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French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted the resignation of Interior Minister Gérard Collomb. Collomb had already announced in mid-September that he intended to run for the post of mayor of Lyon and would resign as minister for that reason. Macron has lost control of his cabinet, commentators write.

Putin has called the poisoned former double agent Sergei Skripal a "scumbag" and a "traitor". The research network Bellingcat reported last week that one of the men suspected of the attack was Anatoliy Chepiga, a colonel in the Russian military intelligence agency GRU. Is Putin losing his temper now that he feels he's been cornered?

Opinions are divided on the outcome of the name referendum in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Fyrom). While the electoral commission sees the vote as having failed due to the low turnout, Prime Minister Zaev has spoken of a victory. Commentators say both local and international factors played a role in determining the outcome.

The people of Europe will elect the European Parliament for the ninth time in May 2019, just two months after the Britain is due to leave the Union. Observers are predicting that right-wing populist and anti-EU forces will achieve strong results. Europe's media worry about the future of the EU.