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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, March 2, 2017 Adjust font size:

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

Der Tagesspiegel

-- Berlin keeps being poverty-stricken despite a growing economy. Berlin's economy is expanding even above average. However, in the capital the number of the poor and needy citizens increased.

The facts were delivered by a study of the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW) in Cologne.

Die Welt

The German view on Europe is changing. In less than half a year, the acceptance of the European Union (EU) by the Germans has strongly improved. Only 21 percent see the EU negatively.

Also, the immigration subject is taken in a more relaxed way. Figures were published by the EU representation in Berlin.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Volkswagen (VW) is clearly selling more cars in the United States. While the car market in general slowly drops, VW can increase their selling by 13 percent --25.145 more cars -- compared with last year's figures, declared VW on Wednesday. Endit