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The renewed tightening of asylum laws in Europe and the boat disaster off Greece's southwest coast, in which several hundred people apparently drowned, have reignited the debate in Europe's press about how to make the EU's immigration policy fit for the future. Fences and barriers alone are not the answer, commentators stress.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming part of our daily lives - for example in the form of apps or machine control software - and raising many questions. Will it develop beyond our control, replace humans in the labour market to a harmful degree or create new risks in the fields of weapons and research? Commentators discuss the rationale and possibilities when it comes to regulating this powerful technology.

The new coalition government consisting of the conservative National Coalition Party, the right-wing populist Finns Party, the Swedish People's Party (RKP) and the Christian Democrats (KD) has presented its governing programme. In a bid to reduce government spending by six billion euros and thus public debt, social welfare cuts and a tighter immigration policy are on the agenda. Is it a good plan?

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is currently in China to make up for a visit he cancelled in February. On Sunday he met with his counterpart Qin Gang, who pointed to the Taiwan controversy as the main problem in the relations between the two countries. Today Blinken is scheduled to meet with chief diplomat Wang Yi. Europe's press discusses how current tensions between Washington and Beijing can be reduced.