>> yeah, professor, you think francois hollande isn't able to reform but recently he changed the economicared to a year ago when he was elect ed. he's about to reform the pension system. why do you think hollande is unable to reform the french econo economy? >> i think that to a certain extent there are reforms that have gone forward, but the general consensus is everything is inadequate. it's kind of too little too late. and part of the problem of the french government at the moment is what to do with the massive public sector. per capita, we were just looking at german politics, per capita the french have twice as many civil servants as the germans and an awful lot of people have written books on -- >> politicians reforming the public sector but, again -- >> exactly, exactly. and the problem is that the public sector is hollande's electorate. but think how classy it would be to not care whether you're going to be re-elected and to adopt a series of reforms that really got the country back on its feet again like sloweder in germany from 2003 onwards and to not worry about whether you're

the magazine on the right is looking at francois hollande having problems in power. >> he is not quitersi, but you would not think that from reading the article, having a go at some straightforward hollande-bashing, asking if he can hold on, pointing to the continuing economic problems, the recent spat with the greens over the sacking of the environment minister, and it points out that each time the storm blows for him, it just seems to get more zen, the attitude around him. what stood out was a quotation from a socialist who said that holland would end up more hated than sarkozy -- hollande would end up more hated than sarkozy. bastille day celebrations coming up next weekend, and he is reported as saying that he hesitated to give a tv interview given that recent interviews have not gone so well for him, so that piece really slamming francois hollande. >> let's take a look at this piece looking at the future. >> this struck me because it shows there is projects in several cities around the country. on the cover, you can see the incredible design, and that will actually be in lyon, and

french president francois hollande says six people are confirmed dead and more than 20 seriously hurt. rescue officials say some passengers may be trapped inside the train. >>> officials at london's heathrow airport have reopened all their runways after closing them for an hour and a half. a boeing 787 dreamliner belonging to ethiopian airlines caught fire on the ground. heathrow's spokespeople say the plane was at a remote parking stand. no passengers were on board. the company has dispatched staff to investigate. all 787 dreamliners were grounded in january because of battery defects. u.s. federal officials allowed them to start flying again in april. >>> people in southern china are taking to the streets to oppose the construction of a nuclear facility. more than 1,000 people marched in a city to ask authorities to suspend the project. protesters gathered in front of the government office. city officials announced on july 3rd their intention to build a facility to process nuclear fuel about 30 kilometers from the city center. they say the plant will be used to process uranium and p

president francois hollande was here to speak to survivors. >> i heard something behind me explode -- the people behind me said that there was a trade accident -- train accident. >> the transport minister joined passengers in a moment's silence. there are 5000 components across the rail network. >> there has also been a deadly crash in russia and 18 people have been killed and 25 injured in this accident in the capital. thee was a truck carrying road-building materials. one of the dead is a child. a water cannon and tear gas was used to disperse hundreds of protesters in istanbul. gezistrators are moving to park, the focus of the unrest since june. there was more broad anti- government action with violence across the country. they have cancelled the redevelopment project although this may be repealed. in a shootout in the darfur region. that thean union says team was ambushed, they have the worst ever loss in the five-year history and more than 30,000 people have fled the democratic -- >> 30,000 people have fled the democratic republic of congo. are helping with the refugees as others

. >> but the french president, francois hollande is warning this could derail negotiations on a free trade agreement between the european union and the u.s. that were just about the start. first we ask that this stop as soon as possible, if not immediately. secondly, there can be no agreements on any issue until we have obtained these guarantees for france and all of the european union and all partners of the united states. >> one thing president didn't mention is the possibility of suspending or ending this controversial program. he may have to address that when he returns to the white house. top stories for you here on al jazeera. 48-hourarmy has given a ultimate makings. people still out on the streets in the very early hours of the morning. the n.s.a. whistle blower has broken his silence for the first time since fleing to moscow. he is accusing the u.s. of percent caution and is now -- persecution and is now applying for asylum in yause. 19 firefighters' bodies have been brought down from the mountain they died on in arizona. they were part of an elite fire rew. >> we honor the

