Eurotopics.net

The issue of immigration will not determine how Europeans vote in the EU Parliament elections this week, according to the latest study by pan-European think tank the European Council on Foreign Relations. Voters are more worried about the economy and the rise of nationalism, the study finds. Europe's media are concerned about other issues too.

Since the publication of the video footage featuring former Vice-Chancellor Strache Austria has been in the grips of a major government crisis. Top government officials are now to replace the ministers of the far-right FPÖ who resigned their posts in government. Will Ibizagate, as the scandal has been dubbed, put a damper on the campaigns of the right-wing populists in other countries in Europe?

The new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's first act after his inauguration was to dissolve parliament and announce a snap election in two months' time, prompting Prime Minister Volodymyr Groisman to hand in his resignation. Zelensky currently lacks the parliament majority he would need to push through reforms. Will this manoeuvre take Ukraine in the right direction?

On Monday France's top court ruled that treatment must be resumed for Vincent Lambert, who has been in a vegetative state since 2008. Doctors had begun switching off life support in accordance with another court ruling, but his parents have been fighting to have him kept alive. Commentators are critical of this impassioned battle over life and death.

The US has eased a measure banning trade with Huawei without government approval. The eased restrictions will initially be valid for 90 days. In reaction to the ban Google had stopped delivering Android updates for smartphones produced by the Chinese company. What will be the repercussions for consumers and the US economy?