netherlands one notch below aaa, it left just three out of 17 euros on countries, finland, germany, and luxembourgwith the gold standard. the netherlands had disappointing growth products and was not performing as well as it appears. the dutch finance minister said upcoming reforms will prevent any further downgrade. >> we are pushing forward the number of reforms to deal with some of the structural issues in our economy. we will have economic growth next year. we have to get higher figures. a aaa countrycome again, which is our ambition. >> it is a familiar sentiment hope the crisis is in the rearview mirror but recent data has shown slight improvements. unemployment in the eurozone dipped for the first time since 2011, the rate of 12.1% was only a small drop. while some officials are positive about the future, the economy grew 1/10 of one percent in the third quarter and rating agencies warn more could be on the way. >> inflation in the euro zone is edging higher. it came in at 0.9% in november. slightly higher than the rate recorded in october. it is easing fears the eurozone is heading for def

yeah also another interesting fact recently last summer was a luxembourg prime minister's resignation for not being able to keep peace security in check do you think we could see more stories like that break out in europe. i think that's an interesting point you me because i think there was a time when. sukkoth spy stories stories were really quite rare they did really. after the cold war the speed this big where you just didn't get any you would never get a resignation you would never really hear about this i think we're in a different phase of accountability i think citizens certainly i can speak in the european union citizens want a code to be able to see the warrant legislators in this case of birth case is a good one you bring up they just want the codes ability what people for what they're doing and secrecy and espionage the understand is necessary to protect their security salute the but the wants of balance they want to know that this is not being done for the wrong reasons and they want some level of accountability so this is quite interesting the point you make that. there w

in ireland and luxembourg to secure is eighteen. germans use an average of sixty four plastic bags annually. in hungary poland and the baltic states the average is over four hundred fifty bags each year. the european commission wants to change consumer habits. it's proposing to give member states to me years to reduce the mountain of discarded plastic bags our estimate is that he fondled a best practice of the members to deduction could be somewhere around thirty percent. that would not be difficult. have been to some member states renault with good depth and scope of course we have the possibility of contentment. if the goal is not at the commission could impose a tax on plastic bags experience has shown that taxes and dance can achieve quick results. when ireland impose the fifty cent levy on plastic bags in two thousand to their usage plummeted more than ninety percent. that's all thanks for watching the air. and don't get it going in with the second dc!il. a study the dating part there is a free and all goes as you walk around t

yeah also another interesting fact recently last summer was a luxembourg prime minister's resignation for not being able to keep a security check do you think we could see more stories like that break out in europe. i think us an interesting point you me because i think there was a time when. the super spy stories stories were really quite rare they did really. after the cold war the speed this big where you just didn't get any you would never get a resignation you would never really hear about this i think we're in a different phase of accountability i think citizens certainly i can speak of the european union citizens want accountability the warrants legislators in this case the case is a good one you bring up they just what accountability what people for what they're doing and secrecy and espionage the understand is necessary to protect their security salute the but the wants of balance they want to know that this is not being done for the wrong reasons and they want some level of accountability so this is quite interesting the point you make that. there will be probably more of th

have a very good essay today by chris hedges on the roots of radical dissent, so he's quoting rosa luxembourg, so i'm checking out, you know, doing my fact checking, and now i'm an anarchist, you know? [laughter] revolutionary. and so you are creating profiles of yourself that can easily with be used by others. >> and the data aggregators as marketers have similar profiles. and one of the problems with selecting tidbits of data and not really looking at it as an integrated whole is that just if you say your choice of what movies you see, what products you buy may label you as an anarchist, and the danger is with the anarchist right now it again goes back to the issue of funding for private corporations. there's competition among, you know, department of homeland security and other local agencies that receive dhs funding, say, of municipal police department to identify so-called terrorist threats. now we see the catch-all an around chris being used a lot -- anarchist being used a lot years after the animal rights activists this 2005 were deemed top domestic terrorism threats. now it's anarchis

rules vary across europe whistle blows out the strongest like to dress in luxembourg at the media. gemini from hungary affordable levels of protection and fall in the middle of the range employees in finland spain and greece face of hostile legal climates. the oecd on trade unions say whistleblowers needs great to riots. it is in firing do you really make sense for companies to consult internally with works councils to develop a non assistance from getting too long. and to condemn a good management the chance to address wrong to lead that have gone unnoticed the standard in each candle today. trade unions on transparency international i'm hoping that means your attention to the snow to taste what prompts new legislation on to germany's next government. diplomats from around the world have been meeting to try to agree on a date for a peace conference on syria. un envoy unlocked our brahimi said no agreement was reached but he said the diplomats are still trying to arrange a conference in geneva by the end of the year. he said almost a third of the syrian population had now had to fl

