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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, April 24, 2017 Adjust font size:

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

Die Welt

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said he was satisfied with the outcome of the first round of the presidential election in France on Sunday and hoped for Emmanuel Macron's victory in the run-off election on May 7.

Der Tagesspiegel

Global military spending rose again in 2016. Last, year the United States spent 1.68 trillion U.S. dollars on their armed forces. Total armament sales increased by 0.4 percent compared to the previous year, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute on Monday.

Handelsblatt

The German stock index (DAX) was up on Monday due to the outcome of the first round of the French presidential election. In the first minutes of trading, the stock index jumped by 2.51 percent to 12,350 points.

Bild Zeitung

The departure of Britain from the European Union could become considerably more expensive for member states than previously expected, warned experts of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. Endit