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

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

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 campaign on the topic of migration yet because that is the thing that is affecting europe because that is a new trend all over the wall of nationalization. kountry is becoming more national counter is becoming more solve recognize doing since 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 in the united states you can see the nationalization is spring going off and even africa you see a lot of elections have taken place under a government opposition opposition parties were taken over by governments because people need a new lease of li

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 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

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

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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

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 place where i feel comfortable the comfort zone is the nation state so far of course you have to ensure that there is a solution with more europe and not even more trouble i strongly believe in an economic crisis if america lentil on the end. of the names of the leaders are say we need to more coordinated 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 a national competence but european you see that foreign policy cannot be national nationally let's say steer the only but european wide and step by step people will understand that this solution is more europe ok in return how do you explain people in spain for example when there are 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 where

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

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

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

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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

if there are fires somewhere in europe, there are fires everywhere in europe. this summer, we didn't just have the fires, pictures we saw, but the polish firefighters who .elped out in sweden back to migration. we are putting forward a proposal to strengthen the european border and coasts. all borders must be protected more efficiently. we're proposing that the number of border agencies, by 2020, 10,000.about we are making a proposal to extend the european refugee agency. they need support when it comes androcessing asylum applications in line with the geneva convention, when making a proposal for the return of illegal migrants. i repeat my wish and parliament, to open legall routes for migration into europe . we need qualified migrants. -- has been on the table for quite some time, so at least implement them. president, ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to talk about the future as well and therefore must speak of africa, europe's twin continent. by 2050, africa's population will number 2.5 billion. one in four people on earth will be african. we need to invest mo

europe. europe can just be a market, budget, a currency. precious though they may be. nor can it just be a set of treaties or a set of rules. which are necessary if we have to live together. nor can europe simply be an accumulation of nations, each of which goes to the union for what it thinks is useful to itself and itself alone. europe, because that is history, is first and foremost a political will, a commitment in which everyone accepts the balancing out of rights and obligations, where the rules are up by the i. were confidence create solidarity. it's a process but we can keep arguing about what is already there and calling everything into question every stage. but i do think it is legitimate to work towards a new architecture of our union. i would plead for a differentiated europe. not a two-seat europe or two-tiered europe which would have been silly, and and we coal europe, a divided europe to ignore are we talking about cherry-picking europe. differentiated europe means a europe in w

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

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

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

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

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

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

and outside of europe. the united states and europe face many challenges and threats that unlike in the past, are simultaneously dispersed among geographical lines and multiple domains beer while -- cyber threats or nuclear threats. because we know that we are stronger and confronting these challenges when we are working together, we will pursue even greater cooperation from the and with the nations of europe. our best partners. history has shown that when we are united, we succeed in the face and 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 a new post-soviet global balance of power. one in which russia by virtue of his nuclear arsenal, seeks to impose its will on others by force or by partnering with regimes usually disregard for their own citizens as is the case with the continuous use of chemical weapons by assad and his own people. they liberalize russia's

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

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

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.

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

is it safe for europe supply right now you see it say for europe supply right now there's a you know it's an unusual situation in ukraine right now it's not it's beyond just being a safe supplier or you know safe transit route there's a civil war going on in the country. again the fundamental. component of any country's energy policy in both stewart's occasion. suppliers and demanders spruce and consumers always have to have diversification. as one of the objectives of energy policy if they want to enhance their energy security the fact that european countries are and have pursued oppose who do or sophistication the fact that you are that russia itself is pursuing a both of diversification both of energy sources and of markets. sensible policy regardless of the circumstance but if we talk in terms of today net not in one year or two or three years but like today the way things are looking right now remember in two thousand and six and two thousand and nine ukraine was late with its gas payments and intercepted europe bond russian gas could that happen again right now. well the first

he will help europe to create a greater europe. nightmare,uld be a but give him 100 days to see what happens when she becomes more president. melinda: thanks all of you for being with us and all of you out there for tuning in. ñ;a]]]]]]] >> welcome to a very special new years edition of focus on europe, i'm michelle henery. we are wrapping up 2016 by taking a look back at some of our best reports of the year. and what a year it was! we've seen just how divided this continent is. it was a shock to many europeans when britain voted to leave the european union in the brexit referendumum. ththe fishermen in cornwall, however, are elated. >> bye-bye brussels! now we can spend our own money on what we think is right. >> the fishermen of no w

