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EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn has called for the membership talks with Turkey, which have been on hold for months, to be ended. He said that EU membership for the country was not realistic "in the foreseeable future" and that a strategic partnership between the EU and Ankara should be the new goal. Would this be a sensible step?

Immediately after the US midterm elections, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has stepped down - saying he was doing so at President Trump's request. Matthew Whitaker, Sessions' former chief of staff, will replace him as acting attorney general. Commentators fear that Whitaker - an open critic of Special Counsel Robert Mueller - will torpedo the inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections.

The whole world has been mesmerised by the midterm elections in the US this week. Observers see Trump weakened on the domestic front - but what will the election results mean for his foreign policy? Europe's media make predictions and offer the US president some advice.

In the US midterm elections the Democrats have won a majority in the House of Representatives. The Republicans, for their part, have secured more seats in the Senate. Journalists discuss the impact this new balance of power could have on policies.