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Denmark's midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed in the 43rd minute of the European Championship match against Finland and had to be resuscitated. Faced with the choice of continuing the game or postponing it to the next day, the teams decided to restart the match once Eriksen's condition had stabilised in hospital. For Europe's press, the incident raises several questions.

The Swiss rejected three draft laws for environmental protection on Sunday. They voted narrowly (51.6 per cent) against the CO2 law and by just over 60 percent against an initiative for improving the quality of drinking water and a law banning synthetic pesticides. The commentary columns are pessimistic about the results.

After twelve years in office Benjamin Netanyahu is no longer Israeli prime minister. The Knesset voted on Sunday by a razor-thin majority of 60 to 59 votes for an eight-party government coalition led by the ultra-nationalist Naftali Bennett which includes Jair Lapid's liberal Future Party and - for the first time in the country's history - an Arab party, Ra'am. Europe's press examines the outgoing prime minister's legacy.

Tens of thousands demonstrated in Madrid on Sunday against a pardon for separatist politicians imprisoned over the Catalan independence referendum. The left-wing government under Pedro Sánchez wants to use the pardons to foster fresh dialogue between Madrid and Barcelona. Conservative opposition parties and the far-right Vox party jointly called for the protest.

The UEFA European Championship, originally slated for 2020, will kick off this Friday in Rome with a match between Italy and Turkey. With eleven host countries, this year's edition is particularly pan-European. But it is also special because spectators will once again be present in the stadiums - albeit in limited numbers. Europe's press alternates between delight and scepticism.