EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Russia suspends weapons-grade plutonium deal with US. In a decree, President Vladimir Putin accused the US of creating “a threat to strategic stability, as a result of unfriendly actions” towards Russia. Moscow also set pre-conditions for the US for the deal to be resumed.
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Henderson to buy Janus as fund managers battle low-cost rivals
Company will have $320bn under management. Sector regroups amid dwindling assets. |
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| WSJE |
Trump’s rough week vexes GOP
Republicans, worried about undecided US voters, look to get campaign back on track. |
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| INYT |
Spaniards warm to government-free life
Exhausted by politics, some now see the lack of national rule as a boon. |
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| Le Monde |
Brexit: Theresa May speaks in favour of a clear break with the European Union
One hundred days after the British referendum, the Prime Minister on Sunday announced her agenda for the Brexit. |
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| Les Echos |
How the French state plans to save Alstom Belfort
The plan to revive the site should involve SNCF. France managed to stop hemorrhaging of the plants. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Norbert Lammert: We live in circumstances which the world envies
Bundestag President promotes a confident and cosmopolitan Germany. |
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| Süddeutsche Zeitung |
Orbán’s further provocation
The Hungarian Prime Minister wants to write the rejection of refugees into the Constitution, although his government failed in the referendum. Brussels keeps potential action in reserve. |
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| La Repubblica |
Bankitalia rebukes Renzi: “Too much optimism in the budget”
Bankitalia, the court of auditors and the parliamentary budgetary office have all confirmed their lack of enthusiasm towards the budget. |
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| Il Sole 24 Ore |
Good banks and the Deutsche case: the Treasury’s countermoves
Padoan: no nationalisation of banks in view. |
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| Gazeta Wyborcza |
Revolution of umbrellas and Polish women
Yesterday, it was not a protest of women only, but a protest of Polish citizens, be them men or women, against the Law and Justice’s violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms. It was a protest for defending a democratic state of law, that the Parliamentary majority wants to change into state of religious fanaticism and ideological dogma.
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| El Pais |
For the PSOE, new elections are worse solution
The chairman of the board of directors, Javier Fernandez, thinks that a united party is a priority and recalls that “abstention is not the same thing as support.” |
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| Expansion |
OHL sells 4.5% of Abertis and terminates its alliance
OHL CEO Juan Villar-Mir resigned yesterday from his position as an advisor for Abertis; his father, however, retains his post. |
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| The Times |
British troops exempted from human rights law
May vows to end “vexation claims” against service personnel. |
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| The Guardian |
Hunt promises to end NHS reliance on overseas doctors
Jeremy Hunt will pledge today that the NHS in England will be “self-sufficient” in doctors after Britain leaves the European Union as he sets out a package of measures aimed at reducing its reliance on foreign-trained medics.
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