. >> angela merkel warns of turbulent times ahead. >> germany's exports running high as firms continue to ship goods. nato has approved turkey's request for the deployment of patriot anti-missile systems to areas along its border with syria. turkey wants the patriots to help it intercept street fire from syria's civil war. >> the alliance has also expressed its grave concern of reports that syria may be preparing to use chemical weapons against rebel forces. the statement echoes a strong warning issued by u.s. president barack obama on monday. >> more than 40,000 people have been killed since the uprising began in march 2011. here's a look at what the alliance's defense will look like on turkey's border to syria. >> it is designed to detect, intercept, and hit an enemy missile. there are batteries like these stationed in germany. some could be deployed to turkey within weeks. berlin is calling it a legitimate request from a nato ally. >> turkey has already been hit by cross-border mortar fire from syria, so it is understandable that turkey is holon and has asked the alliance for a sign

angela merkel is meeting here in berlin tomorrow with the chief ministers of germany, -- germany's 16 federal states to discuss, amongst other things, this precise issue. i can say that angela merkel -- it is a well-known fact -- she is cautious and cagey about this push for a ban. they remember how a bid to get a previous -- a previous bid to get the party banned in 2003 failed. a repeat of that is precisely the thing that people want to avoid. >> the npd is not a major force in german politics. why the push to ban them now? >> because of the terrible revelations we have had about far-right wing terrorists operating out of eastern germany. you mentioned they killed 10 people, including nine members of the immigrant community. racial hatred was certainly their motive. there are revelations or allegations of links to the npd in the person of a former npd spokesman in tan eastern german state. he will be facing charges of aiding and abetting the murder spree, those nine killings. the link between the political party in a terrorist cell was a signal -- the political party and the terrori

merkel. she faces challenges on the domestic front. a report. >> let us days and look as best as we can into the crystal ball to the year ahead for angela merkel. she emerged as perhaps the world's most powerful woman, certainly germany's most popular politician, but 2013 could well be a year of living dangerously for the german chancellor. at a recent conference, she rallied the troops for an election in september. >> we have kept our promise. through our leadership, germany has emerged stronger. >> she repeated her tough stance on bailouts and the need for budgetary tightening that made her so popular in germany, but her problem is even coming first in the elections will not be enough. >> she has a very unstable coalition. she needs the coalition right now. she is considered to be a favorite coalition partner. >> at this time, the arithmetic suggests that her new coalition partner after the vote will be her biggest political opponent. this would likely signal a shift away from their hardlin

even the german chancellor angela merkel can sometimes be spotted reaching for her mobile phone. images from last march say it all. it was apparent here that she received the an sms from the then defense minister, tendering his resignation. the german chancellor is not the fastest texter. that awards go to someone from manchester in the united kingdom. she can write an sms message in just under 26 seconds -- 6 seconds. >> bet i could beat her. there is something nicer about receiving a letter. >> a letter from napoleon has been auctioned off for about 187,000 euros. in it, napoleon boasts how he would blow up the kremlin in his campaign against russia in 1812. an essay by the emperor brought in a record 375,000 euros. >> some bundesliga soccer news. hoffenheim have parted ways with their coach, markus babbel. >> hoffenheim managed only one win in the last 10 games. they have had their worst season since their promotion to germany's top-flight four years ago. a trainer will take over as head coach until the mid-season bric starts later this month. >> you are watching the "journal"