france's president francois hollande he's demanding an explanation from the u.s. over reports of spying took place on e.u. diplomats and is threatening to pull out of the billion dollar worth trade deal between the u.s. and the e.u. now reporting the german newsweekly kicked it all off just spiegel revealed that the n.s.a. logs the offices of diplomats of allied countries however when the allegations first came out chancellor angela merkel said quote if allegations were true it would be an unacceptable cold war style. but despite their clear view on spying a state spokesman for germany has come out and expressed a desire to get started with the trade negotiations france is not willing to step down on this matter but right what interested thing is that france is appearing to take a tough stance on international spying but there's a bit of a contradiction going on right now because france was accused along with a number of other european countries by the belief in authorities of forbidding oblivion bound jet to travel through their airspace because they suspected ed

twenty in london if we move to europe french president francois hollande said negotiations over a huge pending trade deal between the u.s. and the shouldn't go ahead into washington halted any surveillance activity on a new allies moving to latin america where oil and military purchases were monitored in venezuela there were also telephone and e-mail intercepts in colombia a close military ally of washington while brazil has expressed its deep concern about revelations that its citizens were spied on in an industrial scale now these are just some examples of the thirty eight countries missions and embassies the u.s. thought to have spied on a many of these nations remember a friendly to washington one such country is germany which was particularly stung by snowden's revelations europe's strongest economy is it seems being closely watched by the united states with around five hundred million data intercepts each month these include mehta data on emails telephone calls s.m.s. text instant messages meanwhile in china of course the country that allowed snowden to slip through the net when

comparable to america's infamous prism program reports of that broke just days after president francois hollande lashed out at america for spying on european countries the details now to. these building behind me in the eastern part of paris or rather the story from cantonese that is the epicenter of the fresh spy scandal they had schools as the country's security services and it's from here that it's now france's big brother snoots people money touring millions of phone calls text messages and e-mails. live. legal. limit. but. i. tell you honestly. the french public is actually now very much you've been receiving conflicting messages from the leadership. first here we have to relations over america's espionage president along the president did stop that teaching. and st louis thank. you very good to greenlight new round of dollar starts next month well known to also condemned america's a fine it's not what doctors do count it's been revealed france is itself doing exactly what it just very vocally denounced this is r.t. and russia's city of cazan has put its best face on as the twenty seventh w

partners rescuers have been searching for people trapped under the bridge a french president francois hollande who visited the crash site promised a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident. now india's supreme court may have given the final nod to the commissioning of the country's largest ever power plant but the move hasn't calmed the furor surrounding it and the station is split locals into those who claim it's crucial for the economy and those insisting it's a major health hazard aussies elected a chef he has been investigating what's driving the anti nuclear campaign. this may have seemed as a minor peaceful protest but it seriously stalled one of india's most ambitious projects the first energy block of the nuclear power station destined to solve a growing electricity problem for millions was due to be launched in twenty eleven but because of these fishermen protesting against what they see as an environmental threat india's high court refused to give the go ahead for the station to start working however protesters were forced to declare they were acting in good faith with

here on the ground are saying that that's been an act of populism for from french president francois hollande his ratings are among the lawyers in the history of his presidency and of course. he planned to gain some points by saying exactly what his people what his electorate wanted him to say that only proves that france has not been able to go beyond words in its accusations of america's behavior and will not actually openly spoil its relations with washington and actually instead of gaining some popularity here on the ground a french president has in the opposite end or at the public people say the shamed with this it paul crecy from their leader talking about europe's role in the scandal robert alls chair of the burj group think tank thinks europe's being colonized by u.s. policy use not really independent in terms of its own foreign policy european union follows what america does it really does seem to accept american foreign policy goals rightly or wrongly but that's not an independent voice any but i and other countries within the european union under the common foreign and security po

