Latest update: 26/03/2009 

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By Sophie DAVIDSON (text)

Le Monde (France)
 
This was published in over 30 newspapers around the world including The Herald Tribune, France’s Le Monde and Germany’s Die Welt. In ‘Toward the G20’ Obama states that the US must act boldly to lift the US economy, reform banking regulations and help poor countries. The president says the US must take responsibility for the crisis but indirectly says Europe needs to do more to stimulate the economy. Therein lies the problem for Le Monde which says much of Europe’s top priority isn’t to encourage economic growth - France and Germany are more keen on regulating banking institutions and creating a financial system based on morals. In Le Monde's editorial there’s no enthusiasm for a compromise at the G20… The paper is convinced the summit will be split.
 
 
Liberation (France)
 
President Sarkozy has given a speech to justify his position on the economy. It’s rubbished by Liberation which reveals that a subsidiary of Credit Agricole has made redundancies while guaranteeing bonuses.. this after the parent company received three billion euros from the state. The paper says Sarkozy talks the talk but doesn’t walk the walk when it comes to halting this kind of practice.
  
 
Figaro (France)
 

Here there is high approval for the president’s speech, the editorial saying his moral stance is welcome.

 
 
Aujourd'hui en France (France)
 

A great cartoon with the president telling executives to work harder for less money and them turning to each other in disappointment with Sarkozyism.

 
 
Jerusalem Post (Israel)
 
The centre-left Labour party narrowly voted to join a coalition government led by Benjamin Netanyahu of right-wing Likud. Tuesday's vote means ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu can now form a government, one that might be more internationally acceptable with Labour than without. 'Now the battle really begins' talks of how Netanyahu won't have an easy ride with the multi-party coalition. But it also says he was the big winner of the Labor conference as he's got the defence minister he wanted and also the national unity government he needed to show the world he's not a right-wing, peace-preventing fanatic, as the paper calls him.

 

 

Haaretz (Israel)

Top Likud officials say Netanyahu has sold them out for Labor

 

The picture here is not so rosy for Netanyahu. The article says he has paid too high a price for the coalition. It also says Likud officials are for the moment keeping quiet so as not to harm their own promotions. It says too many ministerial positions have gone to Labor - five cabinet positions in total. 'Bibi paid a corrupt price' says senior Likud officials. Haaretz calls it a 'scandalous' package.

 

 
Daily Telegraph (UK)
 
The picture says it all really…on Google Earth, this home is labelled the ‘penis house’. A pilot flying over it alerted the Sun newspaper who called the owners.. Their 18-year-old son Rory had done it after watching a programme about Google Earth but the family didn’t discover it for a year. Luckily Rory’s parents have had a sense of humour about it…

 

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