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in europe? >> absolutely. and i think -- successive leaderers in germany have shied away from the fact that german voters who have to pay more if they want this kind of -- more unified europe. they're going to have to pay out of their own pockets for countries like greece if they're going to stay in the euro zone and things not to fall apart. but this s has been shied away from. it's been con speckiusly avoided by german leaders one after another since helmut kohl. >> not always were -- the strongest power was in europe economic -- economically seen. if you just look at the first years after the currency union and the single currency, you see that germany was the sick man of europe. so that was a completely different talk then. melinda: because those were also the first years followingn unification. let us now, however, turn to the present. in the past few years, it has looked as though helmut kohl might live long enough to see the house that he had built shaken absolutely to its foundations. let's look at a f

this is the big picture across europe. most of the really warm air is being displaced towards more central and eastern parts of europe so we are on the edge of it. on monday, fewer storms around, so less of a risk that as overall catching one part, where the storms do brew on monday, they will be heavy with thunder and lightning. you can see how be heavy with thunder and lightning. you can see how warm be heavy with thunder and lightning. you can see how warm it is, 25 in merseyside and mid—20s across eastern parts of scotland. that is bank holiday monday. 0n eastern parts of scotland. that is bank holiday monday. on tuesday, notice how many thunderstorms break—out across western europe. all the way from spain, france into germany. very high temperatures, more like june orjuly. germany. very high temperatures, more likejune orjuly. a real heatwave across europe right now. this is to stay‘s forecast. storm brea ks this is to stay‘s forecast. storm breaks out across holland, france, some of them drifting. again, it i

africans migrate into europe. because we have an economic situation in africa that needs to be addressed by our leaders we talked about that is the stance of women see as dr let me that's very important to me let tell me how you feel about the possibility of people of parties gaining significant votes in the european elections because they almost exclusively campaigned on the topic of migration yet because. in that it's affecting europe because that is a new trend all over the wall of nationalization kountry is becoming more national contras becoming more solve recognize do incidents on their own ways and that is why you see that british ones who go out of europe you see a lot of other countless wanting to be annoyed that that has manifested also it being there not just that you can see the national spring going off in africa you see a lot of elections have taken place and the government position opposition parties were taken obama governments because people need a new lease of life people need a new life new gove

so has europe failed? i would say it is just too soon to know. could europe fail? of course it could. but must europe fail? absolutely not. thank you very much. >> well done, gentlemen. a very strong opening to the debate. and i think you've flushed something out which is important which is how this audience chooses to define the european experiment. is it the euro? is it a larger civilizational project? that's going to be up to you to decide when you pick up your second ballot at the end of tonight and for those of you voting online right now. our next phase of this debate is to have these debaters engage each other directly. neil, you were the first to speak, so i'm going to come to you. what have you heard from the opposing sid here that you just fundamentally disagree with, that you think they've got wrong from a to z, and then i'll have them rebutt. >> exactly as i predicted, he fell into the trap of contributing the peace to the process of european integration. he did it in an emotive way which has played well for him since 1968. it didn't work for me when i

or, you know, outside europe. then i think that we would be looking into a more and more successful global position of europe in the world. and you are right now we need to get the act together. somehow we need to understand what are the challenges that are coming up in the next decade and the next 20 years and 50 years down the road and be able to plan ahead. and of course, the idea is to do this in a kind of a multi lateral way. and in a way that preserves somehow peaceful cooperation between trading partners between associates in this case. okay. i mean, we're brought out of time. we've run out of time, i guess the major question is can europe survive the european union to be continue gentlemen? ok, many thanks them i guess in paris and in guilford. and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r t c. next time. remember, talk with with kaiser financial survival guide. when customers go buy, you reduce the price. now well, reduce a lower that standard cutting, but what's good for food market? it's not good