. >> both angela merkel and benjamin netanyahu stressed the importance of the german-israeli friendship, and both expressed hope for a solution to the conflict. merkel and netanyahu's say they share the goal of a two-state solution for israel and the palestinians -- merkel and netanyahu say they share the goal. but that kind of progress seems a long way off. >> we have to try again and again to begin negotiations. one-sided measures should be avoided. so, basically, on this issue of settlements, we have agreed to disagree. >> that was a reference to israel's controversial decision to build 3000 homes in the occupied west bank, which provoked sharp criticism from germany. netanyahu rejected that criticism but still backed talks with the palestinians. >> israel remains fully committed to achieving peace with the palestinians based on the principle of two states for to be will peoples. a demilitarized palestinian state recognizes the jewish state of israel. >> merkel, for her part, reiterated germany's absolutely commit -- absolute commitment to israel's security. >> what is the state of g

all eyes were on chancellor and to merkel -- chancellor angela merkel in 2012. the world is looking to germany to lead europe of the economic crisis. merkel discussed in germany's role at the world economic forum in january. >> what we do not want is a situation where we promise something we cannot do. if germany as a representative of europe promises something and market forces make it impossible to fulfil that promise, then europe is left vulnerable with an open flank. >> the chancellor has taken a cautious approach. her message -- do not ask germany to do too much. >> germany has mixed feelings. on the one side, a lot of people still have a problem seeing germany taking on a leadership role. that has a lot to do with historical concerns. on the other side, a lot of people would like to see germany take a leadership in europe, and since germany is the only country that can provide leadership at the moment, some say merkel is doing too much. others say too little. >> international media coverage swings between respect and rejection of the country's role. whiche

. >> in just a moment, we will be hearing from chancellor angela merkel in her new year's message. >> first, a look at other stories making headlines around the world. the turkish prime minister has told all loans assyrian refugees the other countries on the brink of a new beginning. they will be replacing president assaad. he was joined by the head of the leader of the opposition coalition. turkey has taken on 150,000 syrian refugees. >> at least 16 people have been killed and 76 injured in a series of bomb attacks across iraq. they mainly targeted government officials and police. seven people were killed south of the capital, baghdad. >> india remains in morning two days after the death of a woman who's a gang rape earlier this month shocked the country. many hotels and clubs have closed down in respect of the woman. the rate and death triggered widespread demonstrations. >> rescue teams in colombia are searching for survivors after this varied parts of a road. they believed 20 people may be trapped under the road and there are unconfirmed reports of at least two dead. >> as mention

that will create significant dangers for the chancellor, angela merkel. nick spicer reports from berlin. >> let us gaze and peer as best we can into the crystal ball of angela merkel's year ahead. as the euro crisis swarlede -- about her, she emerged as perhaps the world's most powerful woman and certainly germany's most popular politician. but 2013 could well be a year of living dangerously for her. they rallied the troops in september. >> we've kept our promise. through our leadership, germany has emerged stronger from the euro crisis than when it entered it. >> merkel repeated, mantra-like, her tough stance on bailouts and the need for belt tightening. but the problem is that even coming in fishs in the elections won't be enough. >> she has a very unstable combination, and in the german political system it's impossible to just dominate everything with one party so she needs a coalition partner and her current one which she would consider to be her favorite coalition partner might disappear from the political scene for one term. >> at this time the lerl

chancellor angela merkel was on hand for the opening of a power line between cities in the very north of the country. >> this is all part of germany's goal to try to modernize its power grid and phase out a clear power by the 2020. still, there is opposition. >> i of the german government has its way, the country will soon abound with new power lines like this one. chancellor angela merkel says it represents a milestone in germany's quest to wean itself off fossil fuels and nuclear power -- a milestone because many power lines must follow. >> this is symbolic of the amount of work we have ahead of us. it is a chance to create enthusiasm for the many projects that still have to be built. >> the challenge is to transport energy from wind farms in the country's northern coast to population centers in t s less dependable. transmission lines have to be built, and the chancellor says they are inevitable. >> if you want renewable energy, you have to pay for more transmission lines. >> not everyone agrees. many citizen groups do not want more overhead power lines marring the landscape, but th

