>> i think ministers will reconfirm the decisions made at bucharest and at the strasbourg- kehl summit concerning georgia and ukraine and we will welcome the progress made by the two countries within their annual national programs. >> georgian tv. the situation in georgia's occupied territories very complex. russian soldiers have kidnapped 11 georgian citizens, including four teenagers. will nato do consideration on haneda-russian council meeting situation on georgia's occupied regions? and next question, integration in nato is the top of georgian foreign policy agenda. will be the message of the nato foreign ministers to georgia's public at this ministerial? >> i think two messages are important. firstly, that we insist on respect for georgia's territorial integrity and sovereignty. and secondly, that the decision we took in bucharest still stands. we all know that we decided in bucharest that georgia and ukraine will become members of nato, provided that they fulfill the necessary criteria. i think that these two messages are the core messages. >> [speaking french] -- disappointed by

commission president jose baroso takes questions from the european parliament during their meeting in strasbourg. questions will be economy, europe 2020 a 10-year economic plan to the future of the european union. this is a little over an hour. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i hereby resume the meeting and i would like to welcome the president of the european commission. but before we start, the question hour, i would like to inform you that the minutes of yesterday's meeting is already available. are there any objections or comments to the minutes? since there are no objections, the minutes shall be adopted and now we shall move on to the next item on the agenda. question hour with the president of the commission. i would like to once again welcome joseph to the european parliament. we start with parts one. and that is questions asked by the heads of the political groups and by other persons appointed to ask questions on behalf of the political groups. question, 1 minute and the response is 1 minute. there can be an additional question of 30 seconds with a response, which lasts for

strasbourg was the nexus of all sorts of information. >> could you say a little bit about how it took so long to get to the library of congress? >> sure. that is also a great part of the story. thank you. he is my agent. the map, supposedly there were 1,000 copies printed. they very quickly disappeared. luckily one survived because it was bound into a book and the book, the book turns out to be one of the best ways of balta preserve paper and this book ended up sitting in the library in the south of germany for a couple hundred years pretty much ignored and forgotten and then in 1901 it just would priest named father fisher went to do some research at the castle looking for something else and stumbled across this map and he was a well-informed it up younger for and particularly interested in the early discoveries of the americas and was able to recognize that this must be the baltimore map. within a year there were headlines in "the new york times" saying this map, the long-lost map thought to be lost that has been found again. then we had world war i, world war ii, relationships betw

we will discuss this further in strasbourg. mr. speaker, at the same time we have worked with nato and the warsaw pact, and they continued to be the basis for defense borders are not on the agenda. we will continue to abide by the helsinki final act. indeed, without nato and the european community, these great events would surely not have happened. mr. speaker this was an excellent meeting and a very satisfactory outcome. the next that is for nato heads of government to meet on the fourth of december and president bush will report on his meeting with president gorbachev. before that happens, i shall be meeting president bush at camp david later this week. the reaction of the right honorable gentleman, the leader of the opposition, to see what is happening in eastern europe as another excuse to weaken our defenses by getting rid of nuclear weapons. even though they are a fundamental part of nato strategy. it is because we had nato, because we kept defenses strong, because we deployed against the soviet union and convince them that t

guest: it has to do with the concept.ion of nato's strategicj Ñiwhen the government met in strasbourg, they decided to take another look at it to see if it was current. they asked secretary albrecht to have a big group of experts who were responsible for writing a report to the general in may. there were seminars discussing variousw3çó aspects. this is the last of them. it is designed to brainstorm. it is been quite good. they are focusing on nato's capabilities, the structures and the things that need to be done. the experts will go away and think about what they want to say to the inspector general. they will discuss that with government. hosthost: tell us about counterinsurgency operations in afghanistan that were discussed. guest: [unintelligible] the change in nato is a reflection of the realities of the 21st century. we got over the cold war. everybody in the alliance is adamant about the core purpose which has to remain. there are things that must be done to take on threats from outside of the area. it is more likely that these things will come from failed states, terrorist.

