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39 corpses have been found in a lorry northeast of London. The police believe the victims were migrants brought from Bulgaria - presumably via Holyhead in Wales. This route is apparently being increasingly used by human smugglers due to tightened security at other ports. Europe's press discusses the role of EU migration policy in the tragedy.

Carmaker VW has put its plans to open a new plant in Turkey on ice, citing the Turkish offensive in northern Syria. Although the company is still not officially looking for a new location, several countries are positioning themselves as candidates. While media outlets in Romania and Bulgaria openly court VW's favour, those in Croatia are more restrained.

The remains of the former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, who died in 1975, have been transferred to a different site under strict security measures in a move ordered by the Socialist government. They were exhumed from a major monument near Madrid and reburied in a normal cemetery. A triumph over history?

The parliamentary elections in Poland have given the PiS the majority it needs to govern the country alone, but it lost its majority in the upper house, the Senate. Now it has announced that it wants a recount of votes in six districts where it lost. Is Poland's ruling party attacking yet another pillar of democracy?

The right-wing populist Sweden Democrats have made strong gains. Current surveys put them almost neck and neck with Prime Minister Stefan Löfvan's Social Democrats, with both parties polling at around 25 percent. Swedish media feel they know what is behind this shift in electoral support.