they have by logical and reasonable analysis and certainly when you look at the idea of you know mrs merkel who in germany is clinging onto power with only by a thread has suddenly said. simply because she's trying to find anybody who might vote for in the near future that it's not good for business and it's not good for the economy now i would posit two things in terms of the nuclear debate one is that i think we need nuclear anyway i do of course think that we need to look at the idea of who are these plants are placed in relation to fault lines and so on the second thing i think is to kick the ball into the very long term court and maybe this is something that the japanese are going to pick up and run with because they've been an incredible nation of long term researchers and that is moving away from fission power in the nuclear world towards fusion power because fusion power is a lot safer a lot easier to use but of course it's going to take ten maybe twenty years of scientific development before we get there the difficulty is with the way that the politicians are reacting at the moment

mrs. merkel's done well -- well lately. they j had welfare reform and also a constitution a.m. amendment whereby they can only run deficits of very minor quaments and they've lived up to them since. the other country, the really interesting one, is david cameron's brit averpblt the cuts are about 25% department to department. frankly this is something you can only dream of president my tag line is is these guys make you look like a maost. it's radicle reform. and look at cameron -- the bond markets stopped attacking the pound and the pound strengthened almost immediately upon him doing that because people believed he was trying to reach these numbers. that takes courage. that takes honesty with your people about what can be afforded and what can't be. we really haven't had to make a strategic decision in america since 1943 and 1941. once you go all in in world war ii, you do everything. if ats -- it's so many is alia, like cloirks you can shrug and say it doesn't matter. but you -- you can do that in a -- when you are the only power but not in a multipower world. brian: the uni

mrs. merkel's done well lately. they had welfare reform and also a constitutional amendment whereby they can only run deficits of very minor quantities and they've lived up to them since. so i would say that would be one. they have done very well. the other country, the really interesting one, is david cameron's britain. the cuts are about 25% department to department. because of the problems they have run into. frankly, this is something you can only dream of. -- thatcher can only dream of. my tag line is these guys make her look like a maoist. it's radical reform. and look at cameron -- the bond markets stopped attacking the pound, and the pound strengthened almost immediately upon him doing that because people believed he was trying to reach these numbers. that takes courage. that takes honesty with your people about what can be afforded and what can't be. that's totally different way of doing business than we are in america. we really haven't had to make a strategic decision in america since 1943 and 1941. once

you've seen mrs. merkel come out strongly about not only inspecting a number of reactors but now going further in saying that perhaps the old german nuclear program should be phased out over time. you've seen negative responses in sweden, in italy where they were just beginning to reverse longstanding nuclear policy. i think the u.k., you will see continued -- they have a very vigorous program, mainly because they cannot meet the climate change gold using wind alone. they have to use nuclear and wind to reduce their dependence on coal. france and belgium, they will continue nuclear. the former soviet union, eastern european states, the combination of reducing -- the baltic states for example, and the balkans, they want to reduce their dependence on russian gas. and also to get away from their dirty coal. i think you will see them continue to push slowly for nuclear. the united states, we get 20% of art --the united states could set -- gets 20% of its power from nuclear power. because of the slow growth, i th

you've already seen mrs. merkel come out very strongly about not only inspecting a number of reactors, but now she's gone further in saying that perhaps the whole german nuclear program should be phased out over time. we think negative responses in sweden, in italy where they were just beginning to reverse long-standing antinuclear policy and restart. so it's going to be an italian today. i think in the u.k. you will see continued, there've very vigorous brogue rams mated because they can't meet their climate change goals using went alone. they have use nuclear and wind to further reduce their dependence on coal. france and belgium i think he was a continue with their nuclear programs. and as you move farther out in the former soviet union, european states i think accommodation of wanting to reduce, thinking the baltic states for example, and the balkans. they want to reduce their dependence on russian gas and also get away from their dirty go. so i think you will see them continue to push slowly but for nuclear. th

. >> angela merkel, not before mr. sarkozy. the french president suffered a setback in local elections. 20 percent of the vote was taken, coming in second behind the opposition socialists, who got 36%. another performed strongly with almost 12%. in the opinion polls, they were looking at sarkozy being eliminated in the first round of next year's presidential elections. the battle for the presidency. the italian prime minister silvio berlusconi appeared in court on monday in connection with fraud allegations. his supporters gathered outside the courtroom in a lawn. prosecutors alleged fraud took place during a broadcast by one of his media companies. this is one of four trials that the prime minister is facing. he says the charges are politically motivated. all right, i will be back in one minute to talk about the green surge in german politics. >> all right, welcome back, everyone. everyone is talking about sunday's nuclear election. the situation in japan caused some issues. the christian democrats lost a six decade-long reign

. >> angela merkel, not before mr. sarkozy. the french president suffered a setback in local elections. 20 percent of the vote was taken, coming in second behind the opposition socialists, who got 36%. another performed strongly with almost 12%. in the opinion polls, they were looking at sarkozy being eliminated in the first round of next year's presidential elections. the battle for the presidey. the italian prime minister silvio berlusconi appeared in court on monday in connection with fraud allegations. his supporters gathered outside the courtroom in a lawn. prosecutors alleged fraud took place during a broadcast by one of his media companies. this is one of four trials that ththprime minister is facing. he says the charges are politically motivated. all right, i will be back in one minute to talk about the green surg >> all right, welcome back, everyone. everyone is talking about sunday's nuclear election. the situation in japan caused some issues. the christian democrats lost a six decade-long reign of power. it was a blo