EUROPEAN HEADLINES
FT Europe – Obama warns rivals on court nominee fight. President Barack Obama kicked off a fierce election year battle with Republicans by nominating a centrist judge to the Supreme Court and warning his political foes against acting on threats to block the appointment
WSJE – Migrant crisis hits firms. German companies seeking to employ refugees are finding a lack of qualifications.
INYT – Obama picks centrist to fill vacant seat on top court. Nomination of judge, respected across capital, puts pressure on G.O.P.
BBC Europe – Ankara blast: Kurdish group TAK claims bombing. The Kurdish militant group TAK says it carried out Sunday’s deadly attack in the Turkish capital, Ankara.
In an online statement it said the attack, which killed 37 people, was in revenge for military operations in the mainly Kurdish south-east. The TAK, an offshoot of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), had already said it was behind another bombing in Ankara last month.
FRANCE
Le Monde – How taxes will be deducted at source. The modalities of the new measure, which will probably enter into force on January 1 2018, have been presented at the Council of ministers on Wednesday March 16.
Les Echos – Changes brought about by the withholding tax. Taxes will be deducted from salaries as of 2018. Employers will collect them. Self-employed workers will pay by installment. Who will be the winners and losers of the reform?
GERMANY
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) – Merkel calls for a pan-European solution to the refugee crisis. Ankara’s demands are “understandable.” Optimism prior to the EU-Turkey meeting in Brussels.
Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) – Merkel praises Turkey. Ahead of the EU summit in Brussels, the Chancellor says Ankara’s achievements in tackling the refugee crisis “cannot be praised high enough.”
ITALY
La Repubblica – Libya: Al-Sissi warns Italy: “Mission with too many risks.” The Egyptian President: “An exit strategy is missing, remember Somalia.”
Il Sole 24 Ore – US Federal Reserve leaves rates unchanged. The US can wait for the FED to increase rates again. The central bank left rates untouched between 0.25% and 0.50%.
POLAND
Gazeta Wyborcza – Let us demand an investigation! Gazeta Wyborcza calls on Polish citizens to stage a legal protest against the Government’s violation of law and democracy. The daily urges Poles to submit notifications of committing crime to the Prosecutor’s Office.
SPAIN
El País – Iglesias’ statement deepens the crisis within Podemos. The resignation of the party’s “number three” makes it even more difficult to reach an agreement with the PSOE
UK
The Times – Osborne sugars the pill. Tax on soft drinks to raise £520m in childhood obesity battle. Big business raided as chancellor predicts “stormy waters” ahead.
The Guardian – Budget 2016: George Osborne’s giveaways “mask £56bn black hole.” Chancellor announces range of eye-catching measures including levy on sugary drinks, but Office for Budget Responsibility warns of looming fiscal hole.
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