How France will manage to get below the 3% deficit bar
Public Action and Accounts Minister, Gérald Darmanin, revealed to “Les Echos” the major balances of the revised budget for 2017. Target of 2.9% budget deficit reaffirmed, thanks to acceleration of VAT revenues. Plan to surtax major groups approved.
GERMANY
Sueddeutsche Zeitung
BND: Russia is “potential danger”
Intelligence Service President Kahl warns against Moscow’s growing power-political ambitions and questions if the west is still equipped to handle such a threat.
ITALY
Corriere Della Sera
Europe says: Do more over public finances
New letter, final verdict postponed until May. But GDP at 6-year high.
POLAND
Rzeczpospolita
Ruling for D minus
The Law and Justice (PiS) government presents a puff piece, while the opposition tears to shreds the government of Beata Szydło. Rzeczpospolita’s journalists are veryfing these opinions.
SPAIN
El Pais
PSOE and PSC reject any kind of pact with Catalan secessionists
Supreme Court is set to assume the proceedings of the National Court against the former Catalan cabinet.
BELGIUM
Le Soir
Belgium could lose €2.7 billion in European funds
Belgium could be stripped of a large share of the subsidies it gets from the EU as of 2021.
CYPRUS
Phileleftheros
Demanding intermediate agreement
New demands by Akinci in the shadow of Turkish F-16 fighter jets.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Hospodarska Noviny
Czechs not afraid anymore; they travel as never before
Over 2.5 million people traveled via Czech travel agencies this year.
GREECE
Naftemporiki
Six threats for the economy
The target for the 2018 surplus can be achieved only with strong growth.
MALTA
The Times of Malta
Don’t jump to conclusions on Malta murder, MEPs told
Members of the Parliament expressing concerns on the rule of law in Malta were warned not jump into conclusions on Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder before investigations were completed.