what a europe to grow. what a europe to grow up in. a black market where even pride was for sale to the highest bidder. a europe that drew the end of self-respect and human values hearkened back to the jungle. but, in order that the wheels could turn again, some had to put their faith in others. they had to trust and sit around the same tables defined the means of putting europe and the whole world to right. it was evident the europe of 1939 was gone forever. the annexation of the baltic states, the huge advances of the red army placed enormous areas of eastern europe under soviet domination. he agreed on free elections. amid the ruin of countries such as poland, they were held. they were was a matter of opinion. with communists already in key posts, it was no surprise things what their way. if anything else was needed to make the victory certain, there was always the presence of the secret police and a number of soldiers of the occupying red army. and peoples exhausted by war or hardly likely to resist such coercion. for all their ene

this is europe talking about peace. this is europe talking about, of course, supporting ukraine. and this is europe talking about it's future because they are worrying about their future. the war and ukraine has really threatened all the old assumptions or what the future of this continent would look like. and in one of the early speeches here, then we already heard the sentence, that is the, the future of the world is being dominated, will be dominated by empires. and europe doesn't stand a chance if it doesn't, more or less become an empire. that means if it doesn't really become united and speak with 11 voice, if it won't be able to defend itself, if, if a won't be able to def, define its own policies. so this is really what is at stake here. and this is what ursula fund line will be speaking about because this is her task. she will have to lead europe at this point into this very uncertain and rather threatened future. and so just so we're clear this conference on the future of europe is vis a response to the war in ukraine or does bid this precede that. now it did, of course

all across europe fourteen e.u. states impose sanctions on austria now there is barely a peep and in fact we hear of the social democrats in austria have not ruled out themselves entering a coalition with the freedom party what's going on i have feeling that the freedom party moved more to the center they tried to. get rid of people and positions extremists and far right of course there was a few arguments and t.v. discussions also were anti-semitism was lying under the surface but i think they're eager to to leave it there and not bring it up like before that's one point the other thing if i may i would like to come back to it how many witches this is our last chance in europe i disagree i think this is the biggest chance for what europe has now to to change the system to change the bloc towards more integration towards more europe with these societies and these countries that want to move forward ok let's come back to that in just a moment i saw him shaking her head rather vigorously there and i have a way that it

of europe in the world. and you are right, we need to do to get the act together. somehow we need to understand what are the challenges that are coming up in the next decade and the next 20 years and 50 years down the road and be able to plan ahead. and of course, the idea is to do this in a kind of a multi lateral away, and in a way that preserves somehow peaceful cooperation between trading partners between associates in this case. okay. i mean, we do have run out of time. we've run out of time, i guess a major question is, can europe survive the european union to be continue gentlemen? okay, many thanks them i guess in paris and in guilford. and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r t c. next time. remember, pa stuck with ah, join me every thursday on the alex salmon. sure. i'll be speaking together for the world politics sport. business. i'm sure business. i'll see you then. mm. i look forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by h

, the value of europe. and we are here today debate pay tribute -- to to helmut kohl, to the mark that helmut kohl has left on history. many of you have given us regulations -- recollections of moments you have shared with him. but from my generation, helmut kohl is already part and parcel of europe's history. without that life experience, we cannot be here, we could not do what we are doing. those were bold, courageous, is start acts which are -- historic ask which our generation is in position to take. thousands of pages have been written about what he did, most of all german reunification and european integration. helmut kohl is a man who took sometimes decisions, against the will of public opinion and sometimes he took on unexpected decisions were not particularly wanted. and as president of the french republic, i would not like his legacy to be reduced to his political career, remarkable though it was. -- lesson he leaves was much goes much further than that. for france, helmut kohl was a ally,terlocut

the for is doing lots of important -- when we don't engage with europe and we say, look, europe's got this, they're a large economy, they can take care of it. we'll return there but at a greater cost. i don't want that to happen. i want us to be involved in this profound crisis and that's exactly what it is, whether europe tends to think it's our crisis, our issue. i don't want this to be a race to the bottom for our economies. i want it to be a race to the top. we can we can't blame each other. we've got to find a solution. >> can i comment on that. heather made a very good point. we suffer from the same problem that europe suffers from, which is we are failing to make decisions. our budget is stuck now until january and then we'll see what we do. europe is also failing to make decisions on its debt crisis. and the longer it tries to shave it and push it off, the bigger the problems mount. i would just want to tweak what heather said about our being willing to contribute. i don't think it's politically salable to offer to contribute to europe because in the present serks, it's just -

