05/12 – Today’s headlines from across the EU

EUROPEAN HEADLINES

BBC Europe – PM May fights to save Brexit deal after DUP backlash. Theresa May is under pressure to get an agreement from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) on the status of the Irish border when the UK leaves the EU. The prime minister pulled out of a deal with Brussels that would have kick-started trade talks after meeting fierce resistance from the DUP. The party said it would not accept a deal which saw Northern Ireland treated differently from the rest of the UK.

FRANCE

L’Numanite

Tax havens: Europe’s double standards

Finance Ministers are expected to announce their ‘blacklist’ today…

GERMANY

Die Welt

EU-boss Juncker considers weaker rules for euro

Finance ministers elect Portuguese Centeno as Eurogroup President – and are irritated about a concession by Brussels towards Italy. President of the European Commission wants to present ideas for currency union.

ITALY

Corriere Della Sera

Clash over Etruria reopens

New accusations from MDP and M5S. Boschi: Issue used for attacking me and PD.

SPAIN

El Pais

Catalan election campaign kicks off with Ciudadanos ahead

Judge helds Junqueras, Forn and ‘the Jordis’ in detention, and releases the other six former ministers under bail of €100,000.

AUSTRIA

Die Presse

EU leads 3-0 in Brexit match

Great Britain/EU. The exit bill, EU citizen rights, the Irish border – the British have yielded to Brussels on all three issues. Protests are already looming in Scotland and Wales.

BELGIUM

Le Soir

Brexit: No agreement yet

The announced compromise between London and Brussels on the Irish matter was opposed by May’s unionist allies.

DENMARK

Information

First they drove out IS, then they committed mass killings

In the final phase of the battle of Mosul, the war reporter Ghaith Abdul-Ahad followed the Iraqi soldiers during their final push against Islamic State. He tells of the brutal reprisal attacks and the killings committed by our allies.

GREECE

Naftemporiki

“Close call” for the GDP

“Green light” by the Eurogroup to the staff level agreement – 25% decrease of debt with the ESM’s measures.

LUXEMBOURG

Luxemburger Wort

Constructive but unsuccessful

There is no progress yet in the Brexit negotiations.

MALTA

The Times of Malta

Data may point to brothers’ role in Caruana Galizia murder

Police have “electronic communication evidence” that may link two brothers, Alfred and George Degiorgio, to the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Times of Malta has learnt.