i mean people i mean we just heard that other countries would follow the it would follow the political union thing but people didn't vote for that i find that inherently undemocratic and that giving people a choice ok i mean what what happens on the net when the next congress comes in in greece are they going to vote against the the this austerity package they are bred of course they are and not only in greece we already hear echoes of this and france this is where francois hollande the leading member of the opposition who looks likely to win the next presidential race and france is already saying why do we have to have this us there any and i think this is the key you can see the leaders signing up for it because the exchange is clear in germany you give me the cash to survive given my debt problem i'll give you my sovereignty but will the public actually comply will they agree to accept the pain of the susteren and will they agree to submit the most important sovereign aspect which is your first school your budget to technocrats in brussels that are not answerable to your population throug

political statement but not an inspiring state. i think that with no one talks about it fiscal union or. one has to be able to understand what this means the united states of europe need to be thought as the united states of america you know just as america has a center of fiscal fiscal agent that's called the united states treasury that does not exist in europe what exists in europe is that every county cannot have a budget deficit above the three percent and to also furthermore that from now on every continent in the euro zone should not even have three percent reduction have a constitutional amendment that it should be even much lower than that even a one percent except in some difficult times this is not what i would call the fiscal union this is it is not possible for every member of the eurozone group to create surpluses so that it is possible to then the euro the euro zone to be in a and even keel based on the definition of. america believes and president sarkozy made a major fan stay with you when you were on if i can say with you in new york a very but when countries join the eu

that's that that's a very incredible political statement because we're talking about fiscal and political union to the max now because greece has lost its sovereignty at law it's lost its economic decision making ability and if trends continue others call the small countries within the euro zone will also follow suit. this may be a remarkable political statement but not an inspiring statement i think that with one talks about it fiscal union or. one has to be able to understand what this means the united states of europe need to be thought as the united states of america you know this as america has a center of fiscal fiscal agent that's called the united states treasury that does not exist in europe what exists in europe is that every county cannot have a budget deficit above the three percent and to also furthermore that from now on every continent in the euro zone should not even have three percent reduction have a constitutional amendment that it should be even much lower than that even a one percent except in some difficult times this is not what i would call the fiscal union this is it is

union without a fiscal you know and along the same lines in the united states and you can have a political union.

without the fiscal you know and along the same lines in the united states and you can have a political union where you know all of the powers that be was created by the euro zone.

union with god a fiscal union i think along the same lies in the united states and you can have a political union where you know if the powers that use created the euro zone was germany germany and france in the names of francois mitterrand and also. chancellor called new project was incomplete and he expected that those who would follow them will complete the project but what we instead we saw is the development of tremendous imbalances between the interest of eurozone countries you does not possible to expect the german you will always have a surplus unless other countries such as greece and portugal have deficits ok and therefore this is how we've created the let me growth pattern legian mean do you mean here i mean people i mean we just heard that other countries would follow the it would follow the political union thing but people didn't vote for that i find it inherently undemocratic and that giving people a choice ok i mean what happens when you win the next congress comes in in greece are they going to vote against it to be this austerity package or try as they are read of course they are

but agree on workers rights. >> unions may not force members to pay for political activity they disagree with. unions are already subject to extensive administrative procedures and reporting requirements. >> president obama rescinded an order from president bush that federal workers be informed of the right to challenge how money is spent. the administration disbanded the federal unit in charge of auditing the largest unions so there will be zero audits in 2012. in washington, jim angle, fox news. >> next in the grape vip interesting information -- grapevine interesting information about some of people behind the chrysler ad during the super vote. don't forget the infinity sponsored text to vote question. can rick santorum win the g.o.p. nomination? text sr1 to 36288 for yes. sr2 for no. we'll bring you the results at the end of tonight's show. >> bret: now fresh pickings from the political grapevine. more fall-out from the chrysler bowles ad titled "halftime in america" that featured clint eastwood talking about detroit coming back from the brink. conservatives sa

for more on union workers' dues going to political campaigns. clear on this. the supreme court has spoke on this issue. it seems clear union workers are supposed to have the option to opt out to make sure their dues don't go towards political causes with which they disagree. but there is a real question, that's what congress and issa are look into. whether the unions are complying with the law and whether there is a little strong arming going on. chris plants, what say you? >> if there are laws in place they are not being enforced. nobody has put any attention to them. they have been ignored. $1.1 billion. and every study shows the union dollars go 95% to democrats and the rest go to rinos in the pockets of the unions. imagine the ceos of gm, ford and chrysler extracting money against the will of employees and setting up a political committee that just funded republicans. liberals would be go were serk. but hundreds of millions of dollars in election cycles come from unions and the public sector employees fund the elections then sit act table fr

