children's rights and now i'm talking very concretely the ways that you can use the european legislation to force countries to amend. where n.g.o.s bar associations. individual activists have realized this will take a long time to go through

the commission and the european council. from sabine was the countries pushing for stricter interpretation of the rules describing the current sent a social dumping. israel jordan and the palestinian authority have signed a three way deal of water sharing and giving punishing be trying let's see if you thought the deal pipeline to carry brine twenty seven nation bloc in the red sea to the dead sea while providing thinking what does the beach and critics say it's determine the risk candidates lay claim to the north aisle was possible that the fat controller for large part of the resource rich outfit. foreign minister john baird said the paper was gone in to the un commission which is kind to connect to competing claims of them up in russia but the piece the region lies on the continental shelf think so i take to the world's leading technology firms including two who happened to have formed an alliance calling for changes to u s government says they dance in a message to washington the company some cute cards that i extracted

different things if you looked over in relation to her negotiation stand on the banking union the european council that the european stability mechanism should be able to play a role in the directory compensation of banking systems now although. you have to acknowledge that there is an awful lot of debate taking place regarding. being broken and how to be broken members of political elite hearing. and some members of the public i think they would argue that you didn't have to encourage that that in the first place and my question to you is whether you are confident that the irish taxpayers won't be asked to carry that burden as law in the question to me we can acknowledge the value judgment that they made in relation to this that history will be able to tell if it's correct because what we can do is correctly acknowledge dot the irish touch pay are paid far too high a cost for supporting the banking system now in relation to your question regarding the future what we hope is that what we want and we will press for is for. been an option for our country in dealing with this left this banking death

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tragic events of the last two days from senior international officials the president of the european council herman van rompuy said i condemn in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack in volgograd this morning and i said heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and my solidarity of the government and people of russia meanwhile nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen said there can be no justification for such barbarous attacks nato and russia stand together in the fight against terrorism including by working together on technology to prevent attacks on public transport systems journalist and broadcaster neil clark says the international community has got to switch from words to action when it comes to the threat of global terror. western approach to terrorism has been very consistent because we're told on the one hand the west implacably opposed to radical islamic terrorism and that it's the biggest it's a school and humanity etc and yet on the other hand we have the west lining up we buy the guns i mean terrorists in syria. you know back on the same side as al qae

tragic events of the last two days from senior international officials the president of the european council herman van rompuy saying i condemn in the strongest terms the heinous terror attack in volgograd this . morning and i sent heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and i saw their need to the government and people of russia meanwhile nato secretary general anders rasmussen says there can be no justification for such barbarous attacks nato would rather stand together in the fight against terrorism including by working together on technology to prevent attacks on public transport systems journalist and broadcaster neeld clarke ago as the international community should switch from words to action when it comes to the global threat of terror western approach to terrorism has been very consistent because we are told on the one hand the west implacably opposed to radical islamic terrorism and that it's the biggest school shooting manatee etc and yet on the other hand we have the west lining up we radical islamic terrorists in syria. you know back on the same side as al qaeda to

tragic events of the last two days from senior international officials the president of the european council herman van rompuy said i condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack involve the ground this morning i send my heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and my solidarity to the government and people of russia meanwhile nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen they can be no just if occasion for such attacks nato and russia stand together in the fight against terrorism including by working together on technology to prevent attacks on public transport systems and here's what the president of israel had to say my heart is with the victims of the latest horrific acts and also the previous ones that were as painful for russia terrorism is the cause of so many meaningless suffering and pain all around the world and i'm sure the international community here will keep up the combined struggle against it let's now go live to purt who is a researcher in russian affairs for the british east of west center mr peres welcome to ask a very nice to talk to right now us we kn

