EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Turkey rallies row: Germany and Netherlands harden stance. Several EU leaders have criticised Turkey, amid a growing row over the Turkish government’s attempts to hold rallies in European countries. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany and the Netherlands of “Nazism” after officials blocked rallies there. Dutch PM Mark Rutte called his comments “unacceptable”, while Germany’s foreign minister said he hoped Turkey would “return to its senses”.
| FT |
Erdoğan’s Dutch “Nazis” comment sparks backlash across Europe
Turkish leader furious after minister barred. Denmark cancels meeting of premiers.
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| WSJE |
Coca boom alarms U.S.
Leaf makes comeback after the U.S. in 2013 stopped spraying crop used to make cocaine. |
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| INYT |
Zika’s harsh toll in Brazil
Impoverished parents struggle to take care of the needs of their children. |
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| Le Monde |
Presidential candidates faced with public debt burden.
After 36 years of uninterrupted increases, French public debt reached 97.5% of the country’s GDP in 2016, 7 points above the eurozone average. |
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| Les Echos |
Fillon: “My project of rupture for France”
Taxes, charges, ISF, family quotient: the project’s details. Work, 35 hours, pensions: the timetable for reforms. “We need to strengthen the eurozone against the dollar’s domination”. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Erdoğan calls for sanctions against the Netherlands
“They will pay the price for it”. Rutte: Turkish action is unacceptable.
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| Sueddeutsche Zeitung |
Turkish threats arouse Europe
The Dutch government rejects comparisons with Nazism after a failed appearance by minister Çavuşoğlu. The Danes also do not currently want any election campaign from representatives from Ankara. |
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ITALY
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| La Repubblica |
High tension between the Netherlands and Turkey. Erdoğan’s anger: “Nazis, you will pay dearly for it.”
Many European countries criticise Ankara. |
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| Il Sole 24 Ore |
No publication today.
Il Sole journalists etc are on strike today. For this reason, there is no front page. |
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| Gazeta Wyborcza |
Longer queues for health
The National Health Fund (NFZ) posted data on queues for specialists from December 2015 and December 2016. The statistics show that contrary PiS’s promises to deal with the situation, it is even worse and queues to specialist doctors are lengthening with over 1 million patients now on waiting lists. |
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| El Pais |
Díaz is to announce on 26 March her decision to stand as a candidate
The President of Andalusia is planning an action with militants in Madrid in order to fight for the leadership of the PSOE with Patxi Lopez and Pedro Sanchez. |
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| La Vanguardia |
“OHL will go back to dividend in 2018”
Interview with OHL CEO Tomás García Madrid. |
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| The Times |
EU workers must stay, Oxford heads tell May
35 university leaders sign warning letter before historic Brexit vote. |
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| The Guardian |
Britain will be “bottom of heap on trade links” without deal on Brexit
All other G20 nations have better terms, research finds. Warrning comes as bill on article 50 is due for final vote. |
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