07/09 – Today’s headlines from across the EU

EUROPEAN HEADLINES

BBC Europe – Catalonia parliament approves independence referendum. Parliament in Spain’s restive Catalonia region has approved an independence referendum on 1 October which Madrid has vowed to outlaw. Separatist parties, which hold a slim majority, backed the bill allowing for a referendum on whether Spain’s wealthiest region should leave. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has asked the constitutional court to nullify

FRANCE

i’Humanite

How the destruction of labour laws brought Greece down

Emmanuel Macron’s Athens visit… dedicated to the “political reconstruction of Europe”

GERMANY

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

Orbán opposes refugee decision

The government in Budapest was to take in 1294 refugees, but has not accepted a single one until now. Now the CJEU legally obligates Hungary and Slovakia to solidarity. With success?

ITALY

Corriere Della Sera

EU Court rejects eastern members’ appeal: they must host migrants

Verdict: refugee relocations are legitimate

POLAND

Dziennik Gazeta Prawna

Refugees welcome. And period

The Court of Justice of the European Union stated that the decision of the Council of the European Union concerning the refugees relocation was right. A few hours later, Commissioner Avramopoulos expressed his satisfaction with the ruling and threatened Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

SPAIN

Ei Pais

Catalan separatists impose their referendum in regional parliament

Opposition parties denounce the proceeding as an onslaught on democracy

BULGARIA

Standard Daily

Unification for the Balkans

Let’s turn it into a flourishing region: Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov

GREECE

Ta Nea

I trust the Greeks

The message of the French President few hours before his arrival in Athens

HUNGARY

Magyar Idok

The real battle is only just beginning in quota case

Hungarian arguments not accepted by Court; The majority says we must fight

PORTUGAL

Publico

Development Bank is going to finance solutions for non-performing loans

Banking sector registers around € 30 millions in non-performing loans. Government has achieved an agreement with CGD, BCP and Novo Banco to solve the problem. Financing will be announced soon

SLOVENIA

Delo

Block for Croation membership of the OECD, Zagreb surprised

At the regular meeting of the EU member states ambassadors (Coreper 2), Slovenia expressed reservations regarding Croatia and denied its support for the intended membership in the OECD.