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14/03 – Today’s headlines from across the EU

EUROPEAN HEADLINES

BBC EuropeAfghan sisters deported from Austria after landmark EU ruling. Two Afghan sisters who lost a landmark asylum case at the European Union’s top court have been deported from Austria, aid agencies say. Khadija and Zainab Jafari and their three young children arrived in Austria in 2016, but were not granted asylum. The authorities decided they should be sent back to Croatia because it was their point of entry to the EU.

FRANCE

Le Figaro

Merkel IV: another mandate fraught with pitfalls

Today, Chancellor Merkel will be elected for the fourth time by the Bundestag members. However, almost six months of political crisis post-election have weakened the future coalition.

GERMANY

Frankfurter Allgemeine

Moscow: London’s threats will not remain unanswered

“Anti-Russian campaign” / Berlin: we stand on our British friends’ side.

ITALY

Corriere Della Sera

Banks, new rules. No agreement in Europe

Vice-President Dombrovskis: eight years to clear out future non-performing loans. Ecofin divided over liability cap (8%) to gain access to the Resolution Fund.

POLAND

DzIennik Gazeta Prawna

Digital giants hit with a tax

The Ministry of Finance is still waiting for Brussels’ information on the new tax. If the works there are delayed, we will introduce it by ourselves.

SPAIN

El Pais

Trump fires secretary of state -the last sensible man- via tweet

Mike Pompeo, director of the CIA and member of the most radical sector, replaces pragmatic Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State.

AUSTRIA

Die Presse

Why Trump fired Tillerson

US. The dismissal of the Foreign Minister makes the US unpredictable. New Chief Diplomat will be CIA-head Micahel Pompeo.

BELGIUM

De Standaard

Nuclear deal with Iran in jeopardy

Rexit and Mike Pompeo result in the White House gaining a reliable supporter of taking a hard stance against Iran.

BULGARIA

24 Chasa

A Belgian woman is in the basis of the scheme

Bulgarians involved in an EU affair for millions drained from advertising of bio foods.

GREECE

 Naftemporiki

Shadow over the global economy

Winners and losers from the tariffs the US President imposed.

SLOVENIA

 Dnevnik

Union scramble empties schools

Today’s strike in kindergartens and schools was almost cancelled on Monday evening, but the Government withdrew from the agreement with the Education, Science and Culture Trade Union of Slovenia.

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