Number of illegal abortions triggers debate
“Polish abortions in clinics all over Europe”, headlines Gazeta Wyborcza. The liberal daily reports on a “citizens’ hearing” in parliament with heads of clinics from Austria, Germany, Netherlands and the UK. According to Polish feminist organisations, between 80-200,000 Polish women have an abortion every year, of which 10 to 15 percent take place abroad. However, only affluent women can afford an abortion in a Western clinic. Most decide to have an illegal abortion in Poland – where the procedure is allowed only in three cases: foetal damage, mother’s life at risk, or pregnancy being a result of rape – which puts their health, or even life, at risk. “This is why Western doctors are asking how the Polish government can be doing this to its women”, comments today’s editorial, adding: “This sounds like an exotic question, but unless we ask, nothing will change.”
As Greece pimps its ancient monuments to bring in the tourists, lovers of cultural heritage are up in arms. But the country is only doing openly what the whole of Europe is: looting historic sites to drum up more ready cash. 
Asserting national values is central to the political project of the Hungarian PM. Since the start of the year, fifteen paintings, specially commissioned for an exhibition in the Castle of Buda, have been putting this ambition on show. 
The game has gone on for nearly two years: Athens pretends to comply with the demands of its creditors and partners, and they pretend to believe in Greece’s commitments. As the spectre of default comes nearer, however, the Greek bluff cannot go on much longer, writes an El Mundo editorialist.