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18/08 – Today’s headlines from across the EU

EUROPEAN HEADLINES

FT Europe 

Minutes reveal hard-fought debate as Fed splits over rates

Policymakers seek more evidence on rebound. No consensus on timing of second rise.

WSJE 

Trump shuffles campaign team

Presidential nominee adds two managers to try to stem his slide in recent US polling.

INYT (UK Edition) 

French premier weighs in on “burkini.”

Valls backs recent bans of full-body swimsuit, calling it “enslavement”.

FRANCE

Le Monde 

Valls calls on Muslims to oppose radical Islam

In the name of combating the “enslavement of women,” French PM Manuel Valls backs mayors who have banned the burkini on their beaches.

Les Echos

Autonomous car: history is on the move

After BMW, Ford has announced that it will have a fleet of autonomous cars on the road by 2021. Major car makers are bowing to pressure from Tesla and Google. Chinese manufacturers are just behind.

GERMANY

Frankfurter Allgemeine

Ankara angered by accusations from Berlin

This weird position is an attempt to demoralise our country.” BND report.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

Ankara: Berlin wants to bring us down

Does Erdoğan support terrorists, as stated in an assessment of the federal government? Turkey denies and even the German Foreign Ministry distances itself from the accusation.

ITALY

La Repubblica 

Migrants, courts overcrowded, “faster deportation procedures”

The government has reformed the asylum seeking process, making it easier to deport migrants

Il Sole 24 Ore

Stock markets continue to fall, Fed divided on rate increase

Milan (-1.58%) worst in Europe, sells off bank shares.

POLAND

Gazeta Wyborcza 

Cheated by Police. Police cancels bodyguard protection, although it has not caught gangsters

For 8 months, the Police was protecting a 7-member family threatened by gangsters. The shielded people could not work, their children were not going to school, and they lived on their savings thanks to the support of Caritas.

SPAIN

El Pais 

Rajoy refuses to give in and the risk of a third election is growing

The PP leaders ignore Ciudadanos’ conditions. The president has not set a date for the investiture and the PSOE insists on “no” to Rajoy.

Expansion

Santander, CaixaBank and Bankia get stronger within Abengoa

They will be the main shareholders and will have more power than the funds.

UNITED KINGDOM

The Times 

Record level of places on offer at elite universities

Record number of places on offer through clearing.

The Guardian

Tory report on bullying branded a whitewash

Inquiry into activist finds 13 alleged victims, but says party leaders were unaware.

 

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