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Euro Edition: Morning Papers
Aired September 30, 2003 - 05:46 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: But now it is time to check on what is making headlines overseas in this morning's "Euro Edition," one of our most favorite features of DAYBREAK.
Becky Anderson live in London.
Good morning -- Becky.
BECKY ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol. Thank you very much, indeed.
Three stories really dominating the European papers this morning. The first is this one. This paper obviously out before this merger was actually confirmed today, but Air France joins the club of the giant in the sky, reads the headline of "Le Figaro." And this a story I was doing with you earlier, No. 2 airline in Europe, Air France, the fourth biggest airline in Europe, KLM, the Dutch airline, both getting together. It's an awful mess out there in the airline sector at the moment, and mergers and acquisitions really the way forward if any of these airlines are going to survive. It makes or creates the No. 1 airline in Europe and the world's No. 3 airline.
The second story I want to do with you today is this one. You may have been doing this as well. Kiss and make up, Chirac turns on the charm for Laura Bush. And the paper says the full Gaelic charm offensive was dished out by Chirac to Laura Bush on her visit to Paris yesterday.
COSTELLO: Oh -- Becky.
ANDERSON: He said, let bygones be bygones. That's what he said.
COSTELLO: Becky, I must interrupt you, because the headlines -- the headlines in the United States on that subject in the "New York Post" is that the first lady had to suffer through the kiss from a weasel.
ANDERSON: My goodness. Well that's not the way it's being reflected in Europe today, perhaps a reflection of the way that the States feels about France. He said let bygones be bygones over the war in Iraq and now we must just rebuild together. She said our relationship is an emotion one. She's actually referring to a visit to Normandy last year with President George W. Bush. But I quite like that line, our relationship is an emotional one, she said to, effectively, the weasel then.
OK, and the last story today that we want to do is on "The Independent," paying the price for war in Iraq. This, of course, is the Labor Party conference week in the U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair will have to speak to his peers today, and he's expected to going -- he's expected to get a bit of a pasting by other Labor activists and Labor MPs in Bournemouth in the southwest of England.
This is Gordon Brown who is the Finance Minister in the U.K. and looks as if he's a serious contender now for the leader of the party. Brown, chancellor faces crisis of the cost of the conflict equals two P (ph) on income tax. Effectively saying that the price of war in Iraq is costing the U.K. a lot more than they thought it would.
And here, Blair, three out of five voters say he lied over Saddam weapons threat. And these polls coming in thick and fast now basically saying that voters, and indeed his party themselves, distrust Tony Blair. Lots of people now calling for him to step down. It's not going to be an easy day for him.
COSTELLO: No, not at all.
Becky Anderson, many thanks, a lot of fun as usual and very interesting too.
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Aired September 30, 2003 - 05:46 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: But now it is time to check on what is making headlines overseas in this morning's "Euro Edition," one of our most favorite features of DAYBREAK.
Becky Anderson live in London.
Good morning -- Becky.
BECKY ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol. Thank you very much, indeed.
Three stories really dominating the European papers this morning. The first is this one. This paper obviously out before this merger was actually confirmed today, but Air France joins the club of the giant in the sky, reads the headline of "Le Figaro." And this a story I was doing with you earlier, No. 2 airline in Europe, Air France, the fourth biggest airline in Europe, KLM, the Dutch airline, both getting together. It's an awful mess out there in the airline sector at the moment, and mergers and acquisitions really the way forward if any of these airlines are going to survive. It makes or creates the No. 1 airline in Europe and the world's No. 3 airline.
The second story I want to do with you today is this one. You may have been doing this as well. Kiss and make up, Chirac turns on the charm for Laura Bush. And the paper says the full Gaelic charm offensive was dished out by Chirac to Laura Bush on her visit to Paris yesterday.
COSTELLO: Oh -- Becky.
ANDERSON: He said, let bygones be bygones. That's what he said.
COSTELLO: Becky, I must interrupt you, because the headlines -- the headlines in the United States on that subject in the "New York Post" is that the first lady had to suffer through the kiss from a weasel.
ANDERSON: My goodness. Well that's not the way it's being reflected in Europe today, perhaps a reflection of the way that the States feels about France. He said let bygones be bygones over the war in Iraq and now we must just rebuild together. She said our relationship is an emotion one. She's actually referring to a visit to Normandy last year with President George W. Bush. But I quite like that line, our relationship is an emotional one, she said to, effectively, the weasel then.
OK, and the last story today that we want to do is on "The Independent," paying the price for war in Iraq. This, of course, is the Labor Party conference week in the U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair will have to speak to his peers today, and he's expected to going -- he's expected to get a bit of a pasting by other Labor activists and Labor MPs in Bournemouth in the southwest of England.
This is Gordon Brown who is the Finance Minister in the U.K. and looks as if he's a serious contender now for the leader of the party. Brown, chancellor faces crisis of the cost of the conflict equals two P (ph) on income tax. Effectively saying that the price of war in Iraq is costing the U.K. a lot more than they thought it would.
And here, Blair, three out of five voters say he lied over Saddam weapons threat. And these polls coming in thick and fast now basically saying that voters, and indeed his party themselves, distrust Tony Blair. Lots of people now calling for him to step down. It's not going to be an easy day for him.
COSTELLO: No, not at all.
Becky Anderson, many thanks, a lot of fun as usual and very interesting too.
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