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The formation of a new Italian government under Mario Draghi has come to a halt after the Five Star Movement postponed a vote on whether to support it on Wednesday evening. Commentators examine the challenges the prime minister-designate will face once the complicated negotiations are completed.

Turkey's President Erdoğan presented a new national space programme on Tuesday. Turks will fly to the moon for the Republic's hundredth birthday in 2023, he said. Are such visions out of place in today's world - or is this just what the crisis-weary population needs?

Together with 50 Democratic senators, six Republicans have voted in favour of going ahead with an impeachment trial against Donald Trump after his term in office ended. For Trump to be found guilty of "incitement of insurrection" at least 17 Republicans would have to vote with the Democrats. Europe's press discusses why this is unlikely and what it says about the state of the Grand Old Party.

After Astrazeneca became the third western vaccine manufacturer to announce that it will deliver fewer doses than originally promised to the EU, it has become clear that there will be severe shortages, at least in the first quarter. While vaccines from Russia and China could help to relieve the situation, geopolitical factors are getting in the way. This must change, some commentators stress.