Can anyone control AI? trib.al/55pd2oH

Migration is derailing leaders from Biden to Macron. Who’s next?

politico.eu/article/migrat…

Long-read of the week:

The love story behind the biggest scandal to ever hit the European Parliament — and the cozy, transactional world in which it took place.

politico.eu/article/eva-ka… w/ Nicholas Vinocur ✍️ Eddy Wax ✍️ Gian M. Volpicelli Stephan Faris Tim Ross

Exc with Tim Ross

U.K. officials are weighing up whether to raise the government’s terrorism alert level to “critical,” the maximum state of vigilance. Threat currently rated “substantial”

Read 👇

politico.eu/article/mi5-co…

MI5 is considering raising the UK terror threat level. It could even go to critical, the highest level, meaning an attack is 'highly likely in the near future.' politico.eu/article/mi5-co…

Exclusive: Grant Shapps slams BBC's John Simpson over 'shameful' Nazi blog comment politico.eu/article/grant-…

EXCLUSIVE: In an opinion piece for POLITICO, leaders including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have called for the world to set global goals to triple renewable energy capacity and double annual savings of energy use by 2030. bit.ly/3Z9sjzc

Can you imagine what the first day of Ukraine's entry in to the EU would look like?

We tried to do exactly that, and how the way leading up to that day will transform the bloc.

politico.eu/article/ukrain…

NEW: Commission to ask for an EU budget top up in the tens of billions, we are told. It’s going to be a tough sell as net-payer countries don’t want to cough up more money, exception made for Ukraine. Story ahead of today’s announcement: politico.eu/article/brusse…

We spent months investigating harassment by MEPs in the European Parliament and found a system failing to protect victims, some of whom were even advised to quit.

Big team effort with Barbara Moens and other POLITICO journalists.
politico.eu/article/europe…

Inside Europe's Parliament of bullies.

A handful of cases of bullying by European lawmakers have become public. We took a look at what's below the tip of the iceberg.

What did we find? 🧵

politico.eu/article/europe…

This has been common knowledge among trade types for some time, about how Boris Johnson went into dinner with the Australian PM, and as he did with the EU, simply gave way on everything to the despair of officials. Kudos to Graham Lanktree for sourcing... politico.eu/article/boris-…

NEW: There's increasing concern about relations between Whitehall and Westminster at the top.

“People have found it really hard to take and are taking matters into their own hands” says a senior civil servant.

w/Dan Bloom Tim Ross
politico.eu/article/uk-civ…

The European Parliament has opened an investigation into allegations of harassment against the Belgian EU lawmaker Assita Kanko, according to documents. 

Former staffers alleged there was a culture of fear within Kanko’s office. 

politico.eu/article/harass…

Big read on how the monarchy exerts its power, in which Andrew Gwynne MP describes how the late Queen expressed her dismay at the idea that Boris Johnson would become her PM. By me for POLITICOEurope politico.eu/article/king-c…

Microstress. Why nearly all high achievers – who have good jobs and even happy families – are burnt out.
This week’s column for Times Business:
thetimes.co.uk/article/0bbb16…

Calls are mounting for the European Commission to come clean over how much free travel its officials have accepted after one department took dozens of paid-for trips.

The revelations sparked concerns among politicians and transparency campaigners.

🔗: politi.co/3MWeGPR

SCOOP from jacopo barigazzi Nicholas Vinocur ✍️ following brilliant reporting by Mari Eccles and co who exposed this Qatar Airways freebies shocker

There’s a lot of great journalism on POLITICOEurope today. A replay of the week Europe went to war, stellar interviews, eye-popping data revealing the impact on Ukraine & the world, a powerful photo gallery of the past 12 months. And then there is this: politico.eu/article/ukrain…

🚨SCOOP: Brussels officials banned from using TikTok. Breaking on POLITICOEurope now politico.eu/article/europe…