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The German press debates the recent turnaround in
relations with Libya, as well as compensation claims brought by the Herero
people of Namibia against Germany.
Russian newspapers express their concern over the
dangers of soaring oil prices, as well as joining
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Tuesday's German papers view opposition to
Chancellor Schroeder's attempt to reform the country's welfare
system.
The main topic in the Czech republic is the start
of a four-year jail sentence by a former communist official for his role in the
1968 Soviet
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Monday's French dailies suggest that the days of
Corsican separatism may be numbered, but warn that its more extreme elements are
all the more dangerous for that.
The German press looks at leading social-democrat
Oskar Lafontaine's threat to Chancellor Gerhard
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French papers pay tribute to renowned
photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. The Spanish press comments on Gibraltar's
celebrations of 300 years of British rule. A Warsaw daily wishes Russia would
come to terms with a dark chapter in its history. In Germany, papers
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Russian papers voice varying degrees of concern over renewed tension between
Moscow and Tbilisi over Georgia's two breakaway regions. Some German papers
are not keen on the latest economic advice dispensed to the government by
the OECD. And France's leading daily
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Many hail the successful outcome of a World Trade
Organisation (WTO) meeting in Geneva, but not all are convinced it will lead to
fairer trade.
The German chancellor's speech at the
commemoration of the Warsaw uprising receives lukewarm responses and Czech
papers
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Spain's papers believe the takeover of the
British banking group Abbey National by a Spanish bank will boost the country's
image but may take a while to produce tangible results. And French surgeons plan
to head for London to highlight their own health care crisis.
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In Mondays' round-up, the papers look at the
reopening of an emblematic bridge in Bosnia-Hercegovina and in the Czech
republic, the likely new premier comes under the spotlight.
Elsewhere, Russian xenophobia and an anti-GM
protest in France arouse comment, while a
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Two papers on Friday praise newly-elected
European Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso for a good first
impression, but still have reservations.
Elsewhere, the acquittal of six German executives
in a corruption trial, the shortcomings of the former
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Portugal's former prime minister may be
celebrating later on Thursday if he is voted in to head the European Commission,
but two European papers still think he has a lot to prove.
Elsewhere, the German press ponders a recent
proposal to accommodate refugees in
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Wednesday's papers split over the European
Parliament's new speaker, and also look at France's commitment to the EU and
Germany's attitude to its Nazi past.
The election of Spanish socialist Josep Borrell
as president of the European Parliament, notes Spain's El
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Power politics among France's ruling elite
attracts the attention of papers in Germany and Austria on Monday, while an
industrial dispute in Germany itself appears to have taken a rather unusual
turn.
A French paper weighs up Turkey's prospects of
joining the EU,
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European papers analyse Lord Butler's criticism
of British intelligence before the Iraq war, and several are reluctant to let
Prime Minister Tony Blair off the hook.
In France, personality issues appear to cloud
news of a future EU referendum, while a fictional
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The ruling by the European Court of Justice that
EU finance ministers were wrong to let France and Germany off the hook for
violating budget rules takes centre-stage in several European papers.
The French daily Le Monde believes the European
Commission has
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"Train of hate" reads the front-page headline in
France's Le Figaro, referring to Friday's anti-Semitic attack on a woman and her
baby on a train just north of Paris.
"The cowardice of the attackers was matched by
the cowardice of the passengers," the paper says,
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Tensions between Spain and Britain over a nuclear
submarine's visit to Gibraltar, the South Ossetia conflict, racism in France and
Russia's Yukos affair are the main topics in today's European papers.
'Tensions'
Newspapers in Spain see relations with Britain at
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There is an air of crisis in the Russian press,
with predictions of conflict with Georgia over the South Ossetia region and
rumours of a possible banking crash.
Elsewhere in Europe, Austrian papers look back at
President Klestil's career, while a French paper sees
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Wednesday's papers take an interest in the British prime minister's
admission that weapons of mass destruction may never be found in Iraq, and in
the latest UN report on the spread of the Aids virus.
Meanwhile, there is reaction to the Spanish prime minister's
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Tuesday's mixed bag of European topics and preoccupations includes an
unusual number of ailing politicians, as well as a somewhat under-the-weather
Italian budget.
Germany's Die Welt says the judges at the war crimes trial of former
Yugoslav President Slobodan
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Two high profile court cases in the Middle East stir Thursday's European
editorial writers, and there is a chilling story on the lengths some will go to
in Russia to get a drink.
Trials, tribulations
Germany's Berliner Zeitung agrees with the Iraqis' right to try
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German papers today scoff at the results of the Nato summit and diagnose
the Alliance's poor health. Many of Europe's papers examine the tussle between
France and the United States over Turkey's place in Europe.
Nato's challenges
Commenting on the Nato summit in
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The European dailies welcome the early transfer of sovereignty in Iraq.
But they vary in their degree of optimism and many fear for the country's
short-term future.
'In name only'
France's Liberation devotes its whole front page and five inside pages
to
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The merits of the European Union constitution agreed in Brussels
continue to be debated in the press, with many dubious it can be hailed an
unqualified success.
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Newspapers across Europe debate the EU summit in Brussels, where some fear
differences over the next commission president could put talks on the European
constitution at risk.
Papers in Spain and Poland, meanwhile, wonder what the talks could mean for
their own
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