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Since the energy blockade imposed by the US at the start of the year, Cuba's already struggling economy has been plunged into crisis. In a bid to ease the situation, the leadership in Havana has presented a 176-point plan to open up the economy, modelled on state capitalism as practised in China and Vietnam. Europe's press takes stock.

Ten years after the Brexit referendum, a majority of Britons believe that leaving the European Union was a mistake. Leading Labour politicians such as the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and former Health Secretary Wes Streeting, are calling for the UK to rejoin the EU. At the same time, the Reform UK party led by "Mr Brexit" Nigel Farage has been leading the polls for months. The press looks at where the country is heading.

In recent days, the Ukrainian army has stepped up its attacks on Russian refineries and oil depots. Fuel is now in short supply in Russia, with sales restrictions in place in several regions. According to insiders, Moscow is now trying to import petrol from Kazakhstan.

In the Czech Republic, the dispute between the right-wing populist government led by Andrej Babiš and the country's president, Petr Pavel, who comes from the pro-European opposition camp, has escalated again. The government tried to bar the head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces from travelling to the Nato summit in Ankara, but Pavel appealed to the Constitutional Court and won the case. The affair prompts the press to reflect on the separation of powers.