Jordi Cuixart of the Omnium group and Jordi Sànchez of the Catalan National Assembly, a grassroots group | Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images euro-press review Catalonia’s ‘political prisoners’ Also on Europe’s front pages: Sexual harassment in France, German coalition-building and Sebastian Kurz.

Spain

Tensions in Spain escalated as two Catalan independence activists were jailed late Monday on sedition charges. The anti-secessionist press welcomed the move. El País led with: "Promoters of separatist revolt imprisoned." El Mundo: "The court sends agitators for separatism to prison." The pro-independence Catalan press was sympathetic toward the activists. El Punt Avui published a photo of the two — Jordi Sànchez of the Catalan National Assembly, a grassroots group, and Jordi Cuixart of the Omnium group — with the caption: "Liberty: We want you home." Ara also led with a picture of the two activists, with the caption: "Political prisoners." El Periódico de Catalunya led with: "Prison without bail." ABC focused on wildfires that spread across Portugal and northern Spain, killing dozens.

France

Le Monde's front page focused on President Emmanuel Macron's Sunday interview on national television, with the headline: "I am for the transformation of this country." Right-leaning Le Figaro focused on what it called "Act 2 of the Macron 'transformation,'" referring to a new bill on financial regulation reform, which arrives in parliament Tuesday. Left-leaning Libération focused on the viral hashtag #balancetonporc, meaning squeal on your pig, following sexual harassment allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

UK

The Guardian wrote that Prime Minister Theresa May's last-ditch effort to move Brexit negotiations before the EU summit Thursday fell flat:"May fails to move the dial on Brexit," as the EU "hardens approach." The paper also reported on Daphne Caruana Galiza, a Maltese journalist, who was killed in a car bomb outside her home. The Telegraph indignantly reported the districting system was to blame for the Tories' disastrous election in June, claiming new proposals published by the Boundary Commission Tuesday morning to reshape Britain’s electoral map and cut the number of MPs from 650 to 600 should have been implemented before the election. Other papers focused on Hurricane Ophelia, which hit Ireland Monday and caused skies in London to turn orange.

Germany

The left-leaning Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Austria's likely new chancellor, 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz. The report, titled "Kiss the hand," claims "no one has used the zeitgeist and manipulated it like him, always charming, always hard to the right." Right-leaning Die Welt also led with Kurz's victory, reporting it prompted fierce debate within the German Christian Democrats and their Bavarian sister party the CSU. The paper also said Kurz makes Macron, who is 39, "look quite old." Frankfurter Allgemeine led with Chanceller Angela Merkel beginning exploratory talks for a coalition with the liberal Free Democrats and Greens. She said building a coalition "could take several weeks."