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19:09:26 05/25/12
euronews reporter - Cees Maas, former Dutch Treasurer-General
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euronews reporter - Cees Maas, former Dutch Treasurer-General
www.euronews.com He is one of the 'architects' of the European Single Currency: Cees Maas, the former Treasurer-General of The Netherlands was one of the driving forces behind the Treaty of Maastricht, which led to the creation of the euro. "There is no euro crisis", he explains to euronews reporter Hans von der Brelie: "but there is a problem with our governments, having deficits which are too high." Maas insists: "The euro is a stable currency, there is no inflation in the eurozone, that is exactly what we wanted." Maas blames 'the lack of discipline by governments and politicians', putting forward the point that 'any family, any household knows, that you can not accumulate your debt all the time because nobody will finance you any more..." Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com From: Euronews Views: 16 0 ratings Time: 04:32 More in Shows
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19:09:25 05/25/12
euronews reporter - The Dutch face austerity
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euronews reporter - The Dutch face austerity
www.euronews.com The economic and financial crisis has overthrown governments all-over Europe. In the Netherlands, the political parties have clashed over austerity measures. And while the outgoing government increases the retirement age and VAT, the Dutch are becoming ever more disillusioned... Danny, a construction worker from Rotterdam is the latest victim of the economic crisis after he was recently laid off. With a family to support and austerity measures looming on the horizon, the future is looking distinctly gloomy. His friend, Folkert, was in the same situation four years ago, when the first ripples of the worldwide financial crisis were being felt. Rather than let his situation get the better of him, Folkert decided to work for himself. Now he revels in the freedom of being self-employed. He can take holidays when he wants, negotiate his own pay and answers only to himself -the only downside is actually finding the work. Folkert de Hoop explains: "It is very difficult to find work in Holland now. I come from the north and for me it's about 150 miles to get here." Danny Blankespoor adds: "My situation is that I was fired so I still have six weeks of work left but after that I'm unemployed." Folkert de Hoop: "I don't like it: the age that we have to stop working (for retirement) is 67 and in Greece it is 55." Danny Blankespoor: "Something has to be done about everything it can not go on like this. Going back to the guilder would sound great." Folkert de Hoop ... From: Euronews Views: 36 5 ratings Time: 09:22 More in Shows
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15:20:46 05/25/12
euronews right on - Can I vote if I move abroad?
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euronews right on - Can I vote if I move abroad?
www.euronews.com While the right for foreigners to vote is being debated in several European countries, EU citizens already have certain rights within the continent. For most municipal and European elections they may vote and be elected in any member state without having the nationality of the country. However rights that have already been around for 20 years are still often poorly understood, as Ella Fallgred, a Swedish national who has now settled in Italy explained. She said: "I had always thought that when I retire I am going to live in Italy and that's what I did. I came and I didn't know the area at all, and I fell in love with it, so much so that I wanted to become a local councillor." After living for 20 years in England, Ella moved to Umbria, Italy five years ago. Upon arrival, she became involved in local life and wished to vote in local elections. But Ella told us the authorities claimed that she was ineligible to vote: "It surprised me a bit that I couldn't vote in the local elections because when I lived in England I always voted in the local elections. I knew I couldn't vote for the government, but I thought I could vote for the local councillors. Then I did some research on the internet and found out that, in fact, I could have voted." She has now put her name forward as a candidate for the Green party, but again found herself tied up by red tape. "The day before we were supposed to hand in our list of candidates they told us that I needed a certificate ... From: Euronews Views: 64 5 ratings Time: 08:30 More in Shows
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15:20:46 05/25/12
euronews reporter - Jan Kees de Jager, Dutch Finance Minister
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euronews reporter - Jan Kees de Jager, Dutch Finance Minister
www.euronews.com The Finance Minister of the Netherlands, Jan Kees de Jager, explains his austerity budget to euronews reporter Hans von der Brelie. His main message for the markets: "The interest rates are historically low, in the Netherlands and this is because we have presented an economic reform package, an austerity package that will bring us in the scope of the stability and growth pact." The Dutch Finance Minister stresses in this euronews interview that the Netherlands: "do all the necessary measures to show the whole world, that we are still an austere country!" Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com From: Euronews Views: 25 1 ratings Time: 04:13 More in Shows
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13:14:41 05/25/12
euronews right on - Reaching out to Europe's Roma
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euronews right on - Reaching out to Europe's Roma
