it sounded fine in parliament, too. mr. tree shea -- trichet has said that this made the crisis worse. this summit has done that. you saw angela merkel come to that summit with a big smile on their faces. why are they smiling? we put an end to their deal. is that enough? in america, asia, europe, investors in recent months have been offloading on mass, their holdings in euro country government bonds. they are reducing holdings in european financial institutions. now, are they going to come back, those investors, i have my doubts. the agreement is not going to be enough to restore confidence in the euro. budget discipline, it keeps dogging our steps. heads of states are continuing to neglect the concept of solidarity. it does not just mean solidarity. it means discipline, too. discipline without solidarity is not a true union. solidarity without discipline it is a bottomless pit. from now on, we should no longer hesitate, president. we must tackle this crisis comprehensively. council is not come -- competent to do that. for

this is a consular data the position of the russian parliament whatever. requirements and requests the opposition parties may have. they would like it to be domestic procedure the opposition parties in the parliament even those who insist that they were well ations on russian elections the north support the declaration of the european parliament and the statement which was made by hillary clinton they regarded also as a domestic effect. therefore i think that the parliament will probably stick to this position although as we have already seen there were some public protests against the result of this elections and some opposition party members of those opposition parties took part in this process i. know that the russian services which had dealing with those issues have opened twenty or twenty one criminal case so these two things are being started i think they may be considered in the parliament but once again not because hillary clinton said it or the european parliament declared those. elections illegitimate i think that all the political parties which

you presented in parliament because the national was too old now it is it's at seven percent you have a clear instrument a talent to prevent it british enough to do most of course makes it easier to we majority use what a government what do you. do. my god professor of political science at university mr my god thank you so much indeed for your time it will. so far seventy percent of the votes have been counted in russia's parliamentary election now for him and the results show that the ruling united russia is leading with fifty percent down from that sixty four percent share they won in the last election so years ago and short of a parliamentary majority so stay with me for the most in-depth coverage all day paul with all the latest developments figures and analysis. to the news this hour iranian forces say they've shot down an american unmanned drone in the east of the country the craft he used for spying was recovered on the ground large and damaged also on journalist afshin rattansi says the u.s. has broken international law by sending the drone to you ron. there's an r.q. one seve

and as soon as the party gets a majority in the parliament and as soon as the. result departed to continue its politics to continue its line for the whole country. to take a significant portion in the creation of the new government and so on and so forth has to be considered as a victory of the party. what about if we compare it to two thousand and seven when they got almost sixty five percent what would that mean for you know well we have to remember we have to remember that this party was the ruling party in the country during a very harsh and very tough period during the last four years there was a period. of crisis on the part of managed managed to minimise the consequences of this crisis together with the government. consequences of this crisis for the population. so you were part of could not satisfy everyone in this country and its way all visit has lost some percentage some percentage but again i repeat it proved to be the leading political power in the country if united russia needs more votes per say in the duma who could they possibly form an alliance

russians have had their say in who they want to see in parliament with almost all ballots now counted after sunday's election four parties have made it into the country's lower house the state the ruling united russia party remains by far the largest group but has been dealt a significant setback with a sharp fall in support sarah ferguson central moscow for us with the latest now say makeup of the parliament has changed so how does it look at the moment. well the figures as it stands at the moment have united russia with just under fifty percent of the vote the communist party just under twenty percent but that russia with around thirteen percent in the live go democratic party with about eleven percent of the stadium a proportional representation which means that the seats that the parties get correspond directly to the percentage of the votes is why these figures are so important and now the election committee is actually given early results what would the allocation of seats in the duma could look like at the moment the need to make up could have united russia with two hundred and

as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for a do list seats. swap seats with dmitri medvedev in two thousand and eight and may do so again in twenty twelve after midday to propose putin for the presidency current campaign slogan future is with us priorities modernization toggling inequality fighting corruption maximizing russia's impact in international affairs criticized as a monolith that's too slow to react to social change the rules for being home to the tons of law and dmitri medvedev nine hundred russia election two thousand eleven party. now. prime minister vladimir putin have promised russia reforms in the post with the russians all sending a message to the ruling party that they want to see those reforms carried out much more quickly. all right artie's dana bash reporting live there from a united russia headquarters thank you very much danielle for that update let's check in at the liberal democrats headquarters artie's peter all of us standing by there for us and now joins us peter how are the party members reacting to the emerging re