it is _ europe where we don't have... it is going _ europe where we don't have... it is going to take time for us to understand and to realise that — to understand and to realise that we _ to understand and to realise that we have now entered a new phase _ that we have now entered a new phase in — that we have now entered a new phase in european history. and this is quite — phase in european history. and this is quite a _ phase in european history. fific this is quite a profound challenge because the whole basis of the nato alliance was defending each other from attack gently from the warsaw pact, but actually there were the concept of europe, the kind of stretched beyond simply the membership of nato. it is quite a challenge, isn't it? we say we cannot fight for this country, the nato countries are saying that, the western capitals are saying that, but in a sense, what is it for? they talked a couple of years ago of it being brain—dead as a concept. isn't there a danger thatis concept. isn't there a danger that is how it looks after this kind? ., . ., tha

they're saying europe will do whatever it takes to keep greece in europe regardless of a new government that will reject the austerity measures. will germany sign on to that? >> i'll do it under the following conditions. if you tell me where we get the money from, will we get it from the brits who are broke or from the french who are broke, whose national debt has risen from 35% of gdp in 20 years to 90%? will we get it from the great state of luxembourg or maybe from broke spain? where will we get the money from? if you tell me where the money is, we can talk business. >> can i talk business with him? >> but niall -- >> that's actually a really good question. what's the answer? no, no, where will the money come from? >> the deficit -- the deficit of the country. all the countries are in a big de deficit. the deficit started after the subprime crisis in 2008. spain, 2007, 39% of deficit. and now it is at 90%. >> you are not answering the question. >> it's sinked ee eed linked t subprime crisis. is it true in >> where does the money come from? >> that's not the question. >> where does th

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're right . we need to do to get the act together. ah somehow ah, 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, when we do have run out of time, we've run out of town, i guess a major question is can europe survive the european union to be continued gentlemen? okay, many thanks to my guests in paris and in guilford, and thanks to our viewers for watching as he heard our t c next time. remember, ross stuck with ah ah, ah ah, [000:00:00;00] ah ah, ah, ah, oh, is your media a reflection of reality? in the world transformed what will make you feel safer? isolation for com

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

than less europe. more integration. you mentioned that today. and i would ask you. you mentioned fiscal union. what do you mean exactly when you say "fiscal union"? isn't it what a lot of germans mean when they say a transfer union? and are you going to be able to convince your own citizens to accept a transfer union? >> translator: the fiscal union is not a transfer union. what we mean when we talk about the beginning of a fiscal union is what we have already decided. that is to say stability and growth, a pact which now is going to be binding. talked a l reducing the debt. people want to in their constitution sometimes. but for the first time, the right to come and check whether the member states have really translated the stability pact in their legislation. and if they have not done it, the european court of justice can sue them. it's a paradox, if you want. we have a stability and growth pact, which is like european legislation, if you want. for all the other european legislation, for all the dire

europe does not restrict our room for maneuver in a globalized world europe gives us.

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

people don't understand in europe, especially young people in europe and people who are not members of the elite. >> who? >> the people who are not part of the elite, the average citizens. my question is the following. don't you think that we should have a much stronger social dimension in the european union? that is to say we could have european unemployment insurance. that would be a new narrative that would be much more understood by the population of europe. >> well, you know, today and in the future even less, we can no longer base ourselves only on the roots of europe and mention the foundation, because we are in a totally different situation. that's why today i insisted on the fact that for me, the justification of europe, besides the historical justification, remains true that if we want to maintain our living standards and our way of life, our way of life in europe, we have to be more competitive. and because we are together, we are worth more together than individually. and of course we have to defend our interests. especially freedom. so europe must defend itself and be itse

he will help europe to create a greater europe. nightmare,uld be a but give him 100 days to see what happens when she becomes more president. melinda: thanks all of you for being with us and all of you out there for tuning in. a announcer: this is a production of china central television america. mike: whwhat makeses a visionan? for some, it's the passion for innovation. for others, it's seeing opportunities to make a difference when others have given up. this week on "full frame," conversations with visionaries who are using their global fame to make an impact. i'm mike walter coming to o you from the heart of new york city's vibrant timemes square. let's take it "full frame."

europe and. russia generally kill you measure just to just know that russia set to become a long term provide the two western europe how does the russian and european energy polish it likely to develop over the next few years i would like to see war stuff like this. i think we will see more start right now so no as you said in your your introduction the second parallel nordstrom pipeline is to come into operation within the next twelve months there's already talk of a third parallel type i'm going to also it may well depend on. you know how demand for gas in germany and other parts of northern europe time of course what gas promise looking beyond. north stream east isa similar route around ukraine to the south sea an interlude into the balkan countries a project but it's. very substantial european partners and clearly would like to see us this sort of two pronged approach to reducing it and so you can ultimately ending its dependence on transit countries kiraly very good of a live program senior