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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, June 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Der Tagesspiegel:

-- European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has clearly criticized the EU's current asylum system Saturday on the occasion of World Refugee Day. Juncker told German magazine Der Spiegel that the European Commission would remain committed to plans to distribute refugees across the entire EU using a binding quota system.

Bild am Sonntag:

-- German President Joachim Gauck called on his countrymen on Saturday to take a lesson from the expulsion during World War II and take in the refugees of today more generously.

Welt am Sonntag:

-- In view of growing tensions with Russia, NATO will discuss Russia's nuclear strategy for the first time in years at a meeting of defense ministers next Wednesday. Endit