now russians have had their say in who they want to see in parliament with almost all ballots counted after sunday's election four parties have made it into the country's no house the state duma the ruling united russia party remains by far the largest group but has been dealt a significant setback with a sharp fall in support. of his intent from moscow for us with the latest piece is a with a vote counting almost complete hour what does the makeup of the new parliament like. for just about all the votes counted we can now get a pretty clear picture of what the duma will look like for the next few years though united russia took the majority of the seats they picked up two hundred thirty eight places in the duma the communists came in next with ninety two and there russia coming in third with sixty four seats in fourth place the liberal democrats with fifty six now all the parties didn't make the required three point five percent of the votes threshold in order to take a seat in the in the duma know what this means is that the seats that would have been won by them get shared out betw

russians have had their say and who they want to see in parliament with almost all ballots counted after sunday's election for policies have made it into the country's lower house the state duma the ruling united russia party remains by far the largest group that has been dealt a significant setback for the shop for all in support. of a is in central moscow. united russia taking the majority of the vote the communists coming in second and third place i fear russia with the liberal democrats for now the rest of the parties that i haven't named there they failed to get the required percent of the vote in order to take a place in the duma united russia currently around forty nine percent of the vote they don't have and cost the whole important fifty percent mark that's a psychological barrier to say that hof of the country is on side with them now even though they haven't passed the us mark due to the seats from the parties that fail to meet the threshold they were distributed between those four parties united russia actually have over fifty percent of the seats what this means is they can

a debate in parliament? >> there is a debate going on, since the foreign minister has presented a plan -- apparently his own, private plan within the european union, which was a vision of a federal europe, which some people here simply fear. there is going to be a debate the day after tomorrow in the parliament. some people have been worried about the fact that poland has approved the outcome of the summit without really consulting the parliament as well. most people are simply worried, fearing that nothing is really certain. that no one knows what the outcome of the debate will be. that is what worries people the most. >> we will have to leave it there. thank you for being with us. despite the european economic problems, members of the european parliament have approved more public money for one of the most expensive scientific gambles of all time. the experimental reactor is designed to prove that it is possible to produce environmentally friendly nuclear frisian. but it is already 26 years in the making, c

as russians pick for parliament who are the main tenders in the race for duma seats. you know these uganda times the achievements of communism from before his time. but he's criticized for his rebels with the russian orthodox church current campaign slogan the politics of the majority is made to when we return the motherland stolen from us priorities free education and housing punishing illegal immigration and introducing ethnicity stumps and passports the success story second to hold presidential elections since the end of the u.s.s.r. criticized for exploiting soviet nostalgia with pensioners the discontented industrial working class. for its red flags with the hammer and sickle of the communist party of the russian federation do i lecture two thousand eleven on r t. so the communists are in a firm second place in their cool calm and collected and they are feeling very defensive about it right it's a fight. right porting from the communist party headquarters and it's quite a tradition of theirs we were talking about this earlier that they actually come out and prote

russia and we need to trill ations with our partner second so in this parliament that i knew that in the end of the day we want only the more best for our country. that's why a while ago. as the president of russian federation i raised this issue multiple times when i always talked with my colleagues from other parties and the factions. in any case were taken into consideration and more difficult to configure a. you know the president well we won't have to. make that alliances some of these democracy because this is what parliament is about in order to address the issues we need to address and the leaders of the parties and factions said that they are ready to do that and i'm very glad they are because this means that our democracy is getting stronger and your friends up with the idea that it is early to draw the conclusions but i would like to say. well again i say thank you very much thank you very much to every one of you knows them and journalists and reporters who helped in covering the elections for us by seabrook c.m. claim q. to everyone. who contributed to this result that i

