the one thing i love about frances.e's a baseball fan. >> we should make the point that women's dress reform was very political because the clothing that women were wearing was very constrictive d there was a movement along with the suffrage movement to release the women from the constrictive clothing and it was a battle of the conservative view versus the liberal view. did frances get involved in it at all? >> they didn't get involved directly but is interesting because if you look at the photographs of her at their summer place called buzzard's bay, she is dressed what wed call very casually. she's still wearing a dress but there are pictures of her and her mother in bathing costumes. she's wearing what we would call simple shift. just a way from the corsets, the stays, the big, puffy sleeves and the ornamentation and when she was in the public she would dress the way the public expected her to look. >> back to phone calls and go to judith in marion, massachusetts. you're on. your question? >> hello. i'm just calling

it is positive in france. >> not everyone in france approves of the vows they have taken. last weekend, tens of thousands marched against in paris, a demonstration infiltrated by an increasingly violent extreme right. an election promise was made to give same-sex couples equal rights in marriage and adoption and it passed with a huge majority. in trying to satisfy the left- wing, he a key -- he is accused of ignoring the severe economic problems of the country. no president has fallen further or faster in the polls in the first year of office. it is now a legal obligation marryose in france to same-sex couples. some find themselves trapped between the law and their conscience. those on the right say they will delegate the responsibility to a colleague. be hypocritical. i will not marry two people of the same-sex, when, in my head, i am totally against it it. >> liberty, equality, the founding principles of the republic. the socialist government to all french, irrespective of their sexuality. the same argument is being used in britain by a conservative, david cameron. it ha

banning alcohol brands in france. brought into line by swiss efficiency. it's an attractive prospect. 260 days of sunshine per year. that is what draws so many ur to france, but is also drawing dubious leaders to hide their often ill-gotten gains. one of the more controversial being ben ali. the french authorities are investiging to where and how s money came into the country, but it is an investigation that is taking too long according to the nation's living in france. they have decided to collect evidence on their own. what to these spectacular coasts in nice. tour guide alejandro passes by every day. >> it's extremely difficult to find out who owns what. i have a network of gardeners to keep me informed. >> mr. al bashir also has informants. they're trying to track down the assets from corrupt leader benali and tunisia. in nearby area, they have said the detective work has pd off. they have come under increasing pressure under the wake of the arab spring. they have been helping the french authorities to have had only limited knowledge of the former pres

france and germany called for a separate budget to five european unemployment and a full-time economic sheet. >> the syrian president says the first shipment of sophisticated air defense systems has arrived in this country already. >> ahead of elections in iran, we catch up with an iranian academics who found asylum in germany. >> new figures showed just how hard the debt crisis is hitting the eurozone's core. unemployment in france has hit a record 3.26 million. >> that's a jobless rate of well over 10% for what is touted as the bloc's second most powerful economy, and the new data up the pressure on president hollande. >> he has been meeting today with german chancellor angela merkel, and they have agreed on a range of measures to spark a recovery. they want a separate budget to fight joblessness across the bloc as well as a full-time economic chief with more powers. >> but hollande is a socialist, and merkel heads a conservative government, so do the two have big differences? >> it is no secret that the leaders of the eurozone's two biggest economies do not see eye to eye on several

is stressing diplomacy while britain and france want to the rebels directly. islamophobia hate crime surge across the u.k. following the murder of a british soldier by muslim extremists in london. questions over the brutal methods used by french police against protesters following an anti gay ranee over the weekend the authorities accuse of downplaying just how big the. international news and comment live from our studio center here in moscow this is. britain france are pushing to be allowed to supply weapons to the syrian rebels and what the embargo on the conflict torn country lifted the sanctions expire on friday and for now most european union members are strongly against the al-qaeda linked opposition this comes as top russian and u.s. diplomats prepared to discuss final preparations for next month's international conference on syria. has the latest. we have the u.k. and france were aggressively pushing for a lifting partial lifting of that embargo on syria in order to said to the rebels the u.k. a foreign secretary william hague is trying to get the othe

