Christian parties side with coalition on education budget cuts

The three Christian parties in parliament have sided with the right-wing government and far-right parties to ensure a majority for education cuts in the senate, saying the deal “has made a bad budget not as bad.” The coalition had planned to slash €2 billion from spending on education but this has now been reduced to €1.25 billion, following the agreement with opposition parties. The deal means plans to make slow students pay far higher university and college fees have been...