EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Merkel and SPD meet in bid to end impasse. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her former centre-left partners will hold crucial coalition talks in an effort to end a political stalemate. Thursday’s meeting with Social Democrats (SPD) leader Martin Schulz comes after Mrs Merkel failed to form a three-party coalition deal last week. The talks will include policies over housing, healthcare and migrants. Any deal could take weeks to be reached.
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| Le Figaro |
North Korea persists with its nuclear escalation
After testing a new type of missile, Pyongyang claims it is now a member of the military powers club. |
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| Handelsblatt |
Brexit deal within reach
Negotiations over Great Britain’s exit from the EU are on the brink of a breakthrough. An agreement over the Brexit bill is within reach. EU Chief Negotiator sees need to clarify the issue of Northern Ireland. |
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| La Repubblica |
Nazi patrols, right wing’s silence
Intrusion in a reception facility in Como: “You are ruining Italy”. Similar actions throughout Northern Italy. Embarrassed comments from Fratelli d’Italia, Storace. How and where black extremism grows. |
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| Dziennik Gazeta Prawna |
Law and Justice (PiS) versus the President: round two
MPs of the ruling party have tabled amendments to the judiciary bill, which go beyond previous agreements with the President. |
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| El Pais |
Spanish court refuses to provide data related to cases against PP
Spanish Congress commission to investigate PP funding requests the court to provide reports about corruption in the party. |
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| Naftemporiki |
How the debts worth €20,000 to 50,000 will be regulated
What does the joint ministerial decision foresee for the automated inclusion process. |
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| The Times of Malta |
Commission to save Malta from EU black list
The European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici called on the EU-28 to be “ambitious” during next week’s Council meeting, when decisions are to be made for the EU’s tax havens black list. |
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| Negocios |
Taboo of Centeno about Eurogroup ends today
Finance minister is one of the strongest candidates to the presidency of the Eurogroup. Meet his rivals. |
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| Dagens Nyheter |
Sweden could become the US key to North Korea
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Stockholm in early December, where the crisis in North Korea will be discussed. Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström has offered to mediate between the US and North Korea. Sweden’s role in the UN Security Council will likely also serve to be an influential factor. |
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| NYT |
Purge lifts Myanmar general
Campaign to oust Rohingya is widely backed and may lead him to the presidency. |
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