EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe –Merkel vows to win back right-wing voters. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she wants to win back the voters who deserted her party for right-wing nationalist AfD. Mrs Merkel is set for a fourth term in office, despite heavy losses for her party. She now faces months of coalition talks with several parties in order to form a stable government.
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| Le Figaro |
Bittersweet victory
Angela Merkel was elected to the Chancellery for a fourth term on Sunday. But the historic breakthrough of the far-right nationalist party AfD into the parliament casts a shadow on her victory. Building a coalition seems to be complicated. |
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| Die Welt |
CDU loses strongly, SPD hits record low, AfD third-strongest
For the first time in decades, a right-wing populist party joins the Bundestag. Social democrats want to join the opposition. Comeback for the FDP. Merkel’s only hope is a Jamaica coalition. |
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| La Republica |
EU scared by right-wing, Merkel’s drop
Germany, Chancellor at 33%: ‘I expected more’ – Schulz’s SPD collapses at 21%: ‘End of Grosse Koalition’. Far-right wing boom, 96 Parliament seats with 13%. Anger and demonstrations in Berlin. |
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| Gazeta Wyborcza |
Merkel Chancellor for the fourth time
Angela Merkel wins Bundestag elections, though with a weak result. It is not known yet who she will be ruling with. For the first time in history, Eurosceptic populists will be in the German parliament. |
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| El Pais |
Merkel victory soured by far right’s breakthrough
German Chancellor wins fourth term but suffers major setback. |
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| Information |
North Korean forced labourers were hired to build the Danish Navy’s new warship
In 2014, a Polish shipyard hired North Korean forced labourers to participate in the construction of the Royal Danish Navy’s new inspection vessel. The hiring happened through a company which is suspected of financing the North Korean nuclear programme. The Danish Ministry of Defence denies that the North Koreans were part of building the ship. |
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| Dagens Nyheter |
Merkel’s difficult victory
The German Christian Democratic Union won the German elections, meaning that Angela Merkel will remain German Chancellor. However, the elections revealed surprising setbacks for both the CDU and the German Social Democratic Party, whereas the right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany saw an increase in votes. |
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| Naftemporiki |
Merkel’s victory with setbacks
The far-right in the parliament after 70 years – The Liberals returned. |
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| WSJ |
Merkel Set to Win; Support Slips
Far-right party appears poised to capture seats in parliament, signaling turbulence. |
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| Kommersant |
The Chinese want to pay like the French
China asks Russia to reduce the tax on dividends for the Chinese participants of the Yamal LNG project. If Beijing gets its way, not only the shareholders of Yamal LNG, but other Chinese investors in Russia may also profiteer from it. |
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