Van Rompuy holds Farage in contempt

EU Council President Herman van Rompuy says he holds Nigel Farage in contempt for the tirade against him during the first-ever official appearance of the EU president in the parliament. Exterior view of the EP , Brussels 00:00’10″Herman Van Rompuy, EU council President, in French, I am glad about the European ambition I found here this afternoon, I am glad about this sense of emergency that I heard this afternoon ; There is only one contribution for which I can only held in content (on Farages calling him a wet rat”) 00:00’32″We have taken special measures to save financial institutions, not because we love them but without them there is no economy. We led a smart monetary policy, we’ve injected liquidity into the economy which was not done 70 years ago. For at least 16 countries we’ve created despite all the problems a zone of monetary stability, and in the 1930s there were competitive devaluation; We don’t have those now. ” 00:01’08″”We saved our internal market. It is not perfect, we need to deepen it and Mr Monti will make us concrete proposals , but we did not fall into protectionism as in the 30s” 00:01’25″”it is thanks to the EU that the G20 was born; We took the initiative to create this embryo of world governance. It is the first time that old and new powers joined to fight the crisis.” 00:01’46″”We should not always put the EU on the defensive mode; there are also good things that happened” 00:01’56″”We need some important reforms at EU and National levels which …