:00:57. > :01:01.This is BBC world news. The military In the moment, more on plans to fix
:01:02. > :01:06.economic problems in Thailand. First, Europe's heads of state and
:01:07. > :01:12.government will have plenty to chew over this evening. What will the
:01:13. > :01:15.election results mean for policy in Europe and the economy? There are
:01:16. > :01:21.those who insist that the lesson of the election is that Europe must
:01:22. > :01:27.reform. That might mean doing less and returning some to member states.
:01:28. > :01:32.Other believe that ever closer union is manifest destiny and the answer
:01:33. > :01:36.lies in deeper integration. In the short`term, Britain has stressed the
:01:37. > :01:44.need for the forms. In France, the president says the EU had become to
:01:45. > :01:48.promote and should focus on jobs and investment. Angela Merkel believes
:01:49. > :01:54.the focus should be on boosting the economy. In Denmark, Spain, Greece
:01:55. > :02:05.and elsewhere, large parts of the electorate want to rethink. Let's
:02:06. > :02:11.get more. The think tank Open Europe wants a new model. Let's talk about
:02:12. > :02:19.reform. The dust has settled. Is there at the fit for reform? I think
:02:20. > :02:25.there is. What we have seen `` is their appetite for reform? I think
:02:26. > :02:28.there is. Francois Hollande, the President of France, he has come out
:02:29. > :02:40.and asked for a rethink of the policy. I think that this might be
:02:41. > :02:46.quite problematic. He talks about growth. He means more government
:02:47. > :02:51.spending. I doubt whether that is what Angela Merkel had in mind when
:02:52. > :03:01.she talked about growth. The French government may be pushed to resist
:03:02. > :03:05.the EU`guided budget cuts. So they are singing from different hymn
:03:06. > :03:12.sheets at the moment. Is there going to be a problem with regaining some
:03:13. > :03:20.kind of European solidarity? The next time the Euro crisis will face
:03:21. > :03:24.a test of its solidarity, all of these governments on the periphery
:03:25. > :03:29.will be faced with stronger protest movements. They will still be able
:03:30. > :03:33.to put out of somehow but it will only become harder. At the same
:03:34. > :03:42.time, in the north, in Germany, for example, there is a far right party
:03:43. > :03:47.that secured six or seven European MPs and is against fiscal transfer.
:03:48. > :03:54.There is popular discontent with the current policies on both sides. Of
:03:55. > :04:01.course, in the last parliament we had certain types of issues that
:04:02. > :04:05.face the economy. How difference is this parliament going to be in terms
:04:06. > :04:16.of economic reform and the need for it? We can see that the number of
:04:17. > :04:21.free trade supporting MEPs has dropped slightly. That is worrying
:04:22. > :04:26.because there is a project for a trade deal between the United States
:04:27. > :04:30.and the EU. I think, fundamentally, not so much is going to change
:04:31. > :04:38.within the European Parliament. There is a very Federalist mindset.
