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Spain is signalling a change its approach on Covid: Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Monday that the Covid pandemic is no longer so deadly, and that an endemic situation is developing. Consequently Covid should be treated more like the flu, with less drastic monitoring of cases. The European press sees risks in the move.

Founded in 2019, the right-wing nationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) is on the verge of becoming the second-strongest political force in the country, according to polls. Even if the party lacks a coherent programme its voter potential should not be underestimated, commentators warn.

A few days after the suppression of the unrest in Kazakhstan, former ruler Nursultan Nazarbayev seems to have disappeared from view. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced to parliament a new policy aimed at limiting the oligarchs' power - and thus also that of Nazarbayev's network. Commentators discuss how firmly the president is in the saddle.