EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Juppe will not replace scandal-hit Fillon. Alain Juppe, the leading candidate to replace under-fire French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon, says he will not run, despite pressure to do so. Mr Fillon has denied allegations that members of his family were paid taxpayers’ money for fictitious jobs. He has lost support within the centre-right party and in opinion polls ahead of the first round on 23 April.
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Standard Life and Aberdeen eye global stage with £11bn tie-up
Deal to create biggest UK asset manager. Investors back takeover. 900 jobs at risk.
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| WSJE |
White House seeks wiretap probe
Trump’s claim of surveillance order triggers furour on both sides of the aisle.
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| INYT |
A young nation cracking apart
Even once-peaceful areas of South Sudan are no longer spared from conflict. |
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| Le Monde |
Fillon bets on militants to save his candidacy
The right-wing candidate plans to mobilise his militants, on Sunday 5 March in Paris, while the number of withdrawals around him is on the rise.
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| Les Echos |
With Opel, PSA becomes a new European giant
After four months of negotiations, PSA is expected to finalise on Monday the acquisition of Opel from General Motors.
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Erdogan accuses Germany of “Nazi practices”
“I’ll come when I want to”. Kauder: incredible manners. Meetings in NRW.
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| Sueddeutsche Zeitung |
Erdoğan accuses Berlin of Nazi practices
The Turkish president reacts furiously to the cancellation of his ministers’ election campaigns in Germany. CDU rejects the comparison as “impudent”.
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| La Repubblica |
Gentiloni: “Cut taxes now”
The Prime Minister announces a cut in labour costs and investments in the South of Italy.
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| Il Sole 24 Ore |
Italian youth shun careers
Over the past ten years, the amount of candidates taking professional exams has decreased by a third, with architecture and engineering the worst hit.
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| Gazeta Wyborcza |
If not Tusk, then who?
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, the Law and Justice’s candidate to the office of President of the European Council, says he is getting out of the train at the stop called Poland. It will be decided this week if Donald Tusk returns from Brussels to Warsaw because of the Saryusz-Wolski upheaval.
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| El Pais |
Gürtel red leader negotiates to give back the money on his Swiss accounts
Francisco Correa proposes to give back the €22 million frozen at Crédit Suisse in order to reduce his sentence.
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| Expansion |
Saracho is preparing Popular for a merger
Santander, BBVA and Sabadell are the best-positioned candidates.
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| The Times |
Chancellor plans tax rise to fund budget giveaways
Self-employed and drinkers to bear cost of extra help for social care and business.
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| The Guardian |
“Epidemic” of sex harassment in universities
Experts warn FoI figures on misconduct just the tip of the iceberg.
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