we are moving, perhaps without being aware, towards some diagnosis of even political union. the crisis has brought about an acceptance of government much greater coordination at eu level of national budgetary policies. since last year the so-called european semester is in place. this means that each of our governments has to submit to the european commission and european council of ministers. in the first half of the year before it goes to the national parliament, a draft budget, this is incredible if you think of it. this was asked by the european commission for years and years and always rejected by member states isn't this -- to the parliament. it's in place. that's one aspect. then the acceptance of a much enhanced economic surveyance, there is operational influence of supervision by the eu. so the in itself slow structure of the 27 or of the 17 members of the euro area has moved, has moved considerably, thanks, one should say, to the greek -- if i say in one year time, i would imagine a euro area that would have composition more numerous than the current one. i don't se

megyn: give us an example of how the union is using your money in ways you think are too political ordon't jibe with your own personal views. >> well, sure. first of all, of course, union members do have rights to resign their union membership and exercise what's called their beck rights. comes from a supreme court decision in 1988 called the communication work withers of america v. beck -- workers of america v. beck. what union members have to do is resign their union membership, so a lot of union members are afraid to do that because of the harassment that comes on the workplace from doing that. so fear keeps a lot of union members frommered exercising their -- from exercising their rights. but even after exercising their beck rights, there's something called the agency fee which is the minimum amount that nonmembers have to pay to the unions in order to keep their job. now, this agency fee is supposed to be a reflection of the true cost of unions to represent you in the workplace. however, we know that the agency fee also includes a lot of suntive and what they call -- subjective a

the kind of politics which i'm afraid the european union has descended towards afraid is happening at the moment is a shadow play. we have the green. party leaders and the prime minister supposedly negotiating very harshly. in my estimation i hope i'm wrong but that of the i am this is just tense the decisions are made to the deedes already in place all we have these three political leaders who are trying to find a way of presenting what is in and out of the illogical package to the greek people . that was in fact economics professor younis i should say from athens there let's take a look at some other stories from around the world this hour for you from a near as prime minister has resigned and dissolve the government saying he wants to preserve social and economic stability in the country this follows weeks of protest over austerity measures introduced in two thousand and ten to secure financial aid from the e.u. and i.m.f. the pm urged the country's politicians to bridge their divisions and vote in a new government as soon as possible. palestine's two rival factions islamist hamas

so we have to give shape to the political union. the euro didn't make it yet. but of course, not everybody agrees on the shape that europe should have in the future. but we have a commission that functions as a government of europe. we have a strong european parliament. which is becoming stronger and stronger throughout history of europe. with a council, heads of state, which is the second chamber. we have european court of justice, which is our supreme court. many of you will have to keep on building this house of europe for us. house of europe for us. and i can promise you, your generation has a lot to do. we have a lot of work to do. and for me it's going to be interesting to have this discussion that we're going to have. what do you think of europe, what are your concerns, what are your expectations, what is your vision, what do you want to add, or do you think that everything that functions ideally? and, well, therefore it is good that not only i was able to talk to you, but i also have the possibility to have a discussion with you. thank you for listening

spending being coordinated across the different countries within the union you also need fiscal and political union and she also said that you need a common treasury and know what is being discussed today by the n.c.a.a. agrees with this is easily want the better willy's base and i think of england oh. well as things a cd you think should i be in charge or europe is that we're saying well let's us what i would hope that i would hope that we have more central being as a half of the government and germany and this is an end drawing up the fiscal rules of europe as i hope that francois roll on if he wins the french presidential election this me will do but the reality is that what we've seen in the in the eurozone are very harsh and fierce fiscal rules and the fact is if i examine wins this referendum he would be doing a deal to drop similar fiscal rules with george osborne it doesn't sound much like independence from a tory tax and spend policy to me nor indeed do i think it would be for the scottish people. cases no one since because the bank of scotland has been independent the chances in one thous

we are moving perhaps without being aware toward some degree of political union. the crisis brought about an unexpected acceptance by national governments of much greater coordination at the e.u. level of national budgetary policies. since last year, the so-called european sector is in place. this means each allow our governments to submit to the european commission and to the european council of ministers in the first half of the year before it goes to the national parliament a draft budget. this is incredible issue. was asked by the european commission for years and rejected by member states to the sovereignty of parliament but now it is in place. so this is one aspect. then the acceptance of a much enhanced economic surveillance on even the process of fracture reforms in member states so there is an acceptance of more operational instruments of supervision by the e.u.. in itself, slow. 27 or the 17 members of the euro area has moved considerably, thanks to the greek crisis and if i look in five years time i would imagine euro area that would have composition mo

unions abuse their political spending by using my union dues that i have no desire to go to the politicales that they are spending their money on and i have to pay those dues as a condition of employment and it about time myself and other union workers who do not agree with our union officials that our union dues stop being used by political purposes and i get more support than not. this are those who descent, and they vocal but i am finding more support out there for my position and my group, i formed a group called union conservatives, and, that, really, there are discenters so there is a growing movement not only of conservatism but democrats are believing the union officials do not have the right to use our union dues for the far left political activity. >> when they come back and say we are doing to for your own good, we are advancing your issues or helping you secure your job and need and without this you are in deep do do? >>guest: that is subjective. if they are telling the truth that is their belief and there is room for my belief as well, that the only way unions are going to ad