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After the 28 leaders of the EU member states spent all night debating in Brussels the media posted news of an agreement this morning: in future boat refugees are to be gathered in reception centres in the EU and then distributed among those states that are willing to take them in. At the same time refugee camps are to be set up in North Africa. Is this a breakthrough in the EU's dispute over taking in or locking out refugees?

The Visegrád states, Austria and Italy: a growing number of European states have governments that are pushing for the sovereignty of nation states and isolationism in migration policy. Commentators observe this trend with concern, seek the causes and propose ways to reverse it.

Following attacks on Roma camps in several Ukrainian cities, a 24-year-old Romani man of Hungarian origin has been stabbed by a group of presumed neo-Nazis. Four other Roma, including a ten-year-old boy, suffered injuries. Seven suspects have been arrested. Commentators await a reaction from the Ukrainian and Hungarian authorities.

The escalating debate over migration policy once again has people asking whether Europe is at all capable of concerted action on key topics for the future. Europe experts also approach the question from different angles in the media.

Donald Trump und Wladimir Putin wollen sich am 16. Juli in Helsinki treffen. Auf der Tagesordnung sollen die russisch-amerikanischen Beziehungen, die Lage in Syrien und der Ukraine sowie Rüstungskontrollen stehen. Der erste große Gipfel der Präsidenten wird von Journalisten kritisch beäugt: Wie weit geht die Annäherung und kann sie zu einem Problem für Europa werden?