Matthew Karnitschnig Archives

Matthew Karnitschnig

Editor-in-Chief

Matthew Karnitschnig has been Euractiv’s Editor-in-Chief since January 2025. Previously, he was Chief Europe Correspondent at Politico, which he joined in 2015 upon its European launch. Prior to that, he spent 15 years at The Wall Street Journal as a reporter and editor in the US and Europe. During his tenure at the Journal, he helped spearhead the paper’s coverage of number of historic financial events, including the fall of Lehman Brothers and the Eurozone crisis. In a career spanning nearly three decades, he has also worked as a staff writer and correspondent for BusinessWeek, Reuters and Bloomberg. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist together with his colleagues at the Journal, Karnitschnig is a recipient of the Gerald Loeb Award, the highest honour in American financial journalism, and an Overseas Press Club Award.

Location: Brussels
Languages: English, German
Expertise: Politics, Economy
Location expertise: US, Germany, Austria

The Brief – Why Europe has succumbed to Chinese whispers

15/07/2025

4 min. read

Economy

Europe’s economic suicide pact

04/07/2025

4 min. read

Matthew Karnitschnig

The Brief – Why Europe has succumbed to Chinese whispers

Europe’s economic suicide pact

The Brief – Defund the Media

Tapping the EU’s media slush fund; Kallas’ view from nowhere

The Brief – The shame of being ‘daddy’s’ favourite

The Brief – Thank you, Mr. President!

The Chattering Classes: Wadephul’s errand; ‘Leyen Eyes’; ‘Succession’ at Politico

The Brief: Europe has only one option with Iran

The Brief – Europe’s Indian awakening

INTERVIEW: Indian foreign minister Jaishankar on Europe, China and whether he trusts Donald Trump

Hayek’s revenge: Why Austria (and Europe) can’t escape the Austrian School

The Chattering Classes: EU media’s cringy poll dance; BBC’s Brussels retreat

The Chattering Classes: VdL tells team to swallow their Budapest Pride; Parliament Magazine deputy’s ‘Magical Negro’

The Chattering Classes: Merz’s new spymaster?; Chatterbox of the month; Herr Dr. Döpfner goes to Washington; Just one word: ‘workflow’

The Brief – Merz’s rendez-vous with destiny

The Chattering Classes: Greece’s prime minister in waiting; Politico faces accusations of ‘censorship’

The Brief – ‘Bearly’ legal in Slovakia

The Brief – What is Germany waiting for?

The Chattering Classes: Searching for Ursula