france and germany called for a separate budget to five european unemployment and a full-time economic sheet. >> the syrian president says the first shipment of sophisticated air defense systems has arrived in this country already. >> ahead of elections in iran, we catch up with an iranian academics who found asylum in germany. >> new figures showed just how hard the debt crisis is hitting the eurozone's core. unemployment in france has hit a record 3.26 million. >> that's a jobless rate of well over 10% for what is touted as the bloc's second most powerful economy, and the new data up the pressure on president hollande. >> he has been meeting today with german chancellor angela merkel, and they have agreed on a range of measures to spark a recovery. they want a separate budget to fight joblessness across the bloc as well as a full-time economic chief with more powers. >> but hollande is a socialist, and merkel heads a conservative government, so do the two have big differences? >> it is no secret that the leaders of the eurozone's two biggest economies do not see eye to eye on several

to listen to a french owned you raney a mine in retaliation for france's military for its a north africa. mali intervention is fanning extremism across the continent. also reporting the suicide bomber targets police in the capital of russia's republic of dagestan killing one and injuring fourteen people is the latest in a string of deadly terrorist strikes in the region. on screen online international news and comment line from our studio center here in moscow this is. a wave of ronnie's is rolling across the globe in protest by a take a giant monsanto campaign is an environmentalist some more than forty countries accuse the multinational corporation of aggressively expanding into the food market and spreading hazardous products some of the largest demonstrations are taking place in the u.s. where the company was set up more than a century ago auntie's honest joins me live now from new york so tell us on a start what is happening where you are now. well new york is certainly one of dozens of police in the united states holding these protests these big marches throughout the week i were i

you can say that it was the win for france and the u.k. have been pushing for a lifting of the arms embargo on syria all along you have to know that at the same time all other sanctions particularly the economic ones remain in place and that means that every individual european state will have to decide whether or not they want to proceed with the shipments of arms to syria will have a hague over it he said the lifting of the arms embargo is the only way to end the crisis which has been gripping syria hard for more than two years at this point having said that we have to remember that even the most of the e.u. countries there's a strong disagreement on whether or not it is actually a good idea to lift the arms embargo of countries like sweden netherlands in the czech republic belief that allowing weapons shipments to syria to the syrian rebels will only intensify the bloodshed in the country certainly concerned about where exactly those arms going to end up then are they actually going to be in the arms of the so-called moderate opposition

so that is another problem for france.you look at absolute ratings, well, imagine if you're french people and -- but this is the point, it would say this is about pandering to the local voter here. we've got the election coming up in germany in five months' time and germany toeneeds to prove t it still maintains a fiscal discipline here in france. there are so many issues on the ground, ridesing unemployment, this is hollande trying to recapture the vote that he lost -- >> and the need to delivery. the majority of french people are rejecting his policies. 74% of people are unhappy with hollande. 58% think the situation is getting worse in france. 6% of french people think the situation is improving. >> it's good to see a little bit of optimism, even if it's tiny. the ump party, the former agriculture minister for nicolas sarkozy was talking about the need to reshape the vision for the two countries to come closer together than where they currently stand. >> the french/german relationship which are the core of the construct

banning alcohol brands in france. brought into line by swiss efficiency. it's an attractive prospect. 260 days of sunshine per year. that is what draws so many tourists to france, but is also drawing dubious leaders to hide their often ill-gotten gains. one of the more controversial being ben ali. the french authorities are investigating as to where and how his money came into the country, but it is an investigation that is taking too long according to the nation's living in france. they have decided to collect evidence on their own. what to these spectacular coasts in nice. tour guide alejandro passes by every day. >> it's extremely difficult to find out who owns what. i have a network of gardeners to keep me informed. >> mr. al bashir also has informants. they're trying to track down the assets from corrupt leader benali and tunisia. in nearby area, they have said the detective work has paid off. they have come under increasing pressure under the wake of the arab spring. they have been helping the french authorities to have had only limited knowledge of