:04:39. > :04:46.There is now 30% protest members. That is up from 21%. It is expected
:04:47. > :04:54.that the main groups will continue as they always have. The fact that
:04:55. > :05:02.these protest parties are doing well, in France, in Greece, in
:05:03. > :05:08.Denmark, this will put a very considerable pressure on national EU
:05:09. > :05:18.policy. It may also drive the leaders of these governments to try
:05:19. > :05:27.to achieve a lighter and more flexible European Union. That is
:05:28. > :05:31.what Britain is asking for. People vote for UKIP but I think the
:05:32. > :05:35.British people are fed up with the command and control we have seen in
:05:36. > :05:38.recent years. Interesting stuff. Thank you for talking to us. A
:05:39. > :05:44.British woman is to take charge of one of the jewels of the Crown in
:05:45. > :05:51.the French industry. Linda Jackson will become CEO of the 95 adult
:05:52. > :05:56.company on the 1st of June. She has 35 years experience in the motor
:05:57. > :06:00.industry but remains one of the few women to have a major carmaker. We
:06:01. > :06:06.asked why she thinks so few women are in the drivers seat of these
:06:07. > :06:13.major companies. I don't know why because I think the car business is
:06:14. > :06:16.good. It is a sexy product, and emotional product. You don't just
:06:17. > :06:20.buy a car, you choose it, they wanted, it is personalised. Women
:06:21. > :06:28.play a large part in terms of choosing a car. I don't know why
:06:29. > :06:36.there are so few of us. It is diversity, isn't it? But it is the
:06:37. > :06:45.president culture, , feminine, you add something. Women are more
:06:46. > :06:49.reflective in terms of decision. I like to have a team around to
:06:50. > :06:56.discuss things. We reflect on things and make a decision. You are a
:06:57. > :06:59.woman, you are British, you work in a culture that is different in
:07:00. > :07:06.France. Do you feel pressure to have the more I will be tucked up at idea
:07:07. > :07:13.what I want to do. I wanted that Citroen into the future. I want them
:07:14. > :07:16.to be successful. `` I want to put. They can change what customers
:07:17. > :07:24.want? I think that we have changed it. With the launch of the new
:07:25. > :07:28.Cactus, that this will be want to go. You cannot look at that car and
:07:29. > :07:33.not say it is innovative, creative, different. That is what Citroen is
:07:34. > :07:37.really good at, producing a design of a car that is something a little
:07:38. > :07:42.bit different. People have criticised the group for being slow
:07:43. > :07:46.into China. They have just brought in a new partner. Some have
:07:47. > :07:50.commented that they did not bring a lot to the party. They did a lot of
:07:51. > :07:59.your expertise and technical know`how. `` they take a lot. Going
:08:00. > :08:05.back to 2008, sales outside of Europe were 20%. Now they are 41% we
:08:06. > :08:11.have doubled that. Tremendous progress since 2008. We want to be
:08:12. > :08:17.at 50% by 2015. In terms of being slow, we have really accelerated in
:08:18. > :08:23.the past ten years. We know that China is the market to be in. One of
:08:24. > :08:30.the biggest markets. It will continue to be. I think we have done
:08:31. > :08:34.both things. We have two joint ventures in China and they are an
:08:35. > :08:38.important part of our business. I think they bring help to us in terms
:08:39. > :08:46.of aiding globalisation. That was Linda Jackson, the new boss of
:08:47. > :08:49.citron. The leaders of the queue in Thailand say that they are committed
:08:50. > :08:58.to fixing the economic problems in the country. `` coup. They are
:08:59. > :09:03.committed to pay farmers who have lost money under the rice scheme.
:09:04. > :09:08.You have been keeping a close eye on this story. What more can you tell
:09:09. > :09:20.us about this economic part of the coup?
:09:21. > :09:25.The hope is that this is the first step. There are supporters and
:09:26. > :09:28.followers of the former Prime Minister in fourth. The military
:09:29. > :09:31.believe that this is an urgent issue and they have moved quickly to find
:09:32. > :09:41.the money for the agriculture sector easy. `` the agriculture secretary.
:09:42. > :09:46.The rice payments could add about one fifth of 1% economic growth this
:09:47. > :09:57.year. The farmers have suffered. Rice prices were brought higher.
:09:58. > :10:01.Apart from the handouts, business leaders are expecting a stimulus
:10:02. > :10:06.package. They are hopeful that the state budget will be ready for the
:10:07. > :10:10.new fiscal year. This will be good news according to analysts. They
:10:11. > :10:17.will add two `2% over the next year to the Thailand economy. Keep an eye
:10:18. > :10:33.on that story for us. That is it from us on World Business Report.
:10:34. > :10:40.Stay with us. We will look at the papers in a moment. David Cameron
:10:41. > :10:44.will meet EU leaders in Brussels to discuss the success of UKIP and
:10:45. > :10:45.other Eurosceptic parties. The pair