Meet the influencer trying to get Italy to go nuclear
A perfectly POLITICO combination of politics, policy and personality. Influencers are converting Italy’s always-online generation to the benefits of nuclear power, driving a seismic shift in a country that has twice banned the power source. And Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is trying to pounce, pushing for Italy to restart nuclear energy even if many doubt her seriousness. Read the story.
Washington and Berlin are slow-walking Ukraine’s bid for a NATO invitation
A great transatlantic effort to firm up whispers we heard suggesting that the United States and Germany were in the vanguard of NATO countries delaying Ukraine’s accession to the military alliance. Read the story.
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EU Confidential: Brussels vs Moscow: The EU risks losing its eastern neighbors
A vote that was supposed to be a slam dunk in favor of the EU turned into a nail-biter: Barely 50 percent of Moldovans backed the country’s accession ambitions in last week’s referendum. Does a massive Russian interference campaign of vote-buying and lies explain the result — or is Brussels’ tepid support for Ukraine’s resistance to Russian aggression also to blame? Ahead of a vote with similar stakes in the Republic of Georgia, EU Confidential host Sarah Wheaton is joined by POLITICO reporters who’ve lived and traveled extensively in the region: Eva Hartog, Gabriel Gavin and, dialing in from Kyiv, Veronika Melkozerova. Listen to the episode.
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Power Play: Britain and Germany have a new defence pact. What will it mean for the Ukraine war?
The U.K. and Germany have signed a defense deal to bolster NATO and European security. But will it do anything to meet their immediate needs and alter the course of the war in Ukraine?
Host Anne McElvoy talks to John Healey, the U.K. defence secretary — one of the most senior jobs in Keir Starmer’s government, which has just passed its first 100 days in office. She sat down with Healey at London’s historic Trinity House, where his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, came to sign a deal to strengthen cooperation between Europe two biggest defense spenders and donors to Ukraine’s war effort. Despite the glad-handing, is there any room for optimism as the war enters another long winter and Americans head to the polls in an election that could have a decisive impact on the outcome?
DECLASSIFIED
When all EU decisions are cooked up in advance, it’s hard to find a public meeting that counts. Read this week’s Declassified column.
Caption competition
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Thanks for all the entries. Here’s the best from our postbag — there’s no prize except for the gift of laughter, which I think we can all agree is far more valuable than cash or booze.
“Do you know who painted the portrait of Louis XIV over there? I would like to hire him.” by Libor Kudláček.
Eddy Wax is POLITICO’s Playbook co-author.
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