chancellor angela merkel was on hand for the opening of a power line between cities in the very north of the country. >> this is all part of germany's goal to try to modernize its power grid and phase out a clear power by the 2020. still, there is opposition. >> i of the german government has its way, the country will soon abound with new power lines like this one. chancellor angela merkel says it represents a milestone in germany's quest to wean itself off fossil fuels and nuclear power -- a milestone because many power lines must follow. >> this is symbolic of the amount of work we have ahead of us. it is a chance to create enthusiasm for the many projects that still have to be built. >> the challenge is to transport energy from wind farms in the country's northern coast to population centers in the south where wind is less dependable. thousands of new transition -- transmission lines have to be built, and the chancellor says they are inevitable. >> if you want renewable energy, you have to pay for more transmission lines. >> not everyone agrees. many citizen groups do not want more

israel looks in danger of losing its top european allies i'm angela merkel warns benjamin netanyahu only is facing political isolation over the sub on the settlement question palestine statehood was recently upgraded in the way. the u.s. is treasures its legal tentacles as well as the e.u. as a new report shows washington can potentially x. is there any european citizens private information stored online shielded by an antiterrorism law. you're watching r t a live from moscow with me to on monday good to have you with us this afternoon egypt seen as some of the bloodiest street battles assumes an uprising against president morsi began two weeks ago at least life people have been killed and hundreds injured as pro and anti morsi protesters clashed outside the presidential palace tanks and armored vehicles were deployed to the scene after sporadic fighting continued into this morning the violence that started when thousands of the president's supporters moved into crush a sit in obvious opponents karo based reporter bell drew says the violence has also spread outside the capital. one membe

angela merkel has been reelected head of germany's christian democratic union with a record of ninety seven point nine percent approval she's now hoping to win a third term as chancellor next year general elections german politician stefan develop told my colleague the bangle say he believes germany doesn't have any real alternative to the. in crisis time its people always flock around the strong leader. there is neither in the union in the christian democratic union challenger nor is there anybody from the opposition so far who is a strong enough personality to really challenge her so markel is trying to tie the e.u. to a fiscal union if michael is really led to for a third term how much will her european economic policy change i mean will it become more aggressive she seems to have a lot of weight since she is the most popular person at the moment. yeah it will not become more aggressive but it will be felt more strongly because this fiscal union which is imposed from central bureaucratic brussels will force. the people to accept things that they otherwise wouldn't accept so it will

as you go down through the list, angela merkel. she's a politician, not a business person but she's certainly got a business responsibility. she's carrying the weight of the eu on her shoulders in a very real way. >> as we move -- so basically political power and influence over people and economies trumps the individual leaders of companies. >> particularly that last piece because the economies are so important. and fortunes -- >> i was curious as i looked through the list of other politicians that the sort of second ranking american politician -- if i'm looking at the list correctly -- was michael bloomberg. i guess that's because you say he's influence in business, he's influence in philanthropy and he is politically powerful. bill clinton, number 50. no hillary clinton or not list. way down at number 65, below the colombian drug deale erdealer, . boehner. boehner that low? >> it's remarkable. there is some subjectivity that goes with this but i think that's very interesting. the other folks that you mentioned. bloomberg fascinat

got one of them were you surprised no angela merkel's everywhere you look i actually used to joke that the financial times and wall street journal was probably getting a little sick of putting her on their front page maybe running out of photos i think you probably takes the cake for the most days of the year that she's been on the front page of the papers we're not talking about her today i'll leave that to you christine we're going to talk about municipal bonds ok this is how cities and states borrow in order to fund things like broke roads bridges schools and we heard in two thousand and ten from prominent analysts like meredith whitney that this was going to be where we saw disaster defaults they didn't exactly play out but we have seen places in california for example christine cities filed for bankruptcy so we're going to catch up with an analyst see where this market's going right sounds interesting as always thanks lauren and that's going to do it for us for now but for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america or check out our web site r t v dot co

