The EU delegation brought their usual toolkit: big, fat folders of bureaucratic jargon; passive aggression; and gift baskets of rules. The Brits responded in kind: tea, tight smiles, and vague allusions to “taking back control” — now rebranded as “common understanding.” Not quite as…
Category: 3. Europe
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Skeletons in Nawrocki’s closet fail to dent his Polish presidential bid – POLITICO
“In a deeply polarized society, anything is possible and that is the most fitting answer as to why this is happening,” said Anna Siewierska-Chmaj, a political scientist from the University of Rzeszów.
“These scandals may have actually helped Nawrocki since PiS abandoned the…
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Rachel Reeves has been prudent. Now she needs a purpose – POLITICO
The chancellor has already brought forward £14 billion of spending cuts this year, with more set to follow in June and autumn. | Andy Rain/EFE via EPA They added: “People will see it as a political failure in the short-term. But in the long term, it may set us up for year five when we…
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A boozy lunch with Jo Coburn – POLITICO
Host Sascha O’Sullivan goes for lunch with Jo Coburn as she leaves her position as presenter of Politics Live, the BBC’s lunchtime political programme.
Over a carafe of Picpoul de Pinet, Coburn tells Sascha about keeping calm amid the din of politicians rowing with one…
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Between a smack and a hard place — Poland votes, Orbán provokes, and Brussels shows its teeth – POLITICO
Between a smack and a hard place — Poland votes, Orbán provokes, and Brussels shows its teeth – POLITICO