BBC Europe – Macron and Le Pen wrap up tense campaign. The two candidates hoping to be France’s next president are making a final push for votes on the last day of campaigning before Sunday’s election. Centrist Emmanuel Macron – who has a substantial lead in opinion polls – is visiting the southern city of Rodez. His National Front (FN) rival, Marine Le Pen, met representatives of a police trade union on Friday morning.
FRANCE
Marine Le Pen: the strategy of lies
Days before presidential election, the 3 May TV debate between the two candidates was of an unprecedented brutality.
GERMANY
Criticism on the behaviour of the European Commission prior to Brexit negotiations
Tusk: Do not quarrel before the start / “need discretion” / Juncker: The people are nervous
ITALY
Deficit, the revolt against Brussels
A document from Italy, Spain, France and Portugal states that “The Commission is doing its sums wrong”. The Economy Ministers of the four Mediterranean countries have written to the Commission claiming its method for calculating structural deficit, and therefore public finances, is wrong.
SPAIN
The large number of supports shows a divided PSOE party
Susana Diaz has received the highest number of support signatures from militants.
UNITED KINGDOM
Show respect in Brexit talks, Tusk tells May
EU leader calls from calm on both sides after PM’s claims of election meddling.
BELGIUM
Artificial heart : Carmat lands in Brussels
Following the suspension of the test, because of a suspicious death, the company will resume its heart implant trials.
BULGARIA
Day first: Salaries to be raised, reshuffling in the Road Infrastructure Agency
Bulgarian Minister of Finance Vladislav Goranov promised that teachers would be paid higher salaries as of this autumn.
GREECE
Alexis Tsipras: Best things are coming!
The magic picture presented by the Prime Minister and the reality as it is depicted in the agreement.
LITHUANIA
Catching up with Hong Kong
Tax exemptions are planned for businesses that invest in innovation. The government says it wants to create the most favourable innovation development conditions in the European Union (EU), but experts note that tax incentives alone will not be enough.
USA
Did tabloids cause “Brexit”?
Politicians fear newspapers working-class Britons read, even as circulations fall.
