Pierre Briançon
@pierrebri.bsky.social
Columnist, Reuters Breakingviews, Berlin.
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European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde’s full pay is more than 50 per cent higher than her disclosed salary, according to a Financial Times analysis. www.ft.com/content/c7cd...
Christine Lagarde’s pay is 50% higher than disclosed by ECB
Europe’s top central banker earns almost four times more than Fed chair Jay Powell, FT analysis shows
www.ft.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:33 AM
European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde’s full pay is more than 50 per cent higher than her disclosed salary, according to a Financial Times analysis. www.ft.com/content/c7cd...
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Another chart from Goldman Sachs: the biggest effect comes from export losses in other markets. #China
That means, no protectionism against Chinese imports, but aggressive FTAs with the RoW is the key policy response. Basically the French position in reverse.
That means, no protectionism against Chinese imports, but aggressive FTAs with the RoW is the key policy response. Basically the French position in reverse.
December 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Another chart from Goldman Sachs: the biggest effect comes from export losses in other markets. #China
That means, no protectionism against Chinese imports, but aggressive FTAs with the RoW is the key policy response. Basically the French position in reverse.
That means, no protectionism against Chinese imports, but aggressive FTAs with the RoW is the key policy response. Basically the French position in reverse.
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With all this talk of how to end Russias war against Ukraine, and a cease fire, keep this in mind:
If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist.
If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist.
Pretty clear
If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist.
If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist.
Pretty clear
December 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
With all this talk of how to end Russias war against Ukraine, and a cease fire, keep this in mind:
If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist.
If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist.
Pretty clear
If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist.
If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist.
Pretty clear
Breakingviews prediction for 2026: Poland will down an intruding Russian fighter, triggering a swift reaction from Europe.
www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
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Breakingviews - How a Poland-Russia flashpoint would rouse Europe
Polish leader Donald Tusk has warned that he will respond to incursions into his country’s territory. This raises the possibility of Warsaw shooting down a Russian jet in 2026. That would make EU lead...
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December 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Breakingviews prediction for 2026: Poland will down an intruding Russian fighter, triggering a swift reaction from Europe.
www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
EU's treaty-stretching on Russia's frozen reserves is risky and right
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December 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
EU's treaty-stretching on Russia's frozen reserves is risky and right
www.breakingviews.com/columns/brea...
www.breakingviews.com/columns/brea...
Russia’s militarised economy has nowhere to go
www.breakingviews.com/columns/cons...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Russia’s militarised economy has nowhere to go
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www.breakingviews.com/columns/cons...
Ukraine Special Forces destroy Russian drone depot in occupied Donetsk Oblast
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-...
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-...
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Ukraine Special Forces destroy Russian drone depot in occupied Donetsk Oblast
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-...
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-...
Australia is the future of democracy
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www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Australia is the future of democracy
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Eat pears…. Advertising campaign in the Berlin tube, with the killer argument: “ and they don’t come from a start-up!”
December 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Eat pears…. Advertising campaign in the Berlin tube, with the killer argument: “ and they don’t come from a start-up!”
France and Germany have taken the same direction on pension reform: the wrong one.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
France and Germany have taken the same direction on pension reform: the wrong one.
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France and Germany are evading pension reality - www.breakingviews.com/columns/brea... @pierrebri.bsky.social
France and Germany are evading pension reality
Paris and Berlin have given up on their timid attempts to rein in the cost of publicly funded pension systems. The backtracking could cost government budgets in both countries some 0.4% of GDP. It onl...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
France and Germany are evading pension reality - www.breakingviews.com/columns/brea... @pierrebri.bsky.social
Time for some depressing read 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Zelensky’s Government Sabotaged Oversight, Allowing Corruption to Fester
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Time for some depressing read 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
A Ukraine deal would be peace in name only: a @breakingviews.reuters.com podcast:
www.reuters.com/podcasts/ukr...
www.reuters.com/podcasts/ukr...
