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Everything points to a second round in Turkey's presidential election. With almost all the votes counted, President Erdoğan has a clear lead (49.4 percent) against opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu (just under 45 percent), but is still short of an absolute majority. Europe's press concludes that the implications of the second round, which would likely take place in two weeks, go far beyond Turkey's borders.

On his trip across Europe Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also visited Aachen under strict security precautions to receive the Charlemagne Prize for work done in the service of European unification. He thanked Europeans for their support and reaffirmed his country's desire to join the EU and Nato as quickly as possible. The laudatory speech was given by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Sweden's Loreen has won the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time, easily claiming the jury's vote with her song Tattoo. Käärijä from Finland won the hearts of the viewers. A meaningful competition or gratuitous kitsch?

In an appearance on CNN, former US President Donald Trump declared that he could end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours, however without explaining how exactly he would go about doing it if given the chance. Trump also repeated his claims that the 2020 election was rigged. Commentators are unsurprised but take a look at the potentially serious consequences.