leaves little doubt that the islamic parties will have a significant majority in parliament for what it's worth all those claims of a record sixty two percent turnout is already being questioned after a series of irregularities were reported the country's only female candidate for the presidency is not surprised. monitoring the election just took or let their mistakes their fraud we have no way for democracy but the west has been quick to praise the election as an important step towards change although the americans are beginning to say well no the army must go back to barracks deep down they'll be perfectly happy to keep the army where it is egypt if you give one point three billion dollars a year to the egyptian army which the americans do you were you are expected to do what it wants which leaves little room for the people to get what they want sitting the stage for more to hear turmoil policy r.t. . police have arrested more than a dozen occupy protesters in the u.s. city of portland the latest in the crackdown on the movement across the country plays bond over night talks with t

russians have gone to the polls with a thing taking place in the country's parliament she elections the fake is now whether the current. russia will be able to retain the level of popularity it enjoyed fully if the guy joined us for us especially election coverage. and in other news that shaped the week terror on detention iranian students stormed the british embassy in response to fresh sanctions prompting the u.k. to close its missions and they all iranian diplomats from london. but you would know human rights commission of calls for international intervention in syria but russia and china vote against the resolution saying foreign meddling will only cause more bloodshed. and egypt's main islamist party is the biggest winner in the opening round of the country's first parliamentary election since february revolution. it is good to have you with us on this day of voting you're watching live from moscow with me rory sushant from. kaliningrad it's decision day for russia millions all across the country's nine time zones have been having to decide the makeup of the lower house of parliame

as soon as the party gets a majority in the parliament and as soon as the this result allows the party to continue its politics to continue its line to take a significant part in creation of the new government and so on and so forth has to be considered as a victory of the party we have to remember that this party was ruling party in the country during a very harsh and very tough period during the last four years it was a period with. a crisis on the part of managed managed to minimise the consequences of this crisis together with the government certainly we can party could not satisfy everyone in this country and this way. it has lost some percentage some percentage but again i repeat it proved to be the leading political power in the country and now the communist party united russia is main rival is in second place on has almost doubled the number of votes it received in the two thousand and seven elections that's according to preliminary results of course with counting still continuing and our correspondent is at the party's headquarters with the latest. they're not quite so liberat

russians have gone to the polls with beijing taking place in the country's parliament she elections the fake it is now whether the current ruling party united russia will be able to retain the level of popularity it enjoyed four years think a joint us prospects election coverage. and in other news that shaped the week terror on tension iranian students stormed the british embassy in response to fresh sanctions the u.k. to close its mission there done to expel iranian diplomats from london. the un human rights commission a cold for international intervention in syria but russia and china voted against the resolution saying that foreign meddling will only cause more bloodshed. on egypt's main islamist party it is the biggest winner in the opening round of the country's first parliamentary election since february is revolution. it's good to have you with us here on out see we are coming to you live from moscow with me rory sushi from coming to kaliningrad it's decision day for russia millions all across the country's nine time zones have been having their say to decide the makeup of the lo

country's nine time zones have been having their say to decide the makeup of the lower house of parliament the state duma. now launching our special coverage of the state duma election day here. and now is in our special election coverage center in the heart of moscow over to you and a wonderful view behind you of the russian capital. it is indeed thank you bill as the election process comes to a close here in russia and it's winding down we'll be updating you every hour on the very latest results bringing you reaction and in-depth analysis well polls have now closed almost everywhere across the country apart from just one region this is because russia of course has nine time zones so in the country's western most kaliningrad area people have about an hour left to make their decision now this is also when the first exit polls and official results are due in that's nine o'clock moscow time five pm g.m.t. well seven parties are running for seats in russia's state duma among them are united russia headed by the current prime minister vladimir putin and political oldtimer such as the communist

this right here is the state duma the lower chamber of the russian parliament where laws are adopted and all bills are first reviewed and the term comes from the russian dumont meaning to think it was founded in one thousand nine hundred six but does survive the one nine hundred seventeen revolution whoever did bounce back in one thousand nine hundred three when a new constitution was introduced and the upcoming election and the makeup of the six duma since one thousand nine hundred three. there are four hundred fifty seats up for grabs in the duma and the elected deputies will serve for five years well as it stands the stay do must be divided between for political parties. or for currently has three hundred fifteen seats the biggest party in the duma it's followed by the communists with fifty seven seats the liberal democrats forty seats and a fair russia has thirty eight. let's look at those parties in detail now the ruling united russia party has a constitutional majority in the current parliament and is led by prime minister vladimir putin and with the upcoming election of presid

