French papers divided over PM Bayrou’s ‘shock treatment’ budget

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, July 16: French left- and right-wing papers have different evaluations of Prime Minister François Bayrou’s proposed new budget: necessary “shock treatment” or a “purge”? Next, British papers explain the unprecedented superinjunction legal order that was used to hide a “catastrophic” data leak that put thousands of Afghans in danger. Also: brutal violence against aid workers and mass rape have been uncovered during Ethiopia’s civil war. Finally, papers put the spotlight on child actors.