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The presidents of Spain's 17 autonomous regions and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy have reached agreement on reducing regional deficit to 1.5% of Spanish GDP in 2012 and 0.7% in 2013.
Autonomous regions send Europe message of calm – La Vanguardia
The Greek government fears that the new savings demanded by the International Monetary Fund - €3.5 billion for 2013-2014, will severely hamper its negotiations with the rest of the EU/ECB/IMF troika.
IMF's harsh poker – I Kathimerini
French PM Jean-Marc Ayrault yesterday opened the debate on the ratification of the European stability treaty in the National Assembly. Punning in its headline on the word "traité", which means both "treaty" and "treated", the Parisian daily describes it as a "great opportunity missed", adding that "the Prime Minister did not seek to outline what tomorrow's Europe might look like." The pact will be subject to a vote on 9 October.
Europe, debate badly treated – Libération
A majority of Spain's 900,000 Romanian immigrants no longer plan to return to their country when they retire. A study by the European agency Eurofound shows that this is a general trend amongst the 3 million Romanians immigrants settled in Europe.
Romanians living in Spain say Adiós – Adevărul
In Budapest yesterday, the Slovak and Hungarian prime ministers discussed questions of energy and cuts. They signed a memorandum of economic co-operation and agreed on the construction of another bridge over the Danube that runs through the two countries. The Bratislava daily notes that this is one way of putting aside their differences, as tensions have often run high between the two leaders, especially with regard to the Hungarian community in Slovakia.
Orbán: Fico knows how to fight crisis – SME
The city of Budapest is to receive from the State 100 billion forints (€349.6 million) less in 2013 than 2012. The government has also decided to no longer subsidize public transport in the Hungarian capital. Critics are claiming that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is seeking to "starve" the city.
Threat of ruin – Népszabadság
Andrew Rennison, recently appointed the UK's first surveillance commissioner, has warned that CCTV systems capable of identifying and tracking a person's face from half a mile away are turning Britain into a Big Brother society. His comments come as new high-definition cameras are being rolled out across Britain without public consultation. There are already an estimated 1.85 million CCTV cameras in the country.
New HD CCTV puts human rights at risk – The Independent
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