O GLOBO (BRASIL): Passada a maratona de quatro dias de votações em 27 países, com cerca de 350 milhões de pessoas aptas a votar, os europeus confirmaram uma guinada à direita na eleição para o Parlamento Europeu, o único órgão eleito da União Europeia. A extrema direita venceu de maneira contundente na França, onde o presidente Emmanuel Macron convocou eleições legislativas para junho, ficou em segundo na Alemanha e fincou posições na Áustria e Alemanha. A centro-direita, liderada por Ursula von der Leyen, presidente da Comissão Europeia, segue como a principal força, mas sua margem de ação foi reduzida. O principal abalo sísmico foi sentido na França: segundo as projeções, feitas com base em resultados preliminares, mostram que o Reagrupamento Nacional de Marine Le Pen e de Jordan Bardella, teve 31,5% dos votos, quase o dobro (14,5%) da coalizão da qual Macron faz parte. Ao invés de lamentar a derrota, o presidente surprendeu até seus aliados ao dissolver a Assembleia Nacional e convocar eleições legislativas. Essa foi a primeira vez em que os resultados da votação ao Parlamento Europeu produzem um impacto tão contundente na política doméstica de um país, ainda mais na segunda potência econômica do continente.

THE WASHINGTON POST (USA): The European Union, long hailed as a post-national bastion of liberal values, is not just hospitable to illiberal nationalism, but possibly a crucible for a new age of right-wing politics in the West. For years, we’ve talked about a seemingly inexorable trend: Little by little, Europe’s far right was gaining ground and nudging its way closer to power. Political firewalls against extremist factions once considered beyond the pale tumbled from country to country. The “cordon sanitaire” erected by more mainstream parties against the putative descendants of Europe’s fascist movements had collapsed. The far right, headlines blared, was on the march. The initial results of the European Union’s parliamentary elections may point to a definitive arrival. Across the continent, and especially in some of its biggest countries, far-right parties produced strong or record results. Their gains aren’t a ticket to power — a coalition of European center-right parties remains the biggest group in the Parliament and can collaborate with the mainstream center left — but they highlight the deeper trend. The European Union, long hailed as a post-national bastion of liberal values, is not just hospitable to illiberal nationalism, but possibly a crucible for a new age of right-wing politics in the West.

ARAB NEWS (SAUDI ARABIA): Voting has ended to elect the European Union’s regional lawmakers for the next five-year term after the last remaining polls closed in Italy, as surging far-right parties dealt a body blow to two of the bloc’s most important leaders: French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. At the end, the rise of the far right was even more stunning than many analysts predicted. Overall across the EU, two mainstream and pro-European groups, the Christian Democrats and the Socialists, remained the dominant forces. The gains of the far right came at the expense of the Greens, who were expected to lose about 20 seats and fall back to sixth position in the legislature.

POLITICO (USA): Ursula von der Leyen is scrambling for a political deal that keeps her at the European Commission’s helm for the next five years, with her conservatives set to win the EU elections. Amid a rise in support for the far right, von der Leyen’s European People’s Party was on track to secure the most seats of any single group in the Parliament, with vote-counting still ongoing. If in the days and weeks ahead she wins the nomination for a second term from EU leaders, von der Leyen will then need the support of 361 MEPs in the newly elected Parliament. That will involve striking alliances with other parties on the center, left or even — potentially — further to the right.

LE MONDE (FRANCE): Le chef de l’Etat a surpris son camp, et ce, jusqu’au premier ministre, en annonçant de nouvelles élections législatives le 30 juin et le 7 juillet. Un quitte ou double qui pourrait aboutir à donner les clés de Matignon au Rassemblement national. Il est un peu plus de 19 heures, ce dimanche 9 juin, quand Emmanuel Macron confie, depuis le salon des portraits de l’Elysée, son choix vertigineux à une poignée de caciques de son camp. Le chef de l’Etat a décidé de dissoudre l’Assemblée nationale. Un coup de tonnerre. C’est le saut dans le vide.

