France
Le Monde led with a story on Tuesday’s meeting of the Armenian parliament, at which politicians will vote for a new prime minister after the resignation of Serzh Sargsyan over anti-corruption protests last week. Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan, who organized the demonstrations he dubbed the “velvet revolution” after the peaceful protests that ended one-party rule in Czechoslovakia in 1989, is the only candidate. Le Monde’s headline: “Armenia dreams of a velvet revolution.” Economic paper La Tribune focused on the announcement over the weekend that T-Mobile and Sprint had done a deal to merge their two companies in the U.S.
United Kingdom
Several front pages splashed on the House of Lords amendment, passed Monday, which gives parliament the power to decide what course the U.K. should take if MPs reject Prime Minister Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement with the EU. The Daily Mail wasn’t happy, labeling the Lords a “House of unelected wreckers” full of “Remainer elite” trying to stop Brexit. The Daily Mirror reported on the “mounting pressure” on May to resign over the Windrush scandal, in which Caribbean migrants who legally moved to Britain decades ago were ordered to leave the country because they did not have the correct documentation. It’s headline on Tuesday — May 1 — was predictable: “Mayday, Mayday.” Several papers focused on May’s appointment of Sajid Javid as the new home secretary after Amber Rudd’s resignation, most running a photo of him in the infamous Tory power pose.
Spain
The top story in Spain focused on Justice Minister Rafael Catalá, who said in an interview that the dissenting judge on a controversial gang rape case should have been recused because “everyone” knew he had “a unique problem.” The statement managed to unite the country’s usually feuding judicial associations, who are calling for Catalá’s resignation. El País also ran a powerful front-page photo of Monday’s twin terror attacks in Afghanistan, the second of which targeted journalists. “ISIS puts the press in the spotlight,” was the paper’s headline.
Italy
Most Italian papers reported on the impasse in Italy’s coalition talks, after 5Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio said in a video statement that “at this point, for me there is no other solution” than a new Italian election in June. La Repubblica led with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claims, made in a speech on Monday, that Israel has proof that Iran lied about its nuclear program. Netanyahu urged U.S. President Donald Trump to “do the right thing” next month by pulling out of a 2015 deal designed to curb Iran’s atomic ambitions.
