Politico

12.05.2017 Brexit

Ultimately the rest of the EU doesn’t really mind what happens in the UK’s general election – it just wants decent negotiation partners

Here we go again. Following on from the Juncker dinner leak a week ago (and May’s subsequent accusation that the EU is trying to influence the UK’s General Election), today Brexit Minister David Davis has told The Telegraph that Jean Claude

24.11.2016 EU Politics

What is Matthew Karnitschnig’s problem?

Back on Sunday I wrote this tweet about François Fillon winning the first round of the centre right primary in France: [tweet 800444200089042944] Then, out of the blue and without asking me anything, four days later I get this: [tweet

30.11.2015 EU Politics

This is what happens when you poke the Politico Europe wasps’ nest

Earlier today I blogged about Politico Europe. My blog entry outlined some good points about it, but found failings too, and was the result of many conversations with many respected people over a couple of weeks. One of the points

30.11.2015 EU Politics

EXCLUSIVE! Blogger attacks Politico Europe! – a review of Politico’s european operation

It is now 7 months since the US publication launched its European operation. Enough time to reflect on what does, and does not, work with it. In this blog entry I am going to try to give a fair and