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Elon Musk is one step closer to his vision of an "everything app". Twitter has now been renamed X on the grounds that the old name was no longer suitable to the app's profile. The new concept is modelled on the Chinese super app WeChat, which has functions practically for every aspect of users' digital lives. Commentators are sceptical nonetheless.

The poll ratings of right-wing populist currents, some of which are in favour of their countries leaving the EU, are rising in several member states. In Poland, for example, Konfederacja could grow from the smallest to the third strongest force in this autumn's parliamentary elections. Europe's press asks how the trend should be faced.

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has triggered fierce criticism also within his own ranks with statements about potential ways to deal with the far-right AfD at the municipal level. These would contradict the CDU's declaration of incompatibility with the AfD, which excludes cooperation with the party on the grounds that it tolerates right-wing extremist ideas, anti-Semitism and racism.