POLITICO Confidential
The best of POLITICO's coverage selected by lead European editor Kate Day. Discover the most impactful stories in Europe and beyond.
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Blot out the sun
Dear readers, It’s ten years this week since I arrived in Brussels and joined POLITICO. Politics across Europe is pretty unrecognizable, remade by financial crisis, prolonged economic …
Doors that go to nowhere
Dear readers, There’s a wonderful quote in this piece about just how much of a nightmare the physical space inside No. 10 Downing Street is if you’re …
Politicking in the Berlaymont
Dear readers, Politics is a brutal game. Whether it’s French President Emmanuel Macron’s former mentor condemning him as the “worst” president since 1958, or compelling reporting setting …
Things that go boo
The best of POLITICO’s coverage selected by Senior Executive Editor Kate Day. By KATE DAY View in your browser Dear readers, It’s a spooky time to be …
Centrist dilemma
Dear readers, Another week when the political center’s conventional case for competent government seems to be met by voters with their fingers in their ears. Liz Truss …
Ready for war?
The best of POLITICO’s coverage selected by Senior Executive Editor Kate Day. By KATE DAY View in your browser Dear readers, One of those weeks in which …
Whirligig in Paris
The best of POLITICO’s coverage selected by Senior Executive Editor Kate Day. By KATE DAY View in your browser Dear readers, President Emmanuel Macron spent much of …
I’ll be in the pub
Dear readers, A week of firsts for POLITICO in Europe. On Sunday we opened the doors to the POLITICO Pub at Labour Party Conference, surprisingly, the first …
See you in the POLITICO pub
The best of POLITICO’s coverage selected by Senior Executive Editor Kate Day. By KATE DAY View in your browser Dear readers, Tomorrow I’m off to Liverpool for …
Royal pomp and POLITICO splendor
The best of POLITICO’s coverage selected by Senior Executive Editor Kate Day. By KATE DAY View in your browser Dear readers, It wasn’t just Keir Starmer who …
Politics reeling
The best of POLITICO’s coverage selected by Senior Executive Editor Kate Day. By KATE DAY View in your browser Dear readers, Another extraordinary week. A selection of …
All eyes on France
Dear readers, Today we launch a new cousin of this newsletter, Le Weekly, the week’s news as it looks from Paris, written by our Executive Editor for …
Disbelief in France, eyes to the right in London
Dear readers, The news lull of August officially never came and here we are back to school once more. Below is a selection to catch you up …
Warheads and wildfires
Dear readers, I hope you had a restful summer, not that the news slowed up. Please enjoy the excellent selection below, which includes Flamingo, the cruise missile …
Is Greece really out of the woods?
Dear readers, Yeia sas. My name is Christian Oliver, POLITICO’s head of news, standing in for our Senior Executive Editor Kate Day to give you the highlights …
A summer of news
Dear readers, On a day in 1930 people tuning into the BBC’s news bulletins were simply told “there is no news today.” Sounds quite nice, doesn’t it? …
Golf and talks
Dear readers, Next up, golf. U.S. President Donald Trump touched down in Scotland last night, with Brussels holding its breath for a trade deal. Trump says the …
Not such a bazooka
Dear readers, It’s all about the money in Europe this week — or lack of it. In Brussels, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s messy, muddled …
Trump’s town
Dear readers, I’ve spent much of the week in sticky, swampy Washington. As is my habit while visiting POLITICO’s HQ in Rosslyn, I began each morning with …
Boiling over
Dear readers, The hot weather shows little sign of abating — bad news for MEPs whose air con has failed — and the headaches for Ursula von …