Italy's Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini | Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images euro press review Sun sets on Italy’s center left Also on Europe’s front pages: Boris Johnson’s runway dodge and Pope Francis welcomes Emmanuel Macron to the Vatican.

Italy

The success of the far-right League in this weekend’s municipal elections dominated Italian front pages. Il Messaggero reported on the “earthquake” in Italy’s “leftist regions,” writing that the Democratic Party’s “collapse” had resulted in a “change of skin” for most Italian cities. La Repubblica’s headline referred to the “sunset of the left.” Il Giornale’s headline welcomed the center-right’s return to power.

United Kingdom

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s no-show for a major vote on the expansion of Heathrow Airport made most front pages. While Johnson fiercely opposed the expansion and previously promised to “lie down in front of those bulldozers” to stop the construction of a third runway (which his Conservative Party backs), he skipped the key vote on Monday by conveniently scheduling a trip to Kabul. The i and the Guardian called it Johnson’s “runway dodge.” The Daily Telegraph led with a warning by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss that increasing government spending was “unsustainable,” and that calls to do so by Cabinet ministers would harm the Tories at the polls.

Germany

The papers reckoned the spat between Angela Merkel’s CDU and Horst Seehofer’s CSU over migration was taking a turn for the better after Seehofer and Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder performed poorly in a key poll. Der Tagesspiegel reported the CSU’s defiant stance against Merkel had become “a danger” for the Bavarian party, while Frankfurter Allgemeine wrote that the CSU was now taking a “conciliatory tone” in the asylum dispute.

France

Libération and Le Figaro focused on President Emmanuel Macron’s first official visit to the Vatican on Tuesday, and noted the difference of views held by the two leaders. Le Figaro wrote that Macron was “looking for the pope’s support,” while Libération pointed out that Pope Francis’ critical stance on the finance industry and openness toward migrants meant that he and Macron were “not on the same page.” Le Monde continued its coverage of Sunday’s mini summit on migration, this time focusing on the fact that the EU’s eastern members hadn’t attended. It’s headline: “To the east, a great democratic fissure.”