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09/10 – Today’s headlines from across the EU

EUROPEAN HEADLINES

BBC Europe

FRANCE

Le Figaro

Catalonia: awakening of partisans of unity

While Spain is entering into a high risk week, hundreds of thousands of people being against independence marched in the streets of Barcelona on Sunday. In an interview published by Le Figaro, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy shows firmness towards secessionist partisans.

GERMANY

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

CDU and CSU want to prevent breach

Major issue of the union parties remains the refugee policy. Merkel thinks agreement to be possible “with some good will.” De Maizière warns: Germany needs a stable government quickly

ITALY

La Stampa

EU hawks against discounts for Italy

Germany and northern member states putting pressure on EU: too much flexibility on Italy’s deficit. Rome ready to launch web tax.

POLAND

Gazeta Polska Codziennie

Rosary without borders

In warm jackets, hats, raincoats, along the whole Polish border, on ships, in valleys, on mountain peaks, at airports and even… in Japan and New Zealand, and most importantly – with rosaries in their hands. On Saturday, the “Rosary to borders” initiative crossed all boundaries. Exactly at 2 p.m., one million Poles prayed with rosaries for families, world peace and return to God.

SPAIN

La Vanguardia

No to independence takes to the streets massively

Hundreds of thousands of citizens demonstrate in central Barcelona shouting “we are Catalan and Spanish” and urging Catalan leader to be sent to jail.

CYPRUS

New attempt after the Presidential elections

President Anastasiades appeared certain, saying he is ready for such an eventuality.

DENMARK

Information

The next crisis could be just around the corner, warns Deutsche Bank

Just as leading politicians are celebrating that once again Western economies are experiencing new, high growth rates, major bank Deutsche Bank warns that the next crisis could be on the way. And the political rising in the West with increasing support for populist parties makes it more difficult to hold steady the economy, the bank assesses.

GREECE

  Naftemporiki

Towards rationalisation of incomes and taxes

Measures are being examined in order to boost the tax office and Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) revenues.

SWEDEN

 Svenska Dagbladet

Hospital CEO forced to resign after warning about lack of hospital beds

When the CEO of the Stockholm South General Hospital warned about a lack of hospital beds and staff, he was forced to step down from his position. Jonas Malmstedt, surgeon at the Hospital, states that the CEO touched upon a sensitive subject for politicians, which in turn led to him being removed from his position.

SLOVENIA

Delo 

Masses for and against

Large masses from all over Spain gathered in Barcelona a week after the independence referendum to demand that Catalonia remain a part of Spain.

 

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