in retaliation for france's military four is in north africa. mali intervention is fanning extremism across the continent. reporting the suicide bomber targets police in the capital of russia's republican. killing one and injuring fourteen it's the latest in a string of deadly terrorist strikes in the region. screen online international news and comments live from studio center here in moscow and this is. a wave of rallies is rolling across the globe in protest it but take. campaigners and environmentalists are more than forty countries accuse the multinational corporation of aggressively expanding into the food market and spreading hazardous products some of the largest demonstrations are taking place in the u.s. where the company was set up more than a century ago. in a reports now from new york. well me york city is one of dozens american cities holding these big protesting and months against monsanto today where in the heart of the march shot that's taking place in the big house according to our estimates there are over two thousand people h

the very clay of france will become holy. her soldiers will be the soldiers of god, the rebel dukes will be rebels against god. the english will fall on their knees and beg thee to let them return to their lawful homes in peace. wilt be a poor little judas and betray me and him that sent me? i shall dare, dare and dare again in god's name. art for or against me? no wonder that joan has fascinated playwrights and actresses. shaw said of joan, she was very capable, a born boss. in scene one, joan persuades captain robert baudricourt to support her cause and to give her a horse and armor. in scene two, she convinces the dauphin e t to drive the english away from orleans to himing catdral at reims. eventually, the knights all pledge themselves to joan's cause. in scene three, joan and the army wait on the south bank of the loire for a west wind. joan prays, the wind changes, and the boats advance the army to the english encampment. scene four takes place in the english camp after joan and her army have won french victory at orlea

so that we can have a means of attaining a more prosperous france, and france which can performetter and hieve more. >> the ideas include leading the european union, getting away from brussels, and from laws that the young royalists' perceived as shackles. the program has clear far right undertones. activists make no bones of that ideological closeness to others. but they are against the electoral system. >> people vote for an image. politicians and engage in marketing. they do not sell ideas, just their face. >> it is disenchantment with politics and the need for stability that has driven these 20 somethings to join the movement. the youth wing has just 210 members across the country, but they are full of hope for the future. >> i a ver optimisc. l of us are very motivated. we think we have high chances of succeeding -- may be not tomorrow or the next day, but this is a long-term struggle. a regime does not fall just like that. we need to put our minds to it and spread our ideas. >> they even want to trigger a real revolution. for them, all means are legitimate. >> how did the repub

so that we can have a means of attaining a more prosperous france, and france which can perform better and achieve more. >> the ideas include leading the european union, getting away from brussels, and from laws that the young royalists' perceived as shackles. the program has clear far right undertones. activists make no bones of that ideological closeness to others. but they are against the electoral system. >> people vote for an image. politicians and engage in marketing. they do not sell ideas, just their face. >> it is disenchantment with politics and the need for stability that has driven these 20 somethings to join the movement. the youth wing has just 210 members across the country, but they are full of hope for the future. >> i am very optimistic. all of us are very motivated. we think we have high chances of succeeding -- may be not tomorrow or the next day, but this is a long-term struggle. a regime does not fall just like that. we need to put our minds to it and spread our ideas. >> they even want to trigger a real revolution. for them, all means are legitimate. >> how did t

since britain and france blocked attempts to extend the e.u. embargo on supplying arms to the syrian rebels there have been growing fears that the weapons could end up in the wrong hands and this is why the syrian opposition is made up of many divided and often competing factions and truly there is no force that can represent it as a whole there is the syrian national council the national coalition for syrian revolutionary and opposition forces the supreme military council the free syrian army the international coordination committee the. brigade and many more and i'd like to point out that only the n.c.c. says it's open to dialogue with the authorities while all the others have officially proclaimed their goal is to topple the regime the only difference being how extreme their approaches are and here is where these two rebel groups stand out . is officially recognized as a terror organization by the u.s. it's also known for its links to al qaeda and for being among the most highly trained rebel forces currently on the ground in syria and the f

