u.k. independence party and the majority of people in the u.k. will not want the ukraine to join the european union ok we have to leave it there thank you very much paul nuttall the deputy leader of the u.k. independence party and thank you. but ukraine's dire economic conditions are being cited is the main reason lawmakers backed away from the e.u. deal are berlin correspondent has been hearing reaction in europe with some believing it can't afford to accommodate here. ukraine's decision not to push for closer association with the e.u. could turn out to be a blessing for those european countries there was going to have to be some two hundred thousand pieces of regulation that would have had to be changed to allow ukraine to fit into this new partnership all of which will have to are being paid for by the european countries now these pieces of regulation range from quite big issues right down to things like the type of screws used on road signs and the gauge of railway tracks and those are things that really european countries can't afford to be

u.k. independence party if margaret thatcher was in power today. the u.k. independence party would probably be irrelevant. because thatcher would, today, be saying to the british people get out of the e.u. free yourselves from a huge burden on the british people and cost the british taxpayer a great deal of money. why let the bureaucrats in brussels tell the wish people what to do? and so i think the u.k. independence party, which is heavily made up of -- not entirely but in large part a former conservative party members who left because they feel the party deserted them. i think if thatcher were in power there wouldn't be a u.k. inexpense party. she never spoke publicly about u.k. in the private conversations i had with her. she didn't talk about the u.k. independence party. but, you know, she would have created those who vote for the u.k. independence party with respect. she would not be sneering at them. as some leading figures in the conservative party have done. including the prime minister. and, you know, her view was that you want to appeal the voters

u.k. independence party joins me live now from the u.k. liverpool ways you're probably a little envious aren't you ukraine's president has basically said no to the e.u. is stood up to the e.u. well i suppose you could say we're a little bit envious really bad. unbelievable really isn't it i think the two words i would use to describe the whole situation actually is probably on believable hypocrisy. in light of what the and what the european union have done seriously we cannot really believe the joint statement issued by. regarding the issue really shows the entire situation to be unbelievably hypocritical but your party that purports to listen to what the u.k. the people there in the u.k. want now what about the fact there are tens of thousands of people protesting in ukraine at the moment shouldn't the president listen to what they want they see much better benefits by joining up with the e.u. in the long term. well absolutely there have indeed been protests but i think we have to compare those two protests it being elsewhere in the europ

u.k. independence party and he believes the risks of ukraine joining the union are being disregarded. they told olaf about the problems that you're up how does look european union wants create ukraine to eventually join they were albanians to join they will say abuja to join me they even won't take you to join you're ninety five percent of turkey isn't even in europe i mean this is an expansionist organization really in britain certainly don't want ukraine to join the european union because if they join that means our borders will be opened up to forty six million ukrainians and in ukraine the average wage is around three hundred euro per month and we know that if they do join a lot of them will call western at the moment we have twenty two percent youth unemployment here in britain and we can saturate out all market any further with any more people. well for more on what is behind ukraine's u. turn and the backlash it is do head to our website at our state dot com. while they use summit in lithuania is a bank to look at the possibility of closer ties with ukraine some european leader

u.k. independence party he says many ukrainians are europeans fail to appreciate the risks attached to the association agreement. they don't know enough about the problems that you're up how low the european union wants create ukraine to eventually join they will albania to join they won't say happy it's a joint i mean they even want to take you to join you know ninety five percent of say he isn't even in europe i mean this is an expansionist organization reem britain certainly don't want ukraine to join the european union because if they join that means our borders will be opened up to forty six million ukrainians and in ukraine the average wage is around three hundred euro moment and we know that if they do join a lot of them will come west and at the moment we have twenty two percent youth unemployment in britain and we can saturate out all market any further with any more people. it's just over ten weeks to go until the such a winter olympic games and the countdown to the paralympics has just reached one hundred two is to say with the latest on the preparations. certainly a hundred day

