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The French Ministry of the Interior is planning to severely restrict citizenship rights for the overseas territory of Mayotte. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced a constitutional reform abolishing the principle of birthright citizenship - according to which children born and living in France automatically acquire French citizenship when they come of age - for Mayotte. Commentators are divided.

Finland has a new president: conservative politician Alexander Stubb of the National Coalition Party has won the run-off election against Green Party politician Pekka Haavisto. Commentators examine what this means for the country, with a focus on foreign and defence policy.

After much speculation, it is now official: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed General Valery Zaluzny as commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The former ground forces commander Oleksandr Syrsky has been appointed as his successor. The European press has very different ideas about what to expect from this change.

As expected, anti-war activist Boris Nadezhdin has not been admitted to the Russian presidential election in mid-March. According to the Central Election Commission, 9,147 of the 105,000 signatures submitted were invalid. The fact that Nadezhdin was barely given a chance against the incumbent Putin has not mitigated the criticism in the opinion columns.