www.euronews.com European governments are under pressure to focus on Roma integration, and Kavarna in Bulgaria is given as one example of where things are working. Ten years ago Roma complained to parliament about discrimination in the town, and things dramatically changed when a new mayor came into office. But concerns remain about the overall situation in the country. Kavarna resident Sebastian Romanov told euronews: "The animals in Bulgaria are better integrated than the Roma and I will let you know why: because EU funds are not reaching the Roma children. "In order to achieve successful integration, we need funds. No one is employed. There are no jobs, but they want us to integrate. Please tell me how, explain it to me." In Kavarna, though, things look brighter. The Roma are now given help to build new homes and improve their neighbourhoods. The town has set an example in a country that has the second largest Roma population in Europe. The mayor set up a minorities integration service and new facilities are being provided. "The land we're on here used to be an eyesore, an illegal rubbish dump," said euronews' Seamus Kearney, reporting from Kavarna. "But now it's been totally transformed. 50 new homes have been built, and there are plans for many more. Roma leaders say none of this would've been possible without the financial help from the local authorities." Kavarna's mayor, Tsonko Tsonev, has also made his town famous with heavy metal music festivals. He is not a ... From: Euronews Views: 25 1 ratings Time: 08:31 More in Shows
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13:12:03 05/25/12
euronews right on - Diversity and discrimination at work
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euronews right on - Diversity and discrimination at work
www.euronews.com Diversity is important to companies. It's a source of creativity and innovation. It recognises that different points of view are important in a growing multi-cultural world. Studies show that this idea is gaining momentum around Europe, but studies also show that discrimination is still widespread in the work place. Euronews spoke to a man who, between 1993 and 2004, was a victim of discrimination in France. Because of what happened he wants to remain anonymous; we'll call him Marc. He said: "I was met with great hostility because of my homosexuality. You would come back from lunch and on your desktop would be a note reading 'Death to the faggot' or 'Dirty faggot'. You're working and you receive anonymous phone calls - death threats. And you're put down all the time, given the worst jobs and you can, as happened with me, end up for months and months in a room, completely isolated, without being given any work, without seeing anyone." In 2000, two EU directives were introduced, they provided a legal framework to fight against discrimination at work. These guidelines recognised Marc's sexuality and gave him the legal rights to protect himself. "Europe showed that homosexuals had the right to respect too. Europe allowed us to defend ourselves in the workplace. I learned very quickly and I used what I had learned," Marc added. After a long, hard fight, Marc won the battle against his tormentors. They were demoted and he received compensation. Anne Devineaux ... From: Euronews Views: 16 0 ratings Time: 08:36 More in Shows
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12:11:24 05/25/12
Invisible barriers across Europe
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Invisible barriers across Europe
www.euronews.com Being able to move and work freely across all the EU states is a fundamental right for EU citizens from all 27 countries. But although in theory the lights are green for go, the reality doesn't always match up. And EU citizens sometimes don't understand their rights in their host countries. The Netherlands opened its doors to workers from central and eastern European member states in 2007, three years after the enlargement of the EU. At one paprika farm, almost all the workers are Polish, like Martyna. She came here to earn enough to finance her studies in Poland. As citizens of the EU, Polish people don't need work permits, just a passport or a simple identity card. 350000 eastern Europeans currently live in the Netherlands. And during the economic crisis, the risk of discrimination has risen. The tone and content of Geert Wilders' website is a good example of this. His People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) is a xenophobic, anti-European far right organisation which accuses EU workers from central and eastern Europe of stealing jobs from the Dutch. Rob Rombout is the director of a company which recruits east European workers. According to him, this is nonsense. Migration within Europe can be multi-faceted. Most people manage very well, but others run into huge difficulties. In Heindoven, one information centre tries to help. The director, Sonja Driesson, has also founded an association, Migrada, to defend their rights. At the top of the list of ... From: Euronews Views: 68 5 ratings Time: 08:06 More in News & Politics
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21:42:31 05/24/12
MEPs ramp up pressure on Ukraine over Tymoshenko
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MEPs ramp up pressure on Ukraine over Tymoshenko
www.euronews.com MEPs have issued a fourth resolution condemning the Ukrainian leadership over the jailing of the opposition leader. This time they have ramped up the wording, referring to "political detainnees". A Dutch MEP will visit her in jail this weekend. Johannes Cornelis Van Baalen said of the resolution: "It's more specific, I mean, there is now a deal between Schulz, the president of the European Parliament, and the prime minister of Ukraine. It's about the Tymochenko case... that it should be a free and fair this trial, that she should be well cared for in the hospital, that she has to receive foreign doctors." The Tymoshenko case is casting a shadow over Euro 2012, with some in the Parliament advocating a boycott of the football tournament. But one Polish member, whose country is co-hosting the event, believes diplomatic sanctions would be unfair to ordinary Ukrainians. Marek Siwiec said: "This championship is a big, big fiesta for Ukrainian people, they are really proud - Polish people too - but they are really proud that finally they have it, so if anybody doesn't want to go to attend a match it's fine, but it shouldn't be presented as a political gesture." Tymoshenko's daughter, Eugenia, who has been on a visit to the Parliament, has been leading the campaign for her release. Euronews asked her if she thought parliamentary elections in October would changes things in Ukraine. She replied: " We think that these elections, as my mother also thinks, are going ... From: Euronews Views: 46 3 ratings Time: 01:45 More in News & Politics
