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18/12 – Today’s headlines from across the EU

EUROPEAN HEADLINES

BBC Europe Ryanair pilots suspend strike plans. Ryanair pilots have suspended a pre-Christmas one-day strike, union bosses have announced. The Impact union, which represents Irish-based pilots, has agreed to meet Ryanair’s management on Tuesday ahead of the planned action on Wednesday. It follows Ryanair’s decision on Friday to recognise unions, in a bid to avert strikes across its European operations.

FRANCE

L’Humanite

Austria: a brown stain that Europe wants to play down

EU members are indifferent to the appointment of three far-right ministers

GERMANY

Die Welt

SPD fears Austria-Hungary’s return

German parties react partly euphorically and partly dismayed to the formation of Austria’s government. Especially SPD and CSU, possible members of the coalition, assess the situation very differently.

ITALY

Ls Stampa

Italy concerned about migrants, not so over the euro

Financial Times-Stampa survey. Only 40% feels multi-ethnic

SPAIN

El Pais

Ciudadanos and PSC stress their rivalry at final stage of election campaign

Iceta describes Rivera as a “pseudo-democrat” while Arrimadas calls for tactical voting

AUSTRIA

Die Presse

Kurz back to reality

Analysis. With the inauguration ends the euphoria over Sebastian Kurz. As chancellor, the 31-year old has to deliver. However, many of his election promises are in conflict with the interests of influential party members.

CZECH REPUBLIC

Hospodarske Noviny

MPs making Babiš case last

‘Stork nest’ case stuck at Chamber of Deputies, decision to be taken in January at earliest

DENMARK

Berlingske TIdende

More refugees take over jobs from Eastern Europeans in Denmark

Now, more refugees and other people from third countries are entering the labour market than Eastern Europeans.

MALTA

The Times of Malta

Briguglio blames Farrugia for collapse of coalition

Michael Briguglio, a former leading light in the Forza Nazzjonali, has blamed his former political ally Marlene Farrugia and her “politics of narcissism” for the dissolution of the PN-PD coalition.

PORTUGAL

Publico

Almost 280,000 healthcare users opted for the hospital of their choosing

The percentage of healthcare users who exercise free access is of 10%, and most of the people who choose a hospital other than that of their place of residence opt for the most important hospitals of Lisbon and Porto.

SWEDEN

Daggers Nyheter

A secret report points out threat against the elections in 2018

A secret report points out threat against the elections in 2018

SLOVENIA

Delo

No miracle expected in Zagreb

More than a two-hour meeting of Prime Ministers Miro Cerar and Andrej Plenković in Brussels brings no reconciliation regarding the arbitration.

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