THE GUARDIAN (GB): The French president’s centrist coalition lost its parliamentary majority in the 2022 elections and has since resorted to pushing through legislation without a vote in the assembly, using a controversial constitutional tool known as 49/3. Analysts have long predicted that he would face severe difficulties in parliament in the wake of a heavy defeat to RN in the European elections, potentially including censure motions and the collapse of the government. Sunday’s dramatic move, however, is a huge gamble: Macron’s party could suffer yet more losses, effectively hobbling the rest of his presidential term and potentially handing Marine Le Pen even more power. The president has presented it as an existential choice for French voters: do you really want to be governed by the far right? It seems unlikely that he is counting on securing a majority: the front républicain, or republican front, that blocked RN’s advance in the past has weakened almost to the point of disappearance, and Macron’s popularity is in steady decline. Most analysts, however, predict that while the far-right party may emerge with more MPs, it will probably not win enough seats to give it a majority either – meaning the next parliament may be even messier and more ineffective than the current one. It could be that he is looking at a neutralising “cohabitation effect”. If RN were to score well and, for example, Bardella were offered the job of prime minister, two and a half years in government may be just enough time to render the far right unpopular too.

HINDUSTAN TIMES (INDIA): The allocation of portfolios to the newly inducted ministers in the Narendra Modi Cabinet is likely to take place soon today. The first cabinet meeting of the newly formed government will likely is scheduled to take place today. Narendra Modi took oath as Prime Minister for the third consecutive time along with his new Cabinet and council of ministers at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday evening. The oath was administered by President Droupadi Murmu in the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan during the ceremony that began at 7.15 pm. Modi's oath-taking was followed immediately by top BJP aides Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari – the defence, home and transport ministers in his last government, respectively.

THE STRAITS TIMES (SINGAPORE): Indian caretaker Prime Minister Narendra Modi is poised to start a rare third term in power, but the mood within his party is not all celebratory. Far from the 370-plus-seat landslide win it had expected, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clinched just 240 – 32 short of a majority – in the general election results declared on June 4. Unlike its first two terms in 2014 and 2019, the BJP for the first time needs to rely on its allies in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which won 52 seats, to form and run the government. And, for a start, not all the allies are aligned with the BJP’s Hindu nationalist ideology. The BJP will also have to contend with a strong opposition in Parliament, where the Congress-led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance holds 233 out of 543 elected seats. “There was initial shock (over the results),” said a BJP leader who spoke on condition of anonymity. “We set a high bar and aimed for the moon but landed on the roof.”

THE INDIAN EXPRESS: Facing the prospect of running a coalition government for the first time, the PM is likely to face challenges on three fronts: NDA allies, a stronger Opposition, and navigating party-RSS relations. Modi also gave up the PM’s prerogative to choose his ministers, something that is the first casualty in a coalition government. With Narendra Modi elected Prime Minister for the third straight time, this time at the head of a coalition government, the question uppermost on people’s minds as he took the oath of office and secrecy at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday was: Can Modi be a coalition-builder? Modi’s new Cabinet signals continuity as well as caution. He has retained many of his old and experienced ministerial colleagues to show that the situation is politically stable—and he is in control of it. He does not want to risk any rumblings from within his party just when he is trying to stabilise a new situation with the allies.

LES ECHOS (FRANCE): C'est, pour l’Inde, un moment historique. Pour la deuxième fois de son histoire, un Premier ministre enchaîne trois mandats d’affilée. Le premier à avoir réalisé cet exploit est Jawaharlal Nehru, le père de l’indépendance, qui a dirigé le pays de 1947 à 1964. Le second à être parvenu à gagner la confiance des Indiens à trois reprises est donc Narendra Modi, arrivé en tête des élections législatives mardi. C'est tout un symbole pour le leader hindou. Modi s’est mis en tête d’effacer l’héritage nehruvien pour imposer son propre style, à savoir engager de grandes réformes économiques tout en faisant la promotion de l’hindutva, l’idéologie nationaliste hindoue, à rebours de la laïcité chère à Nehru. “Ce troisième mandat sera celui des grandes décisions. Le pays va écrire un nouveau chapitre de son développement. Je vous le garantis”, a déclaré Modi devant ses supporters mardi après la publication des résultats. Mais le leader hindou est en perte de vitesse. Les résultats, publiés mardi, ont eu une saveur amère pour le Premier ministre. Le Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), son parti, n'a remporté que 243 sièges au Parlement. Bien en dessous de la barre des 272, le minimum requis pour avoir la majorité. Cela n'était arrivé ni en 2014, ni en 2019. Un signe de la popularité en déclin du Premier ministre. Modi a déçu. Notamment chez les populations rurales. Le BJP a aussi perdu du terrain chez les basses castes, et notamment chez les Dalits (intouchables), où le vote pro-BJP a reculé de 3% selon le CSDS. Narendra Modi ne doit son salut qu’aux partis régionaux ayant rejoint la National Democratic Alliance (NDA), la coalition des partis de droite emmenés par le BJP. Des voix précieuses qui permettent à Modi de maintenir sa majorité au Parlement, même si celle-ci est fragile puisque ces partis peuvent à tout moment quitter la coalition. Pour le moment, les partis de la NDA ont fait bloc autour de Narendra Modi. Malgré cette unité affichée, l’équation pourrait être difficile à résoudre pour Modi. D’abord parce que le leader hindou n’est pas spécialement connu pour être un homme de dialogue et de compromis. Mais aussi parce que Nitish Kumar et Chandrababu Naidu, les deux leaders du JDU et du TDP, sont des vieux briscards de la politique qui changent régulièrement d'allégeance. Pour le moment, on ignore les concessions qui ont été accordées aux partis de la NDA pour s’assurer de leur soutien. Mais la presse indienne a révélé que le JDU et le TDP avaient fait pression pour récupérer des portefeuilles ministériels importants. Les cadres du BJP devraient garder les grands ministères régaliens : Défense, Intérieur, Finances, Affaires étrangères.

