you know protest or something don't often lead to any results at all and that's why people become lafarge because it gets boring after a while to do something that you know doesn't have any results i'm not saying protest can never lead to a result but i think it has to be something you know on the level of a million man march there needs to be a lot of public backing before and if that's our our fault and of course the problem with that is that it's extremely inefficient you have people going through years and years and years of hardship to try to influence a change because there is really is no direct mechanism in our democracies to allow for that in fact they're all constructed in a way that. kind of actually inhibits change it's interesting that you say that especially because the claim that the number of democracies keeps on growing is constantly being made by a petition and if you look at the democracy index for two thousand and twelve. purports to say that substantial gains were made around the world with advancement of democracy especially with the arab spring and what was particul

figure that we're releasing in 2013 in europe, but also lafarge will benefit from the positive momentumn the u.s. as well. we have clearly seen the start of more positive momentum on housing stocks. finally, the financial sector is likely to continue to benefit from the low level of risk and regard i regarding our top pick, the benefit from excess cash, yes, i'm talking about excess cash that could be used for acquisition, they have been buying out minorities in belgium at the end of 2013. they could look for an acquisition and why not in germany? >> ah. okay. that's an interesting thought on excess cash. francois, good to see you. we'll see you again over the course of the year. >>> japanese automakers have revved up in 2013 as sales continue to cover both markets. we have more from tokyo. hi makiko. >> reporter: hi, ross. japan automobile dealers say the unit sales in the japanese market were up nearly 19% in december compared to the year before. it was the fourth consecutive month that saw sales rise from 2012. hybrids and other eco-friendly car demand drove higher as consumers rushe