https://www.euractiv.com/authors/matthew-karnitschnig/ News & EU policy from Europe, for Europe Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:22:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.euractiv.com/content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/Amended-Avatar-Logo-_-RGB-black-and-white_small-1-150x150.png https://www.euractiv.com/authors/matthew-karnitschnig/ 32 32 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-on-her-majestys-secret-service/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:15:18 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2325097 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-shooting-the-messenger/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:08:07 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2322577 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-europes-chinatown/ Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:34:55 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2318158 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-chattering-classes-tinker-tailor-soldier-politico/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:21:42 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2317690 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-bring-back-martin-selmayr/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:10:08 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2316977 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-show-us-the-money-manfred/ Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:23:06 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2314168 https://www.euractiv.com/video/watch-here-full-interview-with-new-us-ambassador-to-the-eu/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:59:40 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=video&p=2310632 https://www.euractiv.com/video/if-israel-fails-europe-is-next/ Fri, 03 Oct 2025 04:00:56 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=video&p=2307806 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-europes-new-monarch/ Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:36:48 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2301650 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-mia-the-ft-von-der-leyen-and-their-flight-from-hell/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 18:47:05 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2296741 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-chattering-classes-politicos-plot-to-destroy-euractiv-an-ft-mans-flight-of-fancy/ Sun, 07 Sep 2025 09:00:33 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2296268 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-von-der-leyen-flies-blind/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:34:26 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2294635 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-why-europe-has-succumbed-to-chinese-whispers/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 17:46:50 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2279360 https://www.euractiv.com/news/europes-economic-suicide-pact/ Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:53:56 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2274589 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-defund-the-media/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:44:12 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2272768 https://www.euractiv.com/news/tapping-the-eus-media-slush-fund-kallas-view-from-nowhere/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 08:00:38 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2271900 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-the-shame-of-being-daddys-favourite/ Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:07:34 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2271226 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-thank-you-mr-president/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:50:55 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2269283 Trump has proved that America’s longstanding pledge to not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran is not just rhetoric. That should be welcome news to European leaders.]]> https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-chattering-classes-wadephuls-errand-leyen-eyes-succession-at-politico/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:00:51 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2265819 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-europe-has-only-one-option-with-iran/ Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:05:17 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2265052 As much as it would like to, Europe cannot stand on the sidelines of the war between Israel and Iran. It must choose a side – Israel’s.]]> https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-europes-indian-awakening/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:28:09 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2264116 https://www.euractiv.com/news/interview-indian-foreign-minister-jaishankar-on-europe-china-and-whether-he-trusts-donald-trump/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 04:05:21 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2263526 https://www.euractiv.com/news/hayeks-revenge-why-austria-and-europe-cant-escape-the-austrian-school/ Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:39:37 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2262835 https://www.euractiv.com/news/the-chattering-classes-eu-medias-cringy-poll-dance-bbcs-brussels-retreat/ Sat, 31 May 2025 19:55:55 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2259326 https://www.euractiv.com/news/the-chattering-classes-vdl-tells-team-to-swallow-their-budapest-pride-parliament-magazine-deputys-magical-negro/ Mon, 26 May 2025 03:00:41 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2256908 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-chattering-classes-merzs-new-spymaster-chatterbox-of-the-month-herr-dr-dopfner-goes-to-washington-just-one-word-workflow/ Sun, 18 May 2025 21:13:19 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2253456 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-merzs-rendez-vous-with-destiny/ Tue, 06 May 2025 15:12:52 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2247810 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-chattering-classes-greeces-prime-minister-in-waiting-politico-faces-accusations-of-censorship/ Mon, 05 May 2025 03:00:43 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2246932 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-slovak-bears/ Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:20:06 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2240089 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-what-is-germany-waiting-for/ Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:13:41 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2237395 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-chattering-classes-searching-for-ursula-dont-look-up-in-valencia-unrwa-liable-lespresso-robusto-in-parliament-austrias-cosa-nostra-in-the-eib/ Sat, 05 Apr 2025 23:06:14 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2235656 https://www.euractiv.com/news/the-brief-28-march-2025-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:26:02 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2232359 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-politico-parent-bows-to-the-woke-mob/ Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:24:50 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2231078 Once a bastion of conservative values, Springer has become something mushier. One day Döpfner might be extolling JD Vance’s attacks on Europe as “inspiring,” only to lambast Trump and sound the death knell for the transatlantic alliance the next.]]> https://www.euractiv.com/news/politico-parent-quietly-bids-auf-wiedersehen-to-board-member-amid-gaza-spat/ Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:05:57 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2230511 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-chattering-classes-annalenas-baer-faced-cheek-a-croatians-fat-eu-pension-a-politico-fight-over-gaza/ Sat, 22 Mar 2025 19:23:09 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2229068 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-chattering-classes-hunting-the-ft-in-tokyo-fritz-merzs-art-of-the-deal/ Sat, 15 Mar 2025 20:26:34 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2226113 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-huawei-is-not-the-issue/ Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:02:52 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2225969 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-chattering-classes-european-capitals-sour-on-costa-and-kallas-austrias-shadow-chancellor/ Sat, 08 Mar 2025 18:31:47 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2222843 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-its-time-for-europe-to-go-nuclear/ Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:36:46 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2222046 The choice for Europe’s leading nations is simple: Go nuclear or perish.]]> https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-trump-liberates-germany/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:18:05 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2221402 https://www.euractiv.com/news/germanys-centrist-parties-plan-to-unlock-billions-for-defence-and-infrastructure/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:50:44 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2221108 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-chattering-classes-trump-ambushes-zelenskyy-the-end-of-die-welt-as-we-know-it/ Sat, 01 Mar 2025 20:44:16 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2219757 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-a-merz-reality-check/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:40:11 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2216619 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-chattering-classes-the-plot-against-manfred-weber/ Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:54:27 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2216159 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-the-stuff-of-nightmares/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:49 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2215833 If Europe was looking for a Zeitenwende, Trump delivered them one this week.]]> https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-now-what/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 18:37:38 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2213425 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-chattering-classes-crisis-at-the-politico/ Sat, 15 Feb 2025 14:40:39 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2212872 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-europes-humiliation/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 19:38:26 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2211716 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/editors-note-europes-silent-majority/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 05:29:02 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2206294 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-never-again/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 19:08:31 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2203107 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-the-queens-speeches/ Thu, 23 Jan 2025 19:52:51 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2201390 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-the-davos-curse/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:28:48 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2199911 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-europes-trump-tsar/ Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:34:46 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2199491 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-europes-chequebook-diplomacy/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:30:19 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2198064 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-ursulas-truth/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:16:03 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2196824 https://www.euractiv.com/news/the-brief-the-von-der-leyen-shocker/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:52:29 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2195294 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-fight-elon-or-perish/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 17:52:36 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2194581 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-dont-worry-there-is-only-one-orban/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:50:53 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&p=2194010 https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-brief-austrian-barbarians-at-europes-gate/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:15:41 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2191477 https://www.euractiv.com/news/a-note-from-the-editor/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:06:56 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2191518 https://www.euractiv.com/news/austrias-far-right-rattles-the-gates-of-power/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 05:30:14 +0000 https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&p=2191328