as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for duma seats. leader gennady zyuganov types the achievements of communism from before his time but he's criticized for his record with the russian orthodox church current campaign slogan the politics of the majority is made to when we return the motherland stolen from us priorities free education and housing punishing illegal immigration and introducing ethnicity stumps and passports. success story second to hold presidential elections since the end of the u.s.s.r. criticized for exploiting soviet nostalgia with pensioners and a discontented industrial working class. for its red flag with a hammer and sickle of the communist party of the russian federation do i lecture two thousand to eleven on r t. just a look there for you at the modern russian a communist party there so far today over one hundred people in fact have been arrested in moscow as political organizations both pro-government and opposition tried to stage rallies on election day are these jacob graves has the latest from central moscow

still to come on the program transatlantic tempers flare up the british parliament takes action with these really go over a one sided extradition policy at least its citizens are politically driven american justice system. a crucial conference on the future of afghanistan is taking place in germany international gathering will be attended by the representatives of several countries and organizations and president hamid karzai himself will take the chair i will artie's he will piss me off is following the event for us and he also what's on the table for today's conference. well it's really hard to underestimate the significance of these of this conference since eighty eight countries are taking part seventeen international organizations nearly a thousand delegates including some of the key political figures in the world like your secretary of state hillary clinton and russia's foreign minister sergey this is the second such conference being held in the first one happened exactly a year ago ten years ago rather and back then the delegates were working on ways to rebuild afghanistan we

she hopes to win a seat in parliament. the in the evening, she meets with fellow campaigners and shows off pictures of herself together with her idol. >> i hope that every one of us sitting at this table will be able to find a place in the system so it can continue to function as it has. >> she believes that russia's future is safe in the hands of putin and his party. stephon, on the other hand, has had enough. two young people with different views of russia in 2011. >> and that was our in-depth report. from berlin, as always, thank you for watching, and thank you for the company president -- and thank you for the company. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

voting in russia's elections to lower house of parliament is already underway ballots are being cast in polling stations across the eastern most regions of the country russians vote on sunday choosing from seven parties vying for seats in the parliament or state duma the main intrigue is whether the ruling united russia party manages to keep its majority of over two thirds needed to pass amendments to the constitution in the lower house parties need to overcome a threshold of seven percent of votes to make it into parliament elections are being observed by the international observers from seventeen european countries the u.s. and israel. and on sunday today in many parts of the world you can join us for extensive coverage of those elections and we'll be bringing you the results the reaction and in depth analysis. the campaign closes. the people prepare to speak. in duma election eleven. in-depth coverage of this one the hearts and minds of the russian people on our team. we're live in moscow still to come this hour unemployment falls in the u.s. a sign of recovery or think. these are

russia's newly elected parliament embarks on its work two weeks after the polls that sparked mass protest against alleged vote rigging calls for a recount. disagreements between the u.k. and the e.u. broke with the battlefront now being welfare rolls block insists that britain pays billions to non citizens something on them says will spawn benefit tourism. extending and the russian capital you're watching are to joshua welcome to the program now russia is demanding a probe into civilian casualties in libya caused by nato bombings that's a reaction to a report by human rights groups which claims dozens were killed in airstrikes despite the alliance saying its operation was almost flawless while the conflict is over and the man who stood in the way of western style democracy dead atrocities against his loyalist continue we'll find some of the images in a son a boy his report disturbing. this is what it's like to look down in the face a group of men the young and old captured after the nadir propped over iran gadhafi is home town of sirte the voice behind the camera delivers a verdict. for g

as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for duma seats. you know these uganda types the achievements of communism from before his time but he's criticized for his ruffled mall with the russian orthodox church current campaign slogan the politics of the majority is made to we will return the motherland stolen from us priorities free education and housing publishing illegal immigration and introducing ethnicity stops in passports to the success story second presidential elections since the end of the u.s.s.r. criticized for exploiting soviet nostalgia with pensioners and a discontented industrial working class. for its red flag with the hammer and sickle the communist party of the russian federation do i lecture two thousand to eleven on our t.v. . over one hundred people have been arrested in moscow as political organizations both pro-government and opposition tried to stage rallies on election day and also he's very good greaves has been monitoring events in the city center for us but as you said actually these opposition protests have bee

