jean noel barrot, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. how surprised were you by emmanuel macron s pretty extraordinary decision to call a snap election? well, obviously i was surprised, because it s a very unique way to take a democratic decision, when the political situation in a given country is so severe that it basically limits the ability of the country to act for itself. there are very few leaders in this world that would take such a democratic decision in the face of such important choices. such a democratic decision, you say. many french people, including people very close to emmanuel macron, would call it an almost crazy gamble. no, a majority of french people support this decision. and the reason is simple you re never wrong when you hand the power to the people. and with a situation where the majority was too thin to be able to reform in a political situation where, after the european elections or during the european elections, french citizens expressed some anger,
jean noel barrot, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. how surprised were you by emmanuel macron s pretty extraordinary decision to call a snap election? well, obviously i was surprised, because it s a very unique way to take a democratic decision, when the political situation in a given country is so severe that it basically limits the ability of the country to act for itself. there are very few leaders in this world that would take such a democratic decision in the face of such important choices. such a democratic decision, you say. many french people, including people very close to emmanuel macron, would call it an almost crazy gamble. no, a majority of french people support this decision. and the reason is simple you re never wrong when you hand the power to the people. and with a situation where the majority was too thin to be able to reform in a political situation where, after the european elections or during the european elections, french citizens expressed some anger,
But i couric when i want to be fun to. Point to point you can see it because i see if youre serious here. This is g. W. News live from berlin another day of deadly unrest as iraq faces its worst crisis since the defeat of the Islamic State. Security forces opened fire on crowds protesting against corruption and unemployment with dozens killed in 4 days of rioting iraqs leading shiite cleric says enough is enough also coming up. New clashes in hong kong the government attempts to end months about recipes and Emergency Law that bans face down for democracy activists are defiant. And the British Parliament betrayed and the chamber full of Squabbling Chimpanzee is not only to spread the debate but 18 year old keating 5 the anonymous Superstar Banksy the workbench is a record low level 1000000 euros. Its great to have you with us iraq has been shaken by another day of violent unrest the country is facing its worst crisis since the the defeat of the socalled Islamic State terror group 2 year
those rebel forces previously allied with putin and the russian military, even leading many of the battles and ukraine but then that ship suddenly violently ended. what exactly they were marching for remains unclear. the mercenaries, part of the wagner group, were organized at the behest of this man, yevgeny prigozhin. now, you may remember his name from a different story a few years ago, when prigozhin was indicted by the special counsel, robert mueller, in connection with russia s interference in the 2016 u.s. election. he was basically funding online troll farms that were working to help get donald trump elected. prigozhin is now best known as the founder of a paramilitary organization. it is known as the wagner group. this group has been dispatched all over the world by russian president vladimir putin, including to ukraine, to help the russian army. in recent months, prigozhin has expressed a deep
dispatched all over the world by russian president vladimir putin, including to ukraine, to help the russian army. in recent months, prigozhin has expressed a deep dissatisfaction with ruling russian military leaders, especially russia s minister of defense, a man named sergei shoigu. he is the man on the left. and that is arguably, maybe, why prigozhin decided to mount a rebellion. in a speech to the nation on saturday, putin did not mention prigozhin specifically. instead, speaking only of an unnamed threat of resistance from within russia s borders. translator: this is a criminal and opportunisitc campaign. it is equivalent to armed mutiny. russia will defend itself. russia will defend itself from armed mutiny. prigozhin s men were undeterred by putin s remarks. they had already taken hold of the southern city of rostov, russia s military headquarters on the ukrainian border. and the wagner group was making its way north to moscow, facing fire from russian aircraft