Pierre Briançon
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Columnist, Reuters Breakingviews, Berlin.
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7 days ago
US Greenland threat calls for united EU action
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US Greenland threat calls for united EU action
European leaders’ muted response to Donald Trump’s raid on Venezuela doesn’t augur well should the US president seize Denmark’s autonomous territory. They should firmly stand by Copenhagen. Sending tr...
https://www.breakingviews.com/columns/breaking-view/us-greenland-threat-calls-united-eu-action-2026-01-06/
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California billionaire says California billionaire tax is a really bad idea
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California’s billionaire tax plan will backfire
Over the past 50 years the state has become overly reliant on a few deep pockets that it cannot afford to lose
https://www.ft.com/content/122f71b9-bf0f-47c3-a46d-827740d4ce73
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Europeans should send troops to Greenland - @ReutersBreakingviews here:
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US Greenland threat calls for united EU action
European leaders’ muted response to Donald Trump’s raid on Venezuela doesn’t augur well should the US president seize Denmark’s autonomous territory. They should firmly stand by Copenhagen. Sending tr...
https://www.breakingviews.com/columns/breaking-view/us-greenland-threat-calls-united-eu-action-2026-01-06/
7 days ago
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Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage during German hacker conference
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Introducing ‘Predictions 2026’, a new e-book from Breakingviews laying out the deals, companies, people and market moves that will shape the year ahead. Access the book 👉
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Or read articles online 👉
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As the world enters 2026, Breakingviews columnists map out how powerful forces of macroeconomic stimulus, exuberance over artificial intelligence and corporate dealmaking could interact with tensions between great powers, financial gravity and political dysfunction in the coming 12 months.
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11 days ago
European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde’s full pay is more than 50 per cent higher than her disclosed salary, according to a Financial Times analysis.
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Christine Lagarde’s pay is 50% higher than disclosed by ECB
Europe’s top central banker earns almost four times more than Fed chair Jay Powell, FT analysis shows
https://www.ft.com/content/c7cd22f0-efe5-40de-a448-fa9075926a6a?shareType=nongift
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Christian Odendahl
14 days ago
Another chart from Goldman Sachs: the biggest effect comes from export losses in other markets.
#China
That means, no protectionism against Chinese imports, but aggressive FTAs with the RoW is the key policy response. Basically the French position in reverse.
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Adam Kinzinger
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With all this talk of how to end Russias war against Ukraine, and a cease fire, keep this in mind: If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist. If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist. Pretty clear
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Breakingviews prediction for 2026: Poland will down an intruding Russian fighter, triggering a swift reaction from Europe.
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Breakingviews - How a Poland-Russia flashpoint would rouse Europe
Polish leader Donald Tusk has warned that he will respond to incursions into his country’s territory. This raises the possibility of Warsaw shooting down a Russian jet in 2026. That would make EU lead...
https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/how-poland-russia-flashpoint-would-rouse-europe-2025-12-29/
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EU's treaty-stretching on Russia's frozen reserves is risky and right
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Russia’s militarised economy has nowhere to go
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Ukraine Special Forces destroy Russian drone depot in occupied Donetsk Oblast
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Australia is the future of democracy
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Eat pears…. Advertising campaign in the Berlin tube, with the killer argument: “ and they don’t come from a start-up!”
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France and Germany have taken the same direction on pension reform: the wrong one.
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about 1 month ago
France and Germany are evading pension reality -
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France and Germany are evading pension reality
Paris and Berlin have given up on their timid attempts to rein in the cost of publicly funded pension systems. The backtracking could cost government budgets in both countries some 0.4% of GDP. It onl...
https://www.breakingviews.com/columns/breaking-view/france-germany-are-evading-pension-reality-2025-12-05/
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Time for some depressing read 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
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Zelensky’s Government Sabotaged Oversight, Allowing Corruption to Fester
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/world/europe/ukraine-corruption-zelensky.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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A Ukraine deal would be peace in name only: a
@breakingviews.reuters.com
podcast:
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about 1 month ago
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New U.S. National Security Strategy. Read and weep
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf
about 1 month ago
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"Ireland’s security services have found that the drones in the Irish Sea were large, hugely expensive, of military specification, and that the incident could be classed as a hybrid attack."
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about 1 month ago
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Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
https://www.thejournal.ie/drones-dublin-ireland-hybrid-warfare-russia-6893104-Dec2025/
about 1 month ago
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Just saying ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Including this: "Putin (...) gave Witkoff a medal, the Order of Lenin, to pass to a CIA deputy director whose mentally unwell son was killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine."
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La “paz” en Ucrania abriría un agujero negro económico
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La “paz” en Ucrania abriría un agujero negro económico
El fin de las muertes es un poderoso atractivo, pero Europa puede verse lastrada durante años
https://cincodias.elpais.com/opinion/2025-11-29/la-paz-en-ucrania-abriria-un-agujero-negro-economico.html?ssm=bsky_CC
about 1 month ago
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"Make money not war": Great Wall Street Journal investigation on the eagerness of the Trump administration to (literally) sell Ukraine down the river
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Tariffs lead to smaller deficits, higher prices, and lower real consumption in the U.S. - new paper:
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New research shows that tariffs lead to smaller deficits, higher prices, and lower real consumption in the U.S. - Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs
Yale-led research introduces a new framework to show how protectionist policies ripple through global markets, reducing U.S. deficits but eroding real consumption.
https://jackson.yale.edu/news/new-research-shows-that-tariffs-lead-to-smaller-deficits-higher-prices-and-lower-real-consumption-in-the-u-s/
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Band of brothers: how the war crushed a cohort of young Ukrainians
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Band of brothers: how the war crushed a cohort of young Ukrainians
Reuters followed the fortunes of a group of raw recruits who enlisted in the spring as part of Ukraine’s drive to refresh its depleted ranks. None of them are still fighting.