in today's europe. raising inequalities fear of the future and a growing number of people who feel left behind these are undermining democracy and trust in a common future and progressive populist forces are surfing on these feelings with quite success i would say they are they and so this failure of democracy to deliver access to rights for all with less democracy because they build collective identities based on exclusion. and they try to shrink and to. shut up the space for dissent for democratic checks and balances for civil society for media for academia and so on and so forth come to a question but my question is addressed to the progressive camp. what kind of policies do we need to get out of this deadlock because it's not enough to say that we are pro europeans alongside what you said in the beginning what kind of policies we need to bring equality and solidarity and to make this european project great for all ok joe line and. receive all our societies and even between states the strong get stro

this doesn't mean europe has to be everywhere. not every problem in europe is a european problem. solidarity means that europe deals with things the where it is necessary and when it does so, it does it in a decisive effective manner. i think europe gives us our best chance to lasting peace, lasting well-being. and a safe and secure future. in paris, the invitation of the front chip presidency, when we think the first world war came to 100 years ago. once again, we should think through what happens if countries have a respect for each other. what happens if countries and the association, in those days. collapses. therefore, we should not give up our european opportunity. if we do, we will adversely affect, the younger generation. nationalism and -- should no longer have a provision in europe. tolerance and solidarity represent our common future. alex, it is well worth fighting for. thank you. [applause] [silence] >> later this afternoon, a look at the impact of religious voters have on the 2018 midterm elections. begins live from georgetown university at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-spa

europe. do you have or does the u.s. have any estimates or europe in terms of the oil and gas potential is if they were willing to exploit it? >> yes, senator. we work with country that is are interested. and as chairman murphy talked about, when he used the example of germany, it's a very -- it's a country by country. it's every member state in the eu has a very different perspective on different resources including shale. we had worked very closely with poland, with ukraine, with romania and we're working with other countries that are interested in pursuing that. we help identify what the shale resource is using their own resources and the u.s. geological survey to identify what the levels and what the commercialality is of those resources. >> so can you share with me or the committee what those resources? what are the estimates? can europe be more independent if it were only to, for example, do fracking? actually exploit their shale gas reserves. >> so again, there's always a difference be

europe. questions of market dynamics, national sovereignty cloud the role sometimes that the united states can play in europe's energy future. it makes sense to examine the role united states natural gas can play in weaning europe off russian gas. so long as the price in europe is lower than the prices can get in asia, u.s. natural gas will simply flow with the market. and even when the united states is willing to lead, there's a question of whether our leadership is wanted. senator johnson, senator mccain and i stood with the prime minister as he announced a work stoppage on a gas pipeline opposed by the eu that would increase european dependency on russian gas. it was a breakthrough, but one that was immediately criticized by some to due to u.s. involvement. it struck me that showing leadership on an issue like global energy security, america stands to be criticized. if we don't lead and criticized if we do. i look forward to hearing from our panelists today on all of these questions. and w

problems is more europe ok but a lot of people on the ground are saying enough europe how do you square the circle well you need leadership of course the anxiety tells you i go back to the to the place where i feel comfortable the comfort zone is the nation state so far of course you have to show that there is a solution with more europe and not even more trouble i strongly believe in an economic crisis if i'm going to america and. the names of the leaders are say we need to more coordinate these things people would agree and you make policy by policy you see that north africa immigration is not an italian problem so you don't make it national competence but european you see that foreign policy cannot be national nationally let's say steer only but european wide and step by step people will understand that this solution is more europe ok let me tell you how do you explain people in spain for example when there's fifty percent unemployment for young people the you need more europe. well you know i think if the spanish people look at the successful nations of europe that's where they wher

and outside of europe. the united states and europe face many challenges and threats that unlike in the past are simultaneously dispersed among many geographic front lines and across multiple do mains, whether nonstate terrorist actors, threats of a more conventional nature, cyber threats, or nuclear threats. because we know we are stronger in confronting these challenges when we are working together, we will pursue even greater cooperation from and with the nations of europe, our best partners. history has shown that when we are united, we succeed in the face of shared challenges. as i remarked earlier, one of these challenges is russia. europe and the united states seek a normalized relationship with russia. however, russia has shown it seeks to define new post soviet global balance of power, one in which russia, by virtue of its nuclear arsenal, seeks to impose its will on others by force or partnering with regions who show a disregard for their own citizens. this is the case with bashar al assad's conti

