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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, December 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met his European counterparts in Brussels on Monday to officially open a new negotiating chapter on the economic integration of Turkey into the EU community.

Die Welt:

-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has vehemently defended her refugee policy and received minutes-long ovation at the party congress of conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) in Karlsruhe. Merkel also wants to cut the number of asylum seekers.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- Oil prices declined on Monday to the lowest level since December 2008. North Sea Brent cost only 36.62 dollars per barrel (159 liters). Enditem