you can worry about angela merkel, our guess is she is doing other than the rest of them and will survive, there's plenty to worry about that is what makes overall the market depressed and therefore attractive. ashley: you like the auto sector and insurance, tell us a little bit about that. >> insurance kind of our chicken way of finance. we are not comfortable with the euro banks we think the insurance companies are in much better shape, they came off of catastrophic losses last year so the p/e ratios are a little higher than they appear. not as high as they appear rather. this year or next year's estimate fairly reasonable and they mentioned a four and .5% yield roughly, it is an attractive package. it is on a worldwide upturn in consumer demand is not happening fast. like in this country were all those are selling at her and we think the economy here and abroad is slowly building up momentum. we need to remember stock investing is in essence investing in a leading indicator. the market leads the economy, if we wait for the economy to say it is all clear, we will miss most of the price

heads of state occupy six of the top 10 spots with germany's chancellor angela merkel and vladimir putin drinking at two and 3. also making the list, bill gates. and pope benedict -- who is now on twitter. and by the way, mr. facebook is not on the list. >> really? >> he dropped off. >> i wonder if steve jobs would have made it? >> there is a lot of power there. the power of letting us know what is going to happen the next couple of days. >> up, down. up down. is a bumpy seven-day forecast in terms of temperatures. i think that is the best way to put it. you mentioned it is good weather for hockey. i want to take you to the rooftop camera. i zoomed in across the river. people are enjoying probably of their lunch breaks. it is actually good weather if you get outside and skates. the last few days, the ice was rather soft. but today, only 41. cooler air -- we do notd. it is very calm at this time. it is light and variable. then it ships southerly. 39 in martinsburg and papers were -- gaithersburg. chilly all across the board. compare that to this time yesterday? look. we are a good 15 degr

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the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has met with angela merkel in berlin. he says his government has not given up on peace with palestinians. they agreed to disagree on the question of israeli settlements on the west bank. >> the basis of german-israeli relations are clear and there remain unchanged and they are quite strong enough to sustain such differences of opinion. we are discussing and friends and one must consider whether a certain step taken is helpful in bringing about a two-state solution. we are not in agreement as far as the settlement policy. >> still to come -- >> ♪ >> the war on music in mali. an artist escaping extremist radicals in the north. going south. now to a challenge named the the coldest day journey involving six months of crossing hostile terrain in temperatures of -90 celsius. trekking across antarctica. >> from the thames river, one of the most inhospitable places honored. >> antarctica is bigger than china. >> this is an immense challenge for sir reynolds. >> we take a dogleg that way and it's a $10,000 drop to the coastline.

democratic vote random and angela merkel said you can't have a referendum if you have a referendum the democracy will vote against it we're going to pose. a check at. a government you know instead of a referendum so all of this. not our kurdish and all political process but a subtle. be a requirement for getting on a. spidering on the population with all if the population doesn't vote for that that if that is already democracy replaced by a ditto crissy but is this in the public interest when a bank makes a loan they're supposed to. think when a minute is just a moment but a lot of other words the borrower word and definition of credit. and the bar work on earn enough money off awkward all well. and they get repaid along with the interest it this or government and. government if you have a he's our and our rat yes that's what your assets take them away the terms of the bailout for greece to sell off its land. arrest lands its offshore oil resources the property all because that's a good play that's not libel or civil it's reached the point today where finance is aiming at the same obje

environmental groups say it is largely down to chancellor angela merkel. >> merkel has not use her voice strongly enough, and that is why the situation in the eu is so critical. it is lacking a leader, and effects are being felt everywhere. >> climate experts warn that if emissions do not sink in the coming years, the consequences will be dire. a new climate treaty is due before 2020, but after events in doha, that is looking more unlikely than ever. >> as we saw in that report, the german environment minister is playing a key role in the climate talks. we asked if he thought there would be a breakthrough. >> first of all, we are in the middle of a very, very important and difficult negotiation process. i expect negotiations going on all day and probably all night. we are very much family dependent to achieve as much as we can in the summit. i hope that we will be able to have another commitment perido -- period under the kyoto protocol. i hope as well that we can agree on a road map for negotiations on a new finding instrument for all countries worldwide, and i hope that we can enhance

