but wouldn't position himself as a conservative russian someone who was against germany france so he remembered from his youth broadly this idea that a labor aristocracy skilled walk us there less sprawl to ward populace into supportive allusions then you know just walk us have they want you to buy this to exactly. like that we're going to see. the socialists i read some ironic comments in russian press about that you know one person a conservative by the way he ruled that the last time the social reliefs were working was in the early ninety s. when all of this only got six went up with the socialists do you really want these people i would also show lives and there you are a good to get into the same lift with them and i think it's a very small question you know the subject puts in touches upon this migration immigration well he calls for it's a very interesting phrase i read a risk free sort of proof immigration policy well with three hundred thousand migrants could. afford to have a full proof it is a risk free migration point with the of the i think that if this were to go along

in the soudan tier southern economies in europe or even in some of the northern economies france and also germany is actually experiencing some decline in trends ok people what do you think about that i mean i mean we see a sturdy. with a vengeance in europe and we can go to southern europe all the way up to germany the french are be experiencing it as well how can what is this the right formula and dimitri says it's not the right for me and to bring us back to prosperity because a lot more and more people are just being a misery. yeah well i think look the bottom line is it's really interesting people won't agree to us territory or comply with us therapy if things are getting better you kind of need to be in bad times to get people to understand how serious a debt problem is and that it needs to be addressed i mean nobody was interested in addressing the debt problem during the boom it's only during the bust the people start to understand why but it is true that i stared he doesn't alone create price prosperity what does create prosperity are small entrepreneurs and this is really important two

germany the netherlands. austria maybe but not very sure france. but i am i my feeling is that if the peripheral countries abandon the euro i don't think the although four or five or six countries will feel very happy remaining alone where you've written about things exit from the area think do you think that is a realistic option is a political problems the that and it's also is. a credit debt problem you see. spain has as we said before about. nine nine hundred billion in foreign debt about half of that is held by germany and france maybe banks and funds and investors so you could see france and germany they don't want spain to default because of course leaving the euro is seen only most of defaulting i mean because if you leave the euro the fording that. you have to you can repeat so if spain leave the euro spain has to default and that we hurt german and french banks and they don't want that so the the situation is very easy to understand it's like if i am a bank or you or me money you cannot pay well i want you to do whatever you you can to pa

meant to believe i mean there is a kind of negotiation if i may say sure between major partners germany france. that if we spend more and you procurement of course that major part will go publicly to france and germany france since the major creators such potential buys include a contract for greece to purchase a number of french frigates still under review the last talks remain afloat another threat looms it be may nice but what we've been advised to do is to sell copies of medicine relations of patients are being forced to put their hand in their pockets put treatment this problem persists in other hospitals i want to dimitri's account comes in the back of cuts slashed medical staff pay led to a desperate shortage of equipment including affordable prescription drugs is a problem only likely to worsen as a job increase and fewer people were able to afford private health care this is a very human face the term austerity measure i think. number of people carp on the treatment need in the current health care system and desperation to turn to aid agencies like this regime nova care into athens im

thought the european union is supposed to be about go ahead the problem the problem is that germany and france are not managing the greek economy they're just managing the greek debt. over the last over the last couple of days i haven't heard anything about how we can return the economy to growth we're still looking at very some very deep recession figures for the good economy for the rest of the year last night the indication was that the economy will sink another five percent until the end of this year and someone made the scenario about the return integrals in twenty thirteen which i don't necessarily see happening and the just thing the cation that germany and france are going to create this new fund where all the money that they're giving to greece are going to go in order to pay that the. basically the greek debt off instead of money being spent on the economy itself to develop the infrastructure it's there not managing the greek economy there's nothing and that's i might's i might be provoked. but here but that's all because the. international monetary fund the people if i go to you i m

one thousand nine hundred billion in foreign debt about half of that is held by germany and france maybe banks and funds and investors so you could see france and germany they don't want spain to default because of course leaving the euro is seen only most of defaulting i mean because if you leave the euro the fording that you have to you can repeat so if spain leaves the euro spain has to default and that we heard german and french banks and they don't want that so the the situation is very easy to understand it's like if i am a bank or you or me money you can pay well i want you to do whatever you can to pay me and i don't want it will stop eating take your your children out of school do whatever but pay me back i think you have. dozens of examples of even recent history in the last twenty years it has been thirteen countries many more maybe of these thirteen that have devalued because they had. problems with competing and overvalued currencies and the the result was. one in some cases better than others but it's always the other end successful of course it's not that devaluing east's

if we spend really big nor new procurement of course a major part of france and germany france she is the major critic of the last talks remain afloat another threat lose it be made nice but what we've been advised to do is to sell copies of medicine relations of patients are being forced to put their hand in their pockets for treatment this problem persists in other hospitals i want to. dimitris account comes in the back of carts slashed medical staff pay and lead to desperate shortage of equipment including affordable prescription drugs this is the very human face the term austerity measure i think creasing number of people carp on the treatment need in the current health care system and desperation to turn to aid agencies like this regime nova care into athens immigrant population the midday queue at this center shows just how sort after the treatment is first before you see more and more people coming to us that are there is that we might see up to three hundred people and the numbers of the greeks are increasing so present many greeks remain too ashamed of the situation to be fil

