these were the predecessors of the european union. inolfi: all of the countries that joined the european community were, first of all, members of the council. so it can be considered as a sort of antechamber for the european union. narrator: today strasbourg is also home to the european union's legislative branch-- the european parliament. but the capital of the european union is, in a sense, split with major administrative centers in brussels and luxembourg city, as well as strasbourg. murphy: there's a little bit of a struggle about where the future of this will go. there's an enormous expense right now associated with running back and forth between brussels and strasbourg. indeed, many of the parliamentary committees meet in brussels. then they have to get on a train with their tons of documents and get on over to strasbourg for their formal parliamentary meetings. so it's an issue before europe of how much this is worth. but, of course, there are political and cultural interests vested in this. ( speaking french ) translator: stras

so long as they get agreement from the european union, but the european union is not going to , and once theoval negotiations are part of this, there is very little. have discussed with the united states, the same would apply for india. ,he same will apply for brazil etc., etc.. so turkey is part of this changing world, in terms of a very important part of the policy, which is trade policy. the last point i went to make in with thef the idea customs union arrangement, that it is functional and can be by moving towards . free-trade arrangement it is mexico. example ofthe mexico, mexico is an interesting example. similar in per capita income, and back in 1994, two years before turkey signed its customs union with the european they, back in 1994, negotiated nafta, the free trade agreement with the united states and canada, which, as a free- made itreement does, completely free to negotiate with third parties. well, mexico did not do from a point of trade, if you look at , mexico's trade has grown relative to its gdp much faster than that of turkey or other comparable countries, like result.

now they can do that so long as they get agreement from the european union and the european union is not negotiating with the european union isn't going to get that approval except in marginal places. and once of the negotiations are embarked upon in the european union there is very little negotiation just as was discussed for the united states and the same apply for india and the same apply for brazil its letter, etc. appearance of turkey is stock in this changing world in terms of a very important part of its policy which is trade policy. a sufferer of and the fourth point i want to make in support of the idea of the customs union arrangement has become dysfunctional and can be improved upon by moving towards a free trade arrangement is mexico an interesting example for the income and back in 1994, two years before they sign that the customs union with the european union back in 1994, mexico negotiated the nafta free trade agreement with the united states and canada, which as a free trade agreement does makes it completely free to negotiate with third parties. well mexico didn't do

a political union needs to be our political horizon. is not the demand of a passionate european. this is the way to ensure the future. policies, namely our economic and monetary unions, depend on the construct that supports it. commissionped out a blueprint for a monetary union and the necessities and possibilities of deepening our institutional set up. step, one phase after the other. as announced last year, the intention to present further ideas on the future of our union and how do best consolidate and deep the community approach in the long term. that way, these ideas can be that isto a debate necessary for a true political union. we can only meet the challenges of our time if we strengthen the consensus of our political objectives. in this area and those outside of it. between north and south and east and west. the european union must remain a project for all members. economically, europe has been a way to close gaps between countries, regions, and people and, must remain so. remains andbility we must complement it with european solidarity. for that reason, strengthening the

so long as they get agreement from the european union when the european union's not negotiating. but the european union isn't going to give that approval except perhaps in some marginal cases. and once, once the negotiations are embarked upon with the european union, there's very little incentive to negotiate with turkey. just as i have discussed for the united states, the same would apply for india, the same will apply for brazil, etc., etc. so turkey is stuck in this changing world in terms of a very, very important part of its policies which is trade policy. the third and be last point i want to make in support of the idea that the customs union arrangement has become dysfunctional and can be improved upon by moving towards a free trade arrangement is mexico. i want to use the example of mexico. mexico's an interesting example for turkey partly because it's a country more or less in a similar per capita income, and back in 1994, two years before turkey signed its customs union with the european union, back in 1994 mexico negotiated nafta free trade agreement with united states

and in terms of ttip, what is significant here is that turkey has incorporated 55% of the european union rules that govern the internal market. so you could say for all intents and purposes, turkey is part of the internal marketplace. even though the european union place in turkey's overall foreign trade has fallen from 47, 49% in the late 1990s, early 2000s, to about 30% today, the eu is still the largest partner of turkey as far as foreign trade goes. and through the interviews i made i came to realize how businesses in turkey are trying to give priority to what they

