my thoughts about europe, its promises and weaknesses, my thoughts on germany and britain and this europe. many decisions will be made on how we as germans, britains, italians and all the other european nations can assert interests in the world. i can express my thoughts better in my native language, i hope you will forgive me for delivering the rest of my speech in german. [ applause ]. >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, today i speak to you the representatives of an institution that is the cradle of modern parliamentary democracy. this parliament has made very significant contributions to the government, the rule of law and democracy in europe and the world at large. as someone who lived for 35 years in the gdr in a system which was not free, in a dictatorship, i feel particularly close to the world for freedom and democracy that this parliament and this country represent as few others do. the close and friendly realizes among european nations as natural as they may seem today were virtually in conceivable 200, 100, or even 70 years ago. for centuries, relations among european nations

of course now i spoke to him earlier about europe and i noted that data coming out of europe seemed to indicate a recovery so i asked him is europe in a recovery here's what he had to say. in europe being a recovery you know just look at france it's the prince is the weak link here by a long shot and. arguably spain is bottoming perhaps one can look at the current account in greece which is a very minor country and perhaps it's bottoming but when you look at france when you look at the netherlands when you look at some of the larger countries france is really a basket case here and employment unemployment is rising about every month there are huge disputes everyone's on how to do with the law and and so you know one wonders you know how long you know germany holding all of europe together i don't think the game. ok now europe has been forced to undergo austerity in the periphery to prevent a fault as you said especially in greece but now bond yields they're dropping is the eurozone crisis over it's kind of like my first question but euro zone as a whole on ask. well actually bond yi

europe was divided between eastern europe which was which under the soviet union and then the rest of europe so therefore it really had a meaning and was really put to protect germany and other countries and they felt without the american umbrella they faced the central threat from the soviet union now that's all gone because. nato originally was there to rebuff suffered military attack. from a conventional and nuclear point of view that's gone so that what's left you're left with the countries of eastern europe which feel insecure a visa to russia if you look at this tony let me let you in your poland czech republic they're very happy they want to be inside a larger security framework because on the road they feel they couldn't resist the russian pressure so therefore it's mainly a function of their perception of the russian threat that you may say and others many say there is no threat the settlers no russian military threat towards western europe russia is not going to attack western europe forces there but a little countries are afraid of pressure which could in fact force them to

of course now i spoke to him earlier about europe and i noted that data coming out of europe seemed to indicate a recovery so i asked him is europe in a recovery here's what he had to say. in europe being a recovery you know just look at france it's it's france is the weak link here by a long shot and. arguably spain is bottoming perhaps one can look at the current account in greece which is a very minor country and perhaps it's bottoming but when you look at france when you look at the netherlands when you look at some of the larger countries france is really a basket case here and employment unemployment is rising about every month there are huge disputes everyone's with the law and and so you know one wonders you know how long you know germany holding all of europe together are i don't think the game . ok now europe has been forced to undergo austerity in the periphery to prevent a fault as you said especially in greece but now bond yields they're dropping is the eurozone crisis over it's kind of like my first question but euro zone as a whole i'm asking. well actually bond yield

well i think that the lot of the parties across western europe especially in the u.k. in france in germany austria austria you know and specially in the netherlands what they're trying to do is realize that a lot of the language that they used in the past which would sometimes very anti semitic you know very racist they realize that times of change and people have cheated views of those issues and so they can actually get respectability using that language in using those phrases so what they're trying to do is try to become focused in arguments and make that much more about muslims have tried to make their arguments much more about just immigrants generally and played on existing worries that people have to use to gain more respectability and to get more political power across across western europe here will it continue what do you think about that because if you look at the national front let's say in france you don't hear any more homophobic remarks coming out they like the state of israel they've changed quite a bit of change with the electorate but they still have

well i think that the lot of the parties across western europe especially in the u.k. in france in germany austria austria you know and specially in the netherlands what they're trying to do is realize that a lot of the language at the union of past which was sometimes very anti semitic you know very racist you know they realize that times of change and people have cheated views of those issues and so they can actually get respectability using that language in using those phrases so what they're trying to do is try to become a focus in arguments and make that much more about muslims have to make their arguments much more about just immigrants generally and played on existing worries that people have to use to gain more respect realty and to get more political power across across western europe here although it can't get it what do you think about that because if you look at the national front would say in france in the you don't hear any more homophobic remarks coming out they like the state of israel they've changed quite a bit they've changed with the electorate but

