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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, April 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

The following are the major news items in leading German newspapers on Thursday.

Die Welt:

-- German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen wants to decommission the 167,000 assault rifles G36 of the German Armed Forces, or Bundeswehr, due to serious problems with its accuracy. However, she did not rule out the possibility that improved G36 could serve as the replacement.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- The European Union wants to "at least double" the funding of the EU Border Assistance Mission Triton in 2015 and 2016 in response to the refugee disaster in the Mediterranean, according to a draft statement prepared for the special summit meeting on Thursday in Brussels .

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- The economic upturn in Germany will increase in this year, according to the estimation of the German government. The real gross domestic product in Germany will increase by 1.8 percent in both 2015 and 2016, German Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Sigmar Gabriel said in an early-year projection on Wednesday. Enditem