as long as there's agreement with the european union when the european union is not negotiating, but the european union is not going to give approval other than perhaps in marginal tastes, and once the negotiations are embarked upon with the european union, there's little in terms of turkey, just that the united states, the same, applies for india, the same applies for brazil, ect., ect., so turkey is stuck in this changing world in terms of a very, very important part of the policies which is fraid policy. the third and last point i want to make in support of the idea that the customs union arrangement has become dysfunctional and can be improved upon by moving towards a free trade arrangement, is mexico. i'll use the example of mexico. it's an interesting example for turkey partly because it's a country more or less in the similar income. back in 1994, two years before turkey had a custom's union with the european union, back in 1994, mexico negotiated nafta's free trade agreement with the united states and canada, which, as a free trade agreement does, makes it completely free to

so the european union has made procurement for instance. mandatory in the european union so we have the vast majority of the transactions of our public sector also in this banking system that means it's quite serious for us if some foreign national security agency is looking at this data and using it to manipulate the republican meant we were talking a subset about the substantial part of european public spending so. that was already controversial before the swift agreement was signed but of course it's even more controversial now that we know for a fact that all of those transactions are being monitored. well given what's happening you know and in fact the initial purpose of it which was to curb terrorism by tracking its funding so how would you cut off the millions of dollars that find their way to terrorists now. could you repeat that question oh yeah absolutely well you know given the. initial purpose of this deal which was to curb terrorism by tracking the funding of millions of dollars in transactions so how would you cut off those fu

independence party which supports and then immediately close to exit from the european union well that shows just how strong. sentiment in the u.k. is and really david cameron again he's under pressure to stop losing conservative supporters going over to you kate says he's got to try and balance what the what the new laws you both within his party and that essentially in the public what they want and we're seeing the prime minister there for his rhetoric against the european union he's talking about that in out referendum that he's promised to hold in twenty seventeen if he's reelected so he's trying to balance all of this together but it might not be as easy as simply renegotiating the deal with brussels as he's been saying because westminster because brussels has said time and time again that westminster conscious cherry pick the policies that it wants and go to the side the ones that it doesn't want to move they would leave the e.u. membership it's what an hour can't menu but again we've got this indication from david cameron that if he is reelected as prime minister he's going to t

out of the european union. i want europe out of the european union too.hter] = -- [applause] if we had been told the truth, we would never have joined. we would never join something to give away the supremacy of law. we -- what a shower of directives. we finished up with process, inspection and regulation. they have taken over from production, leadership and enterprise. we have got to reverse that culture. we have got to free rich business. we have to get european law off their backs. [applause] i spent 20 years working in the financial services industry. yes i had a job before doing this. it is britain's biggest industry. it is not all about the city of london. it is about birmingham, newcastle, all these different places that operate. it is not all about the bankers. it is about insurance, stocks and shares, pensions, commodities, a whole range of industries in which britain is a world leader. but i am afraid it is now irrelevant to that industry whether we have a conservative government, a coalition government or a labor government. we have transferred

economy is quite crucial for the chinese economy also, if and its exports of chinese goods to the european union. more and more, if you think about it, a fact maybe not well- known, but the european economy altogether is still the biggest economy in the world. therefore, when the european economy is in recession, that affects the whole world. i think there are many areas where there can be partnerships. i think the area of green growth and green technology is important. there have been a lot of discussions recently about chinese imports of green technology into the european union. i think we need to open up our markets, in a way. as long as we have clear standards. >> would you run for prime minister again? >> that is a good question. i will philosophize on life and say i have done what i have done. i cannot be sure about the future, but i will help my country anyway i can. >> greece's current deputy prime minister says greece does not require a third bailout, and can cover its needs without further burdening its current backers. the country's foreign minister says greece can avoid a third bailo

i recognize as any human endeavor, the european union is not perfect. for example, controversies about the division of labor between the national and european levels will never be conclusively ended. i value its subsidiary the highly. for me, subsidiarity is not a technical concept. it is a fundamental democratic principle. an ever closer union among the citizens of europe demands of the decisions are taken as openly and is closer to the people as possible. not everything needs a solution at the european level. europe must focus on where it can add most value. when this is not the case, we need to be big on big things in small and smaller things. some say we may occasionally have neglected this in the past. the european union needs to show that it has the capacity to set both positive and negative priorities. as all governments, we need to take extra care of the quality and quantity over regulation, knowing that as useless laws weaken the necessary ones, montesquieu said, 'les lois inutiles affaiblissent les lois nÉcessaires'. only a strong europe can in