the leaders of the countries, angela merkel and francois hollande, stood up together in a gesture of unity, prompting more applause. later, barroso priase -- paised the eu's -- praised the eu's democratic principles. >> it is based on the free consent of states to share sovereignty. >> van rompuy said the states should remember those principles now during the debt crisis. he also expressed pride in being a european in his non-native language of german. not all european leaders were there to share the glory. british prime minister david cameron was notably absent. >> we're joined here in the studio by a political scientist from the european council on foreign relations. i would like to ask you to map out for us the reasons why the you got this very prestigious prize -- the eu is very prestigious prize. >> it is the only institution that managed the transition from several non-democracies to democracy. it is the first revolution in history without blood. i think that is largely worth the nobel prize, not counting the decades before or after 1949. >> some say this award is not justified

vote on which the democratic vote referendum and angela merkel said you can't have a referendum if you have a referendum the democracy will vote against it we're going to pose. a check that. to govern you instead of a referendum so all of this is not are the traditional a political process that is assumed to be a requirement for taking on a death. is finding on the population with a halt if the population doesn't vote for that that if that is already there democracy replaced but ditto crissy but is this in the public interest when the bank makes a loan there's supposed to be a good deal of chips and think wait a minute it's just flown by a lot of other words the borrower credit for it and a definition of credit where he ends up at the bar or own earned enough money off awkward off all the. activity to repaying along with the interest it didn't exist for government and government if you do have the he's our and our rat yes that's what your assets take them away the terms of the bail out call for greece to sell off its land. arrest land its offshore oil resources the property all the kin

that's something angela merkel could support. although she might have to face her own transition to the left as we face elections in september. it's hoped mario monti would stand again and would stay in place because clearly that was the sort of work in progress that worked well. down with the euro and italy has to walk its own way. that is not something that we would like to hear in the eu eurozone or in berlin. >> silvia, thank you so much for your time. >>> now, a weak ahead of the person of the year, the winner, north korean leader kim jong un. the magazine didn't admit that various online campaigns were at work to influence the vote. not necessarily a legitimate tell on who readers would like to see as person of the year. so we're going to cast our own poll on "worldwide exchange." who is your pick for person of the year? e-mails us here, tweet us. i think ross westgate gets my nod. we'll see if maybe he comes out ahead in our unofficial reader poll. staying on that topic, the financial times has named its person of the year

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the move now needs the backing of the second house of parliament and chancellor angela merkel's cabinet. >> the german and parliament has voted to send patriot missiles to turkey in an attempt to prevent spillover attacks from syria's civil war. and it will be accompanied by up to 400 soldiers expected to be deployed in the coming months. >> germany is to send two patriot missile batteries to turkey by the end of next month. the mandate lasts for one year. the u.s. and the netherlands are also sending patriot to protect turkey from stray missiles. >> the reality is that assad is firing on citizens nearly every day. shells are hitting turkey and have killed a family there. a turkish plane was shot down over the mediterranean, and kassam rockets are being deployed against the civilian population. >> the german government has emphasized that the move is not in anticipation of a possible turkish invasion of syria or a possible no-fly zone. >> we have implemented a number of safeguards, created a series of fire walls, which explicitly state that neither nato nor the federal republic of germa