europe has a lot to think about. in addition to that, we have issues and tensions in covina, the whole balkans. it's in a difficult situation. europe really has to get very serious about this. to pick up on a previous point, macron will push the nuclear aspect. this is also a problem in the franco german engine. the green party, which is now part of the coalition government, is not keen on nuclear. it's unlikely that they are going to see it as a sustainable resort which macron wants to have it identified as. for this green strategy of the you, it's unclear if nuclear will be considered a green type of fuel. i think that there are problems already. the new coalition germany -- power in germany. we are seeing cracks in the relationship between france and germany. anchor: what would the european defense force look like if -- do you? >> it would probably be somewhat weak. they say that the french are a leader with no one who wants to follow them. i think that's quite a good description. a lot of the eastern european cou

and that starts right here in europe. and i want to begin with an observation that, given the challenges that we face in the world and the headlines we see every day, may seem improbable, but it's true. we are fortunate to be living in the most peaceful, most prosperous, most progressive era in human history. that may surprise young people who are watching tv or looking at your phones and it seems like only bad news comes through every day. but consider that it's been decades since the last war between major powers. more people live in democracies. we're wealthier and healthier and better educated, with a global economy that has lifted up more than a billion people from extreme poverty, and created new middle classes from the americas to africa to asia. think about the health of the average person in the world -- tens of millions of lives that we now save from disease and infant mortality, and people now living longer lives. around the world, we're more tolerant -- with more opportunity for women, and gays and lesbians, a

in fa ct, unification of all of europe. in fact, it was thought to be dangerous for germans to go it alone as it wear and unite for germans to go it alone as it wearand unite an for germans to go it alone as it wear and unite an unsolved division of europe. so i was apprehensive but the over joy meant of europe. so i was apprehensive but the overjoy meant that of europe. so i was apprehensive but the over joy meant that seized of europe. so i was apprehensive but the overjoy meant that seized all of us, after the show on the 10th of november, a taxi brought me to the bare line wall —— merlin all our optimism did not turn out as we thought. we were disabused of some of our top of what peace and everything would mean. we will come to that in a moment but first, recollections, alexander you wear a man in yourearly recollections, alexander you wear a man in your early 30s, grew up on the other side of the iron curtain did you dance when you saw the wall come down? first of all, i need to say something important. i think the

i think europe ... and what happens if countries and the associations, the league of nations in those days collapse? [inaudible] and therefore we should not give up our european opportunity,because if we do , we shall see the effect not just on ourselves but the younger generation. nationalism should no longer have aposition in europe . but tolerance and solidarity represent our common future and colleagues, it is well worth fighting for and thank you. [applause] >>. [speaking native tongue ] >> i would like to call on jean-claude for the president's declaration . >>. [speaking in native tongue ] [applause] >> president chancellor angela, i am convinced of everything that you have said here is correct. i'm very impressed all the comments made. i just am surprised that some people are not here to listen to what you have to say. standing ovation forthe chancellor . >> thanks to having discovered the solidarity as equal nationsin europe . [applause] >> president, there are alot more commissioners here and

a very warm welcome indeed to quadriga coming to you from the heart of europe and all focus is on this weekend's elections to the european parliament where it has been widely assumed that populist far right parties might grab as many as a quarter of all the seats in the parliament but then scandal in austria and the collapse of the country's coalition government between conservatives and the populist right this after secretly film video footage emerged apparently showing the leader of the far right freedom party promising state contracts to a woman posing as the niece of a russian oligarch so on the eve of a watershed election for europe our question here on quadriga this week is video scandal election blows to europe's far from iraq and to discuss that question joined here in the studio by matthew carnage snake chief europe correspondent for politico and he says the austrian video makes it harder for the far right to deny who they really are that also with us is george wallace only in many ways shas the french born correspondent believes that it's make or break for the union amidst th