in our new series "europe by night. in the first installment, we take you to the border region between ukraine and romania. border police are particularly busy at night. the smugglers come to life when the sun goes down, and they carry out their criminal activities. >> after a two-hour chase, romanian border police have seized 2000 packets of ukrainian cigarettes. but it's not much of a catch. the pursuit began in ukraine and continued through the romanian forest before the smugglers finally cut their losses and lead empty-handed -- fled empty-handed. it's just a regular night on the border region between the two countries. >> smuggling is commonplace here. the smugglers took advantage of the darkness, and the dense forest, to get away. but we stay close, and we try to identify them. >> half an hour later on the other side of the mountain, the police pick up one of the two men believed to have been in the forest. he lives in a village on the romanian border. the whole area is notorious for smuggling activity. >> it wasn

of course now i spoke to him earlier about europe and i noted that data coming out of europe seemed to indicate a recovery so i asked him is europe in a recovery here's what he had to say. in europe being a recovery you know just look at france it's the it's prince's the weak link here by a long shot and. arguably spain is bottoming perhaps one can look at the current account in greece which is a very minor country and perhaps it's bottoming but when you look at france when you look at the netherlands when you look at some of the larger countries france is really a basket case here and employment unemployment is rising about every month there are huge disputes everyone's with the law and and so you know one wonders you know how long you know germany poling all over europe together i don't think they gain. ok now europe has been forced to undergo austerity in the periphery to prevent a fault as you said especially in greece but now bond yields they're dropping is the eurozone crisis over it's kind of like my first question but euro zone as a whole i'm asking. well actually bond yield

of course now i spoke to him earlier about europe and i noted that data coming out of europe seemed to indicate a recovery so i asked him is europe in a recovery here's what he had to say. in europe being a recovery you know just look at france it's the it's prince's the weak link here by a long shot and. arguably spain is bottoming perhaps one can look at the current account in greece which is a very minor country and perhaps it's bottoming but when you look at france when you look at the netherlands when you look at some of the larger countries france is really a basket case here and employment unemployment is rising about every month there are huge disputes everyone's with the law and and so you know one wonders you know how long you know germany holding all of europe together are i don't think the game . ok now europe has been forced to undergo austerity in the periphery to prevent a fault as you said especially in greece but now bond yields they're dropping is the eurozone crisis over it's kind of like my first question but euro zone as a whole i'm asking. well actually bond yi

of course now i spoke to him earlier about europe and i noted that data coming out of europe seemed to indicate a recovery so i asked him is europe in a recovery here's what he had to say. in europe being a recovery you know just look at france it's the it's prince's the weak link here by a long shot and. arguably spain is bottoming perhaps one can look at the current account in greece which is a very minor country and perhaps it's bottoming but when you look at france when you look at the netherlands when you look at some of the larger countries france is really a basket case here and employment unemployment is rising about every month there are huge disputes everyone's with the law and and so you know one wonders you know how long you know germany holding all of europe together i don't think they gain ok now europe has been forced to undergo austerity in the periphery to prevent a fault as you said especially in greece but now bond yields they're dropping is the eurozone crisis over it's kind of like my first question but euro zone as a whole on ask. well actually you know they've

jews in medieval europe and modern europe, tended to be disproportionately involved in commercial sorts of activities even when commerce was an island within a non-commercial sea. they were involved as merchants, a small number but a salient number were involved in lending money and then finance. they came to modern european societies and american societies with a greater emersion in the culture than say peasants. secondly, you tended to have high levels of male literacy in societies where people were not literate. you tended to have a high respect for the written word and systematic learning and that came from tom bennett and jews were expected to try to achieve mastery of this skill but only a small percentage were in a position were they were able to. in societies where most people were not literate, you tended to have high levels, especially among men within the jews. so that was a factor as well. and then you had the fact that jews, because they tended to be discriminated against and excluded from many areas of economic life, for most of the middle ages and modern europe, they coul

behind europe. when the eurozone crisis occurred there were three concerns, one, will the euro go out of business now that it's clear it's not. second, will there be major bank failures, clear that's not going to happen and three will the ecb have to bail out italy and spain and that didn't have to happen. i think the wrors orse is behin europe. >> i'm positive. today it's about 60% investors are considering investing in europe and it is the place in private equity to invest at this time. >> david and guy hands speaking to anneta at the conference in berlin and joins us for more. annette? >> reporter: thank you very much. europe is very much big back on the agenda compared to the last years i've been covering that where europe was really not the place to be but for this the valuation of the industry and where to find investment opportunities i'm joined by robert koch, head of absolute return at the welcome trust. thank you very much for joining us here. my first question would actually be what are y