conversations] >>> european commission president jose barroso took questions during a plenary meeting in strasbourg flans on tuesday. members dustin of the economic crisis in greece, food security in europe and creating a european monetary fund. during the second half of question hour, members' questions focused on a humanitarian rights. this is about one hour and ten minutes. [inaudible] mr. joseph from epp, the floor is yours. >> translator: president barroso, if my group and others here have worked here in order to get to the lisbon treaty through and see it come into effect that something that we can experience now the past three months. we need to have a policy that is worth its name in the international arena and i think we should be on the right track but i would ask you come president, how can we say that 500 million europeans can have their lights defended? it's up to the european union to live up to its ideals and values. the action service provided the lisbon treaty should be coming into the light of day soon, and we will be involved in its inception. now, the european parliament with co

this plenary meeting took place in strasbourg france. it's about one hour and ten minutes. >> [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: the first question from mr. joseph dole from epp. the floor is yours. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: president, president barroso, if my group and others here have worked here in order to get the list in treaty through and see it coming to affect that's something we can experience now the last three months. we need to have a policy that is worth its name in the international arena, and i think we should be on the right track but i would ask you that, president, how can we say that 500 million europeans have their rights defended? it's up to the european union to live up to its ideals and values. the action surface has provided for by the lisbon treaty should be coming into the light of day soon and we will be involved in its inception. now, the european parliament with council and commission will act as a code decider. the financial regulation and other issues. my group is very keen on the f

i am appalled and there is a waste of money by sending this to strasbourg. i was angry about this and i was working on the campaign to open up. i want to change this. but you cannot change anything from the sidelines. you have what they were stuck in to, any kind of arrangement -- you reduce yourself to the tents on the side. and then, i know where i want to be. this will occur -- under the liberal democrats. when this happens next, i will argue -- i like people to have this choice. what is so dishonest about the conservatives, they made a guarantee, with this bit of elastic. and they pretended -- there was the one specific treaty. they were addressing the fundamental issue. there were not honest with people. the british people were voting against this. they were reading the next day, great britain is against europe. guess what would have changed in the european union? nothing. literally nothing. the policy would still be wasting away. there would be as many people in brussels. this was a dead -- a dishonest pledge. the conservatives knew that they would be

action in our courts, rather than spending up to seven years of taking the case to the european court in strasbourg? can't hear from that is never right to -- can he confirm that is their right to report this in another country? can hear from that today? the 2002 optional protocol establishes inspection places of detention. -- inspection for places of detention. can he confirm how long he expects the inquiry to take? he said it will take no longer than a year. but can he confirm how he believes it will be able to start? which we hope it will start as soon as possible before the end of the year. finally, can i endorse support for the difficult and often dangerous work of officers of a our security? >> kiron thank the right hon. lady for -- i thank the right hon. lady for her questions and comments. she is absolutely right to be a better view. and really, it is because we revere what the intelligence services for what they do that we want to get on with this inquiry and have it done. it will be limited to a year and i hope it get started before the end of this year. i very much agree about torture. w

however, they see a market failure coming at them with a speed and impact of a stevens strasbourg fastball to decide of the ead. with across-the-board unbundling, of air travel serves and absent the government and higher stepping in, consumers will not have the ability to evaluate the full price of air travel options available to them. for decades, the transparency of air fare information through all channels has been a marvel of modern technology and has benefited consumers immeasurably unbundling without disclosure threatens to catapult us out of the 21st century and back into an opaque stone age where a telephone calculator, pen and paper and a lot of unproductive time were needed to figure out how to compare airlines services. add-ons like checked bags or material to air transportation away a tear is material to a restaurant meal. but some are akin to a restaurant advertising 20-dollar business persons luncheon special and then a surpring with a 10-dollar add-on fees for use of the chair when handed the man you. the patron is given partial information and essntially tricked into coming

