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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, September 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- Germany has presented a new package of measures to handle the influx of asylum seekers. The German government plans to spend an additional 6 billion euros (6.7 billion U.S. dollars) in 2016 for receiving refugees.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged on Monday more solidarity in Europe while dealing with refugees. She said that creating a unified European asylum policy was the declared goal of the German government.

Die Welt:

-- French President Francois Hollande has confirmed that the French army is preparing airstrikes against the Islamic state (IS) in Syria as response to the current refugee crisis. Endit