EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe (latest) – German top court backs EU-Canada trade deal CETA. Germany’s Constitutional Court has rejected a legal challenge to the EU-Canada free trade deal (CETA) from campaigners who call it undemocratic. The campaigners object to the fact that parts of CETA will be implemented before all national parliaments in the EU have voted on it. EU trade ministers are to vote on CETA next week. It requires unanimous support. If they all approve it, the deal can be signed on 27 October.
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US rate rise appears near
Federal Reserve minutes signal shift could come “relatively soon” but split remains. |
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| INYT |
A captive of “The Darkness”
After torture by the CIA, an ex-detainee continues to pay a steep price. |
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| Le Monde |
Inequalities and income: the French’s perception is gloomier than it should be
The report published by France Stratégie on Wednesday 12 October shows a very pessimistic France. |
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| Les Echos |
The primary campaign of the right: matching of programmes
They will be seven to compete for the first televised debate on Thursday. Taxes, unemployment, security and immigration will be at the heart of discussions. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Terror suspect Al Bakr found hanged in his cell
Constitutional protection had precise indications on attack already this week. |
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| Süddeutsche Zeitung |
Trump destroys the Republicans
The presidential candidate names critics in his own party “disgusting and weak”. He got rid from all fetters and is ready to “fight for America as I want it”. More and more turn away from him. |
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| La Repubblica |
Referendum, clash between d’Alema and Renzi
Massimo D’Alema has launched a mini-reform of the constitution to carry out “if the no vote wins”. |
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| Il Sole 24 Ore |
Pensions: the APE mechanism to start in May, 50% discount on interests
New “safety nets” for redundancies in banks. |
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| Gazeta Wyborcza |
PiS retakes abortion
Leader of Law and Justice (PiS) Jarosław Kaczyński announces sharpening of the abortion law in Poland. “It will be our priority to lead to a situation in which even very difficult pregnancies that condemn a grossly deformed child to death, end in labour. This is to have a child named, baptised and buried,” says Jarosław Kaczyński. |
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| El Pais |
ETA plan to hand over the weapons fails
France and Spain find ETA’s weapons cache. |
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| Expansion |
Gestamp goes public
The Riberas family will put between 25% and 37% of the capital on the Stock Exchange in 2017. |
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| FT |
UK faces €20 billion Brexit divorce bill in Brussels budget wrangle
FT study covers multiyear liabilities. Legacy demands likely to poison break-up talks. |
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| The Times |
Ministers hide report on migrant numbers
Foreign student figures out by tens of thousands. |
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| The Guardian |
Reports of rape soar but rate of conviction falls
Annual number of claims doubles to 36,000 over five years, figures show.
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