the french prime minister called it the claims in exact it all comes after the president mr francois hollande lashed out at america for spying on european countries. has the story. he's building behind me in the eastern part of paris or rather the story bunker underneath it is the epicenter with fresh spy scandal the hats pulsars the country's security services and it's from here that it's no kind of france's big brother's news people money touring millions of phone calls text messages and e-mails. not. legal. limit. but. i. tell you the great. french public is actually very much you they've been receiving conflicting messages from the leadership. first theory after the revelations over america's espionage president a long distance to stop strategic retreat of the country leave out the new members gave it a green light new round of dollops starts next month alone to also condemned america's states probably it's not something just do now it's been revealed france is itself doing exactly what it just very vocally denounced. now reports suggest the french have not been collecting content from em

comparable to america's infamous prism program reports of that broke just days after president francois hollande lashed out at the u.s. for spying on european countries the details to watts's morea for national. he's building behind me in the eastern part of paris or rather the story bunker underneath it is the epicenter of the fresh spy scandal the headquarters of the country's security services and it's from here that it's now coming on says big brother snoots many people money touring millions of phone calls text messages and e-mails we. think and. what. i. tell you honestly break. the french public is actually now very much you they've been receiving conflicting messages from the leadership. first here we have to relation is over america's espionage president along president stop it to be a century later i think you know that varies a bit to greenlight you round dollops starts next month alone to also condemned america say it's not something to do now it's been revealed france is itself doing exactly what it just very vocally denounced ok let's get some more on this right now we're joined he

to overflow its thirty or so people to people see this is a weakness on the part of francois hollande in a way at the bidding of the u.s. and i suppose that doesn't really do a lot for his approval ratings today because obviously they've dropped pretty trust to clean the last year so politically doesn't do him much good. of course you know the the the socialist government of console the home to compromise the risk of friends now while our country appears in the eyes of the worm as a service on windows a country which does not state a moment to bend to washington's order against our own interests all right let's talk about it's ok let's talk about i know that you're an expert on relations with the u.s. and various parts of latin america what does this then do for those relations because this couldn't have come out at a worse time for the u.s. when it's actually trying to increase its influence there in latin america of course this is. an international scandal as i said it will have very serious consequences to the river to the relations between latin american friends in the west becaus

has been spying over french and european union officials and francois hollande has demanded to us to top spy in immediately and has also threatened to stop negotiations over a very ambitious project billion dollars worth project free trade zone supposed to be the largest in the world that u.s. and france and european countries have been working on for years and of course after that people have started saying that. the reason right now. big problem big misunderstanding big between france and america and here is what exactly french leader has said. the world. we cannot accept this kind of behavior between partners and allies we are this immediately stop they can be no negotiations or transactions in all areas until we have obtained these guarantees for from also all of the european union. just days after that we're here in france is interior ministry saying that even if former america's national security and agency contract snowden applies for asylum france would rather not to support they say dia and interesting detail here and i want to emphasize that is that france has confirmed it

rescuers searched for people trapped under the debris throughout the night french president francois hollande visited the crash site promised a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident. british police are investigating a nail bomb explosion at a mosque in the u.k. town of tipton the fourth such a target in a month this incident came on the day of the funeral of soldier lee rigby who was murdered in broad daylight by alleged. the most cap'n to be nearly empty and luckily nobody was hurt but people in the area saying that they're extremely shaken that they're now going to be looking over their shoulder next time they go to their place of worship now this is happened on the day of the funeral the private funeral of a british soldier drummer lee rigby who was killed in an islamist terror attack in which in may since then there's been a real spike in islamophobia tags across the country so tensions are starting on the rise and people speaking outside the mosque saying that they are not feeling very comfortable a tall about this now as to who may be responsible for this attack it's muc