air live in moscow from a wake up call to the people of france to a gesture of a marginalized man or french politicians have clashed in a fierce debate over a shocking suicide in cathedral in paris an elderly award winning historian shot himself dead at the altar of one of france's major landmarks the seventy eight year old had been a fierce opponent of france's decision to allow gay marriage also strongly condemning the rising islamist influence in the country let's get some more on the story now across life to a tester australia now joining us from paris to test it good to see you today can you bring us up to speed what else do you know what exactly happened here. yeah well has it has been a very dramatic unfolding of events there at one tuesday here in paris to this story and name is dominic he is a an award winning far right historian and he had walked up to the altar in front of more than a thousand people to or said churchgoers and put a gun in his mouth and shot himself well basically before his death he had been writing a lot about his condemnation of the vsa only pass a gay

this has been a controversial issue in france for a long time. how much opposition has there been to today's ceremony? >> i'm sure all the people who are opposed to gay marriage from the start of opposed to the ceremony, but in terms of actual protests, there has been nothing significant. police were there in a certain degree of force to deter any troublemakers. i do not think there was any real risk, though there could have been crowds of people shouting and heckling. there are many people who still remain bitterly opposed to the whole idea of gay marriage, not because they are necessarily anti-gay, but because they believe marriage has been changed in a way that they do not like. those people will remain unhappy, but i would say the vast majority of people have accepted that now the law has been passed there's not much more they can do now. >> we have just seen some pictures of the opponents to the ceremony. does the fact that this wedding has not taken place now mean the debate is over? >> well, i mean, it does in a way. the debate is over. th

a deadly new coronavirus has claimed its first victim in france. the 65-year-old man is thought to have been exposed to the virus while traveling in dubai. the infection attacks the lungs and is similar to the stars virus that killed 800 people in 2003 -- similar to the sars. >> the world health organization has suspended its polio vaccination program in northwest pakistan. it comes after gunmen attacked a vaccination team near peshawar, killing one. militants have repeatedly attacked polio workers, claiming the program is a cover for foreign espionage. >> south korea has taken two of its nuclear reactors offline. substandard parts that could fail in an emergency were discovered in the cooling system. it is likely to take about four months to fix the problem, and the government is warning of an unprecedented power crisis in the meantime. >> a volcano on the chile- argentina border is showing signs of an imminent eruption. at the orders have declared a red alert and ordered the evacuation of the surrounding area. 3000 people are being moved to safet

a deadly new coronavirus has claimed its first victim in france. the 65-year-old man is thought to have been exposed to the virus while traveling in dubai. the infection attacks the lungs and is similar to the stars virus that killed 800 people in 2003 -- similar to the sars. >> the world health organization has suspended its polio vaccination program in northwest pakistan. it comes after gunmen attacked a vaccination team near peshawar, killing one. militants have repeatedly attacked polio workers, claiming the program is a cover for foreign espionage. >> south korea has taken two of its nuclear reactors offline. substandard parts that could fail in an emergency were discovered in the cooling system. it is likely to take about four months to fix the problem, and the government is warning of an unprecedented power crisis in the meantime. >> a volcano on the chile- argentina border is showing signs of an imminent eruption. at the orders have declared a red alert and ordered the evacuation of the surrounding area. 3000 people are being moved to safet

france slips into recession. hello. the main stories on al jazeera grow for tens of thousands of zynga muslims now in the path of cyclone mahasen. urgent talks in russia expels an american diplomat accused of being a spy. >> i am jane ferguson. palestinians are a member --ing a 65-year-old commemorating a 65-year-old catastrophe. >> the eurozone is still in recession according to the latest economic figures released in the past couple of hours and the biggest concern is for the two biggest economies. france is back in recession with gross domestic product following .2% in the first quarter and the powerhouse economy of germany only grew at 1.1%. -- .1%. nick spicer is this -- nick spicer, is this a further split? >> there is an economics but that is a reflection of a isitical split and it significant because the numbers of france and germany added into the eurozone numbers as a whole show that the eurozone is in its longest recession since the single currency was created in 1999. to focus on the key countries at the hea

