EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Poland President Duda ‘will sign’ controversial Holocaust bill. Poland’s president says he will sign a controversial Holocaust bill, despite angry protests from Israel and the US. Andrzej Duda defended the legislation, which will make it illegal to accuse Poland of complicity in such Nazi crimes committed under occupation. The Polish government says it aims to stop the Polish nation or state being blamed for the atrocities.
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| Les Echos |
Global stock market alert
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones fell by almost 5%. The Paris Stock Exchange, down 1.48%, erased the gains recorded since the beginning of the year. Rising interest rates are worrying the markets.
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Parliamentarians of CDU and SPD favour swift nomination of ministers
CDU politicians criticise the SPD Chair Martin Schulz for statements he made regarding European policy.
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| Corriere Della Sera |
Presidential palace appeal: violence arises in the absence of community
Mattarella’s comment after Macerata case.
EU: Those shots are an attack on our values.
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| El Pais |
PSOE does not support Luis de Guindos’ candidacy to ECB
Socialist party wants Spanish Government to propose a woman with a more technocratic profile instead of a political one.
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| Die Presse |
Where is Germany heading?
Grand Coalition. Negotiations came to an end on Monday. The basic lines are already defined: from economy to Europe and education.
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| Sega |
The 21st European Forum on Eco-Innovation held in Sofia
The 21st European Forum on Eco-Innovation for air quality started in Sofia yesterday amidst protests of environmentalists.
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| Politis |
Six are certain and we are searching for seven
The President of the Republic is expediting the process.
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| Diaro des Notocias |
Brussels presses government to cut back on the protection of permanent contracts
The Commission welcomes Portugal’s plans to penalise short-term and even more precarious contracts, but criticises the fact that little or nothing is being done to reduce the “overprotection” of permanent workers; the so-called “effectives” should be dismissed more easily.
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| Ziarul Financiar |
The National Prognosis Commission raises the stake: economy will grow up to 6.1% in 2018 based on investments
The National Prognosis Commission has increased its economic growth forecast for 2018 up to 6.1%, with reversed roles for consumption and investments.
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| Dagens Nyheter |
Moderate Party: More people who were denied asylum need to be deported
Ulf Kristersson and Gunnar Strömmer of the Swedish Moderate Party write that Sweden needs to radically increase the number of returns of people who were denied asylum. The country is at risk of creating a permanent shadow society, which will have to be alleviated by reduced incentives to remain in Sweden on illegal grounds.
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