EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Barnier gives UK two weeks to clarify key issues. The UK has two weeks to clarify key issues or make concessions if progress is to be made in Brexit talks, the bloc’s chief negotiator has said. Michel Barnier was speaking after meeting the Brexit secretary for talks on citizens’ rights, the Irish border, and the UK’s “divorce bill”. David Davis said it was time for both sides “to work to find solutions”
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| Les Echos |
European growth reaches highest level in 10 years
Brussels forecasts +2.2% in the euro area in 2017. Member States’ budget deficit has clearly declined. Now is the moment for substantive reforms. |
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| Handelsblatt |
Paris demands EU reforms
France pushes for quick reforms in the EU. Decisions must be made “now or never,” says Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire. At the same time, President Macron promises more budgetary discipline, which conciliates Chancellor Merkel.
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| Il Sole 24 Ore |
Consob-Bank of Italy split over Venetian banks crisis
Apponi: unreported problems – Barbagallo: we did raise the alarm.
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| El Pais |
Forcadell complies with the legality and avoids unconditional imprisonment
The Supreme Court sets bail of €150,000 for the speaker of the Catalan parliament.
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| Der Standard |
EU: Budget gap smaller than depicted by ÖVP-FDÖ (Austrian People’s and conservative-far right parties)
Brussels: €2 billion gap. Financial Services: different calculation basis. |
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| Berlingske Tidende |
The distribution of immigrants in Denmark continues to be uneven
A small group of municipalities experience that they are the ones who increasingly have to handle the challenge of the integration of immigrants from non-Western countries. It is not fair, says the Conservative Mayor of the municipality of Høje Taastrup, Michael Ziegler.
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Cynical confession after the fact
“We used the tax-payers’ money in a wrong way to save the banks.”
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| Magyar Nemzet |
We have stood by a multinational company in the EU
The Hungarian Government has supported extending the licence of a herbicide thought to be a carcinogen.
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| NYT |
How the rich hide their wealth
Offshore firm’s records provide an inside view at the activities of its clients.
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| Dagens Nyheter |
Lignite causes headaches for Angela Merkel
The future of lignite in Germany will be one of the major topics discussed at the Climate Summit in Bonn, and it is also one of the more pressing issues at hand for German Chancellor Merkel. While all parties agree on lignite not being a fuel source for the future, there still exist disagreements on how and when a proper phase-out should take place.
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