EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Ildar Dadin: Russian activist jail term quashed. Russia’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of opposition activist Ildar Dadin, who was the first person to be convicted under new laws on protests. The court said the criminal case against him should be dismissed and he had a “right to rehabilitation”, Russian media report. Mr Dadin, jailed in December 2015, has been serving two-and-a-half years for a series of protests.
| FT |
Investors wipe £10bn from HSBC’s value as profits plunge.
Writedowns blamed for 82% drop. Gulliver says bank seeks targets. |
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| WSJE |
US tightens deportation rules
Almost anyone living illegally in the country could be removed; critics weigh opinion. |
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| INYT |
A bee moghul confronts a crisis
Apiaries seeking answers to plague that is killing insects vital to crops |
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| Le Monde |
Paris doesn’t want French jihadists arrested in Syria and Iraq to return to France
More and more French jihadists from the Islamic State are being taken prisoner while ISIS is on the retreat on the Iraqi and Syrian fronts. |
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| Les Echos |
Euro exit: FN project’s disastrous effects
A return to the Franc would come at a significant cost, warns the Institut Montaigne. Financial markets are worried about Marine Le Pen’s possible election. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Building societies are allowed to terminate old high-interest contracts
BGH: No savings scheme. Consumers’ associations: the principle of contract loyalty is shaken |
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| Sueddeutsche Zeitung |
Heavy blow for building savers
The Federal Court of Justice rules that Germany’s building societies are allowed to terminate hundreds of thousands of highly-paid, but not disbursed contracts – even against the customers’ will. |
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| La Repubblica |
Taxi drivers’ day of rage, Raggi: “I’m with you”.
Protests against Uber erupt in Rome and other Italian cities. |
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| IL Sole 24 Ore |
Competition, Italy stays still
The taxi drivers’ protest exemplifies Italian liberalisation: broken promises. |
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| Gazeta Wyborcza |
Punish the theatre
“Teatr Powszechny” theatre in Warsaw is under fire after the premiere of a play entitled “Course”, which features blasphemous scenes involving the late Pope John Paul II. Politicians have notified the Prosecutor’s Office, bishops urge people to pray and the right-wing media say it is “disgusting” and contains elements of “hate speech”. |
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| El Pais |
Trump authorizes massive deportations of undocumented
The plan, that will create 15,000 new jobs for federal agents, is set to thwart the veto put on immigration by the judicial system. |
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| Expansion |
El Corte Inglés appoints Víctor del Pozo as number two
He will become managing director for Retail and will directly report to Dimas Gimeno. |
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| The Times |
Britain will stay open to EU migrants, Davis admits
We’ll take years filling jobs, says Brexit secretary. |
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| The Guardian |
City’s stability “at risk from chaotic Brexit”
Theresa May told that number of UK jobs lost to EU financial centres will depend on deal her team strikes with Brussels.
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