and what came after it was this sudden massive industry whether in the usa or whether in the european union of bailing out the banks suicidal socialist politicians such as gordon brown in the united kingdom collectivize the u.k. banking system in a manner that was not on the style of the only difference was at least in the comrade stalin he would have shot a few bankers made these terrible mistakes in the first place the fact is nobody has brought the banking industry to him and the politicians noid or completely pliant and common client in the law in the banks to continue making the mistakes they've made for multiple generations and starving small entrepreneurs small business of the funds they need and if i go back five years to the lehman situation do you think it was handled appropriately it should talk about governments but the government didn't actually bailouts. lehman marked a very very interesting and beneficial moment in so far as it was a lot to fester on the vine that was the one moment the governments were acting successfully the tragedy was as the domino effect started to take

this nomination doesn't call unfortunately from the leadership of the european union who are think would certainly prefer to avoid the embarrassment of him winning the prize but it comes from the left in the european union which has consistently supported edward snowden he deserves to win the prize because he's a hero and he's a hero for putting his freedom on the line and still on the line in reality i think he's only likely to win and i think the greens are the green group inside the parliament also support advert snowden and what i fear that.

is instantly rushing to buy even presuming that the european union had economic growth and was really aggressively buying things in the first place given the fact that it has an incredibly significant russian minority population to simply turn its back on russia moreover as we know ukraine has had difficulty paying its gas bills and of course we all know that in the macro picture ukraine's economy is somewhat challenge in that respect ukraine needs to be very very careful in some degree is there treading on thin ice and certainly upset at russia seems to be somewhat trying to rid curative to recent history it's a very challenging thing to try and work out exactly what is the advantage to this deal for either party the european union the u.s. or trying to get ukraine over to their side but it's very difficult to see ultimately what can be the long term benefit for the people when the european union has so many problems to sort itself. well straight to our tease world update now starting with sudan violent clashes a lifting of fuel subsidies have left at least twenty one people d

it costs the euro here you cannot be a member of the european union without being a member of the council of europe and you can't be a member of council here unless you've signed up to the european convention on human rights that's one point the second point is that in two thousand and eleven i was writing to the prime minister concerning the e.u. zone a session of the convention under the lisbon treaty because mr cameron was even then making you know noises about the convention and how bad it was the tory party might take written out and i pointed out to him that he had a solution around because for the e.u. to cede to the convention in its own right then it needed a unanimous vote in the council write that letter we're trying to it says understand it. isn't that it would have stopped this in its tracks right and there isn't any other way for the u.k. because it contributes almost hard the budget of the e.u. court of human rights surely a compromise can be found well you can't have your court you know you're justice system in a country it's over written by the european court and. your so

there would be another team from the nuclear regulatory association and the european union. they will come again to conduct an independent peer review. we have assistance and regulatory authorities in japan to perform the inspection. they have already committed to send another team to do the preoperational inspection with us before this can be issued. we have lots of international corporations. i think this helps. and the european conference they also advertise the importance of the peer review among different countries, among the regulatory authorities of different countries. >> for the remaining few minutes that we have, we're going to ask you a little personal. if you look at your career since graduating with a phd, never been a very distinguished professor and also being a university administrator. now you are a government minister. all these different roles that you played, which when did you like the best and what is the reason? >> i will take professor. more flexible and more enjoyable in doing the research and communicating with students and so on and so far. the stu

european union foreign ministers call for a strong response but ask for thethe hold up on military actionthe australian conservative coalition sweeps to power in national elections. or madrid?nbul the world waits for the announcement of the olympic host city. >> the european union on saturday called for a strong evidence indicating that the asad regime was a deadlyle for chemical weapons attack against civilians in august, but stopped short of calling for military action. this followed a meeting of the ministers in lithuania. they have been sharply divided over how to respond to the calls for military action. will not takehey part in any punitive strike. but the united eu position was praised as a signal of invaluable importance. >> catherine ashton confirmed that european union member states had found a united is action over the events in syria, and said there should be no intervention before the inspectors released a report on the chemical attack from last month. but evidence shows that bashar al-assad's forces are to blame. >> the international community cannot remain idle. a clear and

will this nomination doesn't call unfortunately from the leadership of the european union who i think would certainly prefer to avoid the embarrassment of him winning the prize but it comes from the left in the european union which has consistently supported edward snowden and he deserves to win the prize because he's a hero and he's a hero for putting his freedom on the line and it's still on the line in reality and i think he's only likely to win and i think the greens are the green group inside the parliament also support edward snowden and but i fear that certainly the big groups will not wants the so-called embarrassment of choosing edward snowden because of the impact that that would have on relations with the us the reason you know a very practical reason that we're proposing.

