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08/06 – Today’s headlines from across the EU

EUROPEAN HEADLINES

BBC EuropeAustria to shut seven ‘political’ mosques and expel imams. Austria has announced it will close down seven mosques and expel several imams funded by foreign countries. The government says 60 of the 260 imams in Austria are being investigated by the Austrian authorities.

FRANCE

La Croix

Europe, beware of the shock!

The rise of populism across the continent is fuelled by euroscepticism. At one year of the European elections, La Croix investigates in Franche-Comté.

GERMANY

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

Maas: Trump’s politics harms Europe

The Foreign Affairs Minister accuses the US President Trump of disregarding his allies’ interests. “There are differences we can no longer sweep under the carpet.”

ITALY

La Repubblica

Flat tax in three years, here’s the plan. Prodi: “it is a right-wing government”

Di Maio to retailers: VAT will not increase. Salvini meets Russian Ambassador to discuss sanctions.

SPAIN

El Pais

Government wants to take impact measures starting today

The executive will approve social intitiatives within the first few weeks.

AUSTRIA

Die Presse

Everybody against Trump

US President Trump is going to be criticised from all sides over his Trade policy at the G7 summit. But this won’t change anything: The EU is too toothless, and China – the US’s biggest adversary – isn’t at the table.

BELGIUM

L’Echo

Flemish SMEs snap up 90% of European subsidies

Brussels and Walloon enterprises underutilise European funding assigned to Belgium.

BULGARIA

Sega

Bulgarian Parliament resumes Belene NPP project in expectation of a vague investor

Only 14 MPs voted against, while one MP from the United Patriots compared the construction to the discovery of the phone.

GREECE

 Naftemporiki

Dimitrov in the role of Samaras

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Foreign Affairs Minister dynamites the agreement on the last minute.

HUNGARY

Nepszava

We failed the language exam

Private lesson – The Hungarian youth show little willingness to learn foreign languages, a recent study finds.

MALTA

The Times of Malta

European banking watchdog investigates FIAU over Pilatus

The European banking watchdog is investigating the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit’s supervision of Pilatus Bank.

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