The Hungarian government has announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a move that coincides with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Budapest. At a press conference with the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Netanyahu, who has been subject to an arrest warrant issued by the ICC since last year, welcomed the decision. European commentators analyse the situation.

US President Donald Trump has announced a massive additional package of tariffs. In addition to a flat rate of 10 percent on all goods imported into the US, variable tariffs set at 20 percent for the EU and 34 percent for China will apply. As share prices plummet on the international stock markets, Europe's press debates how hard the blow will be and how it can be countered.

The US-led talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine are in crisis: Donald Trump has declared that he is "very angry" and "pissed off" at Putin after the latter stipulated the lifting of sanctions and new elections in Ukraine under UN supervision as preconditions. And Kyiv, for its part, has rejected a new draft agreement on economic cooperation with the US as unacceptable. The media discuss the chances of a ceasefire.

As part of a wave of protests, supporters of the imprisoned Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoğlu, called on the public not to go shopping on Wednesday in a bid to up the economic pressure on President Erdoğan. Information about the impact of the boycott varies, but the authorities are now investigating citizens who reposted the boycott call.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Europe for the first time since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip. He arrived today in Budapest, where he will be received by Viktor Orbán - despite the fact that Hungary, as a member state of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is obliged to arrest Netanyahu under an international arrest warrant. The Hungarian government has announced its intention to leave the ICC instead.

Three Yale professors, historian Timothy Snyder, Eastern Europe expert Marci Shore and fascism researcher Jason Stanley, have announced that they are leaving the US and moving to the University of Toronto, citing concerns over the political and social climate in the US. European academic institutions are also receiving an increased number of requests for positions from US scholars.