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Fahrer von Tanklastern sind in Portugal seit Montag im Streik - und kurz vor Ostern wird der Sprit knapp. Es bildeten sich lange Schlangen vor Tankstellen, die Regierung hat in Lissabon den Energienotstand ausgerufen und in vielen Städten den Nahverkehr eingestellt. Kommentatoren sind unzufrieden mit der Reaktion der Behörden.

French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged in a televised speech that the sections of Notre-Dame damaged by the fire will be rebuilt within five years. Within a short time days French billionaires and others donated 700 million euros for the reconstruction. Some commentators find this sudden wave of generosity distasteful, while others praise it.

Moviemaker Costa-Gavras is currently filming the book by Yanis Varoufakis in which the former Greek finance minister describes the negotiations with international financiers during the first six months after the Syriza government came to power. The fact that the Greek-born filmmaker, who has lived in France since the 1950s, is getting money from Athens for the project is highly controversial among the country's media.