>> i think she will get her wishes, even in the german parliament. the main which is today, that the support is very strong. although, there is some criticism within her party and the liberal party, as well. >> politically, she can deliver the deal. what about public opinion? the latest polls show increasing skepticism about the euro in germany and people aren't dissatisfied with their role. >> yes, people are partly to satisfy. some new polls say about 55% are not happy with what happened in brussels. the other way around -- they want more euro, not less. they want to have even more strict rules. it is the other way around that it is in britain. this is what angela merkel has to say. >> the treaty agreement would obviously ensure that those countries comply with the budget requirements that will be set out. that does represent a loss of sovereignty to the german parliament, as it would elsewhere. that is something that does worry many people in germany. we have already seen the change earlier this year. >> yes, the supreme court in germany ruled tha

well first of all the west is used to dealing with the president more than parliament so. so i think that not much will change in that particular area there are of course both many areas of accommodation and partnership and also some areas of severe attention particularly the so-called missile defense that the u.s. and nato keep threatening to construct and the fact that there may be opposing forces facing off u.s. and russian naval forces around syria over the next week outside of those generally the relations between the two countries are very the two countries are very good with the western europe also i don't expect that to change at least until there's a presidential election and probably not even after that and with the routing policy having been widely credited with steering the country through do we think maybe a financial crisis that western countries traditionally about composition and why do you think that. the united states has a tradition of making mischief elsewhere there or is the national endowment for democracy as it's called that intervenes in the politic

across the country's nine times so having their say to decide the makeup of the lower house of parliament the state. our voting has finished in the far east of the country but people in the rest of the world's biggest nation are heading to the polls to cost that's the key issue focuses on whether the ruling united russia party will win enough support to remain the decisive parliamentary force but let's get some more details on this now straight to r.t. surface standing by in central moscow with a bit of a focus today but the kremlin behind you we see you there sara after weeks of political campaigning people are now making decisions how is the election process going so far. both the facing continuing today here in the capital and indeed across the country around one hundred ten million people expected to face today the central election committee in russia saying that about a quilter have already turned out to vote no there's no threshold ten out threshold for the elections they'd be valid anyway but millions of people have already cost that no one's being left out even the close minnows t

as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for duma seats party. leader gennady zyuganov types the achievements of communism from before his time but he's criticized for his repost mall with the russian orthodox church current campaign slogan the politics of the majority is made to when we return the motherland stolen from us priorities free education and housing punishing illegal immigration and introducing ethnicity stamps in passports party success story second in all presidential elections since the end of the u.s.s.r. criticized for exploiting soviet nostalgia with pensioners and a discontented industrial working class known for its red flags with the hammer and sickle the communist party of the russian federation duma election two thousand and eleven on r.t. . well into the future of science technology innovation and all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

there and of course how much power the parliament at the end of the day is given this is in line with the trend we've been witnessing across who if africa that in recent months has seen as an honest parties coming to the fore now what is significant about these results particular is that the voting at this stage was done mostly in urban areas particularly some in cairo and in that xandra so when islamist parties have such a strong showing in urban cities it does set the stage that in the next two phases of these voting the islamists will merely continue to do as well because their hold and their popularity in those kind of areas is much higher it also sets the stage for a coalition to be formed with a significant majority in parliament to come form isn't on this policies not next week we'll see the second phase of voting the system. house of parliament the third phase will be in january and then we will be voting hold for the upper house of parliament will serve you there is a significant number of egyptians who are against these elections most of them have been taken to the streets o

