EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Schäuble loses job in Merkel coalition bid. After eight years as finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble is to leave the post in the aftermath of the German election, as Chancellor Angela Merkel tries to build a new coalition. The job is seen as second only to the chancellor, and Mr Schäuble became widely known in Europe for championing austerity during the eurozone crisis.
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| Les Echos |
Budget: the new tax deal for 2018
Wealth tax, “flat tax”: the big bang of capital taxation. The savings plan will be hardened for the continuation of the quinquennium. France will borrow a record amount on the markets. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
CDU/CSU wants Schäuble as president of German Bundestag
Success of AfD significant for this decision / Seehofer stays CSU-head / Nahles elected. |
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| La Stampa |
Pact between Italy and France to boost Europe
Macron to Gentiloni: Treaty signed at Quirinale like the one signed with Germany in 1963. |
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| Gazeta Wyborcza |
Euroschemers
The Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe had no right to finance a convention of the Law and Justice (PiS) with EU money in 2015 in Katowice. This is the outcome of an investigation conducted by “Gazeta Wyborcza”, Dutch “NRC Handelsblad” daily and Belgian portal Apache.be. |
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| El Mundo |
Catalan police chief’s ambiguity keeps Spanish government on tenterhooks
Catalan police chief Josep Lluis Trapero said to the Public Prosecutor’s office that he will comply with orders and then he left the question in the air in social media. |
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| L’Echo |
Old diesel engines to pay a €350 fine in Brussels
Starting in January 2018, the low-emission zone will be enforced with sanctions in the event of non-compliance. |
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Background checks for imams in Bulgaria amid rising concerns of radical Islamism
The Higher Islamic Institute should be licensed and teach according to a programme approved by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education, says Deputy Prime Minister Krasimir Karakachanov. |
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| Naftemporiki |
New thriller with Ellinikon
Intervention by Maximos: It will not accept intentional delays by the public administration. |
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| Diario de Noticias |
Government wants European Commission to investigate fuel prices
Suspicions. “Significant deviations” motivate energy state secretary to ask for assessment about “price fixing or abuse of dominant position”. |
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| WSJ |
Trump Champions Deep Tax Cuts
Corporate rate would fall to 20% from 35% and taxes on wealthy would be reduced. |
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