un officials and top diplomats britain and france to drop their plans to supply weapons to the rebels in syria while opposition factions accuse each other of betraying the revolution. and joe blow's and in jeopardy e.u. leaders warn that the block seven point five million young unemployed work soon all they'll be driven into the arms of extremist. kevin owen here tonight in our top story britain's confirmed it's holding up to ninety afghan nationals at its camp bastion base in afghanistan without charge it's thought some of spent more than a year in detention the minister of defense says it will be ready to hand over the prisoners though to local authorities once all the quote legal obligations are met but lawyers still say the u.k. has acted unlawfully drawing a parallel with america's notorious kuantan m obey sisera first reports. kalo is here acting on behalf of some of these detainees speaking out they've launched a legal action saying that some of these men have been held for up to fourteen months and that this amounts to a little detention now the rules dictate that british forc

i fell in love with france. i do have a restaurant that i love and i'm glad other people seem to love. and i do have a beautiful daughter. so -- >> rose: you couldn't be happier. >> i couldn't be happier, yes. >> rose: do you need anything? do neednythg? >> rose: more time. >> i was just going to say a little more time. i think that sometimes people congratulate me on my success which is very generous. but then i have this bleak moment where i wonder what in the world it means to be successful. because you know i'm in the third year of a business that's operating that had difficulty starting up that has, you know, operational issues like every entrepreneurial adventure venture. and so i guess i'm very lucky in that. if it's a restaurant it's daily and keep moving. >> rose: how much of it is food. >> it's all food. it is all food. and then the sunday and monday when it's closed is the rest of the time when you can -- here i am in new york city which is very rare. and it's in these few days i can step back and see

what we saw in france was not austerity but what we call in france. they would force the stereotype forces of force thirty if your higher taxes higher public during and by your public spending the average french worker who stacks up fifty seven percent the. proportion of public debt on the. on the g.d.p. is at ninety eight percent so clearly we should look the other way and consider structural reforms lower taxes lower public spending and lower. and coming up next hour here on out c max keiser and stacy her book again delving into the global financial headlines are all coming up with a rather surprising theory on how the markets truly operate. scientists used to believe that the earth was the center of the universe today economists who call themselves scientists claim that the economy revolves around the central banks and this is the fractal reserve system behold the sacred dow as you know of course we have this secret dow if the dow jones of the nikkei or the footsie if they rise if they continue to rise then all will be ok in the economy so we sacri

the public knows and is conscious that france has become the free ride of the monterrey union so from america is in a pre-election complain show she will try in her very soft. methods and style to play things a little down and to keep it cool but not only on the face of it but fundamentally speaking the two countries are going to italy apart three more the big world news headlines today a further series of bomb attacks in the melee in baghdad at least thirty wounded many more one explosion in the capital ripped through a police patrol station that left three officers dead then two more separate bomb blast killed eight the recent surge in violence has claimed over five hundred lives in iraq just this month amid fears the country sliding further towards all out sectarian war. broad daylight gunfire in syria has left at least two people injured in an identified man opened fire on passers by on health square in the center of switzerland's largest city the shooter then fled the scene apparently still currently holed up in a nearby building that's been surrounded by police. a man from the u

this has been a controversial issue in france for a long time. how much opposition has there been to today's ceremony? >> i'm sure all the people who are opposed to gay marriage from the start of opposed to the ceremony, but in terms of actual protests, there has been nothing significant. police were there in a certain degree of force to deter any troublemakers. i do not think there was any real risk, though there could have been crowds of people shouting and heckling. there are many people who still remain bitterly opposed to the whole idea of gay marriage, not because they are necessarily anti-gay, but because they believe marriage has been changed in a way that they do not like. those people will remain unhappy, but i would say the vast majority of people have accepted that now the law has been passed there's not much more they can do now. >> we have just seen some pictures of the opponents to the ceremony. does the fact that this wedding has not taken place now mean the debate is over? >> well, i mean, it does in a way. the debate is over. th