tragic events of the last two days from senior international officials the president of the european council herman van rompuy said i condemn in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack in volgograd this morning and i send my heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and my solidarity to the government and people of russia meanwhile nato secretary general anders rasmussen said there can be no justification for such barbarous attacks nato and russia stand together in the fight against terrorism including by working together on technology to prevent attacks on public transport systems let's talk to world affairs journalist and broadcaster neil clark for some more insight on this so we've heard a lot of action or a lot of reaction from the international community what kind of action do you think there may be coming from this as well well quite we need action we don't use the words nicely the nato chief has condemned the attack and yesterday's attack not what are we going to do in concrete because it is the western approach to terrorism has been very consistent because we are

talks present spot on their meeting primarily to discuss the eu banking union comes ahead of the european council meeting on thursday for more on the steps leading to anti environmental affairs editor douglas herbert duck and the macbook has just begun her third title once again she's in a grand coalition my canner first time when the social democrats. we always had an easy relationship with france's socialist president francois honda might say these influence of the social democrats make her change her tune and here's the question may have differed will onto a miracle three b from non polemical one or two. he writes returns. it's the fact that first turned two thousand and two thousand i now find tara with the social democrats question you're asking is it a social democrats back in the coalition once again governing alongside the current christina democratic coalition. will they change merkel will be sorted and the chair in a more service social oriented position more towards the french type of policies cousin till now when you think of merkel. i and a laundry needed to get injured in the franco

his excellency, the president of -- his excellency, the president of the european council is here. the president of the republic of croatia, his excellency, the president of nigeria is here. the honorable prime minister, david cameron, of the united kingdom, of great britain, is also here. his excellency -- is here. president of uruguay is here. his excellency, the president of -- is here, and of course the president of brazil is here. and it is at this point that i'd like to call upon president of brazil, all the way from latin america, to come and address us. president maruso. [inaudible conversations] nelson mandela, president zuma, [inaudible] >> nelson mandela, president jacob zuma and the people of south africa to whom i would like to convey my condolences for the invaluable loss of nelson mandela. >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, heads of states and of government. dear friends. [speaking in foreign language] >> translator: i bring you here today the feelings of deep sorrow of the brazilian government and the people of brazil, and i'm sure of all south america, for the pa

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big difference of opinion between the european council and the european commission. why?original objectives for bio fuels, promoting employment, energy savings and security can i, the lash can energy changes exists only in the context of employment in the jurisdiction itself. that was the primary driver. >> the european commission on the other hand -- >> the european commission from october of 2012 wished to u-turn europe policy on bio fuels and to cap it at its current usage until the end of the decade. current usage is 15 million tons, 12 million tons of biodiesel, 3 million tons offette that nof ette thanol ethanol. >> what is the impact of that going to be. >> on? >> on prices and on agriculture, food. >> so there are many people, many european parliamentarians, commission officials who can't get past the using fuel crops for fuel has got to have negative impacts. the u.n. estimates 815 million people suffering from under nourishment. what i think the commission are overlooking or don't give enough weight to is undernourishment is tragedies of poverty and politics. th

hello, i'm with the european council on foreign relations and i thank you. i think it's interesting and i'm curious as to whether you or any of the individuals have looked at the creation of the islamic front and the attempt to bring these groups together and they basically don't work. but do you think that this is going to in some way be a part of this? because obviously there is a kind of open question as to the behavior and how it may come back to bite them. and i'm wondering what your thoughts are on that. it's not a core focus of your research, but is there any reflection on how this kind of proliferation of arms and militias in this country ultimately affect what happens in the long-term? we have seen -- we have seen what an impact has and is there any consideration that this can do more harm than good? because there is no clear way of understanding where the money flows going. and the most destructive groups certainly are getting tons of money and they can still do a lot of damage. this curious if you can reflect on this point. >> yes, absolutely. i w