each in seattle at this hour steven strasbourg the great rookie for washington national give up six runs tonight he was freed up pretty bad. we start talking about buster posey we just saw speak that's good news for rookie of the year. tiger woods is to do anything on the links in 2010 it did better be this week at the pga tournament. he's in wisconsin today preparing for the year's final measure that's the pga championship and the swing coach named sean fully was by which society analyzing his swing though he hasn't officially been hired by woods yet. tiger woods been rough so far this year. >> life in general the last nine months has been very difficult. if f flitch as a cadet always said just keep living. to be honest with you thought it would of been here a little bit sooner. with all that's going on. some hall papaw appear a bit of a play a little bit better than i thought and caught up with last week carried a >> this would be it for what did you figure she doesn't play well here the odds are he will not be a member of the ryder cup team more than likely by his choice. shaquille o'

strasbourg, virginia, 54. along with frederick. that has been updated to the t3 in strasbourg virginia -- 53. you can keep the air conditioner off again today. it's going to be comfortable in the 70's this afternoon, not as humid as the past couple days. 63 was the high temperature yesterday at reagan national. five days in a row of temperature is below average. we have not had a stretch of five consecutive days below average since last february. pretty significant. 71 is the average high. the record is 95 today. there's upper level circulation, unsettled weather several days. that set overhead giving us clouds and showers. finally that is getting pushed to the east and getting kicked out. that will pave the way for a lot of sunshine the next couple days. 73 is the high temperature today. gusty. west wind at 10-20, gusting up to 30 miles an hour. starting tomorrow in the 40's again with a lot of sunshine, comfortable conditions, not as gusty, mid 70's. near 80 degrees for the weekend with total sunshine, looking good. >>> looking a

parliament building in strasbourg and demanding that supermarkets. pay more for them milk prices have roughly whole of the over the last two years mostly getting small private films. just a month you can check out our website for updates on everything we're covering the moment here on screen as well as expert analysis blogs and videos it's all available online at auntie dot com here's a quick taste of what's there right now the moment thousands of friends have left their state church in just a week in protest but the clergy stand sold gay marriage. special week in moscow and you can logon to fund the details reports from the catwalk all of this and much more for unity. within an i'm a new stories about eight nine minutes from now in the meantime the business news is next with. hungry for the full story we've got it from the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. every month we give you the future we help you understand how we'll get there and what to bring the best in science and technology from across russia and around t

parliament building in strasbourg they were demanding that supermarkets pay more for their milk prices have roughly halved over the last two years mostly hitting small private farms russia's proposal for a new pan european security treaty is not aimed at narrow objectives and will help all participants that was one of the messages of the russian president dmitry medvedev as he met with delegates at the munich security conference. but the go when it first proposed the new pan-european security treaty it was a mixed reaction some said it is time to change the old system others see that russians are trying to deceive europeans but security is a serious thing it's inappropriate to make one country a book safe at the expense of others the known glared at russia's voice is being heard by my counterparts in france germany and other countries personal relations do not decide everything in firm policy but they really help a recent research in russia u.s. relations could not have been successful without a good relationship with president obama some of us believe that it was a good idea to push t

the european court of human rights in the french city of strasbourg. the judges here are among the busiest in europe. at the dock is constantly full -- the docket is constantly full. some cases question the freedom of press. the princess of monaco feels that the newspapers are infringing on hurt human rights by publishing photos of her. this publishing house argues the media needs more freedom when it comes to celebrities. some ask what that has to do with human rights. >> society has changed. the court of justice reflects that. it is shown in prominent cases like this, dealing with freedom of the press. >> these are the fathers of the european charter of human rights. the basis for the council of the european court of human rights. world war i ii had ended five years -- world war iii had ended five years earlier. at the founding fathers wanted a unified area of human rights. >> we cannot and that anything less than the union of europe as a whole. >> that vision was impossible in the divided europe and it took decades before the iron curtain fell. once

