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Leaders from the EU, Latin America and the Caribbean will meet for the third CELAC-EU summit in Brussels this Monday and Tuesday. Spain, which currently holds the EU Council presidency, sees itself as a mediator and wants to advance cooperation. A key goal is the signing of the free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur, which has been under negotiation for decades. Europe's press reflects on changes in the balance of power.

Climate change is once again showing its brutal side with Southern Europe experiencing extreme temperatures. As the holiday season gets under way, Last Generation climate activists have disrupted operations at several German airports by gluing themselves to the runways. Tempers also flared during a road blockade in Stralsund. Europe's press asks: are such protest actions appropriate?

First the screenwriters went on strike, and now actors in Hollywood have followed suit. They demand higher wages to offset inflation, fair compensation from streaming services like Netflix and protection from the effects of the use of artificial intelligence. Commentators examine their concerns.

Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has come under fire after suggesting at the Nato summit in Vilnius that the Ukrainians should show more gratitude and not treat their allies as if they were an Amazon warehouse. Voices in Ukrainian media are at odds over the extent to which the allies are morally and politically obliged to provide massive aid to Kyiv.