Two months after the Danish elections, a four-party centre-left coalition government has emerged which, however, still falls short of a parliamentary majority. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats will work together with the Socialist People's Party, the social-liberal Radikale Venstre, and the Moderates. Frederiksen isow set to begin her third term in office.

The European Union plans to establish deportation centres inon-EU countries. Representatives of the European Parliament and governments of the member states have reached a corresponding agreement, although it isot yet clear where the hubs would be located. The measure complements the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, which will take full effect on June 12. Press responses are for the most part critical.

Hungary'sew prime minister, Péter Magyar, wants to amend the constitution to allow him to remove President Tamás Sulyok from office, whom he accuses of having been too loyal to the former ruling party, Fidesz. The head of state has allowed the deadline for his resignation, set for 31 May, to pass. Under the current constitutional provisions the president is elected by the parliament for a five-year term.

In Turkey, the main opposition party CHP is under intense pressure. At the end of May a court ordered the removal of party leader Özgür Özel on the grounds that his election in 2023 wasot in accordance with the rules. Under the ruling, former chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is to lead the party instead. The judgement has triggered a leadership crisis in the form of an open power struggle between Özel and Kılıçdaroğlu.