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Pro-Palestinian rioters hunted down and attacked Israeli fans after a football match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv last week. Europe's press sees the violence as evidence of an antisemitic trend. But it also finds the reactions to the incidents worrying.

Elon Musk has been chosen to head the newly created Department of Government Efficiency under Donald Trump. The advisory body will help the next US administration in its fight against 'redundant' regulations and 'wasteful' spending, as well as in the restructuring of federal agencies, Trump announced on Tuesday. Europe's press finds the appointment problematic for several reasons.

At the hearings currently taking place in the European Parliament, the candidacies of three commissioners-designate are under dispute. Raffaele Fitto is controversial owing to his affiliation with the right-wing populist Fratelli d'Italia, Olivér Várhelyi must face further questions before being signed off, and Spain's conservative People's Party says Teresa Ribera is partly responsible for the catastrophic consequences of the flash floods in Spain. Commentators discuss potential outcomes.

Professors at the prestigious Lund University in southern Sweden have voiced concern to the newspaper Sydsvenskan about how their students' reading skills are declining. Even top students are often unable to read longer texts and books, they say. The national press examines the causes.