Brussels Playbook

HOWDY. Sarah Wheaton here. Welcome to your Friday edition of Brussels Playbook, where we and our fellow EU journalists, woozy from the late-night EUCO, are wondering if …

FIRST A SCOOP: Jamie Dettmer reports senior members of Donald Trump’s entourage have held secret talks with some of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s top political opponents, including Yulia Tymoshenko, …

GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING and welcome to Brussels Playbook. Suzanne Lynch here, back at the helm of your favorite morning newsletter as Europe shapes up for the mother …

HOWDY. Sarah Wheaton here with your Tuesday edition of Brussels Playbook. If today’s newsletter leaves you yearning for a simpler time, you’ll be pleased to know that …

GREETINGS, this is Nick Vinocur here to guide you through another maelstrom of news. Today’s edition is almost all about the aftermath of the Oval Office clash …

HOWDY. Sarah Wheaton here with your Friday edition of Brussels Playbook. March is coming in like the proverbial lion, with a tempest of news, including D-Day for …

ROBERT SCREW-MAN: “The European Union was formed in order to screw the United States, that’s the purpose of it,” Donald Trump said last night. “They have done …

SPIES TARGET COUNCIL: Diplomats and Council officials are being advised to hide their access badges to the Justus Lipsius and Europa buildings when they leave the premises, …

HOWDY. Sarah Wheaton here, guiding you through this Tuesday edition of Brussels Playbook. Eddy Wax is at the helm Wednesday. DRIVING THE DAY: CRITICAL TRUMP DEAL    …

GREETINGS, this is Nick Vinocur, here to walk you through a massive news day. It’s the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and, as U.S. …

HOWDY. Sarah Wheaton here, congratulating you on making it to this Friday edition of Brussels Playbook. We’re tempted to indulge in some retail therapy this weekend, inspired …

GOOD THURSDAY MORNING. This is Eddy Wax. Europe is scrambling in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s of astounding attack on Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom …

TRUMP ECHOES KREMLIN: U.S. President Donald Trump last night falsely claimed that Ukraine started the war that began when Russia invaded it in February 2022. “You should …

HOWDY. Sarah Wheaton here with you for this Tuesday edition of Brussels Playbook, passing along this sage advice from Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, issued on multiple platforms …

GREETINGS, this is Nick Vinocur, here to guide you through an eventful post-Munich week. Before we dive into what’s at stake as a core group of EU …

HOWDY. Sarah Wheaton here. Welcome to your Friday edition of Brussels Playbook, where, in honor of Valentine’s Day, Eddy Wax and I bring you the 2025 edition …

NATIONAL STRIKE: Thousands of Belgian workers will strike today to protest federal spending cuts. All commercial flights to and from the country are canceled. Major disruptions are …

A DIFFERENT KIND OF DEMOCRACY SHIELD: A Playbooker messaged me an artful 8-second video they filmed inside an elevator in the European Parliament in Strasbourg … the …

HOWDY. Welcome to your Tuesday edition of Brussels Playbook, where we cannot unhear French President Emmanuel Macron saying “plug, baby, plug,” and we cannot unsee this AI-generated …

GREETINGS, this is Nick Vinocur to guide you through the big set piece news events of the week, the AI Summit and the Munich Security Conference. Let’s …