here on the ground are saying that that's been an act of populism for from french president francois hollande his ratings are among the loyalists in the history of his presidency and of course he could plan to gain some points by saying exactly what his people what his electorate wanted him to say that only proves that france has not been able to go beyond words and it's a position is of america's behavior and will not actually openly spoil its relations with washington and actually instead of gaining some popularity here on the ground a french president has in the opposite end the public people say they are shamed with this ypocras see from their leader. commenting on europe's role in the scandal robert oulds the chair of the group policy think tank says that e.u. states haven't abandoned their colonial pasts when it comes to their relations with the u.s. senate fringe men and of self and see and and and abuse and of course you need to respect the independence of other nations and there they are via the european union does seem to do the bidding of the united states of america which shows th

two weeks at the moment so i'm going to give you the details just now now france's president francois hollande is demanding an immediate explanation from the u.s. i reports that spying took place on diplomats and his writings you pull out of the billion dollars worth of trade deal between the u.s. and the e.u. a report in a german news weekly kicked it all off the should be a goal that revealed that the n.s.a. vault the office is a diplomat allied e.u. countries now however when the allegations first came out chancellor angela merkel said quote if allegations were true it would be an unmixed cold war style behavior despite this clear view on spying a state spokesman for germany has come out and expressed a desire to get started with the trade negotiations. right now france is not willing to step down on this matter well it would appear that france is taking a tough stance on international spying but there's a bit of a contradiction going on right now because france was accused along with a number of other european countries by the bolivian authorities of forbidding a bolivian bound jet to trav

here on the ground are saying that that's been an act of populism for from french president francois hollande his ratings are among the lawyers in the history of his presidency and of course he could plan to gain some points by saying exactly what his people what his electorate wanted him to say that only proves that france has not been able to go beyond words in its accusations of america's behavior. and will not actually openly spoil its relations with washington and actually instead of gaining some popularity here on the ground a french president has in the opposite end or at the public people say the shamed with this ypocras see from their leader. and let's now further discuss the current situation contributor time as it is joining us now live from london mr townsend thank you very much indeed for joining us here at great to have you with us as always so the e.u. has swung a long way in these two days from harsh condemnation of the us to the forced landing of the believe in president's plane as a favor to washington or do you make of it well i think first of all that france has been waver

zone america france and european countries have been working on for years this is exactly what francois hollande has said then. the world. we cannot fix this kind of behavior between partners and allies we ask that this immediately stop because they can be no negotiations or transactions in all areas until we have obtained these guarantees for from. all of the union. but what we saw next has actually indicated a radical change in the country's position the european union countries including france have first agreed that the talks over the free trade zone should go on then later france has not allowed to believe its president jad to enter its airspace because an undesirable person edward snowden could also be on board of this plane and that's allegedly following america's request not to allow the jet to land in france and now with this recent comments from france's interior minister france makes it clear the former america's national security agency contract would not get an asylum from france even if he applies for that because at the snowden has not done that yet and that's an interesting detai

to america's influence in from a prison program report about broke just days after president francois hollande lashed out at america for spying on european countries autism or if a national reports. he's building behind me in the eastern part of paris or rather the story bunker underneath it is the it be sent to the fresh spy scandal they had schools as the country's security services and it's from here that it's no kind of france's big brother snoots which people money touring millions of phone calls text messages passes and emails when the. legal. limit on what the mind. tells you the whole slew rate. the french public is actually now very much you they've been receiving conflicting messages from their leadership. first here we have to relationships over america's espionage president along the preference to stop strategic retreat of the country later on the new members gave it a green light the new round of dollops starts next month alone to also condemned america say it's fine it's not what suchness do now it's been revealed france is itself doing exactly what it just very vocally denounced

at let's say some of the righteous indignation that's come out of the european side i think francois hollande has probably led the european indignation despite the clear claims that from the bolivian side that the french were complicit in at least complicit in refusing. to pass which. is in a sticky position because he's trying to play politics at the moment his cabinet has been weak. we do apologize some technical glitches. with the program us president barack obama has long claimed that attack. however an expert on the pilotless planes said they killed ten times more civilians than that of fighter jets all those figures still to come for you just a bit later in the program here on nazi. questions for people in positions of power instead of speak on their behalf and that's why you can find larry king now right here on our question more. mission. couldn't take three days for three arrangement three. three. three. three broadcast quality video for your media projects a free media. he . thank you for joining us here on out see the american drone strikes could be responsible for ten times more c

