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Meeting in Paris, French President François Hollande and Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy has called for the rapid establishment of much mooted banking union by the end of the year. They also called on Germany to "get serious" in accordance with the commitments made at the European Council last June for direct recapitalization of banks by the European Stability Mechanism.
Rajoy and Hollande demand that Merkel meets her commitments – ABC
The proposed merger of the British multinational BAE Systems and EADS, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, has collapsed after the governments of France, Germany and Britain failed to reach agreement about key elements of the deal. Sources close to the negotiations said that the German Chancellor Merkel had opposed the £28 billion (€34.8bn) deal that would have created a European aerospace and defence giant.
Merkel “scuppers” BAE deal – The Times
A Moscow court has released on probation Ekaterina Samoutsevich, 30, one of three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot. The three activists were sentenced on August 17 to two years in a labour camp for "hooliganism" and "incitement to religious hatred" after staging a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin in a Moscow church in February 2012. The court ruled that Samoutsevich had not actively participated in the event.
Suspended sentence in Pussy Riot case – Kommersant
For the second time in a month, a Muslim extremist cell has been dismantled in Brussels. Seven people of mostly North African origin and a Belgian were arrested on October 10. Documents and computer equipment were seized. This cell had plans to join up with al-Shabab — the Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda — in its fight against the U.N.-backed government in Somalia.
Belgian jihad: Somali branch – Le Soir
Northern Ireland's first private abortion clinic will open in Belfast next week amid a clamour of outrage and condemnation from pro-life lobbies and religious groups. Although Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, the UK’s 1967 Abortion Act does not extend there. Abortion is only legal in exceptional circumstances, as is the case in the Republic of Ireland. Women seeking termination to a pregnancy in both parts of the island usually travel to England.
Storm as Belfast gets first clinic for abortions – The Belfast Telegraph
The Bucharest daily depicts Angela Merkel as Charlie Chaplin in the film The Great Dictator ahead of the German Chancellor's visit to Bucharest for the European People's Party (EPP) congress. It criticises the Chancellor and the conservative EPP group for supporting Romanian President Traian Basescu, whose party is an EPP member, during the political standoff this spring with Prime Minister Victor Ponta.
The great dictator (with Charlie Chaplin) 1940. Remake 2011, 2012… – Jurnalul Naţional
The Croatian daily reacts to an article critical of Croatia's EU accession that was published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung yesterday after the European Commission report on the progress of the candidate countries. The report, the paper notes, nevertheless states that "Croatia is on the right path", even if it must make "efforts". Full membership is planned for July 2013.
Don’t let Croatia join EU – Jutarnji List
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