EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – SPD ‘open to talks’ with Merkel to end political deadlock. Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats say they are open to talks with other parties to try to end the stalemate, after Chancellor Angela Merkel failed to form a coalition government SPD leader Martin Schulz had refused to form a coalition with Mrs Merkel’s conservatives and said the party would go into opposition. But he is under pressure to reconsider an alliance amid the political impasse.
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| Le Monde |
Special report: factory workers and employees victims of sexual harassment.
Female celebrities speaking out about sexual abuse have been widely covered by the media. Yet the situation is no different for other professions. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Increasing signs of grand coalition
Laschet: Merkel remains Chancellor, otherwise the SPD does not even need to try. |
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| La Stampa |
Turkey-Italy, new route for migrants
UN report: eastern people traffickers even using sailboats. Already confiscated 160 vessels. |
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| El Mundo |
Catalan government used bitcoins to hide payments related to independence referendum
The government of Catalonia used Google and Amazon software as part of the IT support which was paid out with the virtual currency. |
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| Die Presse |
Austria’s expensive Brexit dilemma
Brexit creates big hole in EU budget. |
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| Der Standaard |
Europe denounces the creative accounting method used by Belgium
By using unauthorised techniques, the Belgian government underestimated the gap in the budget by €2 billion. This was denounced by the European Commission. |
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| Berlinske Tidende |
International warning: Denmark needs to slow down the increasing house prices
Danish Minister for Business Brian Mikkelsen has not done enough to prevent the heavy price increases on housing in Copenhagen, and it increases the risk of a housing bubble, warns one of the world’s leading think tanks, Bruegel. |
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| Publico |
Liberals threaten Centeno’s candidature to the Eurogroup
Right wing has 8 votes in 19. Socialists. Socialists lose influence and a potencial candidate. Liberals closer to PPE dificult the calculation, but portuguese minister is still searching for support. |
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| NYT |
Brexit hits where it hurts
Health care workers, already in short supply, join growing exodus. |
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| Kommersant |
Wiggling Sudan
On November 23, in his “Bocharov Stream” residence, President of Russia Vladimir Putin met Sudanese President Omar Bashir, who, according to special correspondent of “Kommersant” Andrei Kolesnikov, did not disappoint the welcoming Putin and defeated American President Donald Trump, as well as all previous American presidents, to the detriment of the national interests of Sudan. |
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