DAWN (PAKISTAN): Results of the Indian general election from this past week took most observers by surprise. A comfortable return to power for the BJP was the dominant analytical consensus prior to June 4. A return to power did take place, but Modi’s perch looks a lot more precarious. Crucially, these results also show the (current) limits of a politics that draws on divisive, communal mobilisation, especially in the face of economic uncertainty. All of these factors notwithstanding, the BJP and its allies crossed a simple majority threshold overall. The party remains the most popular in India and will continue to set the terms of politics. Moving forward, a few things are worth keeping an eye out for to get a sense of the short and medium-term direction of Indian politics. The first is the type of constraints placed on the BJP by its coalition partners, Nitish Kumar and Chan­dra­babu Naidu, who have a decidedly different type of politics than the leading party. This may be visible in relaxing the authoritarian crackdown aga­inst opposition leaders, toning down of an abrasively communal politics, and perhaps diverting greater attention to redistributive policymaking. The second trend is Modi’s stature within the BJP. This was the first election since 2001 that he was directly involved in which did not result in a simple majority for his party. Finally, some predicted that a heavy mandate for Modi may lead to normalisation of ties with Pakistan, given the latter’s apparent readiness. With that mandate out of the window, the immediate direction of India-Pakistan relations may be determined by India’s domestic political compulsions.

TEHRAN TIMES (IRAN): With the list of “qualified” presidential candidates officially announced, Iran is expected to plunge into a period of heated political debates that will culminate in the election of a new administration later this month. After a week of intensive deliberations, the Guardian Council, a body charged with vetting election presidential bids, sent the final list of approved candidates to the Ministry of the Interior for public annunciation. The list included six political heavyweights - Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani, Representative of the Leader in the Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili, Former Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Head of the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Amirhossein Ghazizadeh, and Lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian. Over the last six days, the whole country has held its breath to see the final presidential lineup after more than 80 politicians appeared at the Interior Ministry to announce their bids. Over the last six days, the whole country has held its breath to see the final presidential lineup after more than 80 politicians appeared at the Interior Ministry to announce their bids. The Guardian Council approved six candidates, rejecting the bids of prominent figures such as Ali Larijani, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad along with several ministers from the Raisi administration.

THE JERUSALEM POST (ISRAEL): Minister-without-Portfolio Benny Gantz resigned on Sunday from the emergency government in a move that will not collapse the coalition but that leaves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more dependent on his far Right partners. The departure of his National Unity Party, which had entered the government at the start of the war purely due to the emergency nature of the government, is set to impact the small war cabinet of which he and the number two in his party, former IDF chief-of-staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, were members. Their departure comes as Netanyahu has given a nod to a three-phase hostage deal, which Gantz supports but which coalition factions Otzma Yehudit and the Religious Zionist Party oppose. Both of these parties, notably, make up 14 out of the 64 seats that the coalition is comprised of.

THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA): The operation conducted by Israel’s military to free four hostages resulted in a high death toll among Palestinians and has not resolved the challenges facing the Israeli government. So the audacious rescue on Saturday of four living hostages instantly raised morale in Israel and offered at least a momentary victory for the country’s embattled prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. But by Sunday, euphoria was already giving way to a harsher reality. The heavy air and ground assault that accompanied the rescue killed scores of Palestinians, including civilians, according to Gaza health officials, puncturing Israel’s claims that the operation was a resounding success, at least internationally. And the operation failed to resolve any of the deep dilemmas and challenges vexing the Israeli government, according to analysts.

