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François Hollande, the next French president according to polls, is calling for the creation of eurobonds, refuses the golden rule for budgets, and has promises to modify Chancellor Angela Merkel fiscal pact.
The new adversary – Handelsblatt
After the announcement of the partial nationalization of Argentina's YPF, a subsidiary of Spain's Repsol, Madrid is seeking support from its European partners and Latin American states, and regrets the mixed reaction from the United States.
Government’ international offensive for Repsol – La Vanguardia
The radical Islamist preacher Abu Qatada was back behind bars last night as the Home Office faced months of legal wrangling over its latest attempt to deport him. Theresa May set deportation for about the end of April, but within hours No 10 admitted that it was likely to take “many months” before the cleric exhausted his rights to challenge the Home Secretary’s decision.
Radical cleric back in jail but legal battle goes on – The Times
Karolína Peake, the vice-president of the Public Affairs party (VV), which is a junior member of the Czech Republic's ruling coalition, has resigned after former party leader Vit Barta was found guilty of corruption on Friday 13th April. Several VV MPs and high level members have followed her in order to create a new structure to support the government. PM Petr Necas supports this initiative in order to avoid new elections only two years into his mandate.
Rebel shakes government – Lidové noviny
Twenty-four public service unions are on strike today in Slovenia to protest against PM Janez Janša's budget cuts and wage reduction programme for some 150,000 civil servants.
“At least 80,000 civil servants on strike today” – Delo
Ali Esbati, former leader of Sweden's Left Party youth wing, and survivor of the massacre on the island of Utøya, believes the trial of Anders Breivik should be broadcast on television to expose his extremist theories. As his trial opened, Breivik yesterday described Esbati's partner, the Norwegian journalist Marte Michelet, as a threat to Norwegian society.
He saw Breivik again in court – Göteborgs-Posten
Traditionally the French media can only broadcast first estimates for the outcome of the presidential elections at eight o'clock, after the last polling stations have closed. However, in the age of Twitter and Facebook, this blackout now appears outmoded, especially since the French language Swiss and Belgian media will not comply with it.
Sunday 6.30pm? – Libération
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