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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, March 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- Turkey puts the EU under pressure in the refugee crisis. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu put forth at the EU summit on Monday new conditions in return for help in coping with the refugee flow.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- Volker Bouffier, Prime Minister of the German State of Hesse, attributes the good performance of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Hesse's municipal elections last Sunday to the refugee policy of the German government.

Die Welt:

-- Turkey has asked at the EU summit on refugee crisis for an extra 3 billion euros over the next two years as well as visa-free travel to the EU for its citizens and accelerated talks on Turkish accession to the EU. Endit