what you had in europe before 1914 was certainly forces pushing towards war. you have heightened nationalism, imperial rivalries, arms race and so on. i think they should never be overlooked, very strong force for peace. a lot of people in europe without we are so progressive that we won't ever have a war again. again. you have to dig middle-class peace movement. you had the very large second international at the world-class and socialist movement which said they wouldn't take part in a capitalist war. it seems to me europe was poised uneasily between these different sorts of forces but it would myself use the word inevitable. >> robber, you are known as the consummate biographer as we can tell not only from "dreadnought" but from so many of the works before and since. but your point of departure seem to be naval strength. you quickly shift to the likes of victoria and bertie, a key envoy, the crowned heads of your. so which was a? wasn't the dreadnoughts or was it the people who were, in fact, pretty dreadful? [laughter] >> the dreadnoughts were treated by th

europe starts to have a problem if the politicians make mistakes let's say if europe the european union suddenly would open its borders towards north africa and they would say everybody free movement of persons also towards north africa of course you would have problems and this would be a tremendous mistake the politicians can make and so i strongly believe it's the politicians responsibility if problems arise now let's talk about the here appear in reaction to your referendum why do you think the so upset by the vote why switzerland like you've said isn't part of the block and isn't planning to join. european union has certain rules and the free movement of persons is one if everywhere traveling around free like united states between new york california it's one principle everywhere to say money is another prop is another principle everywhere to same or law the same rights and does is a next principle of like you are not you are a lock so why would they be so upset you are not part of the e.u. so why would they be so yes but they of they might be seeing ok of switzerland as a small co

uniting europe. for most of europe's history, it has been at war with itself. countries at war with each other tend to do less business together. europe was always the continent of trade barriers, tariffs, and different currencies. doing business across borders was difficult. you needed to pay a fee to , and youcurrencies needed to pay a tariff seed to buy and sell to companies in .ther countries -- a tariff fee that tend to stifle economic .rowth then came world war i ii, which -- then camerope world war i ii, which devastated europe. because the situation was so dire, the best way to remove these barriers. the tariffs came down. this gave the survivors an idea -- a unified europe. a union across the continent that would end all future wars. countries began to band together toward this goal, bringing down trade barriers, lowering the cost of doing business. one of the last barriers involved was the berlin wall. with a united germany, europe was ready. 27 countries signed the treaty creating the european union. this made oohing business across there wassier, bu

europe was divided between eastern europe which was which under the soviet union and then the rest of europe so therefore it really had a meaning and was really to protect germany and other countries and they felt without the american umbrella they faced the central threat from the soviet union now that's all gone because. nato originally was there to rebuff a soviet military attack. from a conventional and nuclear point of view that's gone so that what's left you're left with the countries of eastern europe which feel insecure a visit to russia if you look at the stone you're left with little in your poland czech republic they're very happy they want to be inside a larger security framework because on the road they feel they couldn't resist any russian pressure so therefore it's mainly a function of their perception of the russian threat you may say and others many say there is no threat there certainly is no russian military threat towards western europe russia is not going to attack western europe or such but the little countries are afraid of pressure which could in fact force the

but we won't allow to happen is that people have eastern europe liberal who do feel it is the benefits of its own to all jewelry knowing to and. coming not from the you are to come from your film i am nobody it's own. all right listen guys i'm going to end just reading all the mystery over how to play nice with all that cher odd choice joe the introduction of quotas or foreign is would all good be create more job opportunities for the swiss themselves i mean that's that's a good thing isn't it every country should choose to have that choice about to be have common roots and if you get up you followed the roots if you don't want to follow the roots then you have to leave to come up. simple and everything up it is the same thing despite criticism from brussels the swiss vote has boosted anti immigration movements across the continent with at least half a dozen far right european parties calling for similar referendums in their countries nearly half of germans want to see immigration reduced in france seventy percent of the population feel there are too many foreigners in the country by f

going to extremes all across europe right wing and the e.u. parties and groups are gaining strength and in some cases respectability what accounts for this hard economic times are the growing alienation and frustration with the euro project could be said the new right is really the only bright so we're in a nice suit. we welcome there nate and mark to be terrific hosts on the r t network. it's going to give you a different perspective give me one stock never i'll give you the information you make the decision don't worry about how breaking this works on the mind it's revolution ideas and consciousness through the system. would be described as angry i think in a strong. under single. cohen welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle going to extremes all across europe rightwing anti e.u. parties and groups are gaining strength and in some cases respectability what accounts for this hard economic times are the growing alienation and frustration with the euro project could be said the new right is really the old right but wearing

