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Remember this? Tlfrjts is, I believe, a big issue we can no

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longer ignore. The next big scandal waiting to happen. I am talking

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about lobbying. Today, over three years later,

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Patrick Mercer has resigned the Tory whip to save his party

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embarrassment, he says, after being caught up in a lobbying scandal.

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We'll ask whether reforms are long unemployment figures, young people

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out of work - in Germany, 7.5%, in the south in the eurozone, more than

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50%. We'll be discussing the two most powerful men in euroland -

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 127 seconds

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2Nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment was approached by a fake company,

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the fake company, Communication The fake company, Alistair Andrews

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commune cation. The programme released this clip of

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Mr Mercer. I do not charge a great deal of

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money for these things. I would normally come out at �500 for half

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a day. So �1,000 a day. Patrick Mercer says he took the

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money for work outside of Parliament.

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It was said he admitted five parliamentary questions, all

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answered. In total, he was paid �4,000. This had stale not been

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declared by Mr Merer as the rules demand in the register of members

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interest. Whatever the truth in this instance, links between the

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MPs and lobbyists are problematic. Indeed there are scandals going

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back decades. From cash for questions in the 90s. To three

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Labour MPs found guilty of breaking the rules in 2010. Indeed, that

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year David Cameron called lobbying the next big scandal waiting to

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happen. We know how it works. The lunches,

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the hospitality, helping big businesses find the way to get its

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way. Yet the promise statutory register

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of lobbyists still has yet to materialise, inspite of having the

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supposed support of all three main Westminster parties. The Government

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is considering responses to its consultation.

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It is not the complexity of the proposal that is the problem, but

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the lack of political will. There is no political oomph behind this

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proposal whatsoever. Panorama says that Patrick Mercer

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agreed to set up a Fiji all-party group. Officially they have no

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status but they are confused in the minds of journalists and the public

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with official bodies like select committees. They have grown in

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number. There were about 250 all- party groups in 1985. By January,

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2012, there were 566. Far more even than the US Congress which has 380.

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A recent survey of MPs and peers by the speakers office through up the

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result asked if they were agreed that all-party groups were prone to

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be taking responses from their own lobbyists for their own purposes,

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48% agreed. It is said that the groupings are

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small beer in the big scheme of things.

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It is in the context of a �2 billion industry. Yes we have lots

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of large consultant lobbyist agencies in London, but there is

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this enormous in-house industry. You look at something like the case

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of Murdoch and his lobbyist. The kind of access that they had to

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Jeremy Hunt's office, for example and the close contact, the texting,

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that is what of concern here. Whatever else happens, the pressure

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on the Government to deliver on lobbying reform is bound to

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increase. Well, I am joined by Mark Spencer,

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the Conservative MP for Sherwood, the neighbouring constituency of

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Patrick Mercer and former lobbyist, Thomas Docherty. First of all, Mark

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Spencer, your colleague caught on camera, offering services to a fake

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lobbying group, unwise to say the least? It does not look good.

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Patrick will have to defend that when it comes to the investigation.

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It was interesting he said he was resigning the Whip in order to save

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his party embarrassment but does think not thank think that anything

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he might have done is efficient to resign from the constituency?

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think we have to say it was Patrick's decision to resign from

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the party. Nobody forced him out. That is his decision. He has to

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justify that course of action, but we have to ensure that we get the

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facts and establish the truth and get to the bottom of what has been

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happening. If the allegations of cash for

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questions prove true, should he resign the constituency? There are

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clear lines, cash for questions is wrong. It is set out in the

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statutory legislation. Any MP prove tonne have taken cash

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for questions should resign. Thomas Docherty, a problem, surely

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a lack of clarity over the rules and the regulations? Last year I,

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when 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment was accused of the

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breaching -- when Patrick Mercer was accused of breaching lobbying

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rules, he refused to get involved as he could not see which of the

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rules that Patrick Mercer could have broken, but I agree that we

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need to overhall the work of the Standards Commissioner.

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You are a former lobbyist, in any of the recently issues it is not

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the lobbying groups themselves, lobbying company companies, I

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should say, sorry, that have been a problem? I think where a important

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point is made you cannot differ enSecretary of State between the

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third party lobby ists and the lobbying industry as a whole. There

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is a �2 billion industry here. They are professionals, they do it with

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integrity, but there are too many who will not abide by the rules. It

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is disappointing that four years after a voluntary code was

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introduced that the individuals and companies that will not sign up

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that is why I introcuesed a bill in the last session of Parliament,

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that the Government refused to support that would have supported a

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statutory register. What difference would that have made in this case?