twenty thirteen which i don't necessarily see happening and the just thing the cation that germany and france is going to create this new fund where all the money that they're giving to greece are going to go in order to pay that the. basically the greek debt off instead of money being spent on the economy to develop the infrastructure it's there not managing the greek economy there's nothing and that's i might's i might be provocative here but that's all right if you're an international monetary fund we people if i go to you i mean that's what i mean you're right you should go ahead dimitri and i will go to the break go ahead you yes i think i think you should know that greece does not have an industrial base it is basically a consolidation economy so you're absolutely correct the one hundred thirty billion euros are going to be used to actually roll over the debt of the review exists and therefore it will need to do anything in terms of the growth start missing a growth path for the greek economy to grow so you're right in two thousand and thirteen is a pure fantasy to expect the greece is

we spend a little bit more on you procurement of course that major part of that we crunch in germany france she is the major creditors such potential buys include a contract for greece to purchase a number of french frigates still under review but was talks remain afloat another threat looms it been made nice but what we've been advised to do is to sell copies of medicine relations of patients are being forced to put their hand in their pockets for treatment this problem persists in other hospitals i want to dimitri's account comes on the back of cuts slashed medical staff pay led to a desperate shortage of equipment including affordable prescription drugs is a problem only likely to worsen as the job loss increase a few people were able to afford private health care this is the very human face the term austerity measure i think. number of people call on the treatment need the current health care system and desperation to turn to aid agencies like this a regime known for caring to athens immigrant population the midday queue at this center shows just how sort after their treatment is first

i mean you've already made it clear that you believe that germany and france are just fighting really for the rest of the eurozone how is it possible that that's what you think a lot of critics are saying that no one really is openly talking about. i'm afraid it's not even that it's just germany france is simply doing what it's told by germany and not germany in general of the country of germany the political elite of germany and my great fear is that the political leader of germany needs a damned to reproduce itself especially the next. election are pursuing policies which will end up hurting the vast majority of the germans as well and that is why i am being so adamant about this is because let's face it we have a common currency a common a united economy europe and we are suffering a crisis it's a structural crisis there is session but is it felt throughout europe now when you think is it worst hit part of it which is island portugal and so on and use the living daylights out of them all you're doing is you're straining the contagion through of the region but i'm afraid that the in

again, the u.k., australia, germany, france, all fair much better.s rate is less than half ours. this is simply because many mothers in america don't have access to prenatal air care. malnutrition and poor childhood health care set in motion a lifetime of poor health, which, of course, means huge costs to the system and to taxpayers. on indicator after indicator the u.s. compares badly with other rich nations on not only how impoverished it is, but also how facilities and opportunities it is giving the very poor. that's why social mobility has stalled in america. compared to other rich countries, poor americans are more likely to stay poor. this shows how more than 40% of american men whose fathers had earnings in the bottom fifth end up in the same bracket. britain, denmark, finland, norway all performed much better. the sad part is these statistics are reversible. i'll show you one last chart. compare child poverty rates in america and the u.k. over time. you'll see that the u.k.'s rates were haved within a decade from the mid 1990s on. the u.s., o

in germany you have to go through two houses in order to do something like this. in france it goes much faster. you would hit a lot of restrictions. the brookings institution this afternoon will look at how that treaty is being implemented. a discussion gets under way at 1:00 p.m. eastern and you can see it live on our companion network spon spon2. this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs on our website. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. mayor yes multibecame prime minister of italy this past november. he never held political office before. he agreed to stay on for two years to implement austerity measures. the italian prime minister was in washington earlier this week and at the peterson institute for international economics, he talked about europe's economy and sovereign debt. >> i think it's fair to say that a simple sets the stanl for today's meeting. the future of the wo

the powers that be it's created the euro zone was germany germany and france in the names of francois mitterrand and also john chancellor kohl knew the project was incomplete and they expected that those who would follow them will complete the project but what do instead is the development of tremendous imbalances between the into the eurozone countries it is not possible to expect the german who will always have a surplus unless of the counter is such as greece and portugal have deficits ok and therefore this is how we created the let me growth padron let me jump. in here i mean people i mean we just heard that other countries would follow the it would follow the political union thing but people didn't vote for that i find that inherently undemocratic and that giving people a choice ok i mean what happens on the net when the next guy really comes in in greece are they going to vote against the the this austerity package they are bred of course they are and not only in greece we already hear echoes of this in france this is where francois hollande the leading member of the opposition

