Christian Odendahl

Mir fehlt nur vom Balkon, die Aussischt op d‘r

I absolutely love the photos in this. www.londoncentric.media/p/oxford-str...

How funny would it be if both Manchester teams go down this year.

Following the Starlink incident, Europe may reasonably ask how much it can trust America for its national security. Register for free to learn how countries can work together to close this alarming space gap

What most people don't know: when you fill up a petrol car most of the energy never moves it. Petrol car: 13–21% of the crude oil's energy reaches wheels. Electric car on today's UK grid: 43–45%. Electric car on wind+solar: 77–80%. That's why we don't need to replace fossil energy one for one.

I look concerned when in fact I am a typical cheery German optimist. youtu.be/q2uVRZougS8?...

The age of empire.

New from me on the Starlink/shield fiasco. To paraphrase Talleyrand, it is worse than a crime; it is a mistake. The long term blowback on the United States will be immense. www.csis.org/analysis/thr...

London, Paris and Cologne, basically.

Yes, it’s how Chinese EV sellers bypass tariffs: selling EVs to middle men who drive three blocks with it, and sell it on as a “used car”.

Scoop: EU mulls sanctions reprieve for Chinese fabric-maker accused of aiding Russia In Feb 2025, a Hubei textiles firm was blacklisted for supplying banned tech to Russia. Now, it's at the centre of a quid pro quo involving Europe's tech leader, ASML

For decades, the space gap between Europe and America was widest in defence. Now, however, America has rocketed ahead in a different department

🚨 French bonds have been hit hard, but we’re still a LONG way from proper panic levels. www.ft.com/content/9aa4...

Europe’s centrist rulers have fallen dangerously short—and are now paying the price bit.ly/4i7W79f

A slice of Europe’s biggest market, garnished with technology and engineering know-how, looks appetising. But the takeover is not to everyone’s taste

Two spectres stalk financial markets. Investors must decide which is scarier bit.ly/3UAp8CO Illustration: Fortunate Joaquin

Bulgaria is out in front of European peers for relative capacity of batteries connected to the grid, huge progress in the last two years 👇 european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/s/VUtyMw

Donald Trump’s disintegrating coalition www.economist.com/interactive/...

No city in Europe has the economic oomph of New York or Shenzhen. We explain how this gnaws at the continent’s competitiveness, and puts it at a sizeable disadvantage bit.ly/3W9Iqzi Illustration: Peter Schrank

This weather pattern I call "the Brussels Crescendo"

So glad to see The Economist dedicate its platform to Belarusian culture, language and the ongoing Russification of my country. Culture is not a decorative part of national identity. In #Belarus, it has become a political battlefield. It's an important piece: www.economist.com/interactive/...

Jensen has done his research. He knows the Germans are the softest population for this conversion, because of the popularity in Germany of tedious simulation games like Farming Simulator

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

This tweet now exists as a full, excellent column at the FT. "It’s a particular genius to take the worst ideas from both sides and synthesise them into an axis of wrongness." www.ft.com/content/7dbe...

New @ippr.org report on UK-EU relations, with phased approach to deeper relations www.ippr.org/articles/new...

What if the machines take over science? The prospect is giddying and terrifying in equal measure bit.ly/3TJvBeq

There is a large, diverse population of ethnic-minority Europeans in Britain. Often overlooked, they challenge assumptions about immigration and Europe

The euro crisis a decade and a half ago holds lessons for speculators thinking of betting against wobbly European bonds

My Charlemagne this week on an overlooked European phenomenon: the EU has lots of (lovely!) cities, but too few that matter. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...

"give racism the red card" day at school moderately difficult to explain to a 3 year old previously unaware of the existence of: races racism red cards football

Video by Kevin Hertzog 😭❤️

Mom's dinner marketing completely backfired on Dad. #CalvinandHobbes #FamilyLife

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As AI causes alarm about young people’s job opportunities, the millennial rebound offers a cautious cause for optimism

Muhsin Hendricks knew that his liberal approach to Islam put his life in danger. 1843 investigates the assassination of the world’s only openly gay imam bit.ly/4B7ivsb Photo: Chris de Beer Procter

Who are the world's "middle powers"? Love this chart by @eljlees.bsky.social which shows where they sit on a number of measures www.economist.com/internationa...

How bad can it be …

Donald Trump reaches a new low in our tracker of polling with YouGov www.economist.com/interactive/...

Great cover this week from us www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

So China has leverage over the EU’s prime leverage, ASML?

As Alexander Lukashenko’s bid to maintain power grows more desperate, he is cracking down on traditional culture—and ceding influence to Russia. Explore our visual story to see how expressions of Belarusian identity are being stamped out