that used to be french territory now with france's expansion into neighboring country compiled with meijers basic concerns about the issue you can see why those critics have something to chew on now so we've got multinational forces led by the french in mali now we've got also the boots of french soldiers on the ground in certainly holding things up in the region told us thank you. well i was president a lot of maybe hailing the ongoing french military campaign in west africa as a success that's more than can be said about the politics back at home. has the story from powers. well president on land is welcomed as a liberator in mali up to france's military operation against the is the mists occupation back at home crowds are also gathered but with a starkly different mood where people are fired up over the continued decline of europe's second largest economy despite the president's promises to create at least one hundred thousand new jobs the nation is shedding them at an alarming rate last november about a thousand every day the worst figures in years the country's unemployment is approach

have and security but has also stated that they want to better deal when it comes to uranium exports meijers economy is also largely dependent on your radio as well critics have already been wary of french involvement in mali claiming that the real motivation is a return to imperialism economic policy and a stronger control of a region that used to be french territory now with france's expansion into neighboring countries compiled with president expressing his concerns those critics now. i have a bit more that they can chew on. so i don't let's get some more analysis now here on r.t. and our speaker john locke linder the director of studies the is it of democracy and cooperation in paris or joining us live from the program thanks very much for coming on so quickly do you really think it's just as simple as all that the issue of protecting france's economic interests. as a part of it that explains part of it doesn't it i mean it's no secret as you said in your report that new shape is a big exporter of uranium there have been discoveries of gas and oil in mali itself so yes the energy factor

added security but has also stated that they want to better deal when it comes to uranium exports meijers economy is also largely dependent on your radio as well critics have already been wary of french involvement in mali claiming that the real motivation is a return to imperialism economic policy and a stronger control over a region that used to be french territory. now with france's expansion into neighboring countries compiled with president expressing his concerns those critics now have a bit more that they can chew on and certainly over to the critics are talking about about a for imperialist ideologies and also saying that it appears that french troops apparently this point of fanning across the region certainly hotting up the thomas thank you. well while the president francois hollande may be hailing the ongoing french military campaign in west africa as a success that's more than can be said about his politics back at home but the story now from paris and our tears maria finish. well president on land is welcomed as a liberator in mali after france's military operation against th

have and security but has also stated that they want to better deal when it comes to uranium exports meijers economy is also largely dependent on your radio as well critics have already been wary of french involvement in mali claiming that the real motivation is a return to imperialism economic policy and a stronger control of a region that used to be french territory now with france's expansion into neighboring countries compiled with president expressing his concerns those critics now have a bit more that they can chew on. i was arty sean thomas i spoke to him a bit earlier in the program in the meantime or john walker lindh the director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation in paris he believes that securing natural resources is not the only goal that france has and there which i think the two main factors in this are france's own desire to strengthen the whole role on the international stage in particular piece of you know european partners and also the american strict budget plans for africa it's important to know that america which strongly supports france in this ma

avid security but has also stated that they want to better deal when it comes to uranium exports meijers economy is also largely dependent on your radio as well critics have already been wary of french involvement in mali claiming that the real motivation is a return to imperialism economic policy and a stronger control of a region that used to be french territory now with france's expansion into neighboring countries compiled with president expressing his concerns those critics now have a bit more that they can chew on john laughlin from the institute for democracy and cooperation think securing natural resources isn't the only goal france has in the region and the two main crisis in this province isn't just to strengthen the role of the international stage in particular piece of being a european. and also the american street. egypt plans for africa it's important to know that america which strongly supports france in this mali and intervention has planned its full establishing a military presence in the military control over the whole of the african continent some people speculated tha

similar scenes have erupted into meijer the birthplace of the arab spring which brought islamist apology as well clashes between anti regime protesters and police have marked the funeral of an opposition politician who's a number murder lead to a brand new wave of underdressed violence are flared up outside the cemetery as angry mobs three stones and said cars on fire while police responded with tear gas the capital tunis has also been gripped by a national strike at into the turmoil which according to some experts is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon. a profound crisis a crisis of the credibility of the existing of milton new arrangements for holding and a massive disc critique of the way in which they operate i think there are signs that this could easily disintegrate into some kind of civil war only hopefully it won't happen and we remain to watch to see how the popular move organize to prevent one of those tried to use the road to external support for example by the qatari government of the right wing fundamentalists and it remains to be seen whether with the present government wi

similar scenes have erupted into meijer the birthplace of the arab spring was brought islamist a holiday as well clashes between anti regime protesters and police have marred the funeral of an opposition politician whose and the murder led to a brand new wave of underdressed violence are flared up outside the cemetery as angry mobs three stones and said cars on fire while police responded with tear gas the capital tunis has also been gripped by a national strike adding to the turmoil which according to some experts is unlikely to be resolved any time soon. to see its ensuring a profound crisis a crisis of the credibility of the existing of milton new arrangements for holding and any massive disc critique of the way in which they operate i think there are signs that this could easily disintegrate into some kind of civil war only hopefully it won't happen and we remain to watch to see how popular movements organize to prevail one of those tried to use the road to external support for example by the qatari government of the right wing fundamentalists and it remains to be seen whether with t

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in "barbaric tales" he recalled his old friend from brittany, meijer de haan.easingly hesick, he contemplated a return to paris with the hope of capitalizing on his growing reputatn. his friend daniel de monfried advised against it. reader (de monfried): "it is to be feared that your return would not only derange the growing and slowly conceived ideas with which public opinion has surrounded you.... you must not return! now you are as the great dead. you have passed into the history of art!" narrator: weakened by syphilis, gauguin diedn may of 1903 from heart failu narrat the age of 54. syphilis, as he'd requested, his most prized sculpture "oviri" -- tahitian for savage -- was eventually cast in bronze and placed on his grave. it stands there still as enigmatic as the questions he asked himself in his twenty-year commitment to painting. gauguin's achievements as an artist broke the bounds of naturalism and moved painting into a new century. his questions remained unanswered. but for all his guises, schemes and dreams, paul gauguin remained unbowed to the very