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French President Emmanuel Macron announced a package of measures regarding schools and youth riots on Tuesday, including more civic education classes, theatre as a compulsory subject, compulsory "Generalised National Service" for youths and (initially on a trial basis) school uniforms. Commentators think little of the plan, and some are irritated by the slogan "So that France remains France", once used by the far right.

Donald Trump has won a sweeping victory in the first Republican caucus for the US presidential election. With 51 percent, he took more than half of the votes in Iowa, followed by Ron DeSantis with around 21 percent and Nikki Haley with roughly 19 percent. Fourth-placed Vivek Ramaswamy has dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump. Europe's press braces for hard times ahead.

Representatives from the worlds of politics and business have been convening since Monday in Davos, Switzerland, for the 54th World Economic Forum. Despite another high-ranking line-up, commentators question, not for the first time, what purpose the forum fulfils today.

The right-wing populist Chega party organised a conference on the weekend to prepare for the upcoming election campaign in Portugal. According to polls it could win around 15 percent of the vote in the snap parliamentary election on 10 March. Portuguese media analyse the reasons for the party's growing popularity and potential consequences.