stay in office his popularity isn't exactly in the best of shape look absolutely correct i mean mr sarkozy serve popularity at the moment does well actually it's probably not as bad as it ought to be given high dismal his politics have been in recent times but even today he's had the best results in months and he still is percentage points behind the socialist candidate and frankly i'm not particularly sure that the socialist counted as the sharpest tool in the box either this is basically a huge problem mr sarkozy is willing to burn the european union on the higher of his reelection efforts and that therefore leaves him fundamentally up right time goals to germany physician which is apparently to try and provide some sort of long term solution so as as many analysts have said over the past several years or rather than doing actions for the benefit of the eurozone there's just so much politicking involved if i may think of the updated version of the e.u. as a fiscal compact which give brussels the right to take states to court if they violate the stricter rules it's nearing approval what w

looming there in france look at this juncture i've been saying it for months i actually think that mr sarkozy will be lucky to make it into the second round runoff of the presidential elections because generally speaking ok he's a very good poll or he's very very good on the campaign hoskins but i think france is just how they're not with him he's hyperactive but delivers nothing appeared alternately he will be the man who was the man who was there when france was dying grid as a major league economic part to being a second tier nation financially just finally you say this is disastrous what impact does this have on the future of the euro just finally on the future of the euro everything is now up for grabs again it emotionally destabilizes every single aspect of the euro because we still have no leadership in the euro zone we've got. situations like greece needing fourteen billion euro to refund in march alone the euro sits on the precipice tragically and that's a terrible thing for all our viewers throughout the world thank you very much indeed for your reaction to this latest development c

mr. sarkozy is not so keen on everyone piling in. there are so many rubrics cuba -- rubik's cube-like differences. >> we're seeing the first summit of 2012, certainly not the last. which say the european union is less open to solidarity then it was a year ago? >> right now, it is. there is not a one-size-fits-all policy. that is clear. yes, we will have many more summits. as soon as february 8. i would say eight, nine, 10 at summits this year to get that level of solidarity back. but it is going to be a hard. >> we will have to be up-to-date with you. thank you for that update from brussels. and you can stay up to date on our website, www.dw-world.de, for all new information. especially what is coming out of the brussels summit at this hour. thank you.

with this debt crisis mr sarkozy says no euro no europe surely you're worth of oil without the euro so that there's an a and a former well this is a quote my successor in office likes to of course europe is going to have problems if the euro has problems but there's one thing you can be sure of at the end of the euro is going to survive as a common currency there even it theoretically things turn out differently which i find very improbable you think we will still have a united europe it is vital in or you would chancellor when greece cooked its books to join the euro should you have stopped athens from joining the single currency does. i do not think that was our situation of the european commission its employees that had to conduct an inspections they had let us know that we could take the responsibility for greece's e.u. a session on ourselves and it was a purely preparatory mission conducted by the european commission and the national governments we had made the decision to take greece in we cannot claim without having firm proof that the. mation we got then was on diplomatically s

entirely convinced that they do want more members of and certainly if you listen to the rantings of mr sarkozy the french president he's clearly against much of the expansion of the european union these days where is of course his predecessor mr chirac was determined to shoehorn but gary and remaining into the e.u. as fast as possible now don't get me wrong there are things that the european union dolls' very well there is a body of framework of free trade law within the what was originally the european economic community let us not forget and that's very good it helps cross border flows i mean poland the polish economy has been helped immeasurably by simply becoming part of this economic unit but at the same time i think the problem is that the european union really cannot solve its own internal problems at the moment rather it's in total denial about the problem about the euro and actually i think there's a huge amount of disagreement as to whether really expansion is safe or not and to a certain extent i mean the croatian example has been pushed very very hard by its natural allies in germa

economy in terms of not spending more money than they can afford the edge of disaster for a forum for mr sarkozy but then again it's been coming since the start of his presidency it's been building for twenty five years and he did nothing about it so he's just as culpable as everybody else in this issue on the future of the euro everything is not up for grabs again it emotionally destabilizes every single aspect of the euro because we still have no leadership in the eurozone we've got situations like greece needing fourteen and a half billion euros to refund in march alone the euro cents on the precipice tragically and that's a terrible thing for all our viewers throughout the world where it's really dropped two notches in the latest downgrade decisions and in about twenty five minutes time next kaiser and stacy herbert expose those who are still raking it in despite the tough times. our italy's number one bank as crisis bites the sky mary on monday. running italy is a leg breaker with ties to goldman sachs goes back years already so he's a cap with a capital you know he's of course he's asking