well i think that the lot of the parties across western europe especially in the u.k. in france in germany austria austria you know and specially in the netherlands what they've tried to do is realize that a lot of the language at the unit in the past which was sometimes very anti sematic you know very racist you know they realize that times of change and people have cheated views of those issues and so they can actually get respectability using that language in using those those phrases so what they're trying to do is try to become focus their arguments and make that much more about muslims have to make their arguments much more about just immigrants generally and played on existing worries that people have to use to gain more respectability and to get more political power across across western europe here all the kink in it what do you think about that because if you look at the national front let's say in france you don't hear any more homophobic remarks coming out that they like the state of israel they've changed quite a bit they've changed with the electorate but

well i think that a lot of the parties across western europe especially in the u.k. in france in germany austria austria you know and specially in the netherlands what they're trying to do is realize that a lot of the language at the youth in the past which was sometimes very anti semitic you know very racist you know they realize that times of change and people have cheated views of those issues and so they can actually get respectability using that language in using those those phrases so what they're trying to do is try to become a focus in arguments and make that much more about muslims have tried to make their arguments much more about just immigrants generally and played on existing worries that people have to use to gain more respectability and to get more political power across across western europe here will it continue what do you think about that because if you look at the national front let's say in france in the you don't hear any more homophobic remarks coming out they like the state of israel they've changed quite a bit and they've changed with the ele

respectability explain to our viewers what you mean well i think that they love the parties across western europe especially in the u.k. in france in germany austria austria you know and specially in the netherlands what they're trying to do is realize that a lot of the language that they used in the past which was sometimes very anti sematic you know very racist you know they realize that times of change and people have cheated views of those issues and so they can actually get respectability using that language in using those phrases so what they try to do is try to become a focus in arguments and make that much more about muslims have to make their arguments much more about just immigrants generally and played on existing worries that people have to use to gain more respectability and to get more political power across across western europe you hear all that can you what do you think about that because if you look at the national front let's say in france in the you don't hear any more homophobic remarks coming out they like the state of israel they've changed quite a bit of change with the el

europe, pro integration. but these smaller parties on the left and right are getting greater and greater market share. as heather was just saying they could get up to 25% of the seats in the europe 350e7b parliament. if this happens and the backlash continues then the europe 350e7b project is called into question. it may stumble. we may be at the high watermark of an integrated europe. >> well, i'm so glad the two of you are here to talk with us about it. charles kupchan and heather conley. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> the latest winter storm covered a wide swath of the deep snowth ice and knocked out power to several hundred thousand people. and the senate gave final congressional aapproval to raising the national debt ceiling. >> on "the news hour" online right now, cost-benefit analysis is a cornerstone of economics. but only people. not metrics can say what is worth counting. you can reads more on our making cents page, on the web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> wooduff: and that's the newshour for tonight.

europe is dependent. ukraine is the bread basket for russia and has been and remains through the course better than a century. this sanctions are impractical. because the russians can exact an even greater penalty against our allies in europe. as you know, they have been very, very quiet. the united nations met in security council. nothing is done -- nothing is said. the president acknowledges today after nine days of out are silence on the part of our president on the issue of ukraine since he made a warning. he said nothing and continue to keep us informed. thank you very much, mr. president, the fact islet be honest with everyone. we have known precisely what russian troops are doing. we knew who the 60 special forces troops who were entered crimea and seized the regional administrative buildings. it's a lot of blather imminenting from capitol hill and the white house. the reality is there is nothing the united states can do. gerri: now we hear reports on the street in crimea troops on the ground, tank

europe was divided between eastern europe which was which under the soviet union and then the rest of europe so therefore it really had a meaning and was really put to protect germany and other countries and they felt without the american umbrella they faced the central threat from the soviet union now that's all gone because. nato originally was there to rebuff a soviet military attack. from a conventional and nuclear point of view that's gone so that what's left you're left with the countries of eastern europe which feel insecure a visit to russia if you look at it is telling you that we let you in your poland czech republic they're very happy they want to be inside a larger security framework because on the road they feel they couldn't resist any russian pressure so therefore it's mainly a function of their perception of the russian threat that you may say and others many say there is no threat there certainly is no russian military threat towards western europe russia is not going to attack western europe or such but a little countries are afraid of pressure which could in fact fo

say this is to protect our citizens and to protect companies in europe. so if a government program in night in the debate. paper like i mean the sunday you were to come from your home i know you don't that's your problem because you know brochures control a huge boulders will be bringing you a showdown between european officials over immigration issues that have been on the minds of many in the block ahead of the european parliamentary elections stay with us. fly a transit route to vnukovo report you'll best way to the heart of moscow. thank you for these economic downturns in the final. day the longer the deal sank i and the rest like it's a neat take it will be every week. fifteen minutes past the hour with no peace in sight for syria violence increasingly spilling over its borders into neighboring countries lebanon hardest hit was a tarion divisions there threatening to grow into a full blown civil war or his worry if an ocean reports from behind lebanese rebel lines where jihad is are being bred for battle. was the syrian conflict rages on neighboring