. >>> joining us now damon wilson executive vice president of the atlantic council and former senior director for european affairs for the national security council. from stanford, katherine stoner political scientist and senior fell on democracy, development and rule of law at stanford university, and back in the studio, william miller, u.s. ambassador to ukraine from 1993 to 1998. let's go back to the 90's, mr. ambassador, it looked like for a while the ukraine had managed the trick of making the transition from a post self yet soviet state that could stand on its own. they worked out deals with the arsenal, soviet navy, territorial pursuits, the ukraine for some time looked like it was ready to become an independent country. >> it was first in line, but unfortunately the politicians in charge tried to play both sides against each other. east and west. and they lost their way. but more significantly the leadership of ukraine initially was soviet. soviet in background and soviet in mentality, and soviet in behavior. and it's only now that we're beginning to see the generation that it was born after indep

i'm with the european council on foreign relations. thank you very much for the paper.it is very interesting, and i'm curious as to whether you or any of the panelists have looked at how the creation of the islamic fronts and the attempt to kind of bring these groups under one operating banner, even that the military councils have -- they basically do not work anymore -- but do you think this is going to in some way extend this -- stem this competing competition from competing donors? there is an open question of governments in the gulf about the behavior of their citizens. i am wondering what your thoughts are on that. i know it is not at the top of your core focus of research, but is there any refection on how this kind of proliferation of arms and militias in a country like syria ultimately affects what happens there in the long term? we have seen the world has seen what kind of an impact it has had, but is there consideration that this might come to more harm than good? there's no clear way of understanding where the money flow is going. the most destructive groups

i'm with the european council on foreign relations. thank you very much for the paper.i think it is very, very interesting, and i'm curious as to whether you or any other panelists have look at how the creation of the islamic front and the sort of the attempt to kind of bring these groups under one operating bandit even that military councils -- they basically don't work anymore. but do you think this is going to in some ways can stamp is competition from private donors? obviously there is a kind of open question in the minds of government in the gulf as to the behavior of the citizens and how it may come back to bite him at the end of the day but am wondering what your thoughts on that. and also i wonder, i know it's not the core focus of the research, but is there any reflection on how this kind of proliferation of arms and malicious in a country like syria ultimate effect what happens there in the long-term? i mean, we've seen certainly the world has seen what kind of impact this has elsewhere but is there any kind of consideration that this might ultimately come to

on the lp continuing surveillance of the budget process by the european commission the euro group bolton council. the imf and our rooms to school advisory council. on the banks will be on continuous surveillance as well from the ecp and a trio of new european agencies to supervise likes result problem institutions. dots the new normal for all euro countries. former baylor countries there's an extra layer of scrutiny that will go on in our lens case until at least two thousand and thirty one. song in reporting that two news just breaking this evening on members of the board of governors of the center of media can acheive resigned with immediate effect. this follows weeks of controversy over top up payments on political correspondent mark to fitzgerald's joins us now from cotton that is knocking at the board had come under increasing pressure in the last few days. that's right center and her passport is actually only heard words that they had resigned with immediate effect and that this was back to put a statement shortly thereafter and the board members who are also directors of friends and suppo

he's not on our team council and the european union's moment and credit rating has been dealt a blow to stop and pause has downgraded from triple a taboo and the house of feasting on them as the geese have done that impose the financial services agency has decided that the european union's credit rating of aaa was too good for it so they downgraded one points to double a plus now the reason for that given for this as they said that the financial profile of the eu has deteriorated. also that there was a lack of cohesion within the european union in if you look across the individual economies that make up the eu wants. it's quite clear that this win is on the scooters is economically just this last week the eu agrees that they would sadden the agreed in principle how they could put together a punting union perhaps this was an attempt to head to ensure that credit is that they were trying to get some cohesion. the fact that put the condom plan in place doesn't seem too with its wake them one bit in this light disco. one of the countries within the eu that has seen the green shoots of re

european level. thus, i urge you and the council to set up a robust, single resolution mechanism for widgets are essentially in practice. a single system, a single authority, and a single fund. he is saying what if the european central banking decide a company or bank is unfit to continue, a decision needs to be made in his words and an instant. he said you cannot have hundreds of people consulted each other about whether or not a bank is viable. it is putting a little bit of pressure on the finance ministers to come up with a viable plan after today's meeting. another president is taking up a calls save the government needs to accelerate integration. was he specific? a financiallking in times interview. the context of what he was saying is the european leader summit at the end of the week and they will get together and talk about arrangements. the big subject. contractual arrangement would be agreed by european union to undertake certain economic reform. a bit of a push back from a group of countries that want to see some the financial incentive. this is the flavor of the discussion and that will be taking