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current opinion polls favor the incumbent chancellor angela merkel. >> let's look ahead and have the competition is shaping up at the moment. >> according to the latest polls, chancellor merkel and her conservative party can look forward to the new year. approval ratings for the party have hit a five-year high. if parliamentary elections were to take place tomorrow, there would expect 40% of the german vote. germany's second-biggest party, the social democrats, trail far behind. germany's greens and left party would receive 13% and 7% of the vote respectively. they no longer have enough support to form a coalition with the cdu, and just 4% of germans would trust the free democrats with their vote. >> the social democrats and their candidate for chancellor, peer steinbrueck, want a change of direction, the experts say most germans want to stay the course. >> we are not seeing a shift in the national mood like we did in 1998. people really want to change after 16 years of the same coalition. the german people had grown tired of the government, and their votes reflected that. >> but ger

merkel at their annual meeting in berlin so netanyahu said he was disappointed over germany's choice to abstain on palestinian statehood bid in the un general assembly palestine was granted a nonmember observer state status at the end of november with nearly all of europe supporting it all staining less than a day after that israel announced plans to build three thousand homes on palestinian land a move condemned by germany and the rest of the. merkel has launched netanyahu political isolation massive military trade deals between the two states as to expected to go ahead on the other hand free trade with the e.u. is something that supposedly sovereign palestine isn't allowed to have peace or all of the reports. produce of israel except this is a does real this is the jordan valley in the west bank and this farm is deemed illegal under international law the european union imports around three hundred million dollars worth of products are mere each year now a group of twenty two from across europe is looking to highlight the issue and it's published a report in which it claims imports

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merkel's chances and. then they would certainly hope going to. do her any favors i think for german electorate the most important thing is that germany is not just writing a check to the likes of greece spain portugal ireland those countries that have been bailed out of spain hasn't formally been bailed out but for those countries that have requested for bell outs from the eurozone. the fact that she has refrained from sort of our rights writing off of that series of that is that's the key. issue for. voters at the moment she hasn't done yet so. she has the. advantage but as mentioned getting calls these these economic numbers certainly no good. cause much good now better numbers have been announced for two thousand and fourteen forecast is that growth will come back to one point nine percent how do you see that happening and why would that happen well i think it's quite ambitious and certainly if you look at the growth forecast for other countries in the eurozone as well in the u.k. various forecasters th

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merkel's chances. but then they would certainly. do her any favors i think for the german electorate the most important thing is that germany is not just writing a check to the likes of greece spain portugal ireland those countries that have been bailed out of spain hasn't formally been bailed out but for those countries that have requested for bell outs from the eurozone. the fact that she has refrained from sort of right writing off of debts and things of that is that's the key. issue for german voters at the moment she hasn't done yet so. she has to her advantage but as mentioned you know of course these these economic numbers certainly need good. cause much good now better numbers have been announced for two thousand and fourteen forecast is that growth will come back to one point nine percent now do you see that happening and. why would that happen well i think it's quite ambitious and certainly if you look at the growth forecast for other countries in the eurozone as well in the u.k. various fore

merkel went to athens and was greeted not just by tens of thousands of protesters but people dressed up in swastikas and giving it. frankly i grew up in a europe that was divided from east to west. that is divided from north to south and never at any point in the history of this union has there been. more discord and rancor that we've currently got among more moderate forces there are concerns the peace prize is being used as a political football i think this award basically does a lot kind of discredit past people who won this prize i mean it demonstrates a sort of heavy politicization of the use of this award i know it's been suggested that this year's winner of the peace prize picked it up more for not having done something as opposed to having food the peace around the globe it seems like they got the prize more because there hasn't been any war in europe for many decades rather than having done anything specific i think as long as civic institutions like the nobel prize continue to lose their legitimacy in their spirit through political favoritism and these prizes are always pol

so it's going to get tougher for angela merkel to get the there the backing to do this and it's going to get tougher for greece to come cap in hand in the future and is well let's let's talk about what the public think of it in germany gather some sixty percent of germans would rather see greece kicked out of the euro zone rather than pour more cash into it even if it's even as it stands at the moment along and you think can't keep up her financial support or is this the edward well you know. the. the oregon national audience is and look of you know. for recent it's not exactly a problem or for this between countless interest through the. economic divide between the sides in the north but long as the new congress we're going to see that clearly or spending measures of new labor. experience of. course i think this is the problem of the l.m. are you just one of the hook up for show if you look or don't you leave this way there is a way to for the good people of the german people to find a common solution look forward to your role in this not. confrontation but that you'll find out exact