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There is a danger. What we don't want to do is to alienate the

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constituents, the charities, the vicar from being able to lobby our

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MP what is important to them. But your leader promised that. It

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was the next big scandal waiting to happen, was said. It is proved to

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be the case? When you try to write it down in legislation it becomes

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grey in the areas. So you are not keen in a register?

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We need more transparency. But we have to make sure that we

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don't if you like, put off the small charities, the small unions.

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I have spoken to the Fire Brigade unions, the local lobbyists.

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It sounds like the Conservative MP to my left thinks that a statutory

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register will not make a difference? I will tell you what my

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bill covers. It does not cover the village vicar but it does cover the

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�2 billion industry. There is a big difference between a constituent

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writing to you about a bill and the �2 billion industry that exists and

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what the Labour Party has been calling for is a cross-party

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approach that says that we need transparency. We need a code of

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conduct that says when Members of Parliament, when lobbyists break

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that code of conduct, that they can have disciplinary action. If Mark

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does not understand that... Do we need more stings like the Panorama

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sting? I think that the journalists do a good job of exposing

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corruption, but there are extremes. It is the grey area in the middle

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that is the difficulty to write down in legislation.

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One of the areas, which is a burgeoning industry, is this idea

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of all-party groups, which is what the evidence is suggesting that

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some confuse with the select committees, a different thing, why?

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To be fair, they are a good way of informing MPs of what is happening.

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So, 566 of them are working one day in every two years? I am a member

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of the Caresers' All Party group. It is is a really good way of

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informing me as to what is happening.

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Thank you very much. Well, nearly 3.5 million young

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Europeans are out of work. However, today's latest joblessness figures

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could be seen as almost Good News. We learn that number has remained

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static for a third month. But look more closely, you can see

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why the European leaders are so worried about youth unemployment.

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In the continent's youth joblessness hotspots, the numbers

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out of work are continuing to soarN Greece, 53% of under 25s were

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jobless a year ago. That stands now at 62%. Spain, Portugal and Italy

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have seen huge rises too, but look at Germany, just 8% a year ago, now

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it is even lower. The UK, which, of course, is not part of the eurozone,

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has seen its youth unemployment fall too. So when it comes to young

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people out of work it is the continent's south that is

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continuing to suffer badly. �6 billion of EU funds have been

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set aside to get every young person in Europe a job, but there are

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demands from both sides for more to be done. Those who are anti-

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austerity, blame it for strangling job creation. Supporters of

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austerity fear that joblessness prompts social unrest and the

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unpicking of the policy. In the words of Italy's Labour minister,

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we now have to rescue an entire generation of people, who are

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scared. We have the best ever educated generation in this

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continent and we are putting them on hold.

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Joining me now is Jonathan Todd, Professor Hertz and Megan Greene.

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First, is persistent youth unemployment one of the serious

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problems facing Europe? It is. As you wouldn'ted -- pointed it out it

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is not only the high levels but the disparrities between Austria and

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Germany on the one hand and Spain and Greece in another. There are a

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number of reasons to go into on this.

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Yes, let's do. 7.5% in Germany, and 62% in Greece

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is it responsible that -- possible that Germany truly understands the

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pain of some of these countries? think that they are beginning to,

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but we have to look at the difference between the two. Clearly

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countries like Germany and Austria are not hit by the recession as

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hard as the eurozone countries, but there are other factors as well.

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For example a high rate of school drop-outs in the southern European

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countries. There are problems of labour laws. That on the one hand

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you have workers, established workers with gold-plated employment

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conditions, on the other hand, young people who cannot get a job

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or if they are it is on a short- term contract. Their public

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employment services do not work very well. So as to link up people

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with skills that employers are looking for... Sorry, carry on.

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And then there is also the problem of the burden of labour taxation.

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That is too high in some countries like France where labour is hit

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much more hard. There should ab way to shift these things, for example

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property taxes. So a combination of factors?

