EUROPEAN HEADLINES
FT – Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy quizzed over propping up of banks. Brussels weighs case for “state aid” inquiry. Probe would be a challenge for financial systems.
WSJE – Western firms see new hopes for Iran Trade. In a sanction-free Iran, Western energy companies would likely be the biggest foreign first-movers: Iran has the world’s fourth-largest proven oil reserves and second-largest natural gas reserves.
INYT – To halt migrants, Bulgaria puts up a wall. Echoes of Iron curtain make some uneasy as refugee numbers surge.
FRANCE
Le Monde – Health: revolution in the public access to patients’ records. Tuesday April 7, the National Assembly will look into the article 47 of the health bill, allowing the opening of health insurance data. Bills, prescriptions, hospital admission forms to be cross-analysed and tapped, in the respect to patients’ anonymity.
Les Echos – Social dialogue: the projected changes. “Les Echos” obtained the draft-law that will be presented this month by François Rebsamen. The reform of the employees’ representative bodies remains the most sensitive issue.
GERMANY
Frankfurter Allgemeine – The Council of Europe sees atmosphere of “hatred and intolerance” in Europe. The warning is a reaction to the fire attack on a refugee centre in Tröglitz
Suddeutsche Zeitung – Verdi threatens strikes in child care facilities until May. The trade union is calling for strikes this Tuesday and Wednesday, and requires a salary increase of hundreds of euros for childcare workers and educators.
ITALY
La Republica – Renzi announced his reform program to Brussels: 12 reforms in two years. Unions are gathering to protest against the cuts in public administration. Renzi’s government presented its 2015-2016 reform programme, these measures must be undertaken in order to satisfy Brussels’ requirement.
Il Sole 24 Ore – Public procurement: the new code is “light”. Ratings for businesses and public administrations. The Italian senate will review today a set of reforms on the public procurement code. The reforms include a “premium access” to public procurements for businesses that have always met contract terms.
POLAND
Gazeta – Regulations that stifle Poland. The Ministry of Economy ignores the air pollution problem whereas experts and ecologists, backed by the Supreme Audit Office, appeal for imposing a ban on selling poisonous kinds of coal to households.
SPAIN
El Pais – Rajoy imposes a truce until the municipal elections. The President will give details on the electoral strategy at today’s assembly.
Expansion – El Corte Inglés, Mercadona and Inditex benefit from consumption. The three big groups registered an increase in expenditure.
UK
The Times – Yorkshire teens slip net to Syria. Families contacted police after fugitives went missing over Easter.
The Guardian – Cameron’s EU vote threatens chaos – Blair. Former PM steps into election battle with praise for Miliband’s leadership.
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