EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Brexit: Irish border won’t be resolved until EU-UK trade deal struck – Fox. There can be no final decisions on the future of the Irish border until the UK and the EU have reached a trade agreement, Liam Fox has said. The UK’s international trade secretary also blamed the EU for Brexit delays. The comments came after the Irish Republic’s EU commissioner said Dublin could veto Brexit trade talks.
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| Les Echoes |
Health: Social Security attacks innovation costs
Agreement on price of two innovative but very expensive cancer treatments. Social Security hopes to keep annual spending on these treatments to €600 million. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
SPD sets first requirements for CDU
The powerful state association North Rhine-Westphalia distances itself from no to grand coalition, but insists on core demands like pension reform and billion euro programme for education and living. |
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| La Repubblica |
A law against fake news
Renzi: “M5S and Northern League, we have caught you”. Di Maio: “The real fake news comes from the media.” |
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| DzienniK Gazeta Prawna |
PLN 1 billion for Polish e-car
The government is considering funding a company, which is supposed to design a concept of a Polish electric car. So far there is no business plan, though there is money in the state’s budget. |
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| El Pais |
Only 24% of Catalans want to continue with independence process
60% of PSC voters prefer a governing coalition with PP and Ciudadanos. |
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| Le Soir |
Brussels is forced to launch a debate on its police forces
The incidents that took place on Saturday evening could be related to the ones of 11 and 15 November, according to Home Affairs Minister Jan Jambon. The Brussels police’s structure and strategy are put into question by the Flemish political parties. |
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Bulgarian Parliament passes censure on the government regarding an EU antitrust case against Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Parliament decided at a closed meeting on Friday to oblige the government to plead not guilty to antitrust charges brought by the European Commission against Bulgarian gas operators Bulgargaz and Bulgartransgaz and the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) over abuse of dominance on the Bulgarian natural gas markets. |
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| Naftemporiki |
Countdown to the third review
The government has only five days to complete the negotiations. |
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| Publico |
Infarmed. Change to Porto is only “an intention”, the president says
Maria do Céu Machado stated that the change will seriously hinder the institute and entails the loss of employees and millions in processes, but assures to have confidence on the final decision of the minister. |
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| NYT |
Living off a glacier, while it lasts.
An icecap vanishes in Peru, and fertile desert farms below may soon do the same. |
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