The second round of French presidential elections on May 6 will see socialist Francois Hollande, who topped the first round, pitted against outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy. The spectacular score of nearly 20% for far-right candidate Marine Le Pen will have political repercussions.
An expected duel... and a surprise – Aujourd'hui en France - Le Parisien
Protestors at the Czech Republic's largest demonstration since the fall of the communist regime in 1989 have called for an end to austerity measures imposed by the government. The protest comes as the ruling centre-right coalition teeters in the wake of a corruption scandal.
100,000 outraged – Lidové noviny
Polish citizens have so far lodged only 1.5 million zlotys (less than €400,000) into private supplementary pensions introduced earlier this year as part of a pension reform scheme undertaken by the government of Donald Tusk.
Empty pension accounts – Rzeczpospolita
UK Ministers are to be ordered to come up with £16 billion worth of savings amid growing concern about the future of the euro and the state of the British economy. These will be in addition to unprecedented spending cuts already set out.
More cuts on the way, Treasury warns – The Daily Telegraph
Ahead of his April 24 meeting with European Commission president José Manuel Barroso, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán is likely to take a conciliatory tack, the opposition daily writes. This is in order to recover €495 million in EU structural funds frozen due to what the Commission considers to be Budapest's excessive deficit.
Orbán wants to fight Union with Brussels money – Népszava
"The growth of the Pirate Party is as fast as that of the German Nationalist Socialist party between 1928 and 1933," said Martin Delius, the parliamentary leader of Germany's Pirate Party. He now considers his statement, initially relayed by Der Spiegel magazine, as "stupid".
A Pirate compares his party to the NSDAP – Die Welt
Millionaire Ştefan Poienaru, head of a company specialising in organic farming, is accused of several offenses. These include illegally diverting part of a €7 million EU grant, false statements to the state and the EU, as well as tax evasion. The European Commission has threatened to suspend grants to Romania if it does not weed out such practices by June.
Wealthy landowner living illegally off European subsidies – Adevărul
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