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Exactly. Marina, the social nightmare. We

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heard the Italian labour minister saying that we have the best-

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educated generation, however there are school drop-outs, so the best-

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educated youngsters with nothing to do? The figures are shocking. The

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ramifications will be felt for decades, on the individuals and the

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scarring. We know that the longer someone is out of work, the less

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likely they will have jobs in the future and they will get a wage cut,

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but in terms of society. As you raise, we know that youth

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unemployment is linked with higher rates of social unrest. We have

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seen riots in Sweden. Not only because of youth unemployment but

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youth unemployment playing a role. We have seen protests in Spain, in

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Italy, in Greece. And when these young people they

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are out of work for 12 months, some of them? Yes, and graduates in

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Spain, 40% of the unemployed youth there are college graduates N

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Greece, 30%. They have no hope. What Mr Todd is saying that Mr Must

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be structural changes, changes in the labour laws, hiring and firing

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issues that should be changed? the short-term, structural reforms

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result in more unemployment. Then they support employment later, but

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that is not the case immediately. In countries such as Italy, Spain,

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Greece, they have a lot more to do in terms of opening up the labour

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markets so I expect that employment will rise before it stabilises. I

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would say some of the other long- term effects of such high use

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unemployment it is not just a reduction in the productive

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capacity for the youths but also a lot of them are joust leaving. For

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example, I am not exactly in the youth employment age bracket but

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half of the context that I know have left N Ireland and also a lot

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more political fragmentation. This is a long-term problem for the

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eurozone. If young people are leaving the southern European

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countries, then the chance of recovery is lessened? Absolutely.

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And the point is that if you managed to create jobs that creates

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demand which helps the economy o get out of a recession. The

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attitude in the passes has all too often been once we restore growth

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the jobs come after but the jobs should be coming before the growth

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as well. You raise the point, that follows on from what you are saying

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that the focus on austerity, austerity plus recession is a very

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toxying cocktail. We cannot sacrifice our youth on the

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austerity. We need policies that focus on job creation, growth, on

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increasing lending to small and medium-sized enterprises so that

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they can hire people. Creating apprenticeship schemes that give

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jobs to the under 25. A whole host of measures that cost money.

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But the problem is we don't know the direction that Europe is going

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in? Is it about deficit reduction, banking reform, is it about

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targeting? I mean, what is the plan to get us out of this? It is not

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one thing or the other. Clearly we have to resolve the underlying

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financial crisis. To get back to sustainable growth, but at the same

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time, we have to introduce the structural reforms. One solution

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that we are pushing hard is the so- called youth guarantee. It is the

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idea that has been applied successfully in Austria and Finland.

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It is a system whereby in four months of a young person losing

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their job or leaving school that they are either offered a job or

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failing that an apprenticeship, traineeship or further education.

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This means that the young person what cannot find a job is at least

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spending their time in investing and acquiring the skills that could

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get them a job in the future. You look sceptical? It is the sums

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that seem small. There will be hope in the European Investment Bank in

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terms of helping facilitating lending to support growth and youth

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unemployment, but the EMB is a sclerotic institution. If anybody

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is looking for a quick turn around on unemployment in Europe.

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-- I think they will have to wait. How much can we lay the blame to

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anyone? Germany has been at the helm. They have not borne the brunt

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of this crisis. That has driven their crisis to. Make a 108 turn on

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the approach to this crisis, they would need to feel it also at home.

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Do you agree? Germany does not feel the pain has it does not have a

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crisis at home? Well, Germany is beginning to be uncomfortable to

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say the least with the high levels of unemployment.

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And should they be uncomfortable? Absolutely. Absolutely. Because

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something has to change. But the point is that there is no

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magic bullet to resolve the problem from one day to the next there. Are

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a whole series of reforms that must be put in place and to resolve the

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underlying financial crisis and the underlying economic problems of the

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European Union. There is no getting away from that at the same time we

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have to take specific measures to help the young people, to make them

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more employable, to ensure that they are not cut off from society

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whilst they are unemployed. Thank you very much indeed. Well,

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this week in the European Commission has been giving advice

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to its members in how to get their economies going. Joe Lynam has been

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in Strasbourg to meet the movers and shakers.

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Including one in particular. Yet if asked to name the President of The

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European Parliament, how many of us would know it was a bespekled

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German chap called Martin? He represents half a billion Europeans

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at global summits like the IMF and G20. He is Europe's top directly

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elected official. The signature enacts laws that affect all and he

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is well placed to become the new head of the European Commission.

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Yet how many of us know his name? How would he describe himself? What

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kind of guy are you? President Martin Shulz is arriving. I am

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going to spend the day with him. Do you have a busy day today? Always

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busy days in Strasbourg. Martin Sh lurbgs z is chairing a

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debate about tax havens and tax avoidance. Something that Britain

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has a keen interest in. Push for a political commitment on

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a simple principle, in 2015, the European Union should have an

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automatic exchange of information for all forms of income.

