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The opposition in Malta has been protesting for days against Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's delayed resignation. The European Parliament is now also pondering action over the Maltese government's involvement in the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia after a delegation that visited the island voiced doubts about Muscat's credibility. Commentators call for a tougher response from the EU.

A peaceful mood is not to be expected at the meeting of Nato members in London to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Alliance's inception. US President Trump, French President Macron and Turkey have been at the heart of considerable discord within the military alliance in recent times. What stands in the way of a successful future for Nato?

Emmanuel Macron has called for the EU to adopt a new policy towards Russia and wants the Russian offer of a moratorium on medium-range missiles to be given serious consideration. Nato, however, has so far rejected the proposal. Commentators are also less than enthusiastic about the French president's initiative.

In Germany, SPD party members have elected a new leadership. In a surprise outcome Saskia Esken and Norbert Walter-Borjans prevailed against Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Klara Geywitz. The two newcomers want to take the struggling party in a more leftist direction. Commentators are concerned, or in some cases delighted, at the prospect of this new course resulting in the collapse of the coalition government with the CDU and CSU.