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Elly Schlein has become the first woman to be elected to lead Italy's Partito Democratico. All the party's supporters were invited to take part in the vote on Sunday, regardless of whether or not they are members. Europe's media sees Schlein's election as cause for celebration.

After months of delaying, the Hungarian parliament is turning its attention this week to the matter of Finland and Sweden's applications for Nato membership. Budapest has been playing for time; Hungary is now the only EU state that has not yet ratified the applications. A vote is expected next week. The stakes are high, say commentators.

On the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Beijing has presented a 12-point plan to aimed at resolving the conflict. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the demand to preserve the "sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all countries", although Kyiv remains sceptical about other points. Doubts are rife in many Western capitals. Europe's press is divided.

While demonstrations for solidarity with Ukraine were taking place in cities across Europe over the weekend, around 13,000 people gathered at a rally in Berlin to demand immediate negotiations and an end to the arms deliveries to Kyiv. Women's rights activist Alice Schwarzer and left-wing politician Sahra Wagenknecht called for an "Uprising for Peace".