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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, December 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- Before the EU summit kicks off in Brussels on Thursday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted that the number of refugees would be rapidly reduced.

Die Welt:

-- In the coming years, six German federal states have to hang tough austerity measures to meet the debt brake scheduled to go into effect in 2020.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- The U.S. Federal Reserve raised after seven years for the first time its key interest rates by 25 basis points to 0.25-0.5 percent. Endit