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and europe was about pragmatism, but ideals. so, for me i started to believe in a europe as a kind of solution of most of the continent's problems. and it came true with a succession of... we were all disabused of this because two years after the fall of the war, the war in the balkans began in europe did not appear to be the place where peace would... we will come to that, but stephanie, young generation, same as annalisa, it brought you to europe? same like starting for. i was one of 100 or so americans who got on a plane and moved to prague right after the revolution and the berlin wall came down and spent four years there and went on to moscow and lived there for several years as well. for me, coming at this, the berlin wall is such a strong image but there was so much else going on in the region at the time which overshadows that. it all began in poland around a table that led to elections there. hungary played a huge role, when they turned off the barbed wire fence which allowed some east germans to escape and then the vel

europe has a lot to think about. in addition to that, we have issues and tensions in covina, the whole balkans. it's in a difficult situation. europe really has to get very serious about this. to pick up on a previous point, macron will push the nuclear aspect. this is also a problem in the franco german engine. the green party, which is now part of the coalition government, is not keen on nuclear. it's unlikely that they are going to see it as a sustainable resort which macron wants to have it identified as. for this green strategy of the you, it's unclear if nuclear will be considered a green type of fuel. i think that there are problems already. the new coalition germany -- power in germany. we are seeing cracks in the relationship between france and germany. anchor: what would the european defense force look like if -- do you? >> it would probably be somewhat weak. they say that the french are a leader with no one who wants to follow them. i think that's quite a good description. a lot of the eastern european cou

rather than with more europe. when hungary was a candidate for the europe, a lot of people invested and got credit in euro currency and then had problems paying back their mortgage. he won a lot of votes and won the latest election. a group of core european countries will create the kind of extreme where others will follow or we had a situation where for a long time we have different speeds. of differentidea speeds has been debated for really be can there different speeds on immigration? the european court of justice, for example, has just rejected a challenge from hungary and on quarters. if austria tries to balk at taking more refugees, might it also wind up getting a reprimand? withe: yes, but i agree matthew. i think the issue is decided in the sense that no country in all of e europe wants to take more refugees. any european country no matter which does not want to have more integration towards europe. that is even true of germany and also of the netherlands, of belgium. what will happen is, of course, the on

we have a different for europe. we believe in a flexible union of free member states who share treaties and institutions to share our prosperity and protect our people from threats from our security >>> right now a furious national argument is shaping up about costs and benefits, hook up all the tug boats you want. the british isles will only be a few dozen miles from france and a few thousand miles away from the u.s. a tension point around e.u. membership is practical, immigration markets, international standards, currencies and deep notions of what the u.k. is and what it will be. >> should remain in europe but not as it is at the moment. all our powers have been taken away. it's no good for the country. stay in europe because we need europe to trade with each other, but on a different level. >> no. we must get out now. we must get out before the country is ruined altogether. it's two-thirds there now. we might just pull it back without coming out. no hope >>> the u.k. and europe heading for a brshgs -- brexit. my

both geographically and economic plan to some extent politically is europe is it clear to you at this point what stance europe is going to take in this whole controversy well i think i think it's pretty clear that europe has been united in its russian policy particularly since about two thousand and fourteen and that europe has been united particularly in response to this incident so i don't i don't suspect that we're going to see deep divisions emerging in europe either around this issue or or in russia policy more generally a lesser of a substantial material reason for that to happen now you said that europe is united and from what i know it's only about two thirds of the e.u. countries that actually showed solidarity with the u.k. which is not a small number by any means but at the end of the day expelling one two or even four diplomats like germany for example is more symbolic than practical. joe many after doing that actually approved both the construction and the alteration of the second and those same pipelines so i wonder you've there is perhaps a bit of a gap between what the