this is just the beginning ukraine's resurrection europe's was a river shouldn't you be started over my down for a nationalist see he posts in government with crowds once again crowding on to independence square the hub of the uprising ready to approve or reject a new lineup of cabinet members. yeah and then just leave these members of the public to be harassed part of syria patrols. vigilantes in armored cars patrolled the streets of a muslim neighborhood in east london sparking fears of a clash between cultures. and any inquiry into the work of the troika of international lenders the struggling euro zone states of flags deep flaws in the system as the european parliament admits the bailout hasn't quite gone to plan. ten pm in moscow i met president good to have you with us our top story the ukraine uprising has brought months of chaos to the capital but now it's the country's south where tensions are boiling earlier today more than ten thousand people surrounded the parliament in crimea has main city these are pictures from simferopol where two rival factions are demonstrating for

what is your matter of view on europe. well that little bit got a lot of problems too the irony of it is the problems in america are worse you know for all the problems you have in europe and you certainly have pockets you know you have these certain economies that are in very bad shape but you have other economies that are not nearly as bad a shape but i but if you look at it in totality if you look at all of the countries that share the euro zone euro currency collectively they're not in as bad shape as the united states and yes i think the e.c.b. has made mistakes but not as many as as the as the fed has i mean so. you know you've got to look at him on a relative basis and so you know between the two i don't think europe is as bad but i you know i think there's other parts of the world as an investor that a lot more compelling than either europe or the united states you know when i look at europe mainly investing in scandinavia and to the extent that i'm also in europe i mean i prefer switzerland which is not even part

europe was divided between eastern europe which was which under the soviet union and then the rest of europe so therefore it really had a meaning and was really put to protect germany and other countries and they felt without the american umbrella they faced the central threat from the soviet union now that's all gone because. nato originally was there to rebuff suffered military attack. from a conventional and nuclear point of view that's gone so that what's left you are left with the countries of eastern europe which feel insecure visa to russia if you look at this tony let me let you in your poland czech republic they're very happy they want to be inside a larger security framework because on the road they feel they couldn't resist any russian pressure so therefore it's mainly a function of their perception of the russian threat that you may say and others many say there is no threat there certainly is no russian military threat towards western europe russia is not going to attack western europe or such but the little countries are afraid of pressure which could in fact force them

well a lot of things often in europe i think a lot of europe is mary misunderstood first of all the euro that's been reasonably weak although it's much stronger than many people anticipated is helping german exports quite dramatically so even for germany that has to pay a great deal to keep the very very afloat it is that benefit that their currency is weak and conversely the one big thing that's happening in europe is that we've gotten rid of that contagion at least for now when cyprus brew up for example spain issued that issued debt and the record low prices the lowest prices to early ninety's what that means is that risk is priced locally and basically you need that for a functioning economy in the u.s. we have bank failures all the time the f.d.a. see a seating institutions but you do not have a currency crisis every time so similarly what's happening in europe is that there will be problems europe is a mess has always been a mess by the yet you can you can work there and you can succeed in a particular fashion so sure it will not be great but because risk is priced locally we will

this is just the beginning ukraine's resurrection europe's reserve they started our my don . ultranationalist move closer to power so you can keep posting a new government to be approved or rejected by crowds in a public forum on the embattled independence square. yeah and then just leave these members of the public to be harassed part of syria patrols. vigilantes in armored vehicles patrolling the streets of a muslim neighborhood in east london sparking fears of a clash between community. and an inquiry into the work of the troika of international lenders to struggling eurozone states shows that deep flaws in the system is the european parliament admits the bailout hasn't gone to plan. eight pm in moscow i met president good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story the uprising in ukraine has brought months of chaos to the capital but now it's the country's south where tensions are boiling earlier today more than ten thousand people surrounded parliament in crimea has main city these are pictures from simferopol where two rival factions are demonstrating for and agains

well a lot of things are happening in europe i think a lot of europe is merrett misunderstood first of all the euro that's been reasonably weak although it's much stronger than many people anticipated is helping german exports quite dramatically so even for germany that has to pay a great deal to keep the very free afloat it is a benefit that their currency is weak and conversely the one big thing that's happening in europe is that we've gotten rid of that contagion at least for now when cyprus brew up for example spain issued that they had a record low prices the lowest prices the early ninety's what that means is that risk is priced locally and then basically you need that for a functioning economy in the u.s. we have bank failures all the time see a seating institutions but you do not have a currency crisis every time so similarly what's happening in europe is that there will be problems europe is a mess has always been a mess by the yet you can you can work and you can succeed in a particular fashion so sure it will not be great but because poor risk is priced locally we will move

