France’s economy slowed for the first time since early 2013 in the second quarter of 2016, hurt by a dip in consumer spending, in a blow to President Francois Hollande ahead of a presidential election. In its third estimate for the period, the national statistics agency revised lower its second quarter growth reading to -0.1 percent. Source Reuters
The second stage of the German capital’s rent cap law has come into effect, meaning that thousands of Berlin landlords could be forced to reduce their rents. But the legal battle over the law is not yet over. Source Deutsche Welle
A group of more than 100 migrants attempted to break through the Röszke border crossing with Serbia, in southern Hungary.
According to local police, the illegal entrants threw stones at the police while some 30 of them climbed on the border fence. Police thwarted the attempt. Source Abouthungary
A gendarmerie crew was the target of two Molotov cocktails this Monday evening in Villefontaine (Isère). For Patrick Nicole-Williams, the mayor of Villefontaine, the gendarmes have fallen into an ambush. The soldiers were called to intervene in the Muissiat district around 11 p.m. Source Actu17
