B&K Newsletter: Kings’ troubles
From Scotland’s new First Minister, to EU-China security saga, to unrest in Jerusalem – this is what Europe has been talking about this week. Kings’ troubles On Monday, Humza Yousaf was narrowly elected the new Scottish National Party leader and, therefore, he is poised to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as Prime Minister of Scotland. King Humza is officially the youngest leader in the […]
B&K Newsletter: The “peacemaker” with weapons
From Macron switching to survival mode to the Xi/Vlad bromance to BoJo’s fireworks – this is what the continent has been talking about this week. Le roi est nu The French government survived Monday’s no-confidence votes in the parliament, triggered after President Emmanuel Macron pushed through a deeply unpopular pensions overhaul. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne’s […]
B&K Newsletter: ‘Til I collapse
From Putin’s (dirty) hands-on Eastern Europe to Biden’s intermittent wake to the 2008 revival – this is what the continent has been talking about this week. Putin’s hybrid war Russian President’s longa manus over Europe does not come only from his war against Ukraine. We are now used to witnessing Putin’s efforts to destabilise Europe […]
B&K Newsletter: Small boats, big problems
From Tbilisi’s mass protests to Von Der Leyen’s American tour to Sunak’s war on illegal immigration – this is what the continent has been talking about this week. Waving that flag Extraordinary scenes out of Tbilisi on Tuesday night and into the early morning, as protesters took to the streets bearing EU flags and chanting […]
B&K Newsletter: Rishi got it done
From Sunak’s Brexit miracle to Boris Johnson’s NATO dreams to the ticking clock for TikTok – this is what’s on the agenda this week. Rishi got it done That’s right. On Monday, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak succeeded in what Theresa May and Boris Johnson (oh, sorry, how could we forget Liz Truss?) had previously […]
B&K Newsletter: No more Scholzing
From the security weekend in Bavaria to Beijing plan for “peace” to Biden’s first visit to Kyiv – this is what the continent has been talking about this week. No more Scholzing This is how we could resume the Munich Security Conference that took place over the last weekend in the Bavarian city: it was […]
B&K Newsletter: Cloudy with a chance of fresh sanctions
From Zelenskyy’s European tour to the NATO meeting to the Munich Security Conference – this is what the continent has been talking about this week. Zelenskyy’s flying visit Last week marked the first European tour of Volodymyr Zelenskyy since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. After London, where he received a solemn promise of fighter jets and […]
B&K Newsletter : The Italian Job
From Giorgia Meloni’s European tour to the European Parliament old biddies to the Chinese balloon saga – this is what the continent has been talking about this week. The Italian Job We all know, the art of bartering is an (other) Italian Job. Ahead of the special EU leaders’ summit starting today, Italian PM Giorgia […]