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Since the conclusion of the Turkey deal and the closure of the Balkan route fewer migrants have arrived in the EU. But does this mean the EU now has the refugee crisis under control? Only superficially, commentators conclude.

Confidential documents were made public on Sunday that reveal the current status of the negotiations on the TTIP free trade pact. Obama and Angela Merkel spoke out only last week in favour of the deal while tens of thousands of people protested against it. The press also discusses the pros and cons of the TTIP.

People demonstrated across Europe on May 1 in favour of workers' rights and social justice. The press wonders what significance International Workers' Day has in today's digitised, globalised world.

The Latvians have donated 10,000 euros so that a man suffering from throat cancer can travel to Switzerland and die by assisted suicide. The country and the press are divided over the issue.

A minority government has emerged in Ireland under the conservative Fine Gael party led by former Taoiseach Enda Kenny. The liberal Fianna Fáil has agreed to back the government. A precondition for the historic agreement was the repeal of the controversial water charges. Commentators criticise the deal.

With the victory of Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer in the first round of Austria's presidential elections the country has shifted to the right. The runoff vote is set for May 22. What are the causes - and consequences - of the FPÖ's electoral victory?

Europe is a multicultural society. But events like the attacks in Cologne on New Year's Eve and the resignation of a Swedish politician who refused to shake a woman's hand for religious reasons pose the question time and again: how can different cultures live together?