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The EU Commission has proposed that the migrants at the Polish border with Belarus be temporarily accommodated in reception centres. It also wants to allow Poland, Latvia and Lithuania to extend the asylum process and apply simplified rules for deportations. What do commentators in Europe make of this?

After almost 400 years under British rule, the Caribbean island nation of Barbados this week removed the Queen as its head of state. The new head of state is Sandra Mason, who previously served as governor general and the Queen's representative. The press examines the move from different perspectives.

After considerable speculation, the far-right journalist Eric Zemmour has declared his candidacy for the 2022 French presidential elections on YouTube. His video harks back to General de Gaulle's 1940 call to resistance and warns that French culture is disappearing as a result of immigration. Europe's press voices concern.

Nato representatives are currently meeting in the Latvian capital Riga to discuss the situation in Belarus and Ukraine, among other issues. The mass deployment of Russian troops to the border with Ukraine and the crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border have increased tensions in the last few weeks. Commentators discuss the seriousness of the threat.