EUROPEAN HEADLINES
FT Europe – ECJ backs UK over child benefit limits. Ruling likely to be welcomed by Downing Street ahead of EU vote.
FT Europe – German 10-year bonds go negative. Government bond rally gathers pace as Brexit worries mount.
WSJE – German 10-Year Government bond yields dip below zero for first time. Decline in bund yield is a milestone in investors’ flight to safer .
INYT – ‘Brexit’ vote has European workers in Britain unsure of future.
BBC Europe – French police officials’ murder ‘is terrorism’ – Hollande, The murder of two police officials by a man claiming allegiance to so-called Islamic State (IS) is “unquestionably a terrorist act”, President Francois Hollande says. A police commander was stabbed to death before his partner – also a police employee – and a child were taken hostage in their home near Paris. The partner was later found dead but the three-year-old boy survived.
FRANCE
Le Monde – Questions to be asked about the murder of a police couple in Yvelines. A police commander and his civil companion, a police administrative assistant, were murdered on Monday evening, Islamic state claimed responsibility.
Les Echos – German government bonds return 0.00% for the first time in their history.
GERMANY
Frankfurter Allgemeine – What was the real motive of the Orlando massacre? Three days after the massacre in Orlando more details about the perpetrators are known . Witnesses report Omar Mateen was for three years a regular guest in the “Pulse” and that it had profiles on dating apps for gay men .
Sueddeutsche Zeitung – Orlando: City of heroes, city of mourning. In addition to the horror also increasingly heroic stories about the attack in ” pulses ” are known . Thousands gather to remember the victims .
ITALY
La Repubblica – Berlusconi has four hour open-heart surgery. Letta: “It went well”. Operation concluded without complications.
Il Sole 24 Ore – UK can put limits on welfare payments to EU migrants. Germany now wants to cut welfare benefits for EU migrants also.
POLAND
Gazeta Wyborcza – Czechs are supposedly struggling with our meat. Absurd barrier to trade rules . Example? For the lack of information that you need to cook the meat before consumption.
SPAIN
El Pais – Four-way debate suggests little change to Spain’s post-election landscape. Podemos continues to reach out to Socialists, while acting prime minister Rajoy repeats call for government of national unity.
UK
The Times – Britain on course for Brexit after poll surge. Seven-point lead in record YouGov survey.
The Guardian – Orlando shooter Omar Mateen ‘was a regular at Pulse nightclub’. Customers had seen killer there before and several report getting messages from him on gay dating apps.