as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for a do list seats party leader vladimir putin he swapped seats with dmitri medvedev in two thousand and eight and may do so again in twenty twelve after madrid proposed putin for the presidency current campaign slogan future is dos priorities modernization tackling inequality fighting corruption maximizing russia's impact in international affairs criticized as a monolith that's too slow to react to social change the rules for being home to the tons of law to be uprooted and dmitri medvedev wanted russia action two thousand and eleven on r.t. . and delhi was quieter constantine calls the child channel they can meet of foreign affairs in the outgoing state duma and then though they're voting here not at russia party and he says he's happy with the results his party has received. this result is frankly speaking i may confess now is a bow above our expectations of course during the campaign we were declaring much higher expectations but this is a very good result for the night across more than fifty percent is enough t

world voted for the four hundred fifty seats in the state duma the lower chapter of the russian parliament almost all the roads being talented and though the final figures have yet to be announced the result is clear the ruling united russia remains the strongest body in the parliament though it has lost its coast use the majority so from now on it may have to seek support among the opposition. is that going to be easy for the party used to total control and what can we expect from the newly elected parliament our guest to discuss these and other questions will be of interest law becomes a leading political analyst for. the last four years so the russian state duma pos a record breaking fifteen hundred bills then you elected them these will be able to be that as their term in office is going to be a year longer but before they can take their seats in the duma and stop working they'll have to wait a wrong twenty days for the final election results to be announced meanwhile the preliminary results overages show the same four parties make it into the duma these time what's new is the distribu

russia six a dumas the lower house of parliament begins its first session on wednesday comes more than two weeks after elections that sparked mass protests over alleged fraud charges and telling all because it has a laos from the parliament building. in the new lower house of the russian parliament the state duma opposition will have large more representation than it used to have with the country's leading political party united russia not getting the constitutional majority of the votes it used to have securing only two hundred and thirty eight seats in the country's parliament as opposed to three hundred and fifteen it's nice to have however still united russia got most of the votes but we are expecting some heated debates including on choosing the new speaker of the state duma which we will be updating you on throughout the day now fifteen year committees out of twenty nine will be headed by the parliamentary majority the united russia party six by the country's communist party and the liberal democrats and fair russia will gets to have surely meet each number since the election day

she said she would stand for parliament in the upcoming election. these have been extraordinary days for burma but these are also early days. they will be watching closely to see if this country's leadership does indeed deliver on its promise for change. >> the american vice president joe bide season also on a foreign trip in the turkish capital due to hold meetings with the president. a year after the relations between the two countries deteriorated largely because of the turkish refusal to debate and the breakdown of turkish relations with israel. and preparing to issue a new passport to the formerly -- after clashes between his supporters and security forces in bangkok. well, the current government led by his sister saying the passport is going to be issued as a new year's gift. >> advising football's organization has now cut its ties they were unhappy two of its key recommendations have been ignored. fifa has made no comment. russell's here. let's move away from fifa and move towards the clock ticking with a big challenge between the ukraine and

the parliament will support the 100 per cent commission to write the constitution. the military has come out with a proposal, which is not clear whether it is still in force or not -- still enforced or not. all of the others come from organizations that the military had created. so many legal unions and professors. essentially the power of the parliament had already been abused very much. >> let me ask you this question. this is what bothers me. when you look at yemen and the president has stepped down, and then you look very clearly at the most dramatic example, why don't the generals in the sad, ary in egypt and a why don't they give it that unless they make these reforms that they have done in morocco, that they will end up the same way muammar gaddafi ended up? the people will turn on them. why don't they get it? i did not understand it. >> why don't they get it. a>> muammar gaddafi was ripped apart physically. why doesn't he see that sooner or later these people will triumph. start some't they reforms? get something moving in the right direction as the king has

going to tell you well tell us more about how this parliament was elected. well it's been over two weeks since the election day and other day was full odes by the heated debates and a number of opposition rallies in moscow alone over twenty thousand people took it to the streets expressing their disagreements with the outcome of the parliamentary elections in the country claiming if you cation took place and all. already. voting results at twenty one polling stations have been counseled present with video from a thorough investigation into the case of force of a cation. alleged force of patients that's too place however twenty one polling stations out told for tens of thousands throughout the country of course is not enough to cancel the outcome of the parliamentary election in the country still the new lower house of the country's parliament has been formed. well this duma is different from the previous one obviously so tell us how the seats are spread and what can we expect from its work. well the main difference of course is the fact that the country's le