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30/01 -Today’s headlines from across the EU

EUROPEAN HEADLINES

BBC EuropeUS issues ‘Putin list’ of 210 top Russians but avoids more sanctions. The US has published a list of 114 Russian politicians and 96 oligarchs, some close to the president, as part of a sanctions law aimed at punishing Russia for meddling in the US election. The US stressed those named had not been hit with new sanctions, although some have already been targeted. Congress passed the sanctions law in August. President Donald Trump signed it while making his reservations clear.

FRANCE

L’Opinion

« Europe is back », thank you Brexit!

First seen as a test, Brexit has become an opportunity for the EU. United in negotiations, Member States see London’s incoherence as a counter-example.

GERMANY

Frankfurter Allgemeine

Federal Government criticises exhaust fumes tests on monkeys

“Justifying them is ethically impossible” / Car manufacturers promise clarifications

ITALY

Corriere Della Sera

“Human guinea-pigs for diesel”

They breathed exhaust fumes, condemnation from Merkel. Producers say: We will investigate

SPAIN

El Pais

Catalan parliament prepares a new institutional shock

Parliament president Roger Torrent maintains the plenary session to invest Carles Puigdemont

AUSTRIA

Der Standard

German government condemns emission tests on humans

Experiments not “justifiable“. Politicians knew about it since 2016

BELGIUM

Le Soir

Teachers and parents want to change the rhythm of life

An innovative structure for a new school schedule has been widely approved.

DENMARK

Information

Palestinian author: Forget the dream of a Palestinian state

US President Donald Trump’s decision to acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was to many the end of the dream of a two state solution. However, in reality, Palestine is already integrated in Israel, says the Palestinian intellectual Sari Nusseibeh. If it became one state, the Palestinians could begin the fight for rights.

GREECE

  Naftemporiki

Stricter controls for high tax revenue

The collectability co-efficient of 2018 obligations at 84%

HUNGARY

Nepzava

Another criticism from Brussels

The European Parliament’s EPP MEP and CONT Chair criticised three aspects of the Hungarian public procurement practice

SWEDEN

Dagens Nyheter

Akilov stole Manuel’s truck and murdered five people

On 7 April 2017, truck driver Manuel’s truck was stolen when he was about to deliver goods to a restaurant. The truck was used later on by suspected terrorist Rakhmat Akilov, who murdered five people on Drottninggatan in Stockholm. Nine months later, Manuel has recurring nightmares about the truck. He comments that he sometimes feels that he would have happily laid down his own life to stop Akilov.

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