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13/11 – Today’s headlines from across the EU

EUROPEAN HEADLINES

BBC EuropeMacron honours victims of Paris jihadist attacks. French President Emmanuel Macron and other dignitaries are attending ceremonies in Paris honouring the victims of Islamist terror attacks in the city two years ago. A suicide bombing and mass shootings killed 130 people and wounded hundreds. The first ceremony was at the Stade de France, where three suicide bombers blew themselves up after failing to get into a France v Germany football match.

 

FRANCE

Le Figaro

Laurent Nuñez, head of domestic intelligence: “Daesh’s desire to attack us is intact”

In an exclusive interview with Le Figaro, the General Director for Internal Security reviews the Islamic threat two years after 13 November 2015.

GERMANY

Handelsblatt

“There was no alternative”

Prime Minister Rajoy defends in a Handelsblatt interview his harsh action against the separatists in the Catalonia conflict. At the same time, he warns of an impending collapse of Europe and calls for eurobonds.

ITALY

Corriere Della Sera

New rift, left wing divided

Pisapia calls for unity. Boldrini: Not with PD. Veltroni: There is a 1930s-style risk.

SPAIN

El Pais

Spain general election: Ciudadanos competes with PP and PSOE to lead the polls

Albert Rivera’s party ties with Socialists as the second party while Podemos falls.

BELGIUM

Le Soir

A solution different from independence is possible

Carles Puigdemont is in favour of an agreement but blames PM Rajoy’s party for the rise of nationalism in Catalonia.

CYPRUS

 Phileleftheros

They did not see the criminal offenses

Judicial decision exposes Legal Service for school board employee.

DENMARK

Kristeelight Dagblat

National church e-mails violate the Danish Data Protection Act

E-mails in the national church’s mail system are not encrypted, as the Danish Data Protection Agency prescribes it, and thus the priests are violating the law, when they write with the citizens about religious subjects through e-mails, an attorney and the IT-Political Association of Denmark estimate.

GREECE

  Naftemporiki

What has been stopping the Elliniko project

The crucial aspects of the €7 billion investment – The last obstacles – The moves for disengagement.

PORTUGAL

Publico

Tecnoforma case: Brussels counters public prosecution and says there was fraud

Alleged help from Miguel Relvas to Passos Coelho was filed in Portugal. The Commission’s anti-fraud office says there was fraud. Investigators defend that Tecnoforma has to return €6 million.

SWEDEN

Svenska Dagbadet

“We live in a senseless society of surplus”

Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Isabella Lövin will be travelling to the COP23 in Bonn to discuss equality, adaptation and reduced emission levels. She stated that we all need to change our lifestyles, but that it will be up to politics to provide us with the tools to do so.

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