one of the provisions of the agreement is that the european union, the un security council and the united states not impose new nuclear sanctions during the six months while we negotiate that comprehensive agreement. it seems to us that it is worth ,omplying with the provisions understanding, testing iran and then coming to the congress to this committee and the senate as undersecretary cohen has said to take action if and when needed. thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. very quickly, i will be as concise as possible. mr. cho and following off what senator reid has said -- mr. cho cohen. >> the actions today were not against american companies but about two weeks ago there was an action settled with an american would practice to be clear, is this public information? >> absolutely. these businesses do business with the u.s. government? x i don't know. i would be very surprised if any did. that if werenk --ng to do something >> i think it is very unlikely. happen -- iwould happen to be over in israel when this agreement was announced. prime minister netanyahu was not happy, as you well k

if the european mission happens we will have to wait for of council meeting in january. >> african mediators are calling for peace in south sudan. prevent the to country from plunging into a civil war. south sudan gained independence two years ago, but political and social crises remain. his formernt accused vice president of trying to topple him. that sparked a wave of at nick violence across the nation. is across theile nation. tens of thousands have fled their homes according to the you in. >> -- to the un. shelter from violence. shelters have grown crowded with people in search of safety. clashes continue with forces and troops loyal to the former deputy. the united nations says 34,000 people are seeking refuge at you in basis in the capital and in the city near the center of the country. people who have taken refuge in our facility are the caretaker governor and some members of the state government cabinet. it is our understanding they are no longer under the control of the national government, and we are monitoring the situation very closely. >> the united nations as an in thursdays ba

we are finally being represented in council, european parliament and general election. the government has to listen. you may be interested to know that the same arguments were used against a vote for 18 year olds and the women's suffrage movement. which empowered women to vote. in the past the uk's lead the world in both -- voting reform but i feel we are trailing. something was a huge step towards a fair and equal democracy. the breaking down of a civil rights barrier and i sure you, vote 16 is the next step. and practically this is a winnable campaign. at this very moment in time they couldn't be a more relevant topic. the policy continues -- the labour party has reiterated its support for extending the franchise. scotland has given the go to the upcoming referendum. so they can to show support for by backing the idea. this progress finally causes us to draw the line in the sand in 2014. it is our call to action. so i implore you to vote on a national campaign that will change the lives of young people for centuries to come and help bring this topic to a fine or concl

we are finally being represented in council, european parliament, and general elections. the government has to listen. you may be interested to know the same arguments were used against the votes for 18-year- olds and the women's suffrage movement, which empowered women to vote. in the past, the u.k. has led the world and reforms. but now, we are trailing. something like giving women the vote was a huge step towards a fair and equal democracy. i assure you, myp's, votes at 16 is the next step. this is a winnable campaign. vote 16 could not be a more relevant topic. the policy continues, and the labour party has reiterated its support for extending the franchise. also, scotland has given the vote to 16-year-olds to 17-year- olds in the upcoming referendum. something conservatives show support of by backing the idea. this progress finally causes us to draw a line in the sand in 2014. this is our call to action. i implore you to vote on a national campaign that would change the lives of young people for centuries to come and help bring this topic to a final conclusion. myp's

released a report saying it's going to be really cold, i think it's the european academy of sciences -- the national research council in america says there will be no more cold winters and the pine beetle will destroy the forests because they're not killed off. every weather event is a proof of global warming and facts don't get in the way. facts in front of your eyes, two feet of snow, doesn't -- >> you're right -- >> that globe warming is not happening. >> i remember quite distinctly to your earlier point about the forecast that in future winters would we would be rung -- running around in our bathing suits. now the stuff we're seeing now is part of global warming in a way to justify this so they can kind of have their snowy cake and eat it too. >> there's a famous article on the front panel of the independent newspaper in how to 2000 that children would have to put their sleds away no more sledding for children. they wouldn't know what snow is. i have been in winters in the uk, let me tell you these last few years are they know what snow is. we know what snow is here in the u.s. but then again, just changed the r