the european court of human rights in the french city of strasbourg. the judges here are among the busiest in europe. at the dock is constantly full -- the docket is constantly full. some cases question the freedom of press. the princess of monaco feels that the newspapers are infringing on hurt human rights by publishing photos of her. this publishing house argues the media needs more freedom when it comes to celebrities. some ask what that has to do with human rights. >> society has changed. the court of justice reflects that. it is shown in prominent cases like this, dealing with freedom of the press. >> these are the fathers of the european charter of human rights. the basis for the council of the european court of human rights. world war i ii had ended five years -- world war ii had ended five years earlier. at the founding fathers wanted a unified area of human rights. >> we cannot and that anything less than the union of europe as a whole. >> that vision was impossible in the divided europe and it took decades before the iron curtain fell. once

the cuban dissident guillermo farinas was not allowed to travel to strasbourg to collect his award. he used a recorded message instead to call for the release of all political prisoners in cuba. >> a symbolic vacant chair and the european parliament. the president of the assembly appealed to the cuban authorities to allow guillermo farinas to travel to strasbourg it to collect the prize. >> this empty chair, this they could place beside me is assembled and it shows how important this price is and how necessary it remains. we must raise our voices to protect all of those who risk their lives in the battle for freedom. >> guillermo farinas is a psychologist and journalist to continues to write articles critical of the cuban regime. he recently went on a hunger strike for 133 days. in a message to the european parliament, he pleaded for solidarity. >> anyone who is afraid of allowing people like this to travel has good reason to be afraid. like other dictatorships, this regime will not survive. >> the european parliament hopes that by awarding the prize to guillermo farinas, it would a

the cuban dissident guillermo farinas was not allowed to travel to strasbourg to collect his award. he used a recorded message instead to call for the release of all political prisoners in cuba. >> a symbolic vacant chair and the european parliament. the president of the assembly appealed to the cuban authorities to allow guillermo farinas to travel to strasbourg it to collect the prize. >> this empty chair, this they could place beside me is assembled and it shows how important this price is and how necessary it remains. we must raise our voices to protect all of those who risk their lives in the battle for freedom. >> guillermo farinas is a psychologist and journalist to continues to write articles critical of the cuban regime. he recently went on a hunger strike for 133 days. in a message to the european parliament, he pleaded for solidarity. >> anyone who is afraid of allowing people like this to travel has good reason to be afraid. like other dictatorships, this regime will not survive. >> the european parliament hopes that by awarding the prize to guillermo farinas, it would a

rises just getting bigger and bigger if portugal falls which it is on the lips of everybody here in strasbourg that it will be a disaster strikes the spanish economy because those those two countries are interlinked so severely in economical terms so when i don't know whether portugal spain falls first but when the one falls the other one will do as well. live from moscow this is r.t. still ahead for you this hour a bombshell for some but no surprise others a council of europe backs are further probe to follow it's dropped a full length cause opposed prime minister to a drug and organ trafficking also. the u.s. marmie is not a liberating force it is not a nation building for some it is a destructive force the u.s. president declares the campaign in afghanistan is on track but a growing number of americans say the conflict wastes of lives and wastes money. security is tight here at moscow following the recent unrest involving a russian nationalist groups and ethnic caucuses gangs more than two thousand people have been detained across the capital in the past three days to prevent ethnic clashes

prices just getting bigger and bigger if portugal falls which it is on the lips of everybody here in strasbourg. be a disaster strikes the spanish economy because those go through countries are interlinked so severely in economic terms so when i don't know whether portugal or spain falls first but when the one falls the other one will do as well and time now to check out some other world news this hour a suicide attack targeted military bases in two afghan cities leaving thirteen members of the security forces dead in the northern city of. shootout began when gunmen stormed an army recruitment center a military bus outside another recruitment center the main one in the country was then ambushed in a separate incident on the outskirts of kabul the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attacks in which five assailants were also killed. but u.n. secretary general ban ki moon has rejected a demand from the disputed ivory coast government that u.n. peacekeepers should leave the country incumbent president. hughes the u.n. arming his rival. both candidates claimed victory in last month's electio