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/band-brothers-how-war-crushed-cohort-young-ukrainians-2025-12-01/
about 1 month ago
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The Ukrainians stuck in Russia’s new Gulag
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The Ukrainians Stuck in Russia’s New Gulag
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Darth Putin
about 2 months ago
Andriy Yermark resigning would be a disaster. Russians might get idea that corrupt, incompetent officials will have to leave once their shady deals are exposed.
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Reuters Breakingviews
about 2 months ago
Ukraine “peace” would open an economic black hole -
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Breakingviews - Ukraine “peace” would open an economic black hole
A Kremlin-favoured draft leaving Kyiv amputated from its Russian-occupied regions would have a severe economic impact. Moscow might escape paying for Ukraine's $600 bln reconstruction effort. And Euro...
https://tinyurl.com/mv9ckdzx
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"At its core a recycled Russian document that The Insider was shown several months ago ..."
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about 2 months ago
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Read this
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story on how the supposed U.S. "peace plan" was written months ago by Putin aide Kirill Dmitriev:
theins.press/en/politics/...
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Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
https://theins.press/en/politics/287159
about 2 months ago
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Trump’s campaign of retribution: At least 470 targets and counting - a
@reuters.com
investigation here:
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https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-trump-retribution-tracker/
about 2 months ago
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This will not go down well 👇
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about 2 months ago
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In 2018, the Louvre commissions a report on its own security. It identifies the 2nd floor corner that the 2025 jewel heist will make famous as "one of the most vulnerable points of the building" and even suggests thieves could come up with a mechanical ladder...
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Cambriolage du Louvre : le document oublié qui accable le musée
Selon nos informations, un audit de sécurité mené en 2018 avait mentionné très précisément le balcon utilisé par les cambrioleurs, et même évoqué l’usage d’un monte-charge.
https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2025/11/25/cambriolage-du-louvre-le-document-oublie-qui-accable-le-musee_6654808_3224.html
about 2 months ago
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Norway's lesson on wealth taxes: let some millionaires go…
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about 2 months ago
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“The French Revolution is in the American wind(…) Le peuple se lève.”James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
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Opinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/opinion/democrats-platform-economic-rage.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 2 months ago
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What's not to love in the so-called (newspeak warning) "peace plan" Trump and Putin want to force on Ukraine and Europe?: "It is expected that Russia will not invade neighbouring countries." (as scooped by FT) Let's just expect, then.
about 2 months ago
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Social media and crazy markets - Edward Chancellor in
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about 2 months ago
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Karen Attiah
about 2 months ago
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
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Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/jamal-khashoggi-what-the-arab-world-needs-most-is-free-expression/2018/10/17/adfc8c44-d21d-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html
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President of the United States of America: “A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about, whether you like him or didn’t like him, things happen,” Mr. Trump said, referring to Mr. Khashoggi. (From New York Times)
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France's richest (the top 0.1%) have seen their income jump 120% since 2003. France's poorest (the bottom 25%) by 24% - Le Monde with French national statistics institute INSEE.
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Poland railway blast was unprecedented act of sabotage, says Donald Tusk
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Poland railway blast was unprecedented act of sabotage, says Donald Tusk
Polish PM vows to ‘catch the perpetrators, regardless of who their backers are’ after blast on track used for deliveries to Ukraine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/17/poland-railway-blast-was-unprecedented-act-of-sabotage-says-donald-tusk
about 2 months ago
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This… 👇 We Came Here Legally. ICE Locked Us Up Anyway.
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Opinion | We Came Here Legally. ICE Locked Us Up Anyway.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/opinion/ice-detention-legal-immigration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
about 2 months ago
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The Times & Sunday Times
about 2 months ago
Britain has helped locate more than 600 Ukrainian children who have been abducted and forcibly taken to Russia
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Britain helps find 600 Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia
https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/britain-helps-find-600-ukrainian-children-kidnapped-by-russia-7s0gdjblh?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1763292299
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Meilleures ventes de livres (essais) en France: 1) Jordan Bardella. 2) Eric Zemmour. 3) Philippe de Villiers. So far, so good…
about 2 months ago
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Michel Goya
2 months ago
11 novembre 1918 Sur six hommes français de 20 à 40 ans en 1914, il n'en reste que deux indemnes à ce moment-là. Un a été tué, un est mutilé à vie dans sa chair ou son âme, deux ont été blessés plus ou moins gravement. L'espérance de vie masculine est passée de 48 à 38 ans en quatre ans.
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Long Story Short - The First 25 Years of Breakingviews
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Reuters Breakingviews
2 months ago
EU is on wrong track for effective drone defence -
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Too eager to elbow itself into shaping defence policy, European Commission fires a blank shot for drone defence
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Breakingviews - EU is on wrong track for effective drone defence
Brussels wants to coordinate a defensive shield of unmanned aerial vehicles by 2027. Its approach is bureaucratic and slow. A serious plan should include the UK, create a 1 bln euro solidarity fund for countries closer to Russia, and tap Ukraine’s startup expertise.
https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/eu-is-wrong-track-effective-drone-defence-2025-11-03/
2 months ago
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