it took the americans almost entirely in the belgian art dance and extend them into luxembourg almost entirely by surprise. there was an enormous intelligence failure. an enormous intelligence failure pearl harbor and 9/11. because there is great surprise and because the germans had attacked a part of the artisans where we were particularly lightly defended, there is great confusion. in fact, courtney hodges, lieutenant general commander of the u.s. first army had what appears to be a nervous break down of sorts at a very inopportune moment. he closed the door of his office and put his head down on the desk and basically for 24 hours, the chief of staff ran first army at a time when it appeared as though the germans might overrun first army. there was concern that hodges was obvious they not up to it. field marshal montgomery, although this is not a defector was given the responsibility of taking over hodges first army and a big portion of the american forces. in summary went and looked hodges directly in the eye and came to the conclusion that in fact he had righted the ship somehow,

they asked to go to luxembourg. you can have a president who is dying to give you a lot to do. to luxembourg -- and lyndon as vice president, he could just do anything. >> i want to read something from barbara's but before i get to michael. you said -- underneath a veil of lovely in consequence, she had tremendous awareness. people were struck by this -- she had a shrewd view of people, who the real people were and to the phonies were, those who are bright and those who were stupid. the papers were filled with her assessment. did john f. kennedy use this to his advantage as a political partnership. >> they had a mastery of television and that sort of thing. we will talk about the fact she did not have a major impact on policy, nor did she want one and did she want one, and he did not talk to her about it. he did seek her out for advice. i think this is the case that if he was going to have any connection with her, at all, in terms of politics it would be when they went off on these trips or when they were coming back from political trips. she did go to 36 of the 48 states in 19

they asked to go to luxembourg. you can have a president who is dying to give you a lot to do.o luxembourg -- and lyndon as vice president, he could just do anything. >> i want to read something from barbara's but before i get to michael. you said -- underneath a veil of lovely in consequence, she had tremendous awareness. people were struck by this -- she had a shrewd view of people, who the real people were and to the phonies were, those who are bright and those who were stupid. the papers were filled with her assessment. did john f. kennedy use this to his advantage as a political partnership. >> they had a mastery of television and that sort of thing. we will talk about the fact she did not have a major impact on policy, nor did she want one and did she want one, and he did not talk to her about it. he did seek her out for advice. i think this is the case that if he was going to have any connection with her, at all, in terms of politics it would be when they went off on these trips or when they were coming back from political trips. she did go to 36 of the 48 states in 1969

take a trip to luxembourg.yndon as vice president, he could just do anything. >> i want to read something from barbara's but before i get to -- barbara's book before we get to michael. you said -- underneath a veil of consequence, she tremendous -- concealed tremendous awareness. jackie had a very shrewd view of people, who the real people were and who the phonies were, and between people who are bright and those who are stupid. the papers were filled with her assessments of people. did john f. kennedy use this to his advantage as a political partnership? >> i think so. i think that was her political contribution in addition to what we said about the imagery and mastery of television and that sort of thing. we will talk about the fact that she did not have a major impact on policy -- >> nor did she want one. >> he didn't talk to her about it very much. he might on occasion mentioned something, but he did not seek her out for device. -- advice. i think this is the case that if he was going to have any connection

elsewhere luxembourg would be annexed outright. belgium and holland transformed into battle states, russia's borders vastly shrunken. a vast colonial empire would be created in central africa together with a german economic union extending from scandinavia to turkey. while other german leaders propose different demands, some of them even more draconian, all took it for granted that they should not stop fighting until their nation had been assured its enemy over europe. it is only important continental rivals, it seems to me sensible to imagine that its rulers would, afterwards, who offered a generous accommodation to a mutual great britain all acquiesce in a global status quo dominated by british financial interests. machiavelli observed that the wars began but do not end. it any responsible allied government between 1914 and 1814 and granted such a piece is germany sought command such as it did impose on the russians after its secured victory over them in 1917. it remains very hard to see how allied states could be extracted once

elsewhere luxembourg would be annexed outright. belgium and holland transformed into battle states, russia's borders vastly shrunken. a vast colonial empire would be created in central africa together with a german economic union extending from scandinavia to turkey. while other german leaders propose different demands, some of them even more draconian, all took it for granted that they should not stop fighting until their nation had been assured its enemy over europe. it is only important continental rivals, it seems to me sensible to imagine that its rulers would, afterwards, who offered a generous accommodation to a mutual great britain all acquiesce in a global status quo dominated by british financial interests. machiavelli observed that the wars began but do not end. it any responsible allied government between 1914 and 1814 and granted such a piece is germany sought command such as it did impose on the russians after its secured victory over them in 1917. it remains very hard to see how allied states could be extracted once