she was in strasbourg at the time of this anti-nato protest that i was at last year. we were tear gassed together, in fact. and this extraordinary young woman who has faced death threats, who can go back to afghanistan now only in disguise -- she can't go openly because there have been several assassination attempts against her, several of them too close -- but she said something that i found very important. she said, you know, in civil society in afghanistan we women, we face three enemies that create chaos and bloodshed in our country. we face the taliban, we face this horrifying government of warlords, and we face the u.s. occupation. if you can get rid of the u.s. occupation, we'll only have two. and i thought, that's a very good way to put it. it doesn't mean that ending the u.s. occupation of afghanistan is going to turn afghanistan into switzerland. it does mean that it's a step towards allowing the afghans to reclaim their country. >> host: here's an e-mail, what is your view on the extraordinary silence of american foreign policymakers and the administration

they come up their own folly and swing through the mountains, captor strasbourg and go on into the southwest germany. he is very capable, he is a very good tactician, but second only to eisenhower in his deft touch with allies. he doesn't speak french, they are not all that easy to get along with. [laughter] and he is dealing with a prima donna whose the french commander and differs is really good at it and that is a critical part of his job. so, my intent is that, you know, to bring some of these guys back from the dead. and who hopefully make them breathe and walk across the room again in a way that allows the 21st century audience leadership to push it. >> what about today's leadership? e ruth day tremendous book about petraeus and 101st, and you say and you're talking 2004 and in 2007i would commend to people on our web site because they are brilliant about your second book and also the 101st book, but you said in that talk you developed a great respect and friendship with general petraeus. you were by his elbow every day. what is it like today with the benefit of several years that have

suspend some days last year in april of 2009 at the know to wore no to nadir of protests in strasbourg. i haven't been teargassed that badly in a long time. >> host: how did you get here guest? >> guest: i don't know. as a student activist, it was flying a lot. >> host: but back to strasbourg. >> guest: we got away from the worst of it but it was a pretty bad batch. we had to hike about eight miles back to our hotel because the whole city was under armed control of the military. it was a joint french and german military. they had 30,000 troops. we had a legal place for the mobilization but we were blocked off and couldn't get back to where we needed to goes so we had to hike around the city. an interesting day. it was fascinating because there were people from all over europe saying not only now to the war in afghanistan which was the major focus at that time but no to nato as a military alliance saying we don't want the u.s. telling the military what to do and we don't want our military using the existence of nato as an excuse to expand. it is a huge problem in europe as well as it is

who has been cheering about anything coming out of washington the last several years other than strasbourg who has his picture with the national baseball team. people love their college, school, and proteins. we want to change. they see what is going on, whether it is that or the lack of jobs. whether it is bailouts under president bush or this health care monstrosity or stimulus spending that does not create jobs or counterproductive energy policy. the voters, the people, the fans, the ticket holders, so to speak, the owners of the government that we want to change, and they made that change in the election. now those who have been elected, the number one thing that they need to do is keep their promises, keep their promises that they made to the people. that will at least start getting your country back in the right direction. >> do you miss being in the arena? >> from time to time. we have been very active last year and helping our congressional candidates. southwest virginia. at the beach. southwest, the south side. northern virginia. we are involved. many people have encouraged me to

what about the ucas trials in strasbourg. russia could face a multi-billion claims. talking of breakup breaks. we. believe that it has very much of a very good advantages compared to other platforms it's not just a formal structure it does it's not based on some bureaucratic. things. a way for the leaders ministers to. interact to discuss issues the summit which took place in april last year in brazil a syndicate that. we have a broader range of common a she's. interested in. contacts. both of the level of ministers that the live lives civil society. business community summits. demonstrated that the countries which are part of the bric sherif some. share the vision of the future world. the world needs to reflect. the multiple center approach. but. it's crucial that. we are on the sidelines of the brics summits we've had very specific events taking place we've had a meeting. of the heads of the security council's all of the four countries there's been a meeting of the bank is the representatives of the business community and. also other societies. present. small scale

