On 9 January Karol Nawrocki, the right-wing conservative PiS candidate in the Polish presidential elections slated for May, stated that he did not envision Ukraine in either the EU or Nato until "important civilisational issues" for Poland were resolved. The remark refers to the Volhynia massacres of 1943 in which tens of thousands of Polish civilians were massacred by members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Until now the PiS had advocated speedy accession for Ukraine.

The devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area are still only partially under control: at least 24 people have died, hundreds of thousands have been evacuated and thousands of homes and buildings have been burned to the ground. The LA Fire Department has described it as "one of the most destructive natural disasters" in the history of the Californian metropolis. Commentators see different causes, dangerous narratives and numerous necessary consequences.

Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and future US presidential adviser, chatted with Alice Weidel, the leader of Germany's AfD, for 75 minutes in a livestream on his platform X. Musk also clearly endorsed the far-right party. Europe's media analyse the conversation – along with Musk's power and motives.

Jean-Marie Le Pen died on Tuesday at the age of 96. Having founded the far-right Front National in 1972 - the predecessor of today's Rassemblement National - he reached the runoff vote in the French presidential election in 2002. In 2011 he handed over the party leadership to his daughter Marine. What is his legacy?

US President-elect Donald Trump has again talked about acquiring Greenland and has not ruled out the use of military force to take control of the country. His oldest son paid a one-day 'private visit' to the Arctic island this week. Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has rejected the idea of a takeover, affirming that Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders, but she wants to take up the issue with Trump. Commentators discuss the ramifications.

Elon Musk, Big Tech billionaire and future head of the US Department of Government Efficiency, is increasingly interfering in European politics. Only weeks before the German parliamentary elections he has endorsed the AfD and called Chancellor Olaf Scholz an "incompetent fool". He also accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of failing to properly investigate an abuse scandal when the latter was the UK's Director of Public Prosecutions.