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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, November 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

Welt

-- Angela Merkel announced on Sunday her bid for the fourth term as German chancellor and for the presidency of Christian Democratic Union. Merkel said the election would be harder than any since German reunification.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

-- Privatization of Germany's highway administration has been suspended by the economy ministry, for the "lack of consensus", the ministry's spokesperson was quoted by the newspaper as saying.

Handelsblatt

-- Germany's Fintech industry, made of start-ups in financial technology, will grow into a market with a volume of 148 billion euros(157.19 billion U.S. dollars) in 2035, according to a study commissioned by German finance ministry. Endit