independence party for being with us there in strasbourg thank you for your work. well is that the global financial recovery in danger that's the question up for debate in peter develops cross-talk program and the full show is coming your way in twenty minutes from now but in the meantime here's a brief preview. we've all heard of the our a triangle this is an iron rectangle because it's bureaucrats lobbyists politicians and special interest groups all getting rich at the expense of the american people that should outrage and upset everybody and it happens unfortunately not just in america it happens in europe with the special interest and i worry it is happening in china where you guys they make this evolution to a free market system that's been great hundreds of millions of people having higher living standards and him i just want to come on if he likes it so much so i will create and write him to i do with english i mean that is the way the united states is going on europe is going i mean seriously i think moving may be one of the options. in. the. russian nucle

nepean and sparty and joins us now live from strasbourg thanks very much indeed for being with us here in the program nigel now as we can see there is no unity in the european union as far as this fund is concerned so how much of a chance is there that it might actually be created against germany's unwillingness to do so. what in the end you see is german politicians that will make these decisions not the german people i'm quite certain that if at any point in time the german people have been asked initially whether they want to give up the deutschmark they have said no and if you ask the german people now do they want to pick up a liability that in financial terms will be six times bigger than the liability they picked up when eastern germany joined them twenty years ago again will be no so my guess is that the german finance minister the german chancellor will make skeptical noises will voice a bit of disagreement but in the end my guess is they will go along with it because they are part of this european political class that have created this monster. and in the end they're going to

what does europe had its capital split between russell, strasbourg, and luxembourg? same reason. why does switzerland have two capitals for many, many centuries? the product to stop protestants and catholics could not agree whether the capitol should be in the protestant section of the catholic section. each got one. the catholics could not agree on whether it should be the city or the city. moved. you have two capitals moving around. it worked because nobody was afraid that a stable permanent capital would create a balance and power that would threaten. again, strategic restraint, was holding power. there take away, and this is surprising or at least it surprised me going in. regime types, democracy does not seem to matter. i went into the project thinking i would find that liberal democracies were great partners, good at making peace. that is partly because we are led to believe by our politicians and scholars that a democracies are pacific and autocracies are were light. i found autocracies can be reliable partners. the concert of europe was divided between a liberalizing brit

who has been cheering about anything coming out of washington other than strasbourg who is a pitcher for the national baseball team there hasn't been much to cheer about but people love their high-school, college or pro teams. the people said we want change. they see what is going on in washington by any measurement whether it is the debt or lack of jobs. the policies in washington, bailouts under president bush or this health care monstrosity or stimulus spending that doesn't create jobs or counterproductive energy policy, none of that is working. so the voters, the people, the fans, the ticket holders, the owners of the government said we wanted change and they made that change in the election and those who have been elected, the number one thing is to keep their promises that they made to the people. that will at least start getting our country back in the right direction. >> do you miss being in the arena? >> i do from time to time. susan and i have been very active in bob macdonald's race in helping out congressional candidates from morgan griffith in southwest virginia and at t

in view of the public's disdain for the unelected bureaucrats in strasbourg, will he defend our country from any further sanctions from europe on the issue? >> i think the honorable lady knows that i have every sympathy with her view. i see no reason why prisoners should have the vote. this is not a situation that i want this country to be in. i am sure that you will all have a very lively debate on thursday, when the house of commons will make its views known. >> each week the house of commons is in session, we air prime minister's questions. you can find a video archive of past programs and links to the house of commons and the prime minister's website at c- span.org. >> tomorrow the president's fiscal year 2012 budget will be released. we will bring you live coverage from a baltimore school where president obama talks about the budget and education. we will also have reaction from the pentagon, the white house budget office, and members of congress. on tuesday, the house is expected to start debate on a bill that proposes a broad reductions in fiscal year 2011 spending levels possibl