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21:42:31 05/24/12
Euro tumbles on German weakness
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Euro tumbles on German weakness
www.euronews.com The euro's value against the dollar fell on Thursday to its lowest in nearly two years pushed down by a slowdown in economic activity in Europe's powerhouse Germany. Activity for the whole euro area also declining faster than expected in May. That shows the downturn that started in smaller periphery members is taking root in core countries -Germany and France. As a result the euro fell sharply on Thursday. At one stage is was well below $1.26, its lowest level since July 2010. Analyst Jeremy Gaudichon with Richelieu Finance explained why: "We can see that the euro is weak against the dollar because there is a real difference in growth between Europe and the US. The major concern around sovereign debt is, of course, in Europe." The euro has lost 1.6 percent against the dollar so far this week with sentiment already fragile after a European Union leaders summit on Wednesday failed to shed new light on how they might tackle the eurozone debt crisis. Fears of a Greek exit from the euro have mounted after the inconclusive election this month left the country on the path to bankruptcy and raised the risk of its problems spreading to other eurozone countries. Investors are now profoundly worried about what impact Greece leaving the euro would have on the region's fragile banking system. Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com From: Euronews Views: 147 4 ratings Time: 01:13 More in News & Politics
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21:42:30 05/24/12
euronews interview - Beppe Grillo explains
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euronews interview - Beppe Grillo explains
www.euronews.com Comedian Beppe Grillo has shaken up Italian politics, with his 5 Star Movement party (Movimento 5 Stelle) winning local and administrative polls in the Italian city of Parma and several smaller towns. Euronews met him in Tuscany. Beppe Grillo: "The media show pictures of me taken during my shows, when I of course I'm overacting. Because that's my job. I have to get the audience's attention. I can't whisper. Look at this frontpage. He looks serious and I look crazy. They put these examples of my facial expressions on a front page and then they write: "Would you let your country be controlled by someone like Grillo?" So everyone says: "Of course not!" So how have the mainstream media and other political parties reacted to his political success? Is he serious? Beppe Grillo: "They still don't know how to react to what is happening. It is not a political revolution, more like a cultural one. The real leader is the movement and the movement's programme rather than any physical person. People should start voting for a programme not a person." But having having attacked professional politicians is Grillo's movement ready to shoulder social responsibilities and manage real cities? Beppe Grillo: "Taking responsibility is a marvellous thing. We want to. But we are talking about citizens voting for other citizens who will enter local parliaments and the national government. Our country is almost economically ruined. We will take on responsibilities but we will also ... From: Euronews Views: 13 8 ratings Time: 07:13 More in Shows
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20:16:02 05/24/12
Nissan's electric jobs promise for Spain
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Nissan's electric jobs promise for Spain
www.euronews.com It may only be a drop in the vast and deep ocean of Spanish unemployment, but Japanese carmaker Nissan has said it is to create 700 new jobs by increasing production at its plant in Barcelona, Spain. The vehicle it will build there, from next year, is an electric version of its NV200 van which can also be configured as a people carrier or taxi. Nissan is confident enough of a market that it is investing one hundred million euros and Executive Vice President Andy Palmer said choosing Barcelona made sense: "The merits of this factory - obviously Nissan has been here an awful long time, the quality of the work done here, the quality of the workers and their expertise particularly in light commercial vehicles makes it a very easy decision for us to put this vehicle here." The new model is Nissan's second all-electric vehicle after the LEAF passenger car and those made in Barcelona will be exported worldwide. The petrol engined version of the NV200 has been chosen as the basis for the next generation of New York's iconic yellow cabs. Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com From: Euronews Views: 86 4 ratings Time: 00:58 More in News & Politics
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20:15:37 05/24/12
euronews the network - Common culture and European cinema
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euronews the network - Common culture and European cinema