much you talk about something it's actions that are going to the moment all we have is words of mr sarkozy is willing to vern the european union on the hire of his reelection efforts and that therefore leaves them fundamentally right angles to germany's position which is apparently to try and provide some sort of long term solution i mean the situation in greece is particularly acute the position in many other countries is going to be much worse and of course we have multiple elections coming up this year not just in france but also in greece itself as well as many other places that are going to in many ways further exacerbate the politics of the euro going forward. well still ahead here an r.t. football fever is coming to tell the fans count down the days until the critical moment many skeptics question one of the huge costs of posting the tallest justified also. in america you the right to know freedom that you had freedom but no right to get in the new rules of the game in the latest edition of our series an ex-pat entrepreneur explains the unique aspects of doing business here in russi

reasonable economy in terms of not spending more money than they can afford it's a disaster for mr sarkozy but then again it's been coming since the start of his presidency it's been building for twenty five years and he did nothing about it so he's just as culpable as everybody else in this issue on the future of the euro but everything is not up for grabs again it emotionally destabilizes every single aspect of the euro because we still have no leadership in the euro zone we've got situations like greece needing fourteen and a half billion euros to refund in march alone the euro sits on the precipice tragically and that's a terrible thing for all our viewers throughout the world. it's thirty minutes past the hour later in the program empty promises from the story of montana mowbray that marked his birthday with protesters in the u.s. and great britain urging obama to keep his word and settle down. to meet russia's new with airport security recruits bread for their partners and they plan their jobs their tents of trouble for passengers carrying weapons shown. millions of people went out t

much you talk about something it's actions that are coming to the moment all we have is words of mr sarkozy is willing to burn the european union on the hire of his reelection efforts and that therefore leaves him fundamentally right angles to germany's position which is apparently to try and provide some sort of long term solution i mean the situation in greece is particularly acute the position in many other countries is going to be much worse and of course we have multiple elections coming up this year not just in france but also in greece itself as well as many other places that are going to in many ways further exacerbate the politics of the euro going forward. we're back to our top story now violence rages on in syria a day after the arab league called on all sides of the conflict to cease fire and implement a peace plan let's get some insight and analysis from dr benjamin he's a senior fellow at the u.s. based think tank and author of jihad versus work world well the the arab league maintains it can still get the job done in overseeing the implementation of that peace plan but some m

reasonable economy in terms of not spending more money than they can afford and it's a disaster for mr sarkozy but then again it's been coming since the start of his presidency it's been building for twenty five years and he did nothing about it so he's just as culpable as everybody else in this issue on the future of the euro everything is not up for grabs again it emotionally destabilizes every single aspect of the euro because we still have no leadership in the eurozone we've got situations like greece needing fourteen and a half billion euros to refund in march alone the euro sits on the precipice tragically and that's a terrible thing for all our viewers throughout the world the degree of russia's failed national space probe current has one factor but where it's learned that remains unclear. has nor the mission which has cost her hundred and seventeen million dollars. it's a merge there appear to be three theories as to where the revenants of phobos grow and eventually hit the earth now most of the probe burnt up in the atmosphere along with any of the toxic fuel it was carrying but aroun

reasonable economy in terms of not spending more money than they can afford the edge of disaster for mr sarkozy but then again it's been coming since the start of his presidency it's been building for twenty five years and he did nothing about it so he just as culpable as everybody else in this issue on the future of the euro everything is not up for grabs again it emotionally destabilizes every single aspect of the euro because we still have no leadership in the eurozone we've got situations like greece needing fourteen and a half billion euro to refund in march alone the euro sits on the precipice tragically and that's a terrible thing for all our viewers throughout the world. but later this hour tainted by torture are now ten years old a report on the last british citizen being held in guantanamo bay despite barack obama's election pledge to shut it down and repeated calls from protesters for him to keep to his word. the world was shocked this week by an online video that showed american marines urinating on the dead bodies of taliban fighters the u.s. military says it's identified the soldi

