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European Council: Casting shadows on energy policy
20 May 20132811 Le Figaro Paris
Electricity pylons in Pulheim, western Germany – AFP
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Poland: The Russians who shop gaily in Gdańsk
20 May 2013301 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw
There have probably not been so many Russians in Gdańsk since the spring of 1945. Most are Kaliningrad residents, crossing the border to shop. It’s largely a one-way trade that sees about €20m a month flow out of the Russian exclave into Poland. In brief
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Arms: European drones take direct hit
20 May 2013261PresseuropLibération, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
Moldova: Europe Day with an eye to Moscow
20 May 2013241PresseuropJurnal de Chisinau
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Interview: Antonio Tajani: ‘Make industry a central priority for recovery’
20 May 201322PresseuropBlog -
Czech Republic: ‘Zeman threatens university freedom’
20 May 201326PresseuropLidové noviny -
United Kingdom: ‘British business: We need to stay in the EU’
20 May 2013295PresseuropThe Independent -
Portugal: ‘Most Portuguese want to renegotiate or end the troika deal’
20 May 2013564Presseuropi -
Croatia: ‘Bandić stronger than SDP and HDZ combined’
20 May 201324PresseuropVečernji list -
Eurozone: ‘Bundesbank offensive against stimulus for southern Europe’
20 May 2013518PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Italy: ‘A plan for youth unemployment’
20 May 201350PresseuropLa Repubblica -
United Kingdom: ‘No 10 pleads with labour to save gay marriage bill’
20 May 201321PresseuropThe Guardian -
Greece-China: Antonis on a business trip
17 May 2013791 To Ethnos Athens -
Editorial: Euro-visions
17 May 2013549Presseurop -
Eurozone: Europe needs its Martin Luther
17 May 2013449161 La Repubblica Rome -
Political union: Hollande takes up Merkel’s challenge
17 May 2013617PresseuropLe Monde, Die Welt -
EU-China: Installers furious at solar panel tax
17 May 2013285PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
The Netherlands: Immigrants tangled up with Turkish gangs
17 May 201325129 De Standaard Brussels -
Germany: ‘Unworthy of a state ruled by law’
17 May 2013282PresseuropDer Tagesspiegel -
Sweden: ‘Swedish Jews flee their former sanctuary’
17 May 2013799PresseuropDagens Nyheter -
Spain: ‘Banker jailed’
17 May 20132124PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
France: ‘Hollande, (is finally) an unabashed social democrat’
17 May 20135318PresseuropLa Tribune -
Youth unemployment: ‘Unemployed of Europe, unite’
17 May 20131643PresseuropInternazionale -
United Kingdom: ‘No 10 plans for coalition divorce as rift widens’
17 May 201314PresseuropThe Times -
Hungary: ‘Stern warning from Merkel’
17 May 20134810PresseuropNépszava -
Eurozone crisis: Red carpet
16 May 201340 24 heures Lausanne -
Growth : ‘Eurozone mired in recession’
16 May 201360475PresseuropFinancial Times, Les Echos, România libera & 4 others -
Minorities: For George Soros, Roma are victims of the crisis
16 May 201315829PresseuropDilema Veche -
Development aid: €3bn earmarked to rebuild Mali
16 May 20132510PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung
The EU is becoming a corrupt church where Germany rules by a dogmatic economic orthodoxy. Politics must take back control with a protestant schism coming from grassroots initiatives, argues an Italian columnist. 
Are Bulgarian immigrants abusing the welfare system? Several cases of benefit fraud have sparked controversy. But often, the suspected fraudsters are themselves simply victims of organised crime networks. 
Europe's May 15 growth figures fell like a hammer blow. For the sixth consecutive quarter, the Eurozone economy has contracted – the longest period of decline in growth since the creation of the single currency, notes the European press.