On Monday, the President made a very long and solemn speech devoid of any new measures, except on the institutions.
GERMANY
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Union promises relief – and limitation of immigration
Seehofer and Merkel stress harmony. “Upper limit” only in the CSU programme.
ITALY
La Repubblica
Migrants, a half-agreement. France, Spain: ports closed
Interventions in Libya, repatriations, expulsions: Introducing the points in the difficult European agreement. The revolt by NGOs: “They should say that they don’t want us any more: who will rescue the migrant boats?”
POLAND
Gazeta Polska Codziennie
Poles are waiting for Trump
Tomorrow the US President will arrive in Warsaw
SPAIN
El Pais
Fear of failure opens cracks in Catalan separatist movement
Jordi Baiget is sacked as regional minister after admitting that the referendum will not be held
AUSTRIA
Die Presse
Test run for a genuine emergency
Exodus. More than 10,000 migrants have arrived to Italian coasts last week. Many wish to continue further north. At the Austrian border, the situation is still quiet, but preparations are underway.
BELGIUM
Le Soir
“Citizens need to be trained against radicalisation”
Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove warns about the threat of a “virtual caliphate” that could survive ISIS.
PORTUGAL
Negocios
Natural Gas proposes merger with EDP
The deal reported by Reuters is worth €35 billion and would make the new company an Iberian giant. EDP makes no comment.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Kommersant
Decaying green energy
There is an idea to get budget backing for renewable power generation.
