On today’s Brussels Playbook Podcast: Host Zoya Sheftalovich and senior European politics editor Ian Wishart talk about what’s at stake as the European Parliament gears up for …

On today’s Brussels Playbook Podcast: Host Zoya Sheftalovich and your Playbook author discuss the latest informal European Union grouping seeking to accelerate the bloc’s responses to its economic …

GOOD FRIDAY MORNING. This is Nick Vinocur. DRIVING THE DAY        TWO SPEEDS FOR GROWTH: Key EU leaders are ready to take a sledgehammer to a long-standing …

On today’s Brussels Playbook Podcast: Our Chief EU Correspondent Zoya Sheftalovich is joined by policy editor Sarah Wheaton to unpack the competitiveness retreat at Alden Biesen castle. …

On today’s Brussels Playbook Podcast: Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart discuss why industry concerns are now part of mainstream EU politics. Listen and subscribe via your favorite platform.  …

GOOD TUESDAY MORNING. This is Nick Vinocur. THE PODCAST IS LIVE: The inaugural episode of the Brussels Playbook Podcast is out now. It’s an audio briefing on what’s moving Brussels this morning and why it matters, hosted …

GOOD MONDAY MORNING. I’m Gabriel Gavin, guiding you through the start of what will be a hectic week for European politics and diplomacy. MEPs are heading to …

GOOD MORNING and kaliméra to the EU environment ministers holding talks in Cyprus today on how to shore up Europe’s water supply in a warming world. I’m Gabriel Gavin, bringing you this …

CIAO THERE. This is Gerardo Fortuna, back with some Italian empathy in highlighting the Commission’s cruelest of scheduling coincidences. Executive Vice President Roxana Mînzatu is heading to Cortina tomorrow …

CIAO THERE, Gerardo Fortuna back with you this Wednesday morning, reflecting on how Ursula von der Leyen’s 2026 trade agenda is starting to look like a bid to save …

GOEDEMORGEN. It’s Gabriel Gavin back with you on this anniversary of the founding of the Benelux Union, the intergovernmental partnership taking in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg that …

GOOD MONDAY MORNING. This is Nick Vinocur . DRIVING THE DAY        ECONOMIC BATTLE LINES: An informal gathering of European leaders next week is supposed to kickstart …

GOOD FRIDAY MORNING. This is Nick Vinocur. DRIVING THE DAY        A NEW ERA OF ACCOUNTABILITY? The dismissal of a top EU transport official caught …

CIAO THERE. It’s Gerardo Fortuna back with you this Thursday morning, having had a crash Playbooking masterclass yesterday from a legend of the genre … DRIVING THE DAY      …

CIAO THERE. This is Gerardo Fortuna, back to administer your daily dose of Brussels news with the devotion he once reserved for the now-removed “Future is Europe” …

GOOD MORNING and welcome to this Tuesday edition of Brussels Playbook. I’m Gabriel Gavin. It’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the 6 million Jews and millions of …

GOOD MONDAY MORNING. This is Nick Vinocur, delighted to be starting the week with you. Let’s dive in … DRIVING THE DAY        INDIA ROLLS …

GOOD MORNING — I’m Gabriel Gavin, bringing you this Friday edition of Playbook bright and early after last night’s late-running informal summit of presidents and prime ministers …

CIAO THERE. Gerardo Fortuna coming to you this Thursday ahead of an extraordinary EU summit, with one question in mind: Will Emmanuel Macron be the coolest kid …

CIAO THERE. A Brussels-based Gerardo Fortuna here … in constant touch with my colleague Kathryn Carlson in Davos, where the Alpine town is bracing for the arrival of the U.S. delegation today.  …