hollande's victory is the revolt of french voters against the austerity measures imposed by european union financeministers to cope with the ongoing fallout from the 2007 world economic collapse. those measures have been dubbed "mercozy" because of the close collaboration between german chancellor angela merckle and french president nicolas sarkozy. "mercozy" is the dub. those austerity measures are now in doubt. france has an unemployment rate of 10% if it's youth unemployment rate of 30%. hollande campaigned on a promise to roll back spending cuts and increase hiring, including 60,000 more teachers, promises at odds with the euro zone budget re straits. europe? a crisis of governance. the politicians who negotiated an austerity pact for europe citizens have been unable to manage sustained political support for those same measures. nicolas sarkozy, by the way, has now become the eighth, the 8th european leader of office in just 12 months. question, what does the european crisis of governance mean for the united states? >> it's a very row minder of the clouds over the global economy right now. bec

european union finance ministers are meeting in brussels amid growing concerns over the future of greece the euro. greek party leaders plan to sit down for a third round of discussions today. if a deal can't be reached, greece faces the risk of being booted out of the eurozone. >>> the news isn't hurting world stock markets yet. right now european stocks are up, asian markets ended mixed, u.s. futures are up. >>> this morning, a d.c. bartender trying to protect a woman is recovering from eight stab wounds. police say a purse snatcher stabbed nike boone two weeks ago. boone works at trusty tavern in southeast washington on capitol hill. he walked a woman home late one night. he tells news4 what happened next. >> someone jumped out of the bushes and yanked her purse out of her hand. and that was close enough -- i was close enough to yank it back. then me and the man got in a fight. and there was a pretty -- it happened quickly. >> boon says he would do it again even though he suffered stab wounds in the lungs, stomach, and back. police arrested the suspect a few blocks away. >>> a warning

these are the questions facing their finance ministers of the 27 states of the european union. they are trying to put it all into european law and it's about how much money european banks should set aside in reserve. we're talking about more than 300,000 banks and capital reserves. at the moment they are aiming for 7% on that. but the problem is they have already got member states that disagree. >> and yes. they will in the next month or so. >> but it could have an effect on the amount of money banks lend out. >> you're watching "bbc world news." still to come -- one year on from the death of osama bin laden, we have an exclusive insight into the former al qaeda leader's life. now, protesting in the danish capital of copenhagen over a department store's decision to stop selling seal products. from copenhagen we have this report. >> outside copenhagen's upscale department store. it's feared the traditional way of life is under threat. they came to protest the decision to ban the sale of all seal products. they fear other businesses will now follow suit. shops around the world ar

and here you've got the unions financing the anti-1% movement and they're in it themselves. >> but itdicey because is it true that unions are nonprofit? >> that's correct. >> so they do not have to pay taxes in the same way? >> well, the employees, the people in the union, yeah, they pay tax but the union as an entity is nonprofit and does not pay federal income taxes unlike the corporations which they criticize which do pay federal income taxes. >> important point. >> my, oh, my. >> there you have it. >> thank you for explaining that to us. >> good job getting their pay stubs. >> right. >> they'll be delighted with that. thanks, stuart. we'll be watching you over at fox business at 9:20 eastern time. >> thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> all right, coming up straight ahead, we told you about the street lamps that will be barking orders to you and criticizing your hair style. now, hear this. the u.s. just approved drones to spy on everyday people. is this true? >> he doesn't look very happy. >> is that finger loaded? it sounds like the start of a hollywood thriller but playing out at on

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