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The topic may be tax but it soon gets to Britain's future in the

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European Union. I think that the British business

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leaders yesterday had it completely right. They said very loud and

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clear, to you and to the others, that it will be an economic

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disaster to to leave the European Union.

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You can probably see the President of The European Commission, Jose

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Manuel Durao Barroso and two seats over, Nigel Farage, the scourge of

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the European Union is there as well. UK Independence Party got wind that

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Newsnight was in town. Suddenly and in breach of parliamentary rules,

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Union Jacks appeared on their desks. Looking at officials that work for

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the European Commission and Parliament. The highest category

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are people that earn a net take- home pay of just over �100,000 a

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year. And yet under EU rules they pay tax

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of 12%. It is tax fraud Ann absolutely

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massive scale. Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, I say, how can that be

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deemed fair? They are used to Nigel Farage's views here. So much so,

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that Mr Shulz can do a half-decent impression of the UKIP leader.

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What are you planning here, Mr Barroso ?! Mr Shulz may anybody

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charge of the Parliament but has not hidden his desire to become the

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commission President. To achieve it he may have to replace bras Jose

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Manuel Durao Barroso. Who we intercepted to meet Mr Shu lz.

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What kind of guy is he? I am not prepared... We are doing a

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professional of the man. I get the impression he is man of strong

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opinions? It is true. He is on the opposite side of the

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political divide from you? Opposite? What do you mean by

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opposite? He is centre-left, you are centre-right.

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Oh! We are, it is true, he is a socialist, I am not, but yes a good

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working relationship. OK. I was just giving an interview,

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also about HerrKlaus. Are we looking at the current of

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the... Are you worried about the scepticism growing? The real threat

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to Europe is in difrt. I like the debates, but what we need is a real

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political debate about the way that Europe needs to go forward.

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But the one country that were talking of retreating from its

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relationship with the EU is Britain. So are some people in Europe tiring

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of Britain as much as some in Britain are tiring of the EU? Is

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the thrrb there a fatigue for the British in the European Union?

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Absolutely not. I think that the majority like me

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members of the European Parliament, we want to see the UK as a member

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of the European Union active within the European Union, we honour the

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enormous contribution of the situation to the UK to our success.

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Therefore, there is no anglofatigue. There is perhaps a euro fatigue in

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the UK. It is purely tactical. Nothing else. This is creating a

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problem. From the first day, whatever he did and said, David

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Cameron, in my eyes, that is my feeling, had more to do with the

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internal situation in the Tory Party and in Europe and as a member

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in the UK. There is an exten shall opinion,

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that it may not survive it may break up? If it fails, the

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political project behind the currency will fail as well.

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Therefore we should be prudent in some of the Member States of the

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European Union, 50% of young people, younger than 25 years, they are

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unemployed, this is a shame. Unacceptable in the richest

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continent of the world. Therefore, yes, I understand that people are

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angry, but is this a result of European integration? Or is this a

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result of a very poor fairness in this distribution of the rich to

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welfare within the European Union. What kind of guy are you? We know

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about your political background. What kind of person are you if you

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were to describe yourself to someone who met you? That is

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difficult to describe yourself. (speaks in German.) I think, from a

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political point of view... I'm a fighter.

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Sharon Bowles works closely are Martin Shulz on key financial

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legislation. He can be fiery and thoughtful.

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a personal level, he is OK. You can deal with him.

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If he replaced Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, what do you make of that

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don't think it is an outcome that I would favour there. Are many other

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candidates whose ylds that I identify with.

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-- ideals, that I identify with. Mr President... The end of a long

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day? Not yet. So, ten hours after he arrived in

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Strasbourg, Martin Shulz leaves for a flight to brels to address

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Europe's 27 leader. And the front pages. We begin with

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the Daily Telegraph: It says that the original deal was a �24,000

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contract to help lobbyists to help push Fiji business. To the

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Independent: Sir Bradley Wiggins out of the Tour de France. Eurozone

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crisis as one in four youths is jobless. The Daily Mail: A block

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for wild child porn. In the Guardian: Sleaze returns to damage

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Tories as MP quits in lobbying scandal. That is all from us

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tonight, but there is an important anniversary on Sunday, for which we

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need a suitably regal tone. Over to my colleague, Sylvia Peters.

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