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There is a shortage of hundreds of thousands of harvest workers from other countries across Europe in these weeks. For several days now, planes carrying seasonal workers from Romania have been landing in Germany. On Thursday the Romanian city of Cluj made the headlines when around 2,000 passengers waiting for flights formed a large crowd outside its airport. Observers from Romania and Hungary reflect on the situation.

There have been repeated warnings about the potential impact of Covid-19 in African states on the grounds that HealthCare systems there are particularly ill-equipped to deal with the pandemic. Commentators refute this view and denounce racist attitudes in the discussion about the illness.

Observers note that the pandemic seems to be exacerbating the conflict between the generations. The coronavirus meme "boomer remover" - an allusion to the fact that older people are among the main risk groups - has been circulating on social networks, sparking outrage in the media.

Austria has taken the initiative and held out the prospect of relaxing the measures aimed at containing the coronavirus at the start of next week. In other European countries, too, calls for an exit strategy from the restrictions are growing louder. Commentators discuss the right timing and which criteria should be met.

US Democrat Bernie Sanders has withdrawn from the Democratic race for the US presidency, leaving Joe Biden to run against President Donald Trump in November. But the media see Sanders' mission and ideas as more relevant than ever.