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BBC Europe – Sarkozy says funding probe is ‘hell’. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy says allegations he received campaign funding from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are making his life “hell”. “I am accused without any physical evidence,” Mr Sarkozy told magistrates, Le Figaro newspaper reports. He has been placed under formal investigation for illicit election campaign financing in 2007, misappropriation of Libyan public funds and passive corruption.
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| Les Echoes |
Macron reform: the deterrence strike
Officials and railway workers are called to mobilise this Thursday. A new social test for the Head of State after the one on the Labour Code.
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| Bild |
€343 million flow abroad
EU-madness with our child benefits
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| La Stampa |
Berlusconi to Di Maio: let’s talk
Forza Italia leader: let’s meet all together.
Democratic Party trying to find solutions: Franceschini for Chamber of Deputies.
Move following centre-right’s Summit.
Five-Star Movement: we will not vote anyone who is under investigation
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| Rzeczpospolita |
Digital giants will pay
Brussels wants to tax, among others, Google and Facebook in countries where they actually operate.
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| El Pais |
Catalan separatists face up Supreme Court to invest Turull
Roger Torrent convenes a plenary session of the Parliament today at 5 pm
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| De Tijd |
Commissioner Moscovici about the Google tax
Internet companies barely pay any taxes. This is unacceptable.” “A 3% tax is not the end of the world?” “This is not a retaliation against the American import tax”.
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| Trud |
EU Summit in Brussels
The Single Market, the European semester, social matters, trade and the Western Balkans will be the main topics on the agenda of the EU Summit in Brussels.
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Commissioner Vestager welcomes the world’s largest agrichemical merger in the EU
With Commissioner Vestager’s approval of Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto, just four giants control the pesticide and seed markets, which pleases CEOs but is of concern to farmers, consumers and environmentalists.
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| Naftemporiki |
Hard poker between Brussels and the IMF
Commission raises the tones with the IMF and says “no” to precautionary credit line
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| Tageblatt |
Luxembourg remains stubborn
Digital Economy: Brussels wants to tax Amazon & Co. more heavily.
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