the future germany and the future of europe go hand in hand a strong united an open europe is is the basis for a better germany we're now going to see in the wake of the european election what one report called the longest and least transparent job selection process for those who are going to hold the top jobs in the european union well i think it's not going to be an edifying so i have been in charge of the european parliament on the lips is that their knowledge is that they work on the access to public document or more transparency of the trial are so again you don't have to convince me i think people have shown into selections that they want to know what's going on and they don't want closed doors decisions so anyone who wants to represent them now i think has to deliver on this and be more open in the way we take decisions in the european union the mess one of the messes that was left behind after this last parliament has been money hasn't it the lots of money money lost money and waste is the scandals i guess you're right being funded by thing i didn't know very reform was very

is divided between all europe and new europe and when i write an article for forbes $1017.00 addressing this issue it is trickles down to the pipeline and the revenge and the revenge a sentiment in the eastern part of europe which was somehow colonized by disorder union and as we can see german french and other western nations are reluctant to previous commentators rightly set to participate in that because they are realistically assessing the cost of of this participation of oil and also the moral cost of participating. in the iraq war but eastern european countries are driven by slightly different parameters and as i said when it comes to the whole stream too we can see that the american government of the american administration is heavily subsidizing the pop pipeline invented by the polish government and in 2017 we know that the 1st transit of ellen g. gas was delivered to show you know more than poland and board by the state owned oil and gas company called p n g n g so we know that trump displaying all you have all the hoax in the united states you know driving a wedge between the

tunisia, we said all of europe 6500 and tunisia has is awfully close to europe. that is my concern. they simply do not have the capacity nor the intelligence assets that we have. so if you're interested in helping out in europe, the next step is actually to broaden that cooperation and try to find a way to help egypt help tunisia, help jordan to a certain extent make sure they can absorb and reintegrate their foreign fighter returnees and those are very very large numbers that are coming home. >> i will do on that. we already have seen, but you think we will see more border control measures put in place? less free travel? we've seen germany, france to a little but of that. -- definitelyry hungary. at least through their countries. do you think europe will address the open border situation and see more of a return to border controls or do think it will continue with the open border situation that we have now? dr. craig, i will address at you. whichever one wins to answer but we are on the clock. >> i have not spoken to european officials so i do not know what they intend to do. offic

migrant crisis time for fortress europe that's our topic here on quadriga here are our guests monica is the director of the german section of the international organization for migration in berlin and she says arrivals are drastically lower across the mediterranean get the sense of panic in crisis is at an all time high now is the time to go beyond a crisis footing and forge a long term humane policy with migrants recognised as people not numbers. and it's a pleasure to welcome. to the program she is a free. journalist from lebanon and she says the crisis europe is facing now is partly a fusil of its acted to act early on what was happening in syria during the early days of the revolution. and also great to have with us he's co-founder and director of the public policy institute in berlin he says the migration issue has long stopped being mainly about refugees it's now a tool in the fight for political power and identity in europe a fight that has the potential to lead to an implosion of the european union. so welcome to all of you i'd like to start out by picking up on your opening

for europe. ah, cross ok in europe's fate. i'm joined by my guess. i'd real concern to in london. he is founder of a consulting and a foreign affairs analyst in paris. we have rachel mars than she is a political columnist and coast of unpredicted with rachel marston. and in prague we crossed to brad blankenship. he is calmness at sea g t. n. a freelance reporter friction, why, as well as an rti contributor or a cross accruals and effect, that means you can jump in any time you want. and i will appreciate rachel, let me go to you 1st and paris. one of my favorite phrases over the years has been the law of unintended consequences. now, with the fervor of almost like a crusade or europe's intend to punish russia for its operations in ukraine are beginning to serve counterproductive. ends here. i mean, particularly in the area of energy and as much as nato and the u. e. you want to talk about unity. the more they talk about sanctions, the less unity there is. go ahead. rachel? yeah, what's interesting is french president, a mentor in like home faces written in the next few days at lea

becoming like europe. this is but to me george's second largest city situated on the black sea coast. no other georgian says he better represents the country's aspirations to join europe. during the nearly ten years that president mikheil saakashvili was in office his administration invested heavily in development projects today but to me seems like a cross between dubai and needs. when georgia was part of the soviet union these speeches drew crowds of workers on vacation it was a chance to get some sun and forget their cares for a while. today the tourists and queue turks armenians and azerbaijanis. many of the visitors especially the turks are drawn to the casinos which are banned in turkey. many older georgians prefer to play dominoes card games or nobody a game that's like back iman and dates back centuries. ago both more got a career on earth to. do to get it they don't have much money to bet so they keep their wages low words but even i can't afford to play. all the long mert turning around that's no

