EU Transition Playbook
Follow the movers, shakers, and deal-makers in a post-election Europe.
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The Parliament’s rentrée buzz — what’s coming up
Follow the movers, shakers, and deal-makers in a post-election Europe. By MAX GRIERA Send ideas here | Tweet @MaxGriera | View in your browser Hello all! I …
The hottest portfolios and most eligible suitors
Follow the movers, shakers, and deal-makers in a post-election Europe. By MAX GRIERA Send ideas here | Tweet @MaxGriera | View in your browser Hello all! There …
Why EU leaders should fear the Parliament’s fury
Follow the movers, shakers, and deal-makers in a post-election Europe. By MAX GRIERA Send ideas here | Tweet @MaxGriera | View in your browser Hello! After a …
The EU is frozen until September, unless…
Follow the movers, shakers, and deal-makers in a post-election Europe. By MAX GRIERA Send ideas here | Tweet @MaxGriera | View in your browser Hello! Brussels is …
Serious healing needed in a Parliament on edge
Follow the movers, shakers, and deal-makers in a post-election Europe. By MAX GRIERA Send ideas here | Tweet @MaxGriera | View in your browser Hello all! As …
Dear Ursula. Who wants what in the years to come
Hola a tothom! I am Max Griera, from Barcelona, the newest addition to POLITICO’s EU politics team, writing my first Transition Playbook from Strasbourg with a hangover …
Behind-the-scenes deals as von der Leyen counts every vote
HELLO and welcome to Transition Playbook. The next big moment for Brussels is next week, when members of the European Parliament will vote on a second term for …
The other top jobs races
HELLO and welcome to Transition Playbook. These weeks very much feel like an interbellum. Ursula von der Leyen has received the nod from EU leaders for a …
It’s all over (except it’s not all over)!
Follow the movers, shakers, and deal-makers in a post-election Europe. By POLITICO Send ideas here | Tweet @pdallisonesque | View in your browser HELLO and welcome to Transition …
One summit down, one to go?
HELLO and welcome to Transition Playbook. Everything had pointed toward a deal on the EU’s top jobs at a summit in Brussels on Monday. As you’ll already know, …
A brave new world is almost upon us
Follow the movers, shakers, and deal-makers in a post-election Europe. By POLITICO Send ideas here | Tweet @pdallisonesque | View in your browser HELLO and welcome to …
It’s election time
HELLO. The EU election is finally upon us. In the Netherlands last night, exit polls suggest it’s a close-run thing between the GreenLeft-Labor alliance led by Frans …
What the Socialists want — and what they’ll get
HELLO. There are 6 days until June 6 and the excitement is palpable. In Brussels, the election is top of mind, and thoughts are already turning to …
7 unknowns that will shape the next European Parliament
HELLO. There are 13 days until June 6 and national campaigning around the EU is shaking the foundations of the European Parliament. France’s hyperactive electioneering has already …
What the youngest female MEP said to the oldest
Your essential companion on the #EU2024 campaign trail. By EDDY WAX Send ideas here | Tweet @EddyWax | View in your browser HELLO. There are 20 days …
The EU’s first deepfakes election?
Your essential companion on the #EU2024 campaign trail. By PAUL DALLISON Send ideas here | Tweet @pdallisonesque | View in your browser HELLO. There are 27 days until …
Who’s afraid of a defense committee?
Your essential companion on the #EU2024 campaign trail. By STUART LAU and EDDY WAX Send ideas here | Tweet @StuartKLau | View in your browser HELLO. There …
What makes the Parliament a giant target for foreign interference
Your essential companion on the #EU2024 campaign trail. By EDDY WAX Send ideas here | Tweet @EddyWax | View in your browser BONJOUR. There are 41 days …
A free speech fiasco united the far-right — here’s why they remain divided
Your essential companion on the #EU2024 campaign trail. By EDDY WAX Send ideas here | Tweet @EddyWax | View in your browser HELLO. There are 48 days …
Greens challenge von der Leyen to debate them in Maastricht
Your essential companion on the #EU2024 campaign trail. By EDDY WAX Send ideas here | Tweet @EddyWax | View in your browser DEBATE ME, URSULA! The European …