Europe editor at the Financial Times, former world news editor and Paris correspondent
Joined September 2009
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Feb 25
Should Europe be preparing for transatlantic divorce and if so, how? You can ask me on Thursday Feb 26 at 13.00 GMT
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10 Jul 2025
Russia is intensifying its attacks in Ukraine. Can it make a breakthrough and will Ukraine's stretched defences hold out? @HoansSolo gives me his expert assessment
Putin steps up summer offensive against Ukraine ft.com/content/782b81f6-8d05… via @ft
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24 Apr 2025
Trump’s shameful Crimea ultimatum to Ukraine ft.com/content/53c4dc6b-a24f… via @ft
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18 Feb 2025
From ally to antagonist to predator.
FT leader: how should the Europeans respond to Trump's demolition of the transatlantic security relationship
Europe and the crumbling Atlantic alliance ft.com/content/2be871f2-f7c0… via @ft
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14 Feb 2025
“This is Europe’s moment to accelerate and execute,” @EmmanuelMacron tells @khalafroula @labboudles and me. “It has no choice. It is running out of road.”
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15 Jan 2025
There's a warning for the rest of Europe in the failure of Austria's mainstream parties to strike a coalition deal, paving the way for Chancellor Kickl
Austria’s far right hits Europe’s soft centre ft.com/content/388af55b-9b33… via @ft
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22 Nov 2024
Escalatory dominance? Putin's IRBM missile attack shows Russia's enormous effort to calibrate the actions and not just the words.
Vladimir Putin climbs escalatory ladder with missile experiment ft.com/content/0c5d6307-8cf5… via @ft
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19 Nov 2024
Europeans should be willing to deploy troops to guarantee Ukraine's security if Nato not an option, says @Tsahkna
European troops in Ukraine would secure Trump peace deal, says Estonia ft.com/content/98ceca6c-cad3… via @ft
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19 Nov 2024
Once again Estonia is outrider for more robust European support for Ukraine, before and after any "Trump peace". But could the Europeans really be guarantors of UA security without US?
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Ben Hall retweeted
25 Oct 2024
ft.com/content/8f9add86-863d… A really good summary of what is at stake in 🇬🇪 #Georgia ahead of tomorrow's election. Glad to be quoted.
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25 Oct 2024
"A battle for the soul of Europe" - my and @NastyaStognei 's take on Georgia's parliamentary elections this weekend, a watershed moment for the country
Is Georgia slipping back into Russia’s orbit? ft.com/content/8f9add86-863d… via @ft
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Ben Hall retweeted
1 Oct 2024
Ukraine is facing its darkest moment in the war. And President Zelensky faces increasing pressure from western allies to pursue negotiations, despite skepticism about Russia’s willingness and concerns over Kyiv’s weak position. w/ @hallbenjamin @HenryJFoy
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23 Aug 2024
Germany should be doing more not less to bolster European security. My take on the @Bundeskanzler fiasco over slashed aid for Ukraine.
Ukraine is the victim in Germany’s botched budget debate ft.com/content/b0dcc7a3-89d4… via @ft
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22 Aug 2024
The always perceptive @Andriypzag tells me why it was so important for Ukraine to change the war narrative with Kursk incursion - and how Putin will eventually have to pull troops away from Donetsk
Ukraine wrongfoots Russia in Kursk ft.com/content/3767e0c4-8ced… via @ft
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14 Aug 2024
Does it make sense for Ukraine to seize Russian land as leverage for negotiations? Everything will depend on the cost.
Ukraine prepares for Trump trade with Russian land grab ft.com/content/f35edae0-22ac… via @ft
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Ben Hall retweeted
1 Jul 2024
.@ft @hallbenjamin sums up French elections 2nd round:
“an invidious choice: a far right dangerously close to power and a leftwing bloc under the glowering influence of the far-left Mélenchon. After Macron’s reckless wager, there is no alternative.”
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30 Jun 2024
Far-right Rassemblement National is on course for an absolute majority - unless the other parties can unite to stop it in the coming days
French election live: Far-right wins first round, survey shows ft.com/content/e72eeffb-a5bf… via @ft
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30 Jun 2024
Exit polls suggest there will be a huge number of triangulaires or three-way contests in the run-off on July 7, splitting the opposition to RN vote
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30 Jun 2024
Update - far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has said the left will pull out its candidates if third behind centrists. Will Macron's camp reciprocate?
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