from a wake up call to the people of france to a gesture of a marginalized mun french politicians have clashed in a fierce debate over a shocking suicide and not a dumb cathedral in paris an elderly award winning historian shot himself dead at the one of france's major landmarks the seventy eight year old who have been a fierce opponent of france's decision to allow gay marriage and also strongly condemned a rising islamist influence in the country as i see there were forced from parents . here already we can see the a clash in the words and of the positions of politicians but this is also reflected on the ground when it comes to the ordinary french citizens but the story does not end there when we talk about what happened in not to damn another protest followed after after that a a feminist activist from the theme and group had gone into the church as well into the very same place and staged her own a protest this time against that she was not a mock suicide she has put a gun in her mouth and had a message on her chest which essentially was calling for poland quote the death of fascis

and this product does sell for considerably less than the best of france.g deceived into thinking they're getting the finest quality at a bargain price. the owner of this brand is pierre jean pebyre. >> this is your company, right? >> yes. >> okay, so we found this in the united states. >> yes. >> okay, so this says, "black winter truffles." >> yes. >> but it's chinese. >> it's chinese, yes. this is a tin. it's a french product. the truffles-- if i put--if i make the tin in china, it's a chinese truffle. >> i'm stunned. he was saying that since the truffles are packaged here, he can legally write "product of france" on the label. it feels like i'm being tricked into thinking i'm buying french truffles, you know? >> yes, i understand. >> and there's another problem. spores from the chinese truffles are infecting the european soil and taking it over the way the kudzu weed has taken over parts of our own southeast. it began to happen in italy, so the italians made importing chinese truffles illegal, and there's a move in france to do the same. >> [speaking fre

that france could soon go out of recession. from the european commission, which believes that on the full year, the french economy will shrink by 0.1%. the government wants to believe that will have a very small growth this year, 0.1%. that is going to increase the pressure on the french government. so far, it rejected calls from europe to implement an austerity policy because the finance minister, pierre moscovici, didn't want to drive the french economy into recession now it's done. this increases also the pressure on moscovici himself. we know that the french president is working on a government reshuffle. he could replace the finance minister. there are already some names in the french newspapers about who could replace very soon pierre moscovici. now, let's have a look also at the german gdp, which was out this morning, with carolin in frankfurt. >> and stefan, that was definitely disappointing, only growing by 0.1% quarter on quarter, while we're looking for a print of around 0.3%. now, some of it we know was down to the

showed french owned you raney a mine in mi schratt in retaliation for france's miter forays in north africa some are worried the money to venture is partly extremism across the continent. you saw russia on the wrong the wall this is all see with me here national thanks for joining us. a wave of ronnie's is a groaning across the globe and protests by a tech giant campaign is and environmentalist in multiple countries accuse the multinational corporation of aggressively expanding into the food market and spreading hazardous products some of the largest demonstrations are expected in the u.s. where the company will set up more than a century ago seasons to see churkin explained. march against month santa was a global grassroots movement which is going to organize these worldwide protests taking place throughout the weekend all over the world we're talking about they're saying that this is going to span over six continents and up to fifty countries with four hundred global marches with as many as two hundred thousand participants in the united states alone all of these people planning to

and france pushing to start honoring the rebels this comes as the russian and u.s. diplomats meet to pave the way for next month's international conference on syria. hate crimes sore across the u.k. following the brutal killing of a british soldier a muslim extremist in london. a massive rally in france's capital against a recently posset gay marriage nor turns violent allegations of police brutality against protesters. and on the brink of a trade war and disputes between the e.u. and china intensifies as brussels threatens high import tariffs accusing beijing of selling goods below market value. needs a much more twenty four hours a day. foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of states have a top that meeting in france and the upcoming syrian peace conference speaking to the media afterwards both diplomat stressed a commitment to the process of a political transition that will help end the violence in the country. meeting in brussels the e.u. foreign ministers have decided to let the syrian weapons to expire on friday. for the story. that is safe for a lot to do s

