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13/03 – Today’s headlines from across the EU

EUROPEAN HEADLINES

BBC EuropeRussian spy: UK ‘encouraged’ by support over poison attack.

The “strength of the support” shown to the UK over the poisoning of former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter has been encouraging, Boris Johnson the foreign secretary has said.

He said the UK had been talking to friends and there had been a “willingness” to show “solidarity”

FRANCE

Le Monde

Mayotte: risk of a social explosion.

The island of Mayotte is under extreme tension since the outbreak of strikes and blockages three weeks ago in protest over insecurity.

GERMANY

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

Grand coalition wants to speed it up

Migration, Europe, social justice: Six months after the election, the CDU/CSU and the SPD seal their governing coalition and set the main goals for the coming months

ITALY

La Stampa

Di Maio, plan for government without politicians

Post-Renzi PD comes into being. Stand-in leader Martina seals truce. “We’re staying in opposition”

SPAIN

El Pais

PSOE demands more money to reach an agreement on regional financing

Pablo Casado, PP deputy secretary, says the proposal for autonomous regions will be ready “soon”.

BULGARIA

24 Chasa

Radev, Tsatsarov: The interior ministry rather than private guards should protect the population

Bulgarian President, Prosecutor-General challenge the private security law

CYPRUS

Althea

Veto is not on the agenda for two reasons

The approach of Nicosia and Athens is currently taking shape in view of the European Council

DENMARK

Information

The Danish Institute for Human Rights: Stop illegal surveillance of the Danish people

As part of the fight against terror, telecommunications companies store large amounts of data regarding how Danes use their mobile phones. These so-called logging rules are illegal and need to be reassessed, but the government is now postponing it for the seventh time.

LUXEMBOURG

Luxemburger Wort

“Luxembourg has made progress, but …”

Economic Commissioner Pierre Moscovici on Luxembourg’s tax policy.

MALTA

The Times of Malta

Italian gaming operators leave after anti-Mafia probe

Italian online betting operators gave up their Maltese licences in the wake of investigations into possible Mafia and organised crime connections,the Times of Malta is informed.

PORTUGAL

Negocios

Finance Ministry and Brussels clash on the IRS

Government rejects any regressive changes. Get to know the arguments and numbers of both sides.

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