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A Ukraine deal would be peace in name only: a @breakingviews.reuters.com podcast:
www.reuters.com/podcasts/ukr...
www.reuters.com/podcasts/ukr...
New U.S. National Security Strategy. Read and weep
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December 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
New U.S. National Security Strategy. Read and weep
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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"Ireland’s security services have found that the drones in the Irish Sea were large, hugely expensive, of military specification, and that the incident could be classed as a hybrid attack."
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"Ireland’s security services have found that the drones in the Irish Sea were large, hugely expensive, of military specification, and that the incident could be classed as a hybrid attack."
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December 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Including this: "Putin (...) gave Witkoff a medal, the Order of Lenin, to pass to a CIA deputy director whose mentally unwell son was killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine."
"Make money not war": Great Wall Street Journal investigation on the eagerness of the Trump administration to (literally) sell Ukraine down the river
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Including this: "Putin (...) gave Witkoff a medal, the Order of Lenin, to pass to a CIA deputy director whose mentally unwell son was killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine."
La “paz” en Ucrania abriría un agujero negro económico
cincodias.elpais.com/opinion/2025...
cincodias.elpais.com/opinion/2025...
La “paz” en Ucrania abriría un agujero negro económico
El fin de las muertes es un poderoso atractivo, pero Europa puede verse lastrada durante años
cincodias.elpais.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
La “paz” en Ucrania abriría un agujero negro económico
cincodias.elpais.com/opinion/2025...
cincodias.elpais.com/opinion/2025...
"Make money not war": Great Wall Street Journal investigation on the eagerness of the Trump administration to (literally) sell Ukraine down the river
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
December 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"Make money not war": Great Wall Street Journal investigation on the eagerness of the Trump administration to (literally) sell Ukraine down the river
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Tariffs lead to smaller deficits, higher prices, and lower real consumption in the U.S. - new paper:
jackson.yale.edu/news/new-res...
jackson.yale.edu/news/new-res...
New research shows that tariffs lead to smaller deficits, higher prices, and lower real consumption in the U.S. - Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs
Yale-led research introduces a new framework to show how protectionist policies ripple through global markets, reducing U.S. deficits but eroding real consumption.
jackson.yale.edu
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Tariffs lead to smaller deficits, higher prices, and lower real consumption in the U.S. - new paper:
jackson.yale.edu/news/new-res...
jackson.yale.edu/news/new-res...
Band of brothers: how the war crushed a cohort of young Ukrainians
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Band of brothers: how the war crushed a cohort of young Ukrainians
Reuters followed the fortunes of a group of raw recruits who enlisted in the spring as part of Ukraine’s drive to refresh its depleted ranks. None of them are still fighting.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Band of brothers: how the war crushed a cohort of young Ukrainians
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
The Ukrainians stuck in Russia’s new Gulag
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/w...
The Ukrainians Stuck in Russia’s New Gulag
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The Ukrainians stuck in Russia’s new Gulag
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/w...
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Andriy Yermark resigning would be a disaster.
Russians might get idea that corrupt, incompetent officials will have to leave once their shady deals are exposed.
Russians might get idea that corrupt, incompetent officials will have to leave once their shady deals are exposed.
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Andriy Yermark resigning would be a disaster.
Russians might get idea that corrupt, incompetent officials will have to leave once their shady deals are exposed.
Russians might get idea that corrupt, incompetent officials will have to leave once their shady deals are exposed.
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Ukraine “peace” would open an economic black hole - @pierrebri.bsky.social - tinyurl.com/mv9ckdzx
Breakingviews - Ukraine “peace” would open an economic black hole
A Kremlin-favoured draft leaving Kyiv amputated from its Russian-occupied regions would have a severe economic impact. Moscow might escape paying for Ukraine's $600 bln reconstruction effort. And Euro...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Ukraine “peace” would open an economic black hole - @pierrebri.bsky.social - tinyurl.com/mv9ckdzx