EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – ‘Progress on deal’ ahead of May-Juncker Brexit talks. Theresa May is set to meet key EU figures for talks on Brexit which could determine whether the UK is able to move on to negotiations about trade. The BBC understands the two sides have now reached broad agreement over the UK “divorce bill” and citizens’ rights. But Irish ministers said there was no breakthrough on the outstanding issue of the border with Northern Ireland.
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| Le Figaro |
Nationalist wave in Corsica
At first round of local election notable for low turnout, coalition led by Gilles Simeoni got 45.36% of votes. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Pressure on Schulz grows to form grand coalition
Macron and Tsipras encourage SPD Chairman / Young Socialists organise opposition. |
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| Corriere Della Sera |
Grasso-Renzi, duel inside left-wing
“Free and equal” movement makes its debut. PD: advantage for Northern League, centre-right wing. |
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| El Pais |
Urkullu proposes Basque model to finance autonomous communities
Basque premier advocates the Basque financial agreement to serve as a reference for the territorial funding reform. |
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| La Libre Belgique |
The Irish border: Brexit’s Gordian knot
President Juncker will meet Prime Minister May over dinner tonight. Hot topics will be addressed. |
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| Kristeligt Dagblad |
The EU member states are ready to blacklist tax havens
Monday, the EU’s ministers of finance are expected to pass a blacklist of countries which do not cooperate in the efforts to expose tax evasion. Denmark is losing 10% of its tax income from the corporate tax, international research shows. |
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| Magyar Nemzet |
State employees are hard to find
Only the Prime Minister’s Office has no problems; At least 3,000 vacancies in the public sphere. |
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| Latvijas Avize |
We were not given a country
Valka celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Latvian Provisional National Council. |
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| The Times of Malta |
MEPs leave Malta with ‘more concerns’
The Europarliamentarians probing the state of the rule of law in Malta returned to Brussels more concerned than when they arrived. |
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| Negocios |
The ideas of Centeno for Europe
The Finance Minister is the favourite to win today’s election for the presidency of the Eurogroup. |
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