Новости за 06.05.2016

Remain or leave? As the EU question splits the British population down age, political leanings and education, neither side understands the motivation of the other.

President Erdogan said that Turkey would not change terror laws as required by the EU to grant visa liberalisation and said the country needed a presidential regime.

In a speech strongly criticising European leaders, pope Francis urged the EU to welcome migrants and revamp its economic policies to make them fairer toward young people.

Eurozone finance ministers will try to find an agreement on Greek bailout and the EU Parliament will set out its positions on asylum, Schengen and Turkey.

Labour party's Sadiq Khan is set to succeed Boris Johnson in the London mayor seat as he gained the lead over the Conservative Party's Zac Goldsmith in the closely-fought vote on Friday. Khan would be one of few Muslim mayors of a major European city.

Hungary PM Viktor Orban has called Friday the EU commission's new plan to fine countries €250,000 per person for refusing to take refugees a “punch in the stomach”. He told state radio broadcaster the plan is a mistake and the EU should be focusing on protecting its borders.

David Cameron's party gains ground in Scotland and town councils seven weeks ahead of EU referendum.

The German chancellor Angela Merkel backed an Italian plan on stemming migration flows from Africa, but disagrees on how it should be financed.

US presidential candidate Donald Trump told the Fox News broadcaster Thursday that "migration has been a horrible thing for Europe” and that "that was pushed by the EU. I would say that they’re better off without it, personally, but I’m not making that as a recommendation. Just my feeling.”

Acting Irish leader Enda Kenny is to call a vote in parliament Friday in his bid to retain office. Kenny's Finne Gael party recently struck a bargain to rule with the opposition Fianna Fail, but Kenny still needs the votes of six independent MPs to finalise the arrangements.

Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov has broken ranks with other easterly EU states by calling for them to take in saylum seekers as part of EU quotas. He told AFP that since richer EU states give money to the east "then ... we also have to show solidarity and mutual aid."

Leading MEPs, including German centre-right leader Manfred Weber, have said the EU parliament should stop the €600,000 it pays to a far-right party called the Alliance for Peace and Freedom, which has links with neo-Nazi factions such as BNP in the UK and Golden Dawn in Greece.

Davutoglu, the architect of the EU-Turkey migrant deal, has resigned in a row with president Erdogan, raising concerns over the future of the pact.