well this nomination doesn't call unfortunately from the leadership of the european union who are think would certainly prefer to avoid the embarrassment of him winning the prize but it comes from the left in the european union which has consistently supported edward snowden and he deserves to win the prize because he's a hero and he's a hero for putting his freedom on the line and it's still on the line in reality i think he's only likely to win and i think the greens are the green group inside the parliament also supports edward snowden and what i fear that certainly the big groups will not want the so-called embarrassment of choosing edward snowden because of the impact that that would happen in relations with the us the reason you know very practical reason that we're proposing him is to try to pressure on countries to granting permanent asylum we don't think he should be a man without a visa is a visa for the goats of asylum for a year now but after that he has. no definite future so it's designed to add pressure on to embarrass the us the french government has called on consumers

the european union is the biggest stone of development eight but at the same time implement several policies that undermines development in developing countries and as you rightly said. it insists one of the major problems so what are the direct consequence is on the development of poor states of all this excuse me can you repeat yes i can what will be the divest direct result of this for people living in developing states. the direct consequence is of these in clearances we see documented very well in the report for example we have a case with a lady from sandia selling sugar products at her stall and it actually shows that she pays ninety times. compared to income then the. sugar assembly and sugar company which produce the product that she sells so that's a very. blunt example of. this unfairness and part of the reason why. the sugar company pay so low taxes is because of loopholes in the regulatory regime internationally but also european sex relations so what action should be taken by the e.u. to fix all this then do you think. first of all what we pointed out in the report is

well this nomination doesn't call unfortunately from the leadership of the european union who are think would certainly prefer to avoid the embarrassment of him winning the prize but it comes from the left in the european union which has consistently supported edward snowden he deserves to win the prize because he's a hero and he's a hero for putting his freedom on the line. on the line in reality i think he's on likely to win and i think the greens are the green group inside the parliament also supports edward snowden and what i fear that certainly the big groups will not wants the so-called embarrassment of choosing edward snowden because of the impact that that would happen in relations with the us the reason you know very practical reason that we're proposing him is to try to pressure on countries to grant him permanent asylum we don't think he should be a man without a visa is a visa for the goats of well i saw them for a year now but after that he has. no definite future so it's designed to add pressure on to embarrass the us meanwhile the ongoing leagues from n.s.a. whistleblower

interesting here in that respect because but also a statement signal somewhat of a schism within the european union as well because seven of the european member states european union member states have been supporting the strike against syria those are denmark romania creation of turkey a lot to be of poland and we also know that the canadian prime minister also supports the strike against syria obviously we have will have more on that to come during the day will have a press conference off around four pm local time as well as i said the joint declaration by the g twenty presidents so obviously we'll see what they have to say on syria as the result of this summit wow so much of going on and so little information coming out of the leaders there lexy at a chef at the g. twenty summit in st petersburg giving us the latest on really what the leaders are discussing be. china says a strike against syria will not only violate the country's seventy but also be a disaster for the global economy the director of the center for control at china's institute of international studies outlined beijing stands to r.

so i was snowden has been officially nominated by european union lawmakers for the prestigious sahaba of human rights prize laureates include nelson mandela chinese dissident. and reporters love borders the winner will be decided in october and from all this i can talk through paul murphy and irish i may be from the parliamentary group that nominated snowden mr murphy welcome to aussie good to see you so what about snowden actually needed that help the you offered him little support and now you decided to nominate him for this prestigious human rights prize why. this nomination doesn't call unfortunately from the leadership of the european union who i think would certainly prefer to avoid the embarrassment of him winning the prize and but it comes from the left in the european union which has consistently supported edward snowden he deserves to win the prize because he's a hero and he's a hero for putting his freedom on the line and it's still on the line in reality. in order to expose a mass of intrusive spying program by the us government both on their own citizens and citizens in e

will this nomination doesn't call unfortunately from the leadership of the european union who i think would certainly prefer to avoid the embarrassment of him winning the prize but it comes from the left in the european union which has consistently supported edward snowden he deserves to win the prize because he's a hero and he's a hero for putting his freedom on the line and it's still on the line in reality i think he's only likely to win and i think the greens are the green group inside the parliament also support for edward snowden but i fear that certainly the big groups will not wants the so-called embarrassment of choosing edward snowden because of the impact that that would have in relations with the us the reason you know a very practical reason that we're proposing to him is to try to pressure on countries to grant him permanent asylum we don't think he should be a man without a visa is a visa for the courts of them for a year now but after that he has. no definite future so it's designed to add pressure on to embarrass the us. the french government has called on consumers t