type that up to one million people from all of the ukraine could descend on the council though their us a german mep one european politicians the colors in up to ukraine's opposition now. it's not the game instead of crying. i forgot there's just so would their sunday there etf if the protesters. i log on and he wants that the us assessment team and this new insights on the first two crying now. to be on adult and then there are a few of the union. and then chancellor of the assistant some digital commentators the city assistance by western politicians matters simply unacceptable. my estimate for the ukrainian or russian will bring out the diplomats or formal competitions will take part in a new demonstration against this you'll need in the middle of course it's really your own. the pork was on offer on the fourth remember that getting in the western conference current united nations and asking for regional security from supercars that this boy and to feel this is the book nothing to do with people follow as they play. from some traditions like to say about them but the rule of law. the snow and cold foreign dip

this morning after all is that european countries not only unanimously support our mission in the central african republic. within the framework of the un security council resolution three d for profit but there could also be a european operations on the ground easter was provided it is noted in the foreign affairs council in january that it is today. hope you can say is if our courtship to show you. on the ground in bank the new fighting has been reported several civilians were killed in gun battles this friday fighting broke out around him poke or airports and only subsided with the arrival of french troops sixteen hundred men currently deployed in the capital. officially the mission is to disarm the population. however as our reports a whole new low witnessed. that's not always an easy call to make. it's a crisis meeting in this muslim district of bondi. these men no one reads. they accuse the french soldiers of disarming above all the fullness of the ripples from its muslim and paying less attention to the christian anti gun law commissioner. ms is known of these beaches on the seneca and then those guys were executed by christians of any instant. i

the european central bank will hold a regular meeting of its governing council on thursday the ecb cut its key interest rates to zero point two five percent in november financl markets are waiting to hear what the ecb president mario try he will say about the regional economy. at his news conference. revised third quarter us gdp day now will come on on the same day the initial reports said the us economy grew at an annual pace of two point eight percent between july and september on the previous three months. and on friday the latest us jobs report is due out in october unemployment inched up to seven point three percent but non farm payrolls client or above market expectations and that's all for non business only be with the tech market. it is. e g until ard taking to the streets in a fresh wave of protests against the new law that restricts demonstrations. the law has been concerned that it would end to really limit the freedom to hold contests today was the high street demonstrators in central cairo on saturday when they tried to disperse the crowds that is as good as he's responded

council one european foreign relations. thank you very much for the paper.it is very interesting, and i'm curious as to whether you or any of the panelists have looked at how the creation of the islamic fronts and the attempt to kind of ring these groups under one operating banner, even that the military councils have -- they basically do not work anymore -- but do you think this is going to in some way extent this competing competition from donors?g there is an open question of people in the gulf about the behavior of their citizens. i am wondering what your thoughts are on that. i know it is not at the top of your core focus of research, but is there any refection on how this kind of proliferation of arms and militias in a country like syria ultimately affects what happens there in the long term? we have seen the world has seen what kind of an impact it has had all caps were, but there is -- but is there consideration that this might come to more harm than good? there's no clear way of understanding where the money flow is going. the most destructive group

of euro integration leader in the program we've seen and how european parties may be leaving further right than ever before. you know councils here in the u.k. are calling for tougher laws to police aggressive beggars finally no longer will the banker beggars be shaking us down for yet more and outs and bailouts every time we pass the city no longer listening to the bleed for more money printing and free credit facilities we're sick and tired of all the banker beggars harassing us every time we pass one of their toll booth phones like this famous one hey i'm jimmy don't oh look at your banking system going to throw trash on the ground before me through thousand dollars it'll give a burke give me a trillion i want another trillion more trillions do they give me get me. please make it with oh if you're going to. choose the. choose. the great. choose the stories but if you. choose. to. look back this is r t international liberals have often played the role of king maker in the european parliament especially in recent governments but alister warning that could be about to change was euro skeptics taking the lead role six months