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Signs are growing that Orbán's Fidesz party will be expelled from the EPP after he refused EPP leader Manfred Weber's demand for an apology for anti-European statements and an anti-Brussels poster campaign. The EPP is to decide Fidesz's fate on 20 March. Hungarian commentators discuss the possibility of Fidesz choosing to leave the EPP of its own accord.

In future Russian authorities will be allowed to block online media when the public prosecutor concludes that they spread fake news. Media that show "blatant disrespect" for the state and authorities will face fines and even prison sentences. What will be the consequences of the new law, which was passed in summary proceedings and named after the member of the Duma Andrei Klishas?

Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu threatened in a speech he delivered in Polatlı to have German tourists suspected of being against the Turkish government arrested at airports. Following reports in German media about the speech Ankara has stressed that Soylu's words were taken out of context. What are the consequences of the speech, and how should Germany respond?