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French President Emmanuel Macron has once again caused controversy with comments on Russia's war against Ukraine. In an interview with the French TV station TF1 on Saturday, he said, among other things, that Russia still fears that Nato could come right up to its doors, and that the West should consider how to address Moscow's need for security guarantees. Commentators are unenthusiastic.

According to Iranian state media, which cite the country's attorney general, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, the Iranian morality police is being disbanded. The morality police are blamed for the death of Mahsa Amini, which sparked nationwide protests in Iran. Commentators doubt that this will appease the protesters, who have long since been calling for the Ayatollahs' regime to be overthrown.

The decriminalisation of active euthanasia has had a broad majority in the Portuguese parliament for years. However, two bills adopted by the MPs ultimately failed after being vetoed by the country's president and the Constitutional Court. Now the parliament is deliberating on another draft. The national press has different views on the chances of success.

Georgia's jailed ex-president, Mikheil Saakashvili, had been "poisoned" in custody by heavy metals and risks dying without proper treatment, according to a medical report distributed on Monday by his legal team.

This week, EURACTIV’s OG’s talk you through two major proposals presented by the Commission – one on carbon certification and another on packaging – explaining how this will impact the agrifood sector and how they have been received by stakeholders.

Germany and five other countries on Friday joined in a debate that has drawn support and opposition from interest groups as they asked the European Commission for clarity on plans to make Big Tech pay some of the costs of Europe's telecoms network.

Amid the new upsurge in tensions in most of the Balkan states, Russia has remained largely on the sidelines, sticking to its previous tactics and narratives, writes Maxim Samorukov.