EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Ukraine blames Russia for shooting of journalist Arkady Babchenko. Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has accused Russia of being behind the killing in Kiev of the Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko. “I am confident that the Russian totalitarian machine did not forgive him his honesty and principled stance,” the prime minister posted on Facebook. A Kremlin critic, Babchenko was gunned down outside his apartment on Tuesday.
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| Le Monde |
Trade policy: Europeans powerless against Trump
Washington will decide, at the latest on 1 June, whether it is to impose 25% and 10% tariffs on European steel and aluminium imports, respectively. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Merkel: No room for hate and antisemitism in Germany
Acts of violence such as those in Solingen are a “shame for our country”. Commemoration for the 25th anniversary. |
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| Il Sole 24 Ore |
Markets in the trenches, possibility of League-M5S returns
Visco: Economy and finances getting better, but there’s a very serious risk of wasting work already done. Juncker: Italy deserves respect. Cottarelli postpones final decision on mandate until today. Negotiations for Salvini-Di Maio government (without Savona) or elections in July. |
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| El Pais |
Sánchez initiates “courtesy” contacts without revealing details
Torra nominates a legal Catalan government to unblock the application of article 155 in Catalonia 48 hours before the motion of no-confidence debate. |
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| Die Presse |
Crisis in Italy causes panic
Government chaos. Italy is in a political dead end: the technical government is de facto a stillbirth. And there is no strong opposition to the Lega and “Grillini.” |
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| Der Standaard |
Released 36 hours ago, and he starts killing
A recidivist criminal kills two police officers and a bystander in Liège. The discussion about prison leave is flaring up. The perpetrator had contact with radicalised inmates. |
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New test for Europe
Intervention by the central Italian bank official, turmoil in Brussels. |
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| Magyar Midok |
George Soros has announced his new, comprehensive European plan
The legislative package against migration is in front of the National Assembly. |
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| The Times of Malta |
Malta facing €179m cut in funding from the EU
Malta could be among the biggest losers in the next EU budget as Brussels is proposing a €179 million cut in cohesion policy funds when compared to the existing seven-year budget that ends in two years’ time. |
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| Publico |
“Crisis in Italy proves costs of delay of euro reform”
Interview. António Costa trusts that debt management gave Portugal “tranquility” to face the markets. Visit. Prime Minister receives today Angela Merkel and praises the “constructive way” of how the Chancellor is in the European Union. Italy. Markets and EU entered in panic mode with Italian crisis. Liga and Five Stars already prepare next elections. |
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