EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Icy storm lashes France and Germany causing hardship. An icy storm has been lashing parts of western Europe, causing power cuts in many homes, felling trees and disrupting some rail services. In France power cuts affected more than 237,000 homes as the storm swept across Normandy and regions north of Paris.
| FT Europe |
US turns fire on Fiat Chrysler over alleged emissions cheating
Charges come day after $4.3 billion VW penalty. Carmaker accuses EPA of “grandstanding”. |
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| WSJE |
Fiat Chrysler faces US charge
Agency says company used software to cheat on emissions from diesel vehicles. |
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| INYT |
Slum pays price of progress
Activists in Nigerian city say razing was officially sanctioned land grab. |
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Trump settles scores and defends his interests
The President-elect will hand his companies over to his two sons, and assures that they will “not talk business” together. During his first press conference, on 11 January, he recognised Moscow’s role in hacking the Democratic Party. |
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| Les Echos |
Life insurance: decrease in rates to speed up
Average remuneration of euro funds should decrease under the 2% threshold. Some 0.4% decreases over a year. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeiene |
Gabriel: Schäuble shall not be allowed to hoard the money
SPD for investments. CDU for tax reductions. Controversy over budget surplus. |
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| Sueddeutsche Zeitung |
Schäuble promises tax reform
In the context of a high budget surplus, the Federal Finance Minister announced that he would relieve households and the economy of 15 billion euros annually. This is “possible and necessary”. |
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| La Repubblica |
US vs FCA: 100 000 cars involved in Dieselgate
The USA accuse FCA of having falsified data on emissions, “We are not Volkswagen” they respond. |
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| Il Sole 24 |
FCA accused of Dieselgate in the USA, the title plummets in Milan (-16%)
Marchioni; nothing common with VW, ready to clarify. |
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| Gazeta Wyborcza |
They will evict judges from Constitutional Tribunal
Yesterday, Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro applied to the Constitutional Tribunal (TK) for stating that the choice of three TK judges in 2010 was invalid. |
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| El Pais |
Trillo leaves London embassy due to “Yak-42 case”
The former minister gives in after Rajoy decided to support Cospedal’s decision to accept the State Council report. |
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| Expansion |
Iñigo de la Serna, Spanish minister of Transports: “The ministry of Transports will sup-port Aena, Renfe and Adif abroad.”
The Spanish minister for Transports is working on a plan “to boost the presence of its companies abroad”. |
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| The Times |
European judges will rule Britain for years
May is told verdicts from Luxembourg to continue despite Brexit. |
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| The Guardian |
Hillsborough: CPS sent files on 23 suspects
First criminal charges possible 28 years after football stadium disaster.
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