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The people of Europe will elect the European Parliament for the ninth time in May 2019, just two months after the Britain is due to leave the Union. Observers are predicting that right-wing populist and anti-EU forces will achieve strong results. Europe's media worry about the future of the EU.

In the row over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh US President Donald Trump has instructed the FBI to open an investigation into the affair. The agency is to examine the allegations against the judge before the US Senate votes on his appointment. Commentators discuss the impact the MeToo movement has had in the Kavanaugh affair.

The controversial film Kler premiered in Polish cinemas on the weekend. It portrays child abuse in the Catholic Church and the entanglement between the Church and politics. According to reports in the media some towns want to ban the film from being shown in their cinemas and the ruling PiS has harshly criticised it. What has provoked the outcry, and is it justified?

Italy's coalition government made up of the Five Star Movement and the League wants to add 27 billion euros to the public debt to finance the expansion of the welfare state. The money, which amounts to 2.4 percent of the GDP, would be used to fund basic security benefits for the poor and an early retirement scheme. EU Commissioner for Economic Affairs Pierre Moscovici called Italy's fresh debt plans "explosive". Commentators, too, warn of consequences that could rock the entire EU.