mr. poroshenko because there were supporters of the old regime of the deposed president yanukovych. now those excuses will be all gone. so the country will need to deliver, the leadership will need to be deliver under extremely difficult circumstances. economically, militarily, and politically. >> you mentioned former president yanukovych. his party did relatively well, given the mood in ukraine. >> indeed, and i think this is not exactly his party. they renamed themselves not to be tarnished by the old name. they were running as opposition block. and they did fairly well. which shows to you that actually a, there are still ways in ukraine for democratic expression of the will of the people who do not necessarily support the authorities in kiev. but also the fact that the things that those parties represented still have quite a good foothold in eastern parties of ukraine. only parts of the region didn't vote, the ones under control of the pro-russian rebels. the others did. and i think they voted for who they think is the -- is somebody representing their views. one big loser that i

mr. poroshenko has been saying about the peace plan. about a peaceful settlement in the east of the country. that will be easy. but it also puts a lot of responsibility on this coalition because now there's no excuse. previously there was the excuse that the parliament was working against mr. poroshenko, because there were supporters of the old regime of the deposed president yanukovych. now those excuses will be all gone. so the country will need to deliver. the leadership will need to deliver under extremely difficult circumstances, economically, militarily and politically. >> it's interesting, isn't it, though. you mentioned former president yanukovych. his party did relatively well, given the mood in you crane. >> indead, and i think this is not exactly his party. they renamed themselves, not to be tarnished by the old name. they were running as opposition bloc. and they did fairly well. which shows to you that actually, a, there are still ways in ukraine for democratic expression of the will of the people who do not necessarily sup

mr. poroshenko. now, let's return to our top story. as i'm sure you're now well aware, the e.c.b.ted results of its latest stress test for the eurozone lenders. the central bank failed three out of four greek banks, but taking into account the capital raised this year, that bank no longer has a shortfall. joining us on the phone from athens is the c.e.o. of one bank. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> a lot of effort, a lot of effort. what does this mean for your institution? you put so much into this. does it improve matters? does it just confirm where you are? what does it actually do for your business? >> first i think it marks a new and positive chapter for piraeus bank and obviously the country. the greek banks have gone through unprecedented scrutiny. this was the third test in a put and this test helps us behind us any questions around the banks. there's been a long and arduous process that started two years ago, and this is the end of this chapter. that allow us to focus on our job, basically supporting greek households and supporting greece to recover and ebuil

all there along with petro poroshenko and mr. putin. mr.aid that he was satisfied, but his spokesman then followed that up talking about disagreements, exactly as you say, steven, talking about the fact that he said some on the european side simply were unwilling to understand the reality of the situation on the ground in ukraine. so although david cameron and others thought things were positive, it seems there's still a very, very big gulf between the sides here. the europeans calling on russia to do more. russia saying you don't understand what's happening in ukraine. >> how much do you think sanctions were discussed? you know, the europeans are trying to punish the russians. the russians have imposed some tit for tat sanctions. where's that going, do you think? >> i think there probably wasn't that much discussion of it, to be honest, because i think two things really. on the european side, what they want to focus on is what they want to push russia on right now, which is doing more on the ground to try and advance any efforts to resolve

mr. obama seems to believe poroshenko a sincere when he says he wants to go out of the hands of putin andnto europe, then we have to pay the price. why doesn't the imf, thank of europe, federal reserve, give signature to the issue of bonds? this is the proposal i gave to the symposium. >> finally, you were making a play in paris. >> i wanted to speak about the fall of europe, like the fall of the roman empire. i'm sad to say, my feeling is we might be facing the fall of europe. no common economic policy, no common foreign policy. look at ukraine. the english are concerned about banks. france is concerned about the mistral. germans are concerned about the gas. this is one symptom of the fall of europe. this great dream. i was bred by this dream of a unified europe, a reliable partner of america. this dream is collapsing. so i wrote this play to warn, to make a wake-up call to my fellow citizens of europe on what is happening today. >> the play is about you preparing for a speech, right before world war i? >> it is supposed to be, the fiction is me in sarajevo. >> what time? >> on the day o

mr. minister, in your remarks you said we should study the lessons of ukraine. the president of ukraine, poroshenko, has studied those problems come and he thinks the solution is to correct a situation which is politically corrupt. that kind of reform, is it the basis for a partnership between russia and the united states in advancing it, or to return to the previous question, do the russians here's a set reforms? >> what is russian -- >> i'm not quite sure i understand, either of us understands the question. reform in ukraine that poroshenko is talking about, reform in ukraine? >> yes. >> and the question is that would be the basis for some type of cooperation? if you want to -- >> eyed, i didn't -- med i don't know the details of the settlement. but you spoke about corruption. yes or no? >> yes spent about o

mr. minister, in your remarks you said we should study the lessons of ukraine. the president of ukraine, poroshenko, has studied those problems, and he thinks the solution is to correct the situation which is politically corrupt. that kind of reform, is it the basis for a partnership twin russia and the united states in advancing it, or to return to the question, do the russians fears set reforms? >> what is russian -- >> i'm not quite sure what either one of us understand the question. reform and ukraine that poroshenko is talking about, reform in ukraine? and the question is, that would be the basis for some type of cooperation? if you want -- >> i, i didn't listen to speech of poroshenko. that's why maybe i don't know the details of his settlement. but you spoke about corruption. .. independent state not only corruption but the principle of the democratic institution, the judicial system and economic system. i don't think that it's so easy to see only with corruption. first of all you cannot struggle against corruption. they can propose or help the political economic, social including corruption

mr. minister, in your remarks you said we should study the lessons of ukraine. the president of ukraine, poroshenko, has studied those problems and he thinks the solution is to correct a situation which is politically corru corrupt. that kind of reform, is it the basis for a partnership between russia and the united states in advancing it, or to return to that question, do the russians fear such reform. >> i'm not quite sure either of us understands the question. reform in ukraine that poroshenko is talking about reform in ukraine? >> yes. >> and the question is, that would be the basis for some type of cooperation? >> well -- >> i didn't listen to speech of poroshenko in the congress. that's why maybe i don't know details of his plan of settlement. but you spoke about corruption. yes or no? >> yes. >> about corruption. well, corruption, i think that is one of the problems which was reason of explosion one year ago. that's why it's clear that you have to -- corruption is one of the problem. but i think that ukraine -- it is not only problem of ukraine, the corruption. corruption is one of the main