EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – ETA: Basque group disbands but leaves deep wounds for Spain. For Spain this is the end of an era. Separatist group Eta has formally announced it is disbanding, almost exactly 50 years after claiming its first victim. A ceremony is set to take place later this week in the town of Cambo-les-Bains, in south-west France. But in a letter to Basque organisations, published by El Diario website and dated 16 April, the militant group writes of “a new opportunity definitively to end the cycle of conflict” and acknowledges the “suffering caused as a result of its struggle”.
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| Les Echos |
Agriculture: Paris says no to Brussels’ cuts
The Commission proposes to reduce the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget by 5%. The 2021-2027 budget would increase slightly to encourage research and youth policies.
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
European Commission wants to raise the budget framework by about 11%
The distribution of financial resources shall be linked to the adherence to rule of law principles.
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| Il Sole 24 Ore |
Slow 1.4% growth, labour at its best since 2008
58% record for labour force; number of those self-employed on the rise.
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| El Pais |
“ETA has an intense fear that people think it was useless,” says Íñigo Urkullu
When ETA is in the process of announcing today its definitive dissolution, Basque premier Íñigo Urkullu shows a strong stance with regard to the bloody role played by the terrorist group in the Basque history.
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| Die Presse |
A budget for uncertain times
EU-MMF 2021-2027. The Commission wants a budget worth 1.11% of GDP. Disputes over the rule of law, migration and Europe’s unstable neighborhood are addressed.
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| Der Standaard |
Europe looks for money in plastic
In order to reduce the mountain of plastic in the EU, the Commission is willing to tax plastic packaging that are not recycled.
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| Daily Monitor |
More funds for border management and science, less – for farmers
The Commission proposed an EU budget of €1,135 billion for the 2021-2027 period.
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| Hospodarske Noviny |
Record weakening of Czech crown
Czech currency dropped to lowest exchange rate this year.
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| Magyar Hirlap |
Brussels would blackmail by cutting off funds
The Commission’s post-2020 budget proposal contains unclear conditions regarding the rule of law.
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| Le Quotidien |
EU: the budget divides
Hail, ice… nature is fighting back.
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