take place which we saw in france was not a stereotype but what we call the first facility which is the stereotype is first thirty if your. higher taxes have a bigger ring and your public spending the average french worker is texas fifty seven percent the. proportion of the debt. to g.d.p. is a ninety percent so clearly we should look the other way and consider structural reforms lower taxes lower back spending and lower. coming up at twelve thirty g.m.t. mock skies and stay for her but again delve into the global financial headlines to come up with a surprising theory on how the markets operate. scientists used to believe that the earth was the center of the universe today economists who call themselves scientists claim that the economy revolves around these central banks and this is the fractal reserve system behold the sacred dow as you know of course we have this secret dow if the dow jones or the nikkei or the footsie if they rise if they continue to rise then all will be ok in the economy so we sacrifice our wealth our economy jobs everything to rising a rising dow well it's n

the commission predicts the netherlands will join france and spain. >> the bad news just got worse -- economic affairs commissioner had to tell the media that europe's economy must depend on other parts of the world for+ help. >> increasing external demand is set to be the main growth driver since domestic demand is still foundering. >> the picture the commission paints is grim. it sees the eurozone economy shrinking 0.4% this year. growth should return in 2014, but it would be more muted than previously forecast. one devastating effect of the recession as mass unemployment in europe, especially among young people. even core economies are weakening. france should contract slightly, and paris will seriously overstep the eurozone's budget deficit ceiling. >> in france, the recovery is expected to be delayed, which evidently has repercussions on public finance. the french forecast is in our view overly optimistic. a significant effort would be required. >> brussels is to grant paris two extra years to cut its deficit to under 3%. >> let's bring in our correspondent from brussels. from yo

richard and france want to drop arts of the embargo -- written and france -- britain and france want to drop hearts of the -- parts of the embargo. >> the asad regime will get a clear signal that it has to negotiate here >> others agree -- to negotiate. >> others agree. some say that weapons will not solve syria's problem. >> the policy has them -- has always been not to position yourself on one side of an armed conflict. >> they have been trying to reach a compromise in brussels. going in, germany's foreign minister predicted an arduous debate. >> it is questionable whether we will reach an agreement, but germany will do its best to help europe find a common approach. >> spain's foreign minister has proposed one potential compromise. >> we proposed abolition to deliver arms -- we proposed a decision to deliver arms be made now, but the delivery be delayed. >> no matter the decision, outrage and criticism will likely follow. >> for the latest on the meeting, let's go to our european affairs correspondent in brussels. thanks so much for joining us. can you tell us what the latest is o

major landmarks the seventy eight year old had been a fierce opponent of france's decision to allow gay marriage he was also strongly against the rising it's limited influence in the country from paris with this report on test rosmer. here already we can see the a clash in the words into the positions of politicians but this is also reflected on the ground when it comes to the ordinary french citizens but the story does not end there when we talk about what happened in the another protest followed after after that a feminist activist from the theme and group had gone into the church as well into the very same place and staged her own a protest this time against a that's it was not a mock suicide she has put a gun in her mouth and had a message on her chest which essentially was calling for poland quote the death of fascism now where we've also seen massive protest a stunning from this those opposing it the bill we've seen them continuing to protest still planned in the future as well it's interesting to point out the social cohesion in europe is very very volatile right now to separ

by two thousand and thirteen and the european commission's most recent forecast shows france will be in recession until the end of the year the seventy five percent income tax on the super rich is also a no go after france's constitutional court overruled it on the very talk of it pushed french actor gerard depardieu to give up his citizenship for a law should one one time is a law and it did manage to keep is legalizing gay marriage these are supporters it also sparking fears consultation. the way it was all the. things people are happy with gay marriage but it doesn't feed our families it doesn't give us food there are realities that are good to say but there are also priorities a priority is employment we need to eat which is ok just too easy to blame. your. you cannot return to the new president immediately. into the economy one hundred one anyway i just would like to hear your president which is not making that much promise which is keeping some heat on us which is not going to explain that you know there is a magic risk of being the no one has before. yeah yeah yeah i pay. a ma

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