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Matthew Karnitschnig

Editor-in-Chief

Matthew Karnitschnig has been Euractiv’s Editor-in-Chief since January 2025. Previously, he was Chief Europe Correspondent at Politico, which he joined in 2015 upon its European launch. Prior to that, he spent 15 years at The Wall Street Journal as a reporter and editor in the US and Europe. During his tenure at the Journal, he helped spearhead the paper’s coverage of number of historic financial events, including the fall of Lehman Brothers and the Eurozone crisis. In a career spanning nearly three decades, he has also worked as a staff writer and correspondent for BusinessWeek, Reuters and Bloomberg. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist together with his colleagues at the Journal, Karnitschnig is a recipient of the Gerald Loeb Award, the highest honour in American financial journalism, and an Overseas Press Club Award.
  • Location: Brussels
  • Languages: English, German
  • Expertise: Politics, Economy
  • Location expertise: US, Germany, Austria

Latest posts from Matthew Karnitschnig

‘If Israel fails, Europe is next’

Euractiv Editor in Chief Matthew Karnitschnig recently sat down with Antonio López-Istúriz White, a former close advisor to ex-Spanish premier...

‘If Israel fails, Europe is next’

The Brief – Europe's new monarch

Opinion

A message from the Euractiv Big news from Brussels: Euractiv has relaunched our free flagship morning newsletter as Rapporteur. With original reporting from Eddy Wax and Nicoletta...

4 minutes

The Brief – Europe's new monarch

The Brief – MIA: The FT, von der Leyen and their flight from Hell

Politics

Today's edition is powered by the European Commission Big breakthroughs begin with bold ideas. Join us at the European Research...

5 minutes

The Brief – MIA: The FT, von der Leyen and their flight from Hell

The Chattering Classes: Politico’s plot to destroy Euractiv; An FT man’s flight of fancy

Politics

Welcome back. Busy summer? We spent the warm weeks sipping tripels at the local guinguette, sharpening pencils and girding our...

9 minutes

The Chattering Classes: Politico’s plot to destroy Euractiv; An FT man’s flight of fancy

The Brief – Von der Leyen flies blind

Politics

Today's edition is powered by FIGIEFA Upcoming European Parliament plenary vote on End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation                      A crucial opportunity to...

3 minutes

The Brief – Von der Leyen flies blind

The Brief – Why Europe has succumbed to Chinese whispers

Politics

In one of the more memorable scenes in Casablanca, a slick-haired Frenchman warns a well-heeled patron of Rick’s Café Américain...

4 minutes

The Brief – Why Europe has succumbed to Chinese whispers

Europe’s economic suicide pact

Economy

For centuries Japan’s samurai relied on a practice called seppuku – suicide by disembowelment – as a remedy for failure....

4 minutes

Europe’s economic suicide pact
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