we're all europe. are we all europe? are the 18 countries together? you tell me. if they are together, then there is a collective responsibility from the healthier countries to assist the weaker. isn't that what 18 countries together is supposed to be? >> well, i guess -- >> that's not where we are. we're not a fiscal union. >> no, but it's more fiscal cliff so will cal. the have nots even in a country, you are the people that are richer don't want to give it up, but that's germany. >> that's a country. >> there's an understanding the whole reason why we have the e.u. and 18 countries together is to create a single european economic bloc, and to that end, i can see where jack lew is coming from, that there is a responsibility to en concerned and help those who are not there. it's a fact of what's written. >> manus, thank you. manus cranny, he's a little bit punchy. >> what are you talking about? >> now moving on. the italian prime minister, enrico letta, says he will resign today. our international correspondent, hans nichols, joins us live from rome. hans, will e

europe was divided between eastern europe which was under the soviet union and then the rest of europe so therefore it really had a meaning and was really to protect germany and other countries and they felt without the american umbrella they faced a central threat from the soviet union now that's all gone because. nato originally was there to rebuff suffered military attack. from a conventional and nuclear point of view that's gone so that what's left you are left with the countries of eastern europe which feel insecure a visa to russia if you look at this tony let me let you in your poland czech republic they're very happy they want to be inside a larger security framework because on the road they feel they couldn't resist the russian pressure so therefore it's mainly a function of their perception of the russian threat that you may say and others many say there is no threat they certainly is no russian military threat towards western europe russia is not going to attack western europe or such but the little countries are afraid of pressure which could in fact force them to make conc

europe was divided between eastern europe which was under the soviet union and then the rest of europe so therefore it really had a meaning and was really to protect germany and other countries and they felt without the american umbrella they faced the central threat from the soviet union now that's all gone because. nato originally was there to rebuff suffered military attack. from a conventional and nuclear point of view that's gone so that what's left you're left with the countries of eastern europe which feel insecure a visa to russia if you look at stone you're left with little in your poland czech republic they're very happy they want to be inside a larger security framework because on the road they feel they couldn't resist any russian pressure so therefore it's mainly a function of their perception of the russian threat that you may say and others many say there is no threat there certainly is no russian military threat towards western europe russia is not going to attack western europe forces but a little countries are afraid of pressure which could in fact force them to make

the romanesque style spread right across europe. in 1066, it crossed the english channel with the norman conquest of england. the normans stroyed most of the main anglo-saxon churches, replacing them with ones built in the french romanesque or, as it is known in britain, the norman style. and it would be in england that somof the most daring and original innovations were made in medieval architecture. durham cathedral, even by the standards of norman architecture in england, is a colossal building. durham cathedral was begun in 1093 on the sort of scale and grandeur common to many great norman cathedrals of england in the late 11th century. durham is a masterpiece of structure, and that makes it, in a way, a slightly ambiguous building because durham is undoubtedly a romanesque church. in fact, it is a massive romanesque building, one of the largest, but it also has gothic elements in it. in the 19th century, archaeologists defined the gothic style as having three essential characteristics-- the pointed arch, the rib vault, and the

maybe switzerland is the laboratory of europe of what is going on here will happen in europe in the coming year. >> that is a genuine fear, concern about immigration is growing in the e.u. and e.u. political parties have built popular momentum on this issue ahead of elections for the european parliament in may. it's a challenge for e.u. leaders since the free throw of labor is a core principle they can't let the swiss vote go without renegotiating its relationship. but it must be mindful that millions of european voters share switzerland's views on immigration. punishing them too hard those who follow their lead. >> i'm joined by andrea karoni who voted no in the referendum. thanks for joining me. you apparently then reject the idea that immigration is a problem for switzerland, immigration is a drain on resources and should be curtailed. can you tell me why? >> well, the question why i voted yes? >> why you voted yes. >> yes, the circulation of people is very important in our cooperation with europe, which is very important for switzerland, mostly economically, second of all swiss

wearable technology in europe or the u.s. d stay away from them because there is almost a market rush to get to them, which means that sometimes there is too much fluff? >> most definitely. my approach is very valuation-based. these companies do not have any earnings. they are very high valuation ratios. i am not interested in them. >> so what do you like? what looks cheap right now? >> what looks cheap is inwardly focusing european companies, domestic ways, whether they be financials or cyclicals. so the european economy has been in the doldrums for a number of years. it is exiting recession and will have a steady recovery throughout this year because central banks were accommodated on their monetary stance. we want companies that are very exposed to european domestic economy. and that would be things like banks, car stocks. >> kevin, car stocks. anything else? >> they are the main areas. >> thank u so much. we will talk about more about specific industry groups. stay with us. a japanese internet retailer is $900 million.for