merkel acknowledged the wariness softer emmons for the case but insisted the measures helped to bring stability to the usa. trick young says the german italian was frustrated with the greek government. i think there are a considerable number of people who would like to cut greece loose at this juncture a because it's probably the most humane thing to do but second of all because ultimately the greek government has simply field to do anything that it has really been supposed to do in terms of privatisation and so on many times it's enacted legislation but field to follow through the taxation system in greece is broken all of these sorts of horrible things lead us to the fact that greece is governed in a third world fashion at the moment not in a first world fashion and that ultimately is causing a huge amount of frustration with a great many e.u. finance ministers some of them because they've got lots of money such as state germany and poland and so on some of them because they've actually taken their medicine for the poor irish. twenty five thousand people on the streets of dublin at

in struggling eurozone nations like greece and portugal angela merkel is seen as a symbol of the tough austerity imposed on the people now during the latest visit to athens of posters compared to the likes of hitler why is the ngo focus so much on this one person. well because some structural reforms are necessary in these countries and it's always bad if such reforms are pushed from outside upon the people it would be much better if the proper government of that country and with the support of the people would come to that conclusion themselves then it wouldn't need anybody from the euro or central institutions or from any representative of any country to be taken as as a scapegoat now meccano pushed through millions of euros worth of concessions to greece and now says greece's creditors might need to take losses is that support for athens the right move from her. well what was agreed in one of the last summit meetings was a cocktail of measures and that these measures are not really the thing that where that what for example the international monetary fund recommended to to do have c

merkel maintained of the loan of the country's best interest this as a frustration amongst germans is growing over the seemingly endless outflow of cash investment advisor patrick young says the concerns spread much further than germany's borders. i think there are a considerable number of people who would like to cut greece loose at this juncture a because it's probably the most humane thing to do but second of all because ultimately the greek government has simply field to do anything that has really been supposed to do in terms of privatizing action and so on many times it's not good legislation but field to follow through the taxation system in greece is broken all of these sorts of horrible things lead us to the fact that greece is governed in a third world fashion at the moment and not to the first world fashion and that ultimately is causing a huge amount of frustration with a great many e.u. finance ministers some of them because they've got lots of money such as say germany and poland and so on some of them because they've actually taken their medicine the poor irish twenty t

merkel maintain of a loan is in the country's best interest this has frustration amongst germans is growing over the seemingly endless outflow of cash investment advisor patrick young says the concerns are spread much further than germany's board. i think there are a considerable number of people who would like to cut greece loose at this juncture a because it's probably the most humane thing to do but second of all because ultimately the greek government has simply field to do anything that it has really been supposed to do in terms of privatization and so on many times it's not good legislation but field to follow through the taxation system in greece is broken all of these sorts of horrible things lead us to the fact that greece is governed in a third world fashion at the moment and not to the first world fashion and that ultimately is causing a huge amount of frustration with a great many e.u. finance ministers some of them because they've got lots of money so just say germany and poland and so on some of them because they've actually taken their medicine the poor irish twenty f

merkel and trying to give more financial aid to greece now that is the same an increasing amount of the electorate who seem to be suggesting they should be cut loose. after gaining verbal indorsements from western nations the syrian opposition has begun receiving financial backing the french government allocating one and a half million dollars in a t.v. coalition france only became the first question power to officially recognize the alliance as the cell official representatives of the syrian people russia was among the critics of the financial donations saying that supporting a movement to overthrow an existing government is unacceptable under international law professor paul sheldon foot from the california state university says that paris is only to sharing short term financial goals. science major interest would be to continue with sorenson your moments throughout the world. but it i don't think it really cured serve justice though didn't hear in the case of libya all they were closed tomorrow i was going to operate they didn't really care who took over afterwards the. problem o