why is the capital near luxembourg and strasbourg? the same reason for collided switzerland have two capitals for many centuries? the protestants and catholics could that agree if it to be in the protestant section so each got one. than the catholics could not agree whether it should be this city or that city so it moved. to capitals moved around switzerland. but it works. nobody was afraid a stable permanent capital would create a balance of power. strategic restraint withholding power. the third take away this since quite surprising going again, the regime type democracy does not seem to matter per car went into the project thinking liberal democracy was very good at making peace. partly because we're led to believe by our politicians and scholars democracies are pacific and autocracies are were like i found they could be very reliable partners. the concert of europe was divided between the liberalizing britain and france and the autocratic austria and russia that got along swimmingly. when brazil and argentina embarked on the path

what does europe have its capital split between brussels, strasbourg, and luxembourg? the same reason. why does switzerland have two capitals for many, many centuries? the product -- protestants and catholics could not agree whether the capitol should be in the pasta section of the catholic section. each got one. and the catholics could not agree on whether it should be the city or that city, so it moved. you had to capitols living around the protestant and catholics can't come to switzerland, but it worked. nobody was afraid that a stable, permanent capital would create a balance and power that would trust. strategic restraint, with holding power. third take away, and this surprised me going in. regime type democracy does not seem to matter. i went into the project thinking that i would find liberal democracies were great partners, very good at making peace. that is partly because we are led to believe by politicians and scholars that democracies are persistent and autocracies are warlike. well, i found that autocracies can be very don't -- reliable partners. divided

who has been cheering about anything coming out of washington the last several years other than strasbourg who was a pitcher with the national baseball team there hasn't been much to cheer about but people of their high school, their college teams so the people said we want to change. they see that what is going on in washington by any measurement whether it is debt or the lack of jobs, but policies in washington with her it is bailout under president bush or the health care monstrosity or stimulus spending that doesn't create jobs or counterproductive energy policy none of that is working so the voters, the people, the fans, the ticket holders to speak, the owners of the government said we want to change and they made that change and of those elected the number one thing to do is keep their promises, keep their promises they made to the people and start getting our country back in the right direction. >> do you miss being in their reena? >> i do from time to time. we've been involved in the governor's race last year and hoping of congressional candidates from the southwest virginia to the

we need a government that is prepared to send people up to brussels or strasbourg or anyone else. we are armed with a referendum given by the irish people, saying that deal is not acceptable. we are getting a government who is going in with the same deal at the last government. the second point is this. the promises which were made about cronyism and an end to the on that issue, the program for government is silent. we have a vague promise and a deluded promise that there will be a substantiated reduction in crime goes. where are the 145 in the program for government and the promise to reduce or abolish 145? is extensive reduction is not good enough. on top of that, we no longer see any pledges to change the appointments, to state bodies, state agencies, which were promised before the election, maybe this is just an admission. my fear is this, that whereas the government is a welcomed relief in terms of its honesty, its integrity, in terms of it being an end to a dirt. the political rule in ireland. i fear that the promises of change will be empty and they are already disappearing

gentlemen this is cross talk you both have difference of points of view i'd like to go to edward first in strasbourg we had a poll that came out a few days ago that madame le pen is ahead in the polls for the presidential poll in france next year she's beating the president others will even say if they vote were held now they would vote for her also if i go to mail online british publication here on the top headline is half of britons would vote for far right parties if they gave up violence and if i could continue a total of forty eight percent said they would definitely support or consider supporting a party with such an agenda if it shunned violence and fascist imagery what is going on all across europe why the is such a great appeal to the right and so dramatic. well i think that europe is feeling a lack of a sense of direction at the moment we haven't got very strong national leaders and we certainly haven't got very strong leaders at the european level we are suffering of course the aftereffects of the major economic crisis as you know the euro has been under a lot of pressure particularly som