curbing immigration by possibly putting a cap on workers from europe entering the u.k. at restrictions of benefits claims for migrants castes aren't protections for financial regulations on britain and repatriation of certain powers back to westminster to name a few but the question is what he wants in return but would be some wins for the u.k. but you could imagine it's a tit for tat. they would have to accept something in return amid all the fuss summer of lowering the excitement of the british foreign office has repeatedly advised ten downing street to bear in mind that any reform will require the agreement of all other states and that naturally germany won't do anything against its own interests or weak. financial transactions tax once again which could cost u.k. savers three point five billion pounds you have. it's actually the long term strategy seems to be very different. has many more friends around the world should really be focusing on. the world. and in the end it still boils down to this one who wants a little less europe while the other wants a whole lot fo

or the united states you know when i look at europe mainly investing in scandinavia and to the extent that i'm also in europe i mean i prefer switzerland which is not even part of the euro zone two currencies that share the currency always both statements for me that's why we like you but i want to ask you do you think the german economy will survive the eurozone debt crisis well or will germany face crisis to. well you know a lot of it is going to depend on how they react to what's about to happen i mean i think if you look at the way the euro has been trading relative to the dollar despite all of the negativity about the eurozone and all of that misplaced optimism about the dollar the euro has been strengthening you know even the palette i think is at a four year high today against the dollar so it seems that the markets have more confidence in europe now than they do in the united states and i think that's going to continue and i believe that a strengthening euro and as more money flows into the euro currency and as the euro becomes more of a safe haven then the dollar that will th

they spent one hundred billion dollars in today's money on the marshall plan to rebuild europe and in total the u.s. has spent about the same on afghanistan a country with a g.d.p. that's estimated to be about twenty billion by the i.m.f. now the question is is this an example of how america's militarism is wasting money that could be spent investing in the domestic economy. there is no question that we're wasting a huge amount of money here and a hundred billion dollars on afghanistan most americans don't know where it is afghanistan is a very little consequence to the us and yet we have had a hundred billion dollars and lost a lot of lives of american and afghan what is this can you know you know how much one hundred billion dollars is now when we could do a lot of stuff with one hundred billion dollars schools highways lots of things a lot i mean it is a tremendous amount of money we're talking billions with a b. here not millions so there's a lot that can be done now i want to ask you about trade agreements and there's a lot of talk lately about the trans-pacific partnership here

curbing immigration by possibly putting a cap on workers from europe entering the u.k. and restrictions on benefits claims for migrants castes aren't protections from financial regulations on britain and repatriation of certain powers back to westminster did name a few but the question is what he wants in return but would be some wins for the u.k. but you could imagine it's a tit for tat. they would have to accept something in return amid all the fuss summer of lowering the excitement of the british foreign office has repeatedly advised ten downing street to bear in mind that any reform will require the agreement of all other states and that naturally germany won't do anything against its own interests or weak. financial transactions tax once again which could cost you. three point five billion pounds you have. current. actually the long term strategy seems to be very different the u.k. has many more friends around the world should really be focusing on. the world. and in the end it still boils down to this one who wants a little less europe while the younger wants a wh

well a lot of things are happening in europe i think a lot of europe is merrett misunderstood first of all the euro that's been reasonably weak although it's much stronger than many people anticipated is helping german exports quite dramatically so even for germany that has to pay a great deal to keep the periphery afloat it is a benefit that their currency is weak and conversely the one big thing that's happening in europe is that we've gotten rid of that contagion at least for now when cyprus blew up for example spain issued that issued debt at a record low prices the lowest prices and the early ninety's what that means is that risk is priced locally and then basically you need that for a functioning economy in the u.s. we have banks failed us all the time i see a seating institutions but you do not have a currency crisis every time so similarly what's happening in europe is that there will be problems europe is a mess has always been a mess by the yet you can you can work and you can succeed in a particular fashion so sure it will not be great but because poor risk is priced locally

