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events are being used as a stage for political statements amid revelations many actors speeches were actually written by a company set up by a former barack obama. by their great to have you with us this is r.t. international. and we will start this hour in germany where chancellor merkel s designated successor has announced that she no longer plans to run for the leadership and. will also step down as head of the christian democrats as the ruling party scandal deepens over some precedented alliance with the right wing alternative to germany with details here s our berlin correspondent peter. when the news came through nobody was expecting it whatsoever we knew that there were meetings that were going on following the the fallout from the to the india crisis last week we knew that there was a meeting going on last night but at that meeting it seems. decided that she could no longer continue as head of the c.d.u. party the christian democratic union and that she wouldn t ....
politics, ordinary spaniards feel the pain. and the french president says it was a mistake for greece to join the euro. first off, let s go straight to the european stock markets and see how they re faring at the minute. we re seeing a higher open and that in turn follows rallies on thursday after that crucial deal was reached at the eu summit in brussels. we ll bring you the numbers in a moment s time. first up, let s tell you what s making news across the region. in particular, it is the french president, mr. nicolas sarkozy. in an interview on thursday, sarkozy said allowing greece into the euro zone was, it seems, a mistake. greece ended with false economic figures. it was not ready to do so. sarkozy spoke with the chinese president, hu jintao on thursday to assess china s reaction to the eu deal. we had spanish jobless figures being released a few moments ago. what we know is the spanish jobless rate has risen to 21.52%. so 21.5% across this euro zone nation. t ....