This 👇 Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Pierre Briançon
@pierrebri.bsky.social
Columnist, Reuters Breakingviews, Berlin.
And if you are an investor in LVMH, you have reason to start wondering whether the top man isn’t beginning to lose his marbles.
Pierre Briançon@pierrebri.bsky.social · 7d ago(The insufferably long piece reads like the failed attempt at humor by a friendless teacher’s pet trying to sound cool. Redefining “cringe.”)
(The insufferably long piece reads like the failed attempt at humor by a friendless teacher’s pet trying to sound cool. Redefining “cringe.”)
Pierre Briançon@pierrebri.bsky.social · 7d agoOn Bernard Arnault’s reply to Le Monde’s thorough investigation of his family, business, and family business, the New York Times is so clueless here this is almost painful to read: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/s...
On Bernard Arnault’s reply to Le Monde’s thorough investigation of his family, business, and family business, the New York Times is so clueless here this is almost painful to read: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/s...
Enfin. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Xenia Fedorova, propagandiste prorusse, visée par un arrêté d’expulsion, annonce le ministère de l’intérieur français
« Son comportement porte atteinte aux intérêts fondamentaux de l’Etat », et sa présence sur le territoire « constitue pour ce motif une menace particulièrement grave et actuelle pour l’ordre public »,...
lemonde.fr
"The state that enters those talks differs in important respects from the state Russia invaded in 2022: a missile power in its own right, retaining the power to hurt. Russia will be negotiating with the missile on the table and state the missile made." missilematters.substack.com/p/the-state-...
The State Makes the Missile, and the Missile Makes the State
The power to hurt: Ukraine's deep-strike campaign and the transformation of the Ukrainian state
missilematters.substack.com
The Ukrainian start-up taking the missile fight deep into Russia
The Ukrainian start-up taking the missile fight deep into Russia
Fire Point makes 100 long-range missiles and thousands of drones a month and is vital to Kyiv’s deep strike capability, says CEO Iryna Terekh
theguardian.com
So The Odyssey is out. Insufferably ridiculous, on an amazing level. Spent three hours last night wishing I could buy the guy a return ticket to Ithaka on a cheap flight.
How dementia is being defeated - in The Economist 👇 www.economist.com/briefing/202...
How dementia is being defeated
Incidence among the elderly is falling fast
economist.com
Zelenskiy shakeup puts EU paymaster in tight spot - @pierrebri.bsky.social - www.breakingviews.com/columns/brea...
Zelenskiy shakeup puts EU paymaster in tight spot
The Ukrainian president fired his popular defence minister in a government reshuffle. Mykhailo Fedorov masterminded the successful tech-based offensive against Russia in recent months. Europeans, w...
breakingviews.com
Meanwhile, the old gaga uncle in the corner by the chimney... www.ft.com/content/a23f...
Trump threatens to remove all US troops from Europe
US president revives calls for his country to take over Greenland
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She can run, but she can't hide... www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
Breakingviews - Le Pen can run, but can’t hide her policy flaws
A court allowed the French far-right leader to compete in the 2027 presidential election, while sentencing her to detention. She could win. Investors should worry about her capacity to tackle the ...
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It took more than a year, but Merz has a plan at last www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
Breakingviews - Germany has an economic plan at last
Berlin will borrow more than €200 bln next year to help lift the country out of its long-time slump. This comes after the adoption of a package of reforms that should boost long-term growth, givi...
reuters.com
👇 www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
‘This is the dark art’: New book claims pattern of personal attacks by Murdoch media empire
In a book dedicated to ‘the bullied’, two former News Corp journalists outline a behaviour pattern they call ‘getting Murdoched’, which they say harms individuals and public debate
theguardian.com
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« Le dernier maillon de la chaîne ». Les magasins Relay, ligne de front dans la croisade politique de Vincent Bolloré
Beaucoup d'entre nous passeront bientôt devant un magasin Relay avant de prendre le train ou l'avion pour nos vacances estivales. Contrôlée par Vincent Bolloré, l'enseigne détient le quasi-monopole de...
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Fuel shortages in Moscow, as shown in Meduza. Putin's war is hitting home. meduza.io/feature/2026...
Москвичи по часу стоят в очередях за бензином. Фотографии. Открытую АЗС еще нужно поискать. Заправщики запрещают съемку: «Это спецобъект!» — Meduza
ВСУ продолжают атаковать российские нефтеперерабатывающие заводы. Топливный кризис затронул большинство регионов — в том числе Москву. Кооператив независимых журналистов «Берег» выпустил фоторепортаж ...
meduza.io
‘K-shaped economy’ blunts pear-shaped inequality - tinyurl.com/5wtamk48
‘K-shaped economy’ blunts pear-shaped inequality
The forked-spending buzzword helps justify targeting richer travelers, concertgoers and shoppers. It also whitewashes a $98 trln wealth chasm, with the uber-affluent outpacing even mere workaday mi...
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Defence spending chokes Russia to stagnation - in Breakingviews: www.breakingviews.com/columns/cons...
Defence spending chokes Russia to stagnation
Military spending rose 30% in the first quarter, despite Moscow's intention to rein it in this year. And the slump in the civilian sector, worsened by Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian infrastruct...
breakingviews.com
Naval loss holes Rheinmetall’s German hubris www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
Breakingviews - Naval loss holes Rheinmetall’s German hubris
The government cancelled a warship deal with the country’s largest defence contractor on fears over costs and delays. The 15% fall in the share price suggests growing doubts over the €46 bln group...
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Le Monde on how Vincent Bolloré came under the spell of Russian “journalist” and Putin propagandist Xenia Fedorova: www.lemonde.fr/actualite-me...
Vincent Bolloré, sous l’influence de la propagandiste Xenia Fedorova, entraîne ses médias dans la surenchère prorusse
Les services de renseignement, qui suivent Xenia Fedorova depuis plusieurs années, sont sous pression. La « protégée » du milliardaire breton questionnait encore jeudi la responsabilité russe des frap...
lemonde.fr
BMW China hit flags acute trade-war vulnerability - @pierrebri.bsky.social - tinyurl.com/4pt63fcf
BMW China hit flags acute trade-war vulnerability
The €40 bln German carmaker warned about a 'significant' profit fall this year due in part to the sluggish Chinese market. New CEO Milan Nedeljković has his work cut out with more restructuring o...
tinyurl.com
Second this 👇 Rename the Williamsburg Bridge after Sonny Rollins www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...
Opinion | Rename the Williamsburg Bridge After Sonny Rollins
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Drones reportedly struck an oil depot in Rybinsk, Russia's Yaroslavl region. Local residents also reported strikes on the Azot chemical plant in Novomoskovsk, Tula region.
The Brexit disaster in charts. National Bureau of Economic Research paper shows UK GDP per capita is today 6% to 8% lower than it would have been if Britain had remained in the EU. @rjpartington.bsky.social
How Brexit has made Britain poorer – in charts
Forecasters were wrong about an immediate recession but right that we would be worse off outside the EU
theguardian.com
Makerfield would now vote to rejoin the EU – more evidence of why viewing British politics as frozen in 2016 is such an error.
Hello European media? (All of them, basically…) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/i...
Why Our Travel Writers Turn Down Press Perks and Freebies
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