polish and minister for tourism and kill morris held talks in paris with the french president francois long. gilmore said the issue violent legacy bank debt the interviews all found that france's support all this has been consistent. the morning the team in pvc pants that were stuck in the french president. along the silk says groupie in europe they're focusing on tackling unemployment and both are facing the chairman of protest. not surprising then that the upcoming european elections and economic matters. the gdr and they can see that desk telling me to teach and dan hynes and stories. we still need to trust god to show results. we hope lunch. european union when protests the nineteen year olds. very quickly so we can achieve with the legacy the shoes. when arrested at the french and irish governments differing approaches to tackling their economic issues that bush has said they had different starting points. he wants to concentrate on what they have in common their support for martin shelters tennessee pressed into the european commission. he was a friend to us. we didn't have many frien

well as you heard there some dramatic losses for francois long's ruling party one hundred fifty five towns voted. most of them have elected center right politicians while at least eleven times and i govern by members of marine le pen's right national front we spoke to madame le pen's aide who says people have made a conscious decision this is not a protest vote anymore it is clearly somebody which is being deeply rooted we have been heard on other subjects immigration and security we heard on social economy issues it's looks like citizens more and more want to give us a chance to be ruling to do a better job than what has done for the parties and there is a general trend across europe for parties as we call them and it is true that there will be a massive result in the next european elections we believe not only with us but they were huge or always i guess. now libya's former prime minister is concerned the country could become an al qaeda base for any potential attack on europe and elsewhere in the world he says there is an uncontrolled flow of weapons there as well as rampant islam

francois hollande, how bad? >> it was predictedly bad. the results were a reflection of the long-term series of bad nights for francois hollande. i think that's why the results are so serious. it's not unusual, in fact, it's common for a current government to lose the local elections. it's a midterm election where people punish the government. the reason it's so serious is because it's the reflection of a keeping malaise, that the french are unhappy with the administration and has broken records on unpopularity and is prepared to take action on the basis of the results. >> the action he's going to do, reshuffling the prime minister, that doesn't address the core issue, which is presumably the economy. >> i think that's right. it is like resorting dictators on the titanic. it won't fix the major reason why the french are so unhappy with the government. >> industrial decline, up employment on the rise, those are big structural problems. manuel vows stefan said is the man who may become prime minister, should she take the job or not? >> i think he's the right person to ask. he's cen

long history of sex scandals, apparently the majority of french believe that. imf chief is the best to run their country. 66% polled think mr. strauss-kahn would do a better jon than francoisbbed 34% of the vote. >>> coming up as we continue, the power house straight ahead. home to the sneaker company new balance. has the deepest tunnel in north america and the birthplace of kandlepin bilco >>> in about 15 minutes time from now, putting ob 0 a show called "street signs." lots of things coming up for you. for example, stocks taxiing along the runway poised to take off. and think about breakfast, bacon, coffee, orange juice. do you really like to know your co-workers' salary? we asked you, yes or no? we'll reveal the results of that poll and whether, maybe, there is such a thing of just too much transparency. an veinteresting talk. that and lots more on "street signs." meantime, back to you. >> mandy, see you at 2:00 eastern time. >>> and today's yahoo! question of the day, maryland considering a ban on the sale of energy drinks to minors. should theyen banned? 48% say, yes. they can be adangerous health hazard. 30% say, no. let them make their own choices. 23% say their fir

francois. nationwide protests in venezuela have claimed another two victims one man was killed in a long one at home made more sharply on. the setting of died after being heard by a support group that officials now say at least thirty nine have died in the rest thousands on the streets running against president under as apparent inability to taco high crime rates and economic problems. after months of rioting and flaming barricades and ukraine's capital acts of missing kids in bottled independence square have turned to peace quite literally putting down roots merino cos we run our report. all right. and that's exactly what these people are doing standing up for their right to do whatever they want in this case plants vegetables. well that's what we decided to plan different venture bills here in this garden parsley garlic different kinds of greens my down will continue for a while so this vegetable petrus will be helpful. for months on and these my down activists have substituted sticks for celery everyone needs food there's no doubt about it but won't pull their crops achieve our growth i thin