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The EU Parliament and Berlin have also criticised Poland's controversial judicial reform, arguing that the proposed laws are incompatible with the EU treaties. But the Polish government is unbending: the ruling PiS party has said it promised to reform the courts and it will do just that. Many media are alarmed, while several voices in Poland take a critical view of the protests against the reforms.

Ángel María Villar, president of the Spanish Football Federation and vice president of Fifa and the Uefa Union of European Football Associations, was arrested on Tuesday. He is under investigation for collusion, fraud and embezzlement. Spain's media examine the background to the scandal.

Security policy, the fight against terror, trade and climate protection: the G20 summit in Hamburg has an ambitious agenda. But in view of all the disagreements simmering just beneath the surface, many journalists believe the meeting can't be a success. Some even speculate that it could mark the end of the post-war order.

In his speech in Warsaw US President Donald Trump pledged the US's commitment to mutual defence in Nato and harshly criticised Russia's foreign policy. Trump struck the right tone, some commentators write with relief. But in view of his statements so far others fear a new rift between Eastern and Western Europe.

Donald Trump was the guest of honour at yesterday's Three Seas Summit. The alliance consists of twelve Central and Eastern European countries bordering on the Baltic, the Adriatic and the Black Sea that plan to intensify economic cooperation with each other. Media in the countries of the region take different views of the initiative.