when we are part of europe real entire globe part of you out of bed time europe was. in the roman and we were like. integral parts of both europe over centuries center of europe moved from roman constantinople to berlin are still down london and then we saw. constantine like many georgians hopes that one day georgia will become a full member of the european union. with a georgian lerton is not like first join some club and then improve life for me it's more gradually becoming like europe and then just constantine's business is thriving and is planning to expand his fun. of. his bases are and usually vigorous pollinate is they come from the caucasus mountains and are healthier than most european bees because they've been exposed to less pesticides. when they are travelling through the caucasus mountains in winter time some villages here are snowed in for months. this is the lady region is located in a remote corner of northwestern georgia and. the region was first mentioned in the writings of ancient greek and roman scholars . in modern times this fantasy became a popu

are the implications of that for gas prom and europe. regulator reprovision is not the issue that the e.u. germany and the rest of the nations need gas to sensibly reform their energy policy and russia on the other hand has to sell gas to keep its budget in order so there's a codependency which is a good thing i would be happy to see european companies invest into russia and european markets open up to russian companies it's a good free market economy is good for marc rich or what do you think of the recent new raids on gazprom and its partners in europe think about the or p.r. guy. i think europeans need gas gas has many uses with the political uncertainty in north africa it's good to have a stable partner that you can rely on and russia is one of the you know better than anyone else for instance that written recently switched from export to india old europe needs a gas supply to maintain a stable mix of energy sources but it's climatic conditions require it needs norway to get outside but also russia's gas and therefore i think opening

in europe, there's not one single watch list for europe. they have not developed a way to effectively stop somebody from traveling, even though in this case, the individual was convicted of terrorist offenses. >> narrator: for more than a decade, counterterror chiefs have proposed laws to improve border defenses, such as giving european security forces systematic access to data that airlines collect about all passengers on the continent. u.s. border guards have used this tool, known as passenger name record, or pnr, for 15 years. but european politicians, concerned about privacy and data protection, repeatedly rejected pnr legislation. >> madam president of the council, read my lips: data protection directive. >> we have, you know, maybe a different privacy mindset in certain countries in europe compared to the u.s. it depends on the different cultural historical political backgrounds of each country, and they are different. >> narrator: rob wainwright is the director of europol, the agency tasked with coordinating law enforcement across th

if you're a monte, what's in this for europe? well, i think this, this relationship could be literally a reward nowadays to data economy. the flow of data is dominated by 2 polls north america, and east asia. and i think both europe and africa need to become as autonomy as, as possible in the generation of data and the use of data and the digital economy can be mutually rewarding. but i agree with my colleagues, we need to see what are this time europe is serious about taking africa as a business part or a business partner rather than as a development age target. this is, this is real economy. it's the teachers are becoming progress and i think, you know, it's, it's, it was long overdue. well, let's talk more about that points on the difference between you know, investment and development age. well, what's your, what's your view on that, david? money, what's, what's been the problem with europe's relationship in the past that could be improved upon this time? i think the problem was, we'll start with the language. if you look at

government has to make sure that europe is safe. an unsafe europe is trouble for the united states. europe is our neighbor, we have seen this through history. in 1995 in bosnia, the united states had to step in. we have seen it obviously in the second world war. we cannot out run the risk. the alliance between the united states and poland is very good. the alliance between the united states and the rest of europe is not that good. i am a polish politician but the american -- but a u.s. citizen. i think that the u.s. government has to make sure that europe is safe. an unsafe europe is trouble for the united states. europe is our neighbor, we have seen this through history. in 1995 in bosnia, the united states had to step in. we have seen it obviously in the second world war. we cannot out run the risk. the alliance between the united states and poland is very good. the alliance between the united states and the rest of europe is not that good. the relationship between poland and the rest of europe is not that good. i think we need another ronald reagan. we need another john paul ii.