reasonable economy in terms of not spending more money than they can afford it's a disaster for mr sarkozy but then again it's been coming since the start of his presidency it's been building for twenty five years and he did nothing about it to it so he just as culpable as everybody else in this issue on the future of the euro everything is not up for grabs again it emotionally destabilizes every single aspect of the euro because we still have no leadership in the euro zone we've got situations like greece needing fourteen and a half billion euro to refund in march alone the euro sits on the precipice tragically and that's a terrible thing for all our viewers throughout the world later this empty promise is the town of a base prison marcus said they protested in the u.s. and great britain urging a barber to keep its word of traffic down latest report on that. also we visited craig to find out why many are worried they're not ready for this summer's football european championships while others predict huge cost of the event will never pay off the. polling booths across kazakstan of no close

run a reasonable economy charms of not little or money than they can afford it's a disaster for mr sarkozy but then again it's been coming since the start of his presidency it's been building for twenty five years and he did nothing about it so he's just as cold as everybody else in this issue on the future of the ural everything is not up for grabs again it emotionally destabilizes every single aspect of the euro because we still have no leadership in the euro zone we've got situations like greece needing fourteen and a half billion euros to refund in march alone the euro sits on the precipice tragically and that's a terrible thing for all our viewers throughout the world. all right this is our cia later this hour attained by torture are now ten years old were caught on the last british citizen being held in guantanamo bay despite barack obama's election pledge to sharpen down and repeated calls from protesters for him to keep his word . also a look at how washington's latin american folk america has warms the heart warmed the hearts and homes of half a million people in the glass. the de

reasonable economy in terms of not spending more money than they can afford it's a disaster for mr sarkozy but then again it's been coming since the start of his presidency it's been building for twenty five years and he did nothing about it so he's just as culpable as everybody else in this issue of the future of the euro but everything is not up for grabs again it emotionally destabilizes every single aspect of the euro because we still have no leadership in the eurozone we've got situations like greece needing fourteen and a half billion euros to refund in march alone the euro sits on the precipice tragically and that's a terrible thing for all our viewers throughout the world. but italy the economy too big to fail has also been dropped by s. and p. many there are doubts into the reality of austerity and among those is the country's notorious mafia more on that in the kaiser report coming your way next hour. here now italy's number one bank as crisis bites the primary a month. running italy. a leg breaker with ties to goldman sachs goes back years already so he's a capital cappo you kno

we're seeing at the moment is a piece of pathetic posturing and politicking by the french president mr sarkozy who's desperate to get reelected and therefore the best thing that he can possibly do he has is to try and bash anglo-saxon capitalism which is not the heart of the problem the heart of the problem here people is the fact that actually governments have borrowed too much money and france a country that has been borrowing money and run the government budget deficit since one nine hundred seventy five is absolutely a primary offender and that's where the debt problem is so alternately financial transaction tax. or indeed better approach a disaster for europe if it's implemented that can just quickly russia has a big economic reserve currency reserves reserves help the e.u. with its that woes they could help the e.u. with their debt woes but certainly if i was in charge of even one single rebel in the russian treasury the last thing i would be doing at the moment is throwing another bottle of vodka at the dry in an alcoholic the alcoholic has to come to his senses reach rock bottom and re

reasonable economy in terms of not spending more money than it can afford to enter disaster for mr sarkozy but then again it's been coming since the start of his presidency it's been building for twenty five years and he did nothing to fight it so he's just as culpable as everybody else in this issue on the future of the euro everything is not up for grabs again it emotionally destabilization of every single aspect of the euro because we still have no leadership in the eurozone we've got situations like greece needing fourteen and a half billion euro to refund in march alone the euro sits on the precipice tragically and that's a terrible thing for all our viewers throughout the world. well the news from the rating agencies is an added to the gloomy prospects for the e.u. but it hasn't stopped serbia from still wanting to join up as it turns out bill grades concessions to win favor from brussels are doing little to help ethnic serbs living in kosovo who continue to come under pressure from the albanian majority we report on that later in the program plus. a u.s. intelligence report cast dou