Brussels Playbook Capitals

GOOD AFTERNOON. This is Sebastian Starcevic, bleary-eyed after waking up extra early in Brussels to watch the Democrats take control of Congress in a historic bloodbath — …

GOEIENAVOND, this is Laurens Cerulus coming to you from Brussels, where the country’s messy political system has gotten itself tied up in knots … again.   NO TRUCE …

CZEŚĆ, Bartosz Brzeziński here on why Poland’s big constitutional blow-up could have consequences far beyond Warsaw.  BELGIAN KING STEPS IN TO SAVE GOVERNMENT: Belgian PM Bart De Wever offered his resignation …

BONSOIR and BUONASERA, Victor Goury-Laffont here in Paris, emptied out ahead of All Saints’ Day, joining forces with Hannah Roberts in Rome to cover the protests haunting …

BONSOIR! Giorgio Leali here in Paris, and today I’m teaming up with Johanna Treeck in Frankfurt to report on the aftermath of Christine Lagarde’s announcement that she …

BUENAS TARDES, Aitor Hernández-Morales here to bring you the latest on how today’s tragedy in Spain is turning political. NO, CANADA: EU countries have dropped the idea …

Kalispera! Nektaria Stamouli here from rainy Athens as the city prepares to celebrate tomorrow’s Ochi Day — which commemorates the country’s entry into World War II. PUTIN …

¡BUENAS TARDES! Aitor Hernández-Morales here with the latest from Spain, where the political chatter a month ahead of a key snap election is unexpectedly focused on … …

BONSOIR. This is Clea Caulcutt in Paris, where winds blowing at up to 90 kilometers-per-hour are disrupting traffic around the French capital. But that might be nothing …

BONSOIR. This is Marion Solletty, writing to you from Paris, where residents are still reeling from the widespread violence that scarred the capital last weekend. BREAKING THE …

HALLO! This is James Angelos reporting from Berlin, where much of the city has decamped to Southern Europe for fall break in pursuit of one last spell …

BUONASERA. It’s Gregorio Sorgi here, reporting from gray and chilly Brussels. When I started covering the EU budget in 2024, regions and cities were already warning the new …

BONSOIR from Clea Caulcutt in Paris, where workers this morning faced boarded-up shops, burned-out bins and graffiti praising “La révolution” on their way to the office.  NIGHT …

HELLO from Brussels, this is Tim Ross, back among the tired EU diplomats and journalists following day two of the monster European Council summit. After a late night …

SALUT from Brussels, where the European Council is back. This is Tim Ross writing from the airless gloom of the Justus Lipsius building, with hundreds of journalists …

HALLO! James Angelos in Berlin teaming up with my colleague Giorgio Leali, who this afternoon spotted Michel Barnier at Gare du Nord in Paris and then Marine …

BONSOIR. This is Giorgio Leali, writing from the conference room of a Parisian hotel just a few steps from the Eiffel Tower, where presidential candidates, EU commissioners and MEPs …

¡BUENAS TARDES! James Angelos writing in from Berlin today, and giving you a heads up that our new Madrid Playbook (in Spanish) will be launching tomorrow morning. …

BONSOIR, Victor Goury-Laffont writing in from Paris, where cool fall temperatures and heated student protests became the new normal this week.  WE HAVE A DEAL: The Chinese …

BUONASERA! This is Hannah Roberts, POLITICO’s Rome correspondent, writing from my office overlooking the balcony where Benito Mussolini delivered his speeches. TEACHER TURMOIL: French Education Minister Édouard …