u.k. independence party believes there is why disregard for the risks of ukraine's integration into the union. they told know enough about the problems that your house will do if they move in once crate ukraine to eventually join and they will albanians to join they won't say happy it's to join me they don't want to take you to join you know ninety five percent of say he isn't even in your i mean this is an expansion of stalking as asian reem britain certainly don't want ukraine to join the european union because if they join that means our borders will be opened up to forty six million ukrainians and in ukraine the average wage is around three hundred euro and we know that if they do join a lot of them will cold western at the moment we have twenty two percent youth unemployment rate in britain we concentrate. any further with any more people. more was behind you greens you turn down the backlash it's barkhad to our website r.t. dot com. it's all a senate has stripped former prime minister silvio berlusconi of his parliamentary seat after his conviction for tax fraud the seventy seven year o

u.k. independence party who believes that some of these people really don't know what they are running full that we have to compare the two process it being elsewhere in the european union where you have to look at the protest being in greece riots burning the european union flag and i think i think these people who are protesting propaganda i think the propaganda machine of the european union has still to down to these protesters actually really knew what was involved in joining the european union and actually what it meant for that country i think would see a whole different thing out. so there was no agreement in vilnius when leaders failed in to persuade ukraine's leaders that its future lies closer to europe even despite some last minute pressure is. reports. if a moment of un power allowed access ukrainian president viktor yana coverts comes face to face with e.u. leaders for the first time since stalling on an historic trade deal the whole thing caught on camera it's clear that kiev decision to hold proceedings has rankled e.u. leaders who are in years of negotiations now to cultivat

u.k. independence party believes there is why disregard for the risks of ukraine's integration into the union. they told know enough about the problems that your house will be moving once great ukraine to eventually join in a while but anyway it's a choice they don't say happy it's a choice do they even want to it's a choice in their ninety five percent of turkey isn't even in your i mean this is an expansionist organization really in britain certainly don't want ukraine to join the european union because if they join that means our borders will be opened up to forty six million ukrainians and in ukraine the average wage is around three hundred euro zone for me you know if they do join a lot of them will come west and at the moment we have twenty two percent youth unemployment rate in britain we concentrate. any further with any more people. for more on what's behind ukraine's u. turn on the backlash and so far to head to our web site r t dot com. it elice out has stripped former prime minister said we have. kone of his parliamentary seat after his conviction for tax fraud a seventy seven yea

u.k. independence party. they don't know enough about the problems that your up house law european union wants create ukraine to eventually join and really want albanians to join they don't say have you to join me they even want to take you to join your ninety five percent of turkey isn't even in europe this is an expansionist organization really in britain certainly don't want ukraine to join the european union because if they join that means our borders will be opened up to forty six million ukrainians and in ukraine the average wage is around three hundred euro per month and we know that if they do join a lot of them will come west and at the moment we have twenty two percent youth unemployment here in britain and we can saturate our all market any further with any more people since the start we have been following the unrest in ukraine over the leaders in decisiveness about being closer to europe and at r.t. dot com you can see all our comprehensive coverage so far. the e.u. summit in lithuania is a back

the referendum on scottish independence is a long awaited issue for the scottish national party in two thousand and twelve after years of struggle it was finally agreed on by u.k. prime minister david cameron and the first minister of scotland alex salmond the vote is said to take place on september twenty fourth teen when scott including sixteen and seventeen year olds will have their yes or no say on whether to and the three hundred plus years of union with one the key issues for breaking away are the economic strings of scotland fans arrangements and membership of the e.u. and nato led to fabiani says in a panelist well let's call it to the side which past their country takes most of my life scotland has not had the government such as voted for and you don't think independence will bring with it people will vote for the representative government before school and it's making choices and positive choices and defining the future as is best for scotland and the people who live in what can scotland very straight forward as far as i'm concerned their release of a blueprint for independence will take place in glasgow later today and we are going to have a live re