Costa one of Europe's canniest political operators Kallas a solid voice on EU's most serious foreign policy challenge UvdL the strongest EC prez since Delors (tho faces tricky EP vote) ... EU top-job negots rarely pretty, but this looks like the strongest set since Lisbon treaty

France laid the foundations for campus ‘woke’ ideology. Now it’s leading a global backlash. politico.eu/article/france…

France’s ‘hard left’ has been demonised – but its agenda is realistic, not radical | Julia Cagé and Thomas Piketty theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Marine Le Pen Betrays Her Past to Capture a Bigger Prize: France bloomberg.com/news/features/…

A City of Light and Shadows Is Redrawn for the Olympics nytimes.com/2024/07/24/wor…

What Shein’s supply chain says about the future of Chinese manufacturing ft.com/content/706344… via Financial Times

“When it’s too hot we make vegetables,” said a lady who had prepared a three-course meal for her extended family. “Like parmigiana.” My latest from Bari. Free link! nytimes.com/2024/08/28/din…

🚨 Sophia Loren, 90 years old, giving this heartfelt speech at her party last night in Rome - Italy 🇮🇹, moving everyone to tears “Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for this life, for this love, and for these memories that time will never erase." ❤️

The headline no global luxury goods producer would like to see - and yet, it is very much true

My column on Diddy, Fayed and the sex-case industrial complex – just think of the number of henchmen WHO KNEW theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

In the space of two weeks: Germany tightens border checks, French interior minister says migration is « not an opportunity » on TV, Dutch call for an opt out, Spanish survey suggests migration is now biggest concern nationally (over unemployment) and FPO wins in Austria.

Milan - Italy 🇮🇹

Italy's growth stagnation is deeply structural. Its large debt overhang rules out aggressive fiscal stimulus in bad shocks, so permanent damage to the economy just gets worse with every shock. This will only change when Italy gets serious about its debt. Italy refuses to do that.

Fantastic, detailed and nuanced look at the long-term decline of companies going public, by ⁦Craig Cooldude⁩ on.ft.com/4eYwBRg

spain set to surpass usa and become world’s fastest growing major advanced economy thanks to: immigration, tourism, foreign investment, and public spending

The Calabrian mafia's hold on Milan's football stands lemonde.fr/en/sports/arti…

who europeans would vote for in america’s presidential election, by country:

WOW, extraordinary scenes. If the British government tried to avoid direct confrontation with Elon Musk after his controversial tweets on the UK riots this summer, Italy president Mattarella, 83, pulls no punches against the American businessman, after he attacked Italian justice

How to trade in the Trump era ft.com/content/cd2e7b… via @ft