right wing i'm joined by tommy robinson in london he is the leader of the english defense league and in strasbourg we cross edward mortimer he's a senior vice president and chief program officer at the salzburg global seminar and another member of our crossed our team you know in the hunger all right gentlemen this is cross talk you both have differences of points of view i to go to edward first instead aspart we had a poll that came out a few days ago that madame le pen is ahead in the polls for the presidential poll in france next year she's beating the president others will even say if they vote were held now they would vote for her also if i go to mail online british publication here and that headline is half of britons would vote for far right parties if they gave up violence and if i can continue a total of forty eight percent said they would definitely support or consider supporting a party with such an agenda he said shun violence and fascist imagery what is going on all across europe why do you get such a great appeal to the right and so dramatic. well i think that there's no doubt good e

simple example of why the european parliament should have two seats one in brussels and the other one in strasbourg it costs additional almost three hundred million euros per year if you have to move once in a six week from brussels to strasburg so let's have only one seat and we can give and we can show by perfect example to the people of europe that we are able to save the taxpayers money. recent controversial court decisions in georgia the country's legal system under the spotlight the acquittal rate of less than one percent and he accused the government of tightening its judges as a country which over reports social status in georgia sometimes enough to avoid punishment. a high profile murder and a low profile investigation the case of sounded good leon he became a byword for both in two thousand and six the twenty eight year old banker attended the birthday party of one of georgia's top police officials but he fall into all of us with one of the guests the next morning his booty with multiple injuries was found on the outskirts of really see four police officers were eventually sentenced to up

simple example why the european parliament should have two seats one in brussels and the other one in strasbourg it costs additional almost three hundred million of euros per year if you have to move once in a six week from brussels so let's have only one seat and we can give and we can show by practical example so the people of europe that we are able to save the taxpayers money how is the european union hurting business we can see a lot of legal acts that have been adopted by the european parliament prepared by the european commission that in fact not helping very much to a business environment in the european union not very business friendly so say and we would like to remove at least some of them we would like to have a liberal free market not a market which is bound by a never ending number of various regulations second example itself across the common for in security policy you can see that it's very hard to achieve any common approach whenever it comes to some crucial questions that in fact the e.u. member states i think much more than they are on then on some common basis and i think thi

the victim's family looked for help from strasbourg and the cause of human rights in april european judges ruled the investigation was bungled that high ranking officials are escaping justice and that politically sensitive convicts were getting unfair leniency from the president it also ruled that judges government should pay fifty thousand euros to the murdered man's reality. the general public in georgia had long ago given its verdict on the case but it's a big victory to the european court of knowledge is it now on a political level it means the attitude to lawlessness in georgia is changing and europe is not ready to forgive such abuses by saakashvili as regime. but lawyers have been following the case since the start that any compensation will be paid under the current leadership vision of saakashvili the saakashvili regime is based on illegal bust courts which he himself greater as a lawyer i can tell you that every acquittal has to be agree with the prosecutor personally all the best was already behind bars and seventy years of the soviet union seventy laws were jailed and seven yea

three hundred million a few rolls per year if you have to move once in a six week from brussels to strasbourg so let's have only one seat and we can give and we can show my perfect example to the people of europe that we are able to save the taxpayers money how is the european union hurting business we can see a lot of legal acts that have been adopted by the european parliament prepared by the european commission that in fact are not helping very much to a business environment in the european union that are not very business friendly so say we would like to remove at least some of them we would like to have a liberal free market not a market which is bond by a never ending number of us regulations second example is of course the common for in the security policy you can see but it's very hard to achieve any common approach whenever it comes to some crucial questions that in fact the e.u. member states i think much more on their own then on some common basis and i think this is natural and we have to count with that we've seen protests here in brussels against the e.u. which of their demands