Europe’s nul-point politicians: inside the 22 May Guardian Weekly

Starmer, Merz and Macron all at sea. Plus: Trump’s empty Chinese takeaway • Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home address After a week like Keir Starmer just had, what could one possibly do to cheer up the beleaguered UK prime minister? (Aside from his beloved Arsenal winning the Premier League title, that is.) Perhaps remind him he’s not Friedrich Merz or Emmanuel Macron. Starmer may not be flavour of the month with UK voters or his own Labour MPs right now, but both the German and French leaders have barrel-scraping approval ratings that make the British PM look popular in comparison. Continue reading...

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