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here on the ground are saying that that's been an act of populism for from french president francois hollande his ratings are among the lawyers in the history of his presidency and of. was he planned to gain some points by saying exactly what his people what his electorate wanted he to say that only proves that france has not been able to go beyond words and its accuse a shoes of america's behavior and will not actually openly spoil its relations with washington and actually instead of gaining some popularity here on the ground a french president has in the opposite end the public people say they are shamed with this it paul crecy from their leader latin american leaders have joined in with bolivia's anger many echoing president morales outrage while speaking at the latin american nations summit here's what some of them said the argentinean president said it's strange that morales plane was diverted by those usually speaking of upholding human rights the president of venezuela declared this a violation against the entire continent ecuador's leader said the u.s. wants to take away other nation

here on the ground are saying that that's been an act of populism for from french president francois hollande his reign. things are among the lawyers in the history of his presidency and of course he could plan to gain some points by saying exactly what his people what his electorate wanted him to say that only proves that france has not been able to go beyond words in its accusations of america's behavior and will not actually dare to openly spoil its relations with washington and actually instead of gaining some popularity here on the ground a french president has in the opposite end or at the public people say the at shamed with this pop received from their leader commenting on europe's role in the scandal robert oulds he's chair of the group policy think tank he thinks that ease states haven't abandoned their colonial past so when it comes to their relations with the us use not really independent in terms of its own foreign policy european union follows what america does it really does seem to accept american foreign policy goals rightly or wrongly but that's not an independent voice any

at let's say some of the righteous indignation that's come out of the european side i think francois hollande has probably led the european indignation despite the clear claims that from oblivion side that the french were complicit in at least complicit in refusing. right right to passage. poland is is in a sticky position because he's trying to play politics as the moment his cabinet has been weakened by some revelations and he's and he's on the back foot as far as this e.u. u.s. trade deal is concerned we might come back to that one as well where i was and i think indignation is is putting it very strongly i mean yes i want spoke out about it should ever since monday it's wednesday and now everyone's kind of really quiet there's lots of confusing like you said bill no one's really denying or claiming anything happened today what we do know is that a president of the country was held in an airport for more than fourteen hours and his plane was searched that's a violation of international law why is no one talking about this over any day yes why are the politicians now let's bring in a truck

here on the ground are saying that that's been an act of populism for from french president francois hollande he. ratings are among the lawyers in the history of his presidency and of course he planned to gain some points by saying exactly what his people what his electorate wanted him to say that only proves that france has not been able to go beyond words in its accusations of america's behavior and will not actually openly spoil its relations with washington and actually instead of gaining some popularity here on the ground a french president has been the opposite the public people say they are shamed with this ypocras see from their leader. well the leaks about the n.s.a.'s surveillance program sparked massive outrage against the obama administration not only in its major talking of europe but among the people all the u.s. to an internet wide pain has been organized by the movement restore before and has been supported by numerous websites what it calls all the government to respect the fourth amendment in the bill of rights which protect citizens from reasonable searches and seizures. ha

francois hollande was joined on stage. soldiers from the west african nation led the parade, along with troops who helped mali's army regained control of northern regions from jihad groups. the deployment was popular in france. survey shows that voters want him to concentrate on domestic issues like jobs. he insisted the economy was showing signs of recovery. consumption is up slightly. progress in terms of recruitment, even if it is very slow. we are certain that the second quarter will be better than the first. >> this interview came two days after an intercity train jumped the rails and crashed into a platform south of paris, killing six. although it would be days before they remove the wreckage, the rail operator has said a detached metal bar between two rails probably caused the derailment. checks on similar components are being done nationally. hollande says no one should jump to conclusions. >> i have ordered no less than three inquiries, one by the minister of transport, one by the train company, and another by jud