to fortune this is just the beginning ukraine's resurrection europe's resurrection they started our my down. but does this resurrection require the storming of political party offices the torching of politician's houses and the manhunt for journalists on the new governor of the recently the all further awards for the whereabouts of a russian journalist for eight hours you are channel you go through what they call providing false information so you can see where we're heading now which is so that the jewish community in southeastern ukraine thought calm had returned but on tuesday identified the man tried to set the town synagogue ablaze with molotov cocktails the police licitra for masked men started throwing explosives at our synagogue and around eleven pm boutique security tried to catch the perpetrators but they failed yeah. the right sector is the core and the voice of the uprising but the extent of its involvement in the acts of vandalism and violence walking in ukraine now is hard to verify the attacks are often but a trace if i don't if i can ask the man finding who exactly they

they say ok europe is not the europe which we are dreaming about because the family values on the mind the christian values on the mind the gay marriages. and so forth it sounds like european. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks of the ip interview intriguing story are you. trying. to find out more visit arabic. i think that. we're going to go digital the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy which albums. will. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and across a cynical we've been a hydrogen lying handful of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once will just my job market and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem trying to fix rational debate and a real discussion on the critical issues facing america by the book ready to joi

well i was so first of all we're not on to europe in the u.k. it's important to differentiate we are critical of european union real change in european union but we love europe we want to be part of europe and about won't change we renegotiate a new deal with the e.u. that won't change. i think is right but i think the conservative party is in a strong position because we're the only party to offer a referendum a real public choice between and basically choices either you stay in the european union with a renegotiated package or you leave and you negotiate a deal and i put forward and it's just a light device between norway and switzerland but kind of deal but that's outside the european union but i think i well said when it works for norway and sweden and so many people say why can't we have that relationship the same as no one in sweden it works very well. well i mean i personally speaking do believe in that kind of arrangements i think that could be negotiated i mean whether you talk of renegotiation from within the you or negotiation from wi

very nice to talk to you right now so what do you make of this united states of europe idea. well on the one hand i think it's nice that vivian reading as one of the commissioners actually speak out openly about her desires and dreams so many of the other commissioners near fissions will never admit to that the goal is to for me a federal european union you don't the other hand i'm quite confirm darkly sure that that the citizens of europe don't desire don't want to have this federal state that we've been reading is speaking about an obviously she's she therefore reveals. the idea that you're brussels which is in contradiction with the people of europe that's why we need to have more referenda us and to check whether the people of europe actually just want to give up also venancio their fiscal policies migration policies and so on to an elected body in brussels that we've been ripped reading represents and of course there are also concerns about poverty and unemployment in the european states right now how can best be tackled in the possible states of europe. well there are s

and prom from the middle ages on, it was in europe, but it was confined within islands. capit capitalism picked up a lot since 1600 and since then has expanded in its range. and expanded in the areas of life that it affects. so first it was primarily about trading things. later on, and people consider this the finding element of capitalism and moved into production, capitalism through wage labor. but it is as a process that is going through many stages and i think it is hard to find a point where it begins. but it is expanding in more and more area and i think i will be exploring that theme and that is the many ramifications of capitalism and the shape of changing the family and culture and the way in which people define themselves through what is produced in the capitalist process. it is process that has gotten many ramifications. >> we have talked about jews, you mentioned the protestants, is there a connection between capitalism and religion? >> there are lots of connections but they are hard to pin down. it is clear in some times and places, the actual doctrines of a

well a lot of things are happening in europe i think a lot of europe is merrett misunderstood first of all the euro that's been reasonably weak although it's much stronger than many people anticipated is helping german exports quite dramatically so even for germany that has to pay a great deal to keep the very free afloat it is a benefit that their currency is weak and conversely the one big thing that's happening in europe is that we've gotten rid of that contagion at least for now when cyprus brew up for example spain issued that issued they had a record low prices the lowest prices and the early ninety's what that means is that risk is priced locally and basically you need that for a functioning economy in the u.s. we have bank failures all the time i see a seating institutions but you do not have a currency crisis every time so similarly what's happening in europe is that there will be problems europe is a mess has always been a mess by the yet you can you can work there and you can succeed in a particular fashion so sure it will not be great but because poor risk is priced locally

and europe or putin's russia? our team is on the ground and under fire in this fast developing and breaking news story. >> for weeks, that european capital has been the scene of a violent uprising. today, the bloodiest day yet in more than 70 dead and counting. >> we are not terrorist. we are free people who want to live in a good country without corruption with good laws. with good standards of living. >> reporter: ukraine, once a nuclear power that was part of the soviet union is divided and at a cross roads. caught between its past and the future, pitting east against west. its president is accused of corruption and human rights abuses. trying to turn the country closer to vladimir putin's russia. >> if putin will defeat us, europe will get a lot of problems, because like the ussr, we will rise again. >> reporter: but opposition forces who have now set up a fortress say they want to follow the paths of europe and america, craving the democracy and rites of the we rights of the west, telling us they will die for