Patrick Donahue

Big tech, AI investment, drug ingredients, vast holdings of US securities. Officials in Berlin have started mapping vulnerabilities in US supply chains to identify points where Germany and its EU partners could apply pressure, sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

CDU victory in Rhineland-Palatinate is quickly becoming Pyrrhic. Merz’s effort to reboot Germany’s economy hits a fresh challenge after SPD suffers a stinging defeat... bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Lose-lose? Merz will have another go at winning a regional vote in Rhineland-Palatinate this weekend after a stinging loss in Baden-Wuerttemberg two weeks ago. But a loss for the SPD could be even worse for his coalition in Berlin. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @ArneDelfs

“You don’t get a letter that you’re on a terrorist watch list.” Filmmaker Laura Poitras talks about her new Netflix documentary, Snowden’s secrets and life under surveillance bloomberg.com/features/2026-… via @business

Slovakia's Fico is offering an olive branch to EU partners amid speculation that his Trump allegiance has taken a turn... bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @Dan_Hornak

The number of Russian soldiers killed in action in the war on Ukraine has jumped in recent weeks, a dynamic that — if sustained — could make it hard for the Kremlin to replace troops ⁦@mseputyte⁩ ⁦@alexwickham⁩ ⁦@DarynaKrasno⁩ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exclusive: new Czech government will seek to transform the defense industry into an engine of the nation’s export economy, deputy PM @KarelHavlicek_ tells us bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

An excellent rundown of Orban's position ahead of the big Hungarian election in April: The “illiberal” stronghold is under threat after a rival party shot ahead in polls ahead of the vote. Is the end of Orbanism nigh? bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @ZoltanSimon10

Exclusive: The deal that persuaded Trump to defuse Greenland crisis paves the way for NATO to beef up security in the Arctic region and fend off any threat from Russia or China bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @ArneDelfs @AfPalasciano @sanne_wass

@jeffmason1 @Reuters @business @BloombergTV Welcome!

Sharing some personal/professional news: After 25 amazing years @Reuters, I’m making a move, joining Bloomberg as a Washington correspondent and senior member of the White House and politics team. I’ll be writing for @business and doing regular hits for @BloombergTV. I’m excited to join a great team when I start at the end of this month. It has been an absolute privilege to work for Reuters for so long and with such terrific colleagues and friends, in the U.S. and abroad, especially on our WH team. I’m beyond grateful. It’s very hard to leave. I’m not going far, though, and I remain committed to the values that both Reuters and Bloomberg uphold to produce fair, robust journalism. Stay tuned for more of that to come.

Exclusive: European officials are growing concerned that an emerging US-brokered peace deal in Ukraine could be exploited by Russia, paving the way for a re-invasion of territory in the eastern Donbas region. ⁦@alexwickham⁩ ⁦@AlbertoNardelli⁩ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Vilnius is the only European capital that allows hot-air balloons to float over the city center, making them a signature of the skyline in the summer months. But a recent surge in incursions is far more sinister bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @mseputyte

Exclusive: Viktor Orban is toying with the idea of assuming the presidency and rewriting laws to make it into the most powerful office in the country bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @ZoltanSimon10

Exclusive: Zelenskiy says negotiators discussing a US-brokered peace initiative remain divided over territory bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exclusive: US envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Putin should raise it with Trump. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Belarus’s leader released additional political prisoners and said he’ll seek a fresh round of talks with US officials in the latest signal that his Russian-aligned regime is making overtures to the West bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exclusive: Zelenskiy implored EU allies to overcome their divisions on using frozen Russian assets, saying fresh funding is critical for Ukraine’s war-battered economy. “I hope, God bless, we will get this decision,” Zelenskiy told Bloomberg in Kyiv. Otherwise, “We will have to find an alternative, it’s a question of our surviving. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Live from Prague: Billionaire Andrej Babis set about forging a new Czech government hours after scoring his best-ever election victory, with his return to power poised to bolster the ascendant ranks of populist leaders in the European Union bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @AndreaDudik @PeterLaca1 @Dan_Hornak

Czechs going to vote: Andrej Babis heads into this weekend’s election with promises to grow the economy more quickly and reverse some austerity. bloomberg.com/news/features/… @AndreaDudik

Excellent read: Latvia's border with Russia is becoming increasingly militarized and feels dangerously close to being on a war footing bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @aaroneglitis