ASHARQ AL-AWSAT (GB): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns to the Middle East this week as a proposed Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal hangs in the balance after the dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza in a major military raid and turmoil in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. With no firm response yet from Hamas to the proposal received 10 days ago, Blinken on Monday will start his eighth diplomatic mission to the region since the conflict began in October. He will meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo before traveling to Israel, Jordan and Qatar. While President Joe Biden, Blinken and other US officials have praised the hostage rescue, the operation resulted in the deaths of a large number of Palestinian civilians that may complicate the cease-fire push by emboldening Israel and hardening Hamas’ resolve to carry on fighting in the war it initiated with its Oct. 7 attacks in Israel.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (USA): U.S. to offer landmark defense treaty to Saudi Arabia in effort to spur Israel normalization deal. The White House is trying to keep broader regional diplomatic efforts going amid months of fruitless cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas. The Biden administration is close to finalizing a treaty with Saudi Arabia that would commit the U.S. to help defend the Gulf nation as part of a long-shot deal to encourage diplomatic ties between Riyadh and Israel, U.S. and Saudi officials said. But the success of the diplomatic effort hinges on Israel’s commitment to a separate Palestinian state, and more immediately an end to the war in Gaza, an unlikely proposition amid months of fruitless cease-fire talks and an Israeli weekend raid to retrieve hostages from the heart of the territory.

KOMMERSANT (RUSSIA): БРИКС, ведущее объединение незападного мира не в состоянии принять всех желающих. В Нижнем Новгороде в понедельник открывается встреча глав МИДов стран—членов БРИКС, которая пройдет в расширенном формате с участием группы дружественных России государств, не входящих в это объединение. Участники министерской встречи обсудят пути развития организации, столкнувшейся с наплывом желающих вступить в ее ряды. Одна из горячих тем — возможность вступления Турции, страны—члена НАТО, имеющей тесные отношения с США и ЕС. Пройдя через две волны расширения, БРИКС вынуждена ограничить ускоренный прием новых членов, для которых разрабатывается новая категория — страны-партнеры.

NIKKEI (JAPAN): Japan’s revised immigration law kicks in amid human rights concerns. Rules make it easier to deport people repeatedly applying for refugee status. Japan implemented revised immigration legislation on Monday, with critics taking aim at rules making it easier for authorities to deport people repeatedly applying for refugee status. The new law has stirred debate around Japan’s treatment of undocumented immigrants while the country looks to attract more foreign workers to tackle its demographic decline.

NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA (RUSSIA): Эксперты нефтегазовой отрасли поддержали выводы, содержащиеся в докладе главы “Роснефти” Игоря Сечина на энергетической панели Петербургского экономического форума. Главный исполнительный директор крупнейшей нефтяной компании РФ заявил, что широко разрекламированный на Западе энергопереход не обеспечен рентабельными источниками, и будет выгоден тем, кто хочет укрепить однополярную структуру миропорядка. Сечин назвал “зеленый переход” особой формой неоколониализма, применяемой в отношении развивающихся стран и призвал выработать новую стратегию надежного и безопасного энергоснабжения по справедливым ценам с учетом потребностей потребителей.

GLOBAL TIMES (CHINA): US President Joe Biden and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron took aim at China during Biden’s visit to France, as Biden called for “free navigation” in the Indo-Pacific while Macron called for “coordinated” action against so-called “overcapacity” in China. Chinese observers said the US aims to bring its allies into the Indo-Pacific region to support its own strategy and to expand its presence, while sound China-EU economic and trade cooperation would be impacted if the EU imposes tariffs on Chinese goods. Biden’s visit comes as the US is trying hard to hold on to its alliance in Europe as growing fissures emerged over conflict in the Middle East and concerns over Trump returning to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN (JAPAN): The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned of a new response against South Korea if the South kept on loudspeaker broadcasts and scattering leaflets amid simmering tensions. “If the ROK simultaneously carries out the leaflet scattering and loudspeaker broadcasting provocation over the border, it will undoubtedly witness the new counteraction of the DPRK,” Kim Yo Jong said in a statement late on Sunday. South Korea resumed loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea on Sunday, its military said, following through on a warning demanding that Pyongyang stop sending balloons carrying trash into the South.