germany, the dax is up 1%. we also have to hone in on france. the cac up about 0.7% after french gdp grew by 0.2%. was quite a surprise for people, perhaps expecting germany and france to show sluggish growth. also expecting uk unemployment figures out in about 25 minutes from now. we'll keep you up to date with what is said there after positive news from the uk when it comes to, for instance, its inflation figures that came out just yesterday. so, the greek debt debacle drag ed on and on, but many economists say it can't drag on any longer going forward. defaults is perhaps less than five weeks away, some say. emily ruben is here to tell us more on what we can expect. what happens now, emily, after they cancelled this euro group meeting? >> i think it's fair to say the bailout is on hold after this meeting was canceled today. it's been postponed until monday. this heightens the risk of a default by greece. this comes down to an issue of trust. the euro group feel can greek politicians be trusted to implement the austerity plan they pushed through on sunday with such heartache. what happens now? i

germany, 8.9%. and france, 7.2%. they're all much lower.d average is 11%, well lower than ours. let's look at another chart. this one's even more worrying for americans. the percentage of children living in poverty. we come in at 20.6% of our children. again, far worse than other rich countries. japan, australia, the uk, germany and france all have much better numbers. mitt romney spoke about how he would fix the safety net for the poor if it needs repair. well, let me suggest one place it desperately needs repair. and that is in the area of child poverty. now, whatever the causes of poverty, when children grow up in desperate circumstances, circumstances that they had no role in creating, studies show that they will be more likely to drop out of high school, be unemployed, use drugs, have children out of wedlock, and get sick. in other words, they will be unproductive members of society, and they will cost taxpayers huge amounts of money over the course of their lives. children in extreme poverty do badly even when they're smart. a recent

nine nine hundred billion in foreign debt about half of that is held by germany and france maybe banks and funds and investors. so you could see france and germany they don't want spain to default because of course leaving the euro is seen only most of defaulting i mean because if you leave the euro the fording that you have to you can repeat so if spain leave the euro spain has to default and that we heard german and french banks and they don't want that but the people in greece and in spain being part of the year if there were names very much a source of pride doesn't it you're right you're right you see for use in spain when the euro east associated with europe and of course politicians have conveyed this message they say because well because if you leave the euro you will be chased from the your european union which is forced absence of course the treaties the they don't they don't. consider that the possibility of leaving the euro which is a matter that they don't consider but i'm absolutely certain that if if if if spain leaves the euro nobody's going to chase spain out of the eu

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some rotten crops may have been damaged by the extreme cold weather say worried farmers italy germany france and poland are also risk from sustained low temperatures which have hit minus thirty three in some polls that's expected to skyrocket prices for things like wine and bread wheat futures have been thawing of the ukraine and russian government warned they may limits exports to guarantee the mystics supply both countries are usually big exporters of grain global we prices jumped eleven percent in the second half of january alone we were russia's top port never received because the suspended load at its grain terminal several times after the black sea froze over for the first time in thirty years a drought from july to november last year had already weakened crops ahead of russia's than one company says fifty percent of the country's great crop could be damaged by heavy winds and the worst weather in a quarter of a century first tests in russia itself show one in three great finds have already been lost. well that's all for this hour but don't forget you can always find more business stor

-- economies, germany and france. that greece had fewer alternatives to become more effective. it may germany the most effective exporter. they did not have to compete against a greek producers because they were not nearly as productive. they try to compete with germany by reducing the exchange rate. to a certain extent, germany had more to pay as part of the price, in one way or another bailing out the less productive economies of the eurozone. that is because they benefited for 20 years from a market in which those companies could not compete effectively. host: this is jason from twitter -- let's talk about greece. this story is from "the washington post," today. "a fed up greece public is questioning the strings attached to the aid." we have seen riots in greece, people losing their pensions. austerity measures are not going over well there. guest: for a very good reason. if you impose austerity on an economy that is already in a recession and has problems with sovereign debt, the austerity will drive that the econ

some russian troops may have been damaged by the extreme cold weather say boring formas its lead germany france and poland are also risk from sustained low temperatures which if it's minus thirty three in some polls that's expected to spoil rocket prices for things like bread wheat futures have been off the ukraine russian government warns they may limits exports to guarantee the mystics supply both countries are usually big exporters of grain global wheat procedure eleven percent in the second half of january alone we will russia's top port never received because suspended loaded at its grain terminal several times after the black sea froze over for the first time in thirty years a drop from july to november last year had already weakened crops that of russia's one company says fifty percent of the country's great crop could be damaged by heavy winds and the worst weather in a quarter of a century first. show one in three great points have already been lost. let's take a look at the markets now we'll start with the exchange rates the euro is trading for us against the dollar this suzanne that'

germany take on france before a home crowd. the last chance for players to shine before germany coach names his squad. >> he only had one chance to practice with his team ahead of the game against france. but he does not have to motivate them. they all know what is at stake. a chance to play the european championship this summer. >> everyone has to try to play his best. it will not be a typical friendly match. each player will be fighting for his spot. >> one player can be certain that his spots -- she has returned to the stadium for the first time in two years since leaving the city for madrid. >> our goal has to do to look at ourselves, sees the the vigil, and then we can win against any team. >> it will not be easy. after the disastrous 2010 world cup performance in september, france is a good strong team. and the new coach has gone undefeated for 16 games. the team has star players. the goalkeeper is the new captain. some critics say he is too inexperienced to lead the team at the european championships. >> we are a young te