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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, November 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

Das Bild:

-- The national presidium and board of Germany's political party Christian Democratic Union, led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, gather on Sunday in Berlin to prepare for its party congress early next month.

Merkel is estimated to announce on Sunday whether to become the chancellor candidate for 2017.

Die Welt

-- German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has written an internal brief to the EU Commission, opposing its "European Semester" process aimed at coordinating the fiscal policy within the euro zone, saying the process "runs against specific needs of the countries and blurs their national responsibilities."

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- Germany's rising political party AfD has rejected all media representatives in its state congress in Baden-Württemberg on Saturday. Endit