Emma Krstic

May 30, 2024 | politico.eu | Ali Walker |Emma Krstic |Giulia Poloni

Are you the Nostradamus of the Brussels bubble? While the European Parliament election takes place next week, the real excitement will kick off once the results are announced, with EU countries and leaders maneuvering to get their preferred people into top jobs. Though some gigs have clear front-runners (looking at you, European Commission), nothing is set in stone — and, as 2019 proved, there’s nothing to stop leaders from throwing us all a massive von der Leyen-shaped curveball.

May 2, 2024 | politico.eu | Emma Krstic

Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her team of European commissioners. Which country’s nominee got the fisheries and oceans portfolio? Thierry Breton dramatically resigned from the European Commission on Monday morning. Before doing so, he tweeted an image of a picture frame. What was in the frame? Which nominee for the next European Commission was so good at tennis that he once beat a future U.S. Open champion?

Dec 26, 2023 | politico.eu | Emma Krstic

Well, here we are folks, at the end of another turbulent year. When we put this list together at the end of 2022, its contents largely covered something many of us thought we would not see again in our lifetime: a major war in Europe. Now, we are grappling with two wars in our immediate neighborhood, as the slaughter drags on in Ukraine, and conflict rages between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Nov 24, 2023 | politico.eu | Liv Martin |Emma Krstic |Molly Wright

Geert Wilders, the far-right Dutchman who won Wednesday’s parliamentary election in the Netherlands, is known for many things, namely his anti-Islam views, his calls for his country to leave the EU, his fiery rhetoric on migration … and his coiffed blond locks. He’s the second distinctive head of hair to win over voters this week, following the far-right, chainsaw-wielding Javier Milei who was elected Argentina’s new president on Sunday.

Nov 9, 2023 | politico.eu | Nicolas Camut |Emma Krstic

Australia’s Kmart retail chain on Wednesday was forced to remove a Christmas bag bearing the inscription “Merry Ham-Mas” from sale after the item attracted criticism from a Jewish group. The colorful drawstring bag, which can be used to store a Christmas ham in a refrigerator, could no longer be ordered on Kmart’s website as of Thursday morning. “We got it wrong on this occasion, and we apologise unreservedly,” a Kmart spokesperson said in a written statement to POLITICO on Thursday.