EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Brexit: Financial services pivotal to ‘bespoke’ deal. Financial services are pivotal to the “bespoke” Brexit trade deal wanted by the UK, two senior ministers are to tell German business leaders. Chancellor Philip Hammond and Brexit Secretary David Davis will call for the “most ambitious” economic partnership in the world during a trip to Berlin. They will stress the importance of supporting financial supervision and not allowing banking “fragmentation”.
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| Les Echos |
Nuclear: Paris and Beijing seal their alliance
Huge nuclear contract for Areva in sight. France wants to attract more Chinese investment. Advances made vary from sector to sector. |
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| Die Welt |
Poland sends a sign of easing of tensions to the EU
New Prime Minister Morawiecki reshapes the cabinet. Among others the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Defence have to leave. The latter is considered an old trusted friend of powerful party leader Kaczynski. |
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| Corriere Della Sera |
Five Star Movement makes sudden change of stance on euro
Di Maio: It’s not time to leave. Banks, Di Benedetti’s phone call about Renzi |
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| Gazeta Wyborcza |
Chairman punished Macierewicz
Jarosław Kaczyński agreed to dismiss Antoni Macierewicz, because he had started playing his own game. Both Prime Minister Macierewicz and President Duda did not want the head of MoD in the new government. |
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| El Pais |
Crisis in secessionist movement leads to first casualties
Artur Mas leaves PDeCAT after disagreements with the party and being cornered by justice |
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| De Standaard |
Close to a balanced budget
The Belgian government finances are suddenly improving spectacularly. In the 2017 Q3, the deficit was only 0.2%. |
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| Information |
On this night in Teheran, no one dares to shout out due to fear of truncheons and dungeons
The Revolutionary Guard in Iran has declared that the riots are over, but the dissatisfaction continues. Information has attended a demonstration in Teheran with a homemaker, who is trying to defy the fear of the security police and teach her son about the Iranian protest culture. |
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| Naftemporiki |
“Heavy” omnibus bill
Special task force against tax evasion – New framework for casinos |
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| Magyar Nemzet |
Vona: “Either Orbán goes to prison or I do”
Jobbik will also not pay voluntarily the gigantic penalty imposed by the Hungarian State Audit Office |
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| Delo |
President Juncker to steer the arbitration ship
President Juncker is expected to get involved into the Slovenian-Croatian border dispute after First Vice-President Timmermans was “brushed off” by Zagreb. |
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