political blunder by him and by his government to go for this free trade area first of all the european union itself is in the throes of a deep deep deep recession it's by no means out of the woods on that front countries like spain portugal. italy. greece of course and other countries are in a deep recession the e.u. has very little to offer ukraine except more unemployment it's kind of a if you will a shock therapy mark to that that would come with the member with the trade agreement conditions as they stand now and. ukraine itself excuse me but it's one of the most corrupt countries by all accounts from ukrainians that i know businessmen and others so so in other words you're right in the west getting anything out of this partnership then yes it we can all called mutually beneficial but you see russia no solution in op and i'm not sure if i'm minister they're going to have said that a partnership with you will most likely eliminate ukraine's participation in the customs union so how would that affect key of the if that happens well i think that would be a severe blow to the ukrainian econo

here in that respect because but also a statement signal somewhat obviously isn't within the european union as well because seven of the european member states european union member states have been supporting the strike against syria those that denmark romania creation turkey a lot of your poland so obviously will see what they have to say on syria as the result of this summit china says a strike against syria will not only violate the country's but also be a disaster for the global economy the director of the center for arms control at china's institute of international studies outlined a beijing stance to r.t. china worst criticizing in the in the past of two and a half years since the very beginning of the syrian crisis by their western countries i don't think. in words very happy the position or the you know the attitude taken by the chinese government in u.n. security council you know we several resolutions are proposed by the u.s. side and so i think this is our. principle you know our foreign affairs our foreign policy diplomacy so we have a two week for the final result of the inte

president of the european commission which represents the interest of all 28 nations that make up the european union. europe is beginning to emerge from the grip of a death crises that's plagued the crises since 2010. the central european bank contributed largely borrowing costs for the most indebted nations with ease but remain. the victory in the general election opened the doors to the renewed debate over the size and scope of protective measures to safeguard your economy. i am pleased to have jose manuel barroso at this table. well come. >> thank you. >> rose: you've been planning to do this and we finally got to do it. >> it's a pleasure to be here with you. >> rose: tell me, when you talk to other nations, you're asian, latin america. what is your message to them about the european commission? >> just now i was in the -- in russia, and it was the first time from several years where i did not receive lectures how and should i run the european union because in fact today there's much more confidence in europe. and in fact we received praise in the duration for the efforts to come out of this cri

more and more regional unions being formed around the globe the likes of the americas sir the european union the customs you know valorous kazakhstan russia for instance can these grow and develop within their organization or is this the beginning of a man for w t o. o on the contrary i think the help of the building blocks towards trade liberalization these blocks these groups these costumes you news these free trade areas they don't come up with without disciplines in order to be set up they have to follow disciplines and these are multilaterally negotiated disciplines which ensure that these blocks that these free trade areas will not raise barriers on the contrary that they are going to lower to begin to these countries into a more open environment. but what about the united states and the e.u. agreement that's probably going to be signing time soon the free trade agreement which is sad will be a military g w w t o just because you know it will control thirty percent of global

as a response to this crisis in the united states the european union and increasingly the world and i think it's very dangerous because my wife so we've done this once before you know the famous american literary figure mark twain once used to say that history doesn't repeat itself but it certainly rhymes well in the one nine hundred thirty s. and actually the one nine hundred twenty s. as well we had governments in germany japan and italy all try austerity policies in response to crises which they experienced and with all of them within a couple of years they opted for military fascist regimes. as responses so you see it is something that people. regularization of political class that in the fact that you also had radical nationalists within their respective militaries who were not happy with just how much their nations were being weakened so i'm not suggesting that we'll see an exact repetition of that but what i am suggesting is that we're playing with fire by introducing these austerity policies and they're really really hurting people and at some point somebody is going to come

the european union is playing an important role.they will train six house and men to make them -- 6000 men to make them into a force that includes the various ethnic roots. there was the training of a second battalion of 700 men. it is a difficult process because the military is in shatters. >> french president franÇois hollande arrived to their. he is not the only foreign dignitary. the king of morocco. mali has great importance to the world. what is the process for stabilizing mali and what are the chances for success? >> the tragedy focused the international community on what is happening there. it has become a wild west, vast area where all kinds of track aching -- trafficking has been going on and terrorist groups have been able to do what they wanted. that could be a terrorist threat to the mediterranean basis. they are pouring in aid almost 13,000 u.n. troops will be stationed there. the international community has promised 3.2 billion euros to help rebuild the country. france has 3000 troops on the ground. they want to reduc