i am a member of european parliament but i think european parliament is not a true parliament is a bit like a supreme soviet or as bad as the former soviet union but. elements all of this so there are parallels with yugoslavia i'm afraid but it is extremely dangerous as we've seen with the euro to force such divergent nations together i think the tensions you create economic and political opera family dangerous but surely you're not predicting that he will end in a pleasant concert i certainly hope not but you know i've been involved in the peace process in northern ireland i worked in government and i've seen what happens when democracy fails and i believe democracy is failing in the european union because national sensitivities are being overridden we saw it in our learned how they said no to those in treaty and then they were invited to get the right answer and they had to have another referendum and they said yes and look at the mess that under is now in but effectively it's a contempt for democracy that worries me most you know we are democratic party in ukip and the real reason f

member of the european parliament and the discussion is next. the french national front has been at the vanguard of extremist and ultra right policies in europe ironically the party's fortunes rose and then a culture of globalization and increasing discontent with it spoils today we're joined by polyglot professor of law an expert on eastern legal system and member of european parliament for now garnished now are you a member of the european parliament what impact do you think the new has had on french national identity and the french culture not a positive impact in fact unfortunately because europe should have be protected against the side effects of globalism but it wasn't the case the borders were kept open open to all kind of floats of people and oversaw funding from from or from abroad and oversaw law course. manufactured in conditions of slavery by some people and this has a very very negative effects on the economy and system unfortunately do you see the european union as the solution to europe's problems or perhaps more as the instigato

and joints to talk more about the details of this case by gerald batten who's a member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party he's also a valium and opponent of the european arrest warrant which is of course the legality under way students ourselves his extradition to sweden is being requested joe budden thanks very much for talking to us so we now know that the main hearing is going to be on the seventh and eighth of february what what do you expect to happen that will you see if the lawyers on mr sanchez so i try to challenge the evidence against him which i might do and say well it's not sufficient to justify extradition on judicial surrenders and now it's all the chance. well i'm not allowed to consider the evidence i'm not allowed to take into account the only grounds that you can oppose extradition very narrow you have to be old enough to committed the crime it has to be a distant past you know twenty five years or something and it mustn't be because you're being processed persecuted on the grounds of your political sexual orientation very narrow grounds like that which

of course there are a lot of politicians saying the european parliament they just want to score political points. and now question from. and now a question from the t.v. company. you've broken the microphone does it work now. for jordan t.v. company reserve the. last year very international organizations and countries have views. that there is a patient so what's russia's position on aids. what about the russian peasant commission only georgian. citizen but also russians of georgian origin cannot claim their property that's been the decision of the russian peasant committee so how do you get these facts. thank you. responding to your first question. we are. treat a passing south a said is sovereign states what we have the best does working there. and embassies are set up things when vala and sukhumi. faire embassies are set up here. will not. respond to such terms as occupation we all know how to place how it happened. and the people that was decide. to regard as its citizens mr saakashvili ordered to bomb and to explode them in their shelters you cannot treat your own citizens so these p

now are you a member of the european parliament or what impact do you think that has had on our french national identity and the french culture not a positive impact in fact unfortunately because europe should have been protected against the side effects of globalism but it wasn't the case the borders were kept open orpen to all kind of floats of people and oversaw funding from from or from abroad and oversaw course. manufactured in conditions of slavery by some people and this has a very very negative effects on economy and system unfortunately do you see the european union as the solution to europe's problems or perhaps more as the instigator it was supposed to be the solution of some of our problems for example to build. a huge common market but is this market was open as i said to two to globalise men as in the field of for example external policy we are completely now we just follow the united states of america which is a so so we do not see the use of european union and also european union strain to to build a kind of a european superstate each which is not the genius of european

the european parliament has voted for each new sanctions including travel restrictions be imposed on the regime in bellerose amy pease also on the assets to be frozen in retaliation for the conduct of presidential elections one in a landslide by president alexander lukashenko which international observers said were rigged the vote comes just before his inauguration and also in response to a brutal crackdown on protesters that followed his win european parliament doesn't have the power to impose the sanctions itself but it awaits a meeting of an e.u. leaders at the end of the month among whom support is growing for action. shango was dubbed europe's last a dictator has ordered retaliatory measures be prepared should the e.u. strike against his regime or instructions have been placed on the bell or russian leader before british the richard how would relieve the pressure on him this time will be more intense. this is a man and a regime which is seeking to suppress human rights creates free expression by civil society political opposition and what we need to do is to be seen to say that

society suppressed in this country we will not look the other way richard hoed member of the european parliamenthink your being on the line with r.t. tonight from london. time is now coming up to twenty four half minutes past eight at night let's go to thursday night's business update from moscow next. well welcome to our business program. russia and belarus have reached an agreement following their rout of all places which led moscow halting supply to its neighbor on the first of january prime minister vladimir putin met with belarus and counterpart the us nichol which to china are not the conflict our correspondent peter oliver has the story. but it's taken quite a while but it seems that russia and belarus have come to terms over the recent oil dispute that's come between the two nations a proposal has been put forward is accepted there's been no oil sent from russia to bellary since the first of january now it seems that we will see the resumption of oil transport from russia into valerie's following the meeting between the prime ministers now this had threatened to affect the production of

now you're a member of the european parliament what impact do you think that has had on french national identity and the french culture not a positive impact in fact. europe should have been protected against the side effects. but it wasn't the case the borders were kept open or. flowed. from abroad. a very very negative effect so. do you see the european union as the solution to europe's problems or perhaps more. supposed to be the solution of some of our problems for example to build. a huge. market but is this market was open as i said to globalise men. for example external policy we just follow the united states of america so we do not see the use of european union and also european union is trying to to build a kind of a european superstate each which is not the genius of european civilization europe is a place where has been invented the equal to it the equality equal dignity and cerinthus of nations and i think we should retain the spot of european culture as a member of a far right party and as a law professor what do you have to say to those who would use violence to pursue the

i'm joined to talk more about the details of this case by gerald batten who's a member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party he's also a very imminent opponent of the european arrest warrant which is of course the legality under which julian's ourselves his extradition to sweden is being requested joe budden thanks very much for talking to us hi now you have sat in on europe a european arrest warrant hearings before what took place today i don't this is a technical hearing that i just set the conditions for biologically so you can live anywhere. and this is as you say this i very quickly but i've sat through quite a few of these hearings now and listen to what happens and of course there are very narrow grounds for opposing an arrest warrant and what most people don't realize is what it's come out in this case because it's a high profile is that the court cannot consider the evidence against the accused person in fact it's not extradition anymore it's now called judicial surrender because it's based on this concept of mutual recognition which means every legal system across t

doubts on the future of the eurozone all these go to a british member of the european parliament to insist that the euro will collapse and sing. and chapman the famous spy is to his terrifying t.v. show we are in russia the red head will be looking at the mysteries of the world old heads see welty dot com to find out. ok let's check on some other world news in brief this hour now and in that capital at least have been killed in fresh violence after spotting today overnight curfew imposed by the government's riots that have been raging between protesters and police over food and fuel inflation and high unemployment the u.n. has criticized the government's response to the unrest after police retaliated with live ammunition and tear gas. more than two hundred fifty people have died in just twenty four hours after flooding and landslides in the brazilian state of rio de janeiro's downpours caused mudslides which destroyed mountain villages on highways leaving tells them without power officials say the death toll is expected to rise when these are busy searching for any survivors the number of

seven member states and decided to distance themselves from the ceremony it comes after the european parliament passed a resolution calling for sanctions against the ban of russian leadership its response to want to go to the december elections of this it leaders and activists were tracked into the spring but was rigged. sanctions and all these is the freeze on bank accounts belonging to senior government officials the eaves of foreign ministers are set to reach a final decision at a meeting later this month. has all the brutality measures to be repaid should the e.u. against his regime it isn't the first time the other russian media has faced restrictions and some experts say this round will be more intense. if he's a man and a regime which is seeking to suppress human rights creators free expression by civil society political opposition and what we need to do is to be seen to say that the european union and the international community is for change that we will our. the whether it's today tomorrow or sunday in the near future there will be consequences on this by the russian regime otherwise

polish member of the european parliament speaking to us there. well the most tories the prison of the twenty first century the guantanamo bay detention center run by the u.s. in cuba has ended its ten year it's still holding inmates despite president obama's election promise to close it all the prison has become synonymous with human rights abuses and. reports cuba is far from happy at how the america's dirty work carried out on its soil. it's a place forever immortalized by images of torture known by its abbreviation get no america's notorious detention facility in guantanamo bay cuba has been the source of world condemnation where abuse lack of legal recourse and indefinite detention is the norm it's also been the subject of decades of strife with cuban authorities who argue the forty five square mile military base violates cuban sovereignty and amounts to a military occupation the to greenland under which u.s. has to be on cuban soil kuantan ammonia let's hear it taste from earlier earliest years of the twentieth century the plot amendment was

british paper of the european parliament who insists that the euro will come. out of shopman the famous offense that sells spy is to his terrifying t.v. show in russia their red head will be the mysteries of the wild peds it's called it's a find out more. is to. believe. ok let's check out some other world news in brief this hour and more than two hundred and do you people have died just twenty four hours after flooding and landslides in the brazilian state of rio de janeiro downpours cause a mudslide which destroyed mountain villages and highways leaving thousands without power officials say the death toll is expected to rise rescuers are busy searching for any as survivors the number of dead across the country stands at three hundred fifty since the severe flooding started. at a memorial service in the u.s. state of arizona president obama has paid tribute to the victims of saturday's shootings in six people were killed and thirteen others injured when a gunman opened fire as a congresswoman was talking to constituents democrat gabrielle giffords who is in a

seven member states have decided to distance themselves from the ceremony he comes after the european parliamentpassed a resolution calling for sanctions against the better question leadership its response to the violence that erupted over the summer actually opposition leaders not to this were attacks on international observers claim because it was agreed proposed sanctions include a bundle of visas of recent bank accounts belonging to seen talking to officials in the foreign ministers are set to reach a final decision that meeting later this month that assange has ordered retaliatory measures to be prepared should the e.u. move against his regime isn't the first time it has faced restrictions and some experts say this round will be more intense. this is a man and a regime which is seeking to suppress human rights creates free expression by civil society political opposition and what we need to do is to be seen to say that the european union and instructional community is watching that we will our and the whether it's today tomorrow or sunday in the near future there will be consequences on thi

of the european parliament and leader of the independence party says the whole idea of the euro zone was wrong from the very beginning. i think what they're doing here is they're reinforcing failure at the end of the day like greece and portugal. should never of joined the euro in the first place trapped inside the economic. policies that. build up in the morning. and this really is a tragedy because these people. we have. actually killed on the streets. if they hold the eurozone together. those countries are going to get worse and what it really needs is a frank assessment which is there is an argument. with germany holland and a few countries possibly france as well but there is an optimal. but can work together for the north and south of europe to be stuck inside a monetary union is never ever going to work but nobody inside these institutions wants to face up to with the e.c.b. buying up its debt and now with this with this agreement in brussels that the stability of doing the same thing you know you begin to ask. down the track will the european central bank itself actually be.

member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party says the bailout won't work because of the scale of debts in the e.u. this bailout fund is really a huge bucket of money which the only people who are putting serious corners of money into it are the germans calls the germans are getting cross because the whole of the bottom of the bucket so what's actually happening is it doesn't matter how much money you put into this huge bailout bucket it's not going to work until somebody seals up the holes at the bottom of the broke the portuguese broke the spanish broke the greeks broke the broke it's plain to see that nothing's actually working the only thing that was working at the moment is the german economy and the dutch economy and some of the call come true is everything else is going badly wrong as i said it would do ten years ago when i was a guest lecturer at cambridge university this whole concept is absolutely absurd you camel have one currency for sixteen or seventeen different economies. work it isn't working it

everything i'm totally sure that we have to have a some compromise despite their urging of the european parliament to recognize this independence or spain or greece there is for mania they refused to do so do you think it's more because they're apprehensions about their own intentions or it's just solidarity no no no no they're there are all governments all around the world are they finding their own interests not only those three countries but also cyprus and greece and i appreciate very much that kind of approach because that was very helpful regarding serbian position but those go. most of the funding interest so they citizens and the national interest and we understand that very well be on the side that perfectly well you have always stronger promoted the pro-american mention of your government and then when the cost of the issue marriage when it came down to it turned out that russia was your only ally to ally how did that happen and i'm pro serbian. president the government is going to be ollie's if i'm going to be leader of the country i'm sure that i'm going to continue my work serbian gov

a member of the european parliament and. independence party who says the whole idea of the eurozone was a failure from the very beginning. i think what they're doing here is they're reinforcing failure at the end of the day countries like greece and portugal and possibly we should never have joined the euro. they are now trapped inside the economic and with a whole set of policies. and i think the more we build up the buy out the morning with always. and this really is a tragedy if at any point in time the german people have been asked initially whether they wanted to give up the deutschmark they have said no and if you ask the german people now do they want to pick up a liability that in financial terms will be six times bigger than the liability they picked up when eastern germany joined them twenty years ago. so my guess is that the german finance minister the german chancellor will make skeptical noises will voice a bit of disagreement but in the end my guess is they will go along with it because they are part of this eu