www.euronews.com A quote, commonly ascribed to one of the fathers of the European Union, Jean Monnet said: "If I had to do it again, I would start with culture". As Europeans struggle among themselves over a financial crisis and as the world's movie industry attend the Cannes Film Festival; how much could the lack of EU solidarity be due to the lack of a common culture? If Europeans could laugh sing and cry together to the same home grown films and music, would that help create a common European identity? Should the EU and member states intervene, or should they stay out of contemporary culture and leave it to the free-market and the consumers? Wired into this edition of The Network is Edouard Waintrop, Head of the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival; Juliette Duret, Coordinator and Film Curator at the Bozar Cinema in Brussels and Michael Bartholomew, former European Head of the Motion Picture Association of America or MPAA. Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com From: Euronews Views: 34 1 ratings Time: 08:44 More in Shows
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17:54:39 05/24/12
Air France-KLM talks job cuts with unions
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Air France-KLM talks job cuts with unions
www.euronews.com Air France-KLM has started difficult negotiations with its unions over job cuts. The Franco-Dutch airline wants to become more competitive against low-cost rivals and in the face of fuel prices at record levels. It is particularly concerned about losses on its short haul routes. It has denied earlier reports that it wants to reduce the workforce by five thousand by 2015 through voluntary redundancies. Air France-KLM, which employs 103000 people, could slim down its payroll by speeding up natural attrition. Every year, about 800 people leave the company, but it could increase that number with a voluntary redundancy plan open to all staff members It is looking to shed two billion euros of both debt and operating costs over three years. Europe's largest airline says its labour contracts stand in the way of heading off growing competition from low-cost carriers led by Britain's easyJet and a historic fuel bill which is set to rise by one billion euros in 2012. Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com From: Euronews Views: 78 1 ratings Time: 00:26 More in News & Politics
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17:54:38 05/24/12
Tatarstan: a confluence of culture and religion
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Tatarstan: a confluence of culture and religion
www.euronews.com On the banks of the Volga river, in the very heart of Russia, the republic of Tatarstan has reunited two religions in its history. Throughout the ages, explorations and wars along the Volga (Russia's largest river) have shaped the destinies of this truly diverse place; as Yevgeniya Novikova, a Tatarstan tourism expert explains: "The Volga helped us to conquer new lands in the Middle Ages and its importance as a connecting thread between the centuries and civilisations, between the people, cultures and religions of those who live on its banks, is invaluable." Although the river remains a major transport artery its waters still pose a risk. Only last year, a river boat cruise sank on the Volga, killing 122 people. "They check all the vessels - their technical condition, the engines, hulls, fire safety of any and all ships that sail on the Volga." said Yevgeniya Novikova. From: Euronews Views: 89 5 ratings Time: 05:09 More in News & Politics
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17:54:37 05/24/12
Fees setback for MasterCard
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Fees setback for MasterCard
www.euronews.com Europe's second-highest court has rejected MasterCard's challenge to a European Union ban on its cross-border credit and debit card fees. The court ruling could mean competition regulators pursuing other card companies, such as Visa, over its fees. The EU ban is intended aims to break down barriers to e-commerce and cut costs for Europe's businesses. Mastercard said it would appeal against the ruling. "It is our intention to appeal as soon as we've analysed the more than 60-page judgement," MasterCard President Javier Perez said in a statement. "We will likely continue to discuss with the Commission what would be the best way forward." For the time being, MasterCard will continue to apply reduced cross-border fees imposed since 2009 in a bid to avoid penalty payments for not complying with the 2007 decision, Perez said. Find us on: Youtube bit.ly Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter twitter.com From: Euronews Views: 41 1 ratings Time: 00:26 More in News & Politics
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17:54:36 05/24/12
Thailand: sun, sea and a booming business economy
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Thailand: sun, sea and a booming business economy
www.euronews.com Thailand evokes images of endless, sandy beaches but there is a lot more to this South East Asian country. In the first edition of our four part series 'Thai Life', we take a look at the kingdom's business spirit. To find out why Thailand is such a popular investment market, euronews headed to its capital, Bangkok. With a population of around 10 million, it can sometimes feel like all the city's inhabitants are on the streets at once. Bangkok is at the heart of the Thai economy with 90% of the country's export trade taking place in the capital. The Asian Kingdom is also becoming an evermore attractive production location for foreign businesses, which are attracted by its stable infrastructure and tax incentives. Stiebel Eltron, a housing technology manufacturer is one of the 500 German companies to start up operations in Thailand. It learned early on that doing business 'Thai style' requires a great deal of cultural awareness and tact; something the company's Export Manager, Holger Palla knows all too well: "In Germany you can raise your voice (literally bang your fist on the table) and speak more openly and direct. Maybe even a little too loud and direct. In Thailand you can't do that at all. You have to be careful not to embarrass other people -- they shouldn't lose face so you have to show respect and proceed more subtly." Yupa Tassri, General Manager at Siebel Eltron takes care of the staff's needs, bridging any cultural divides: "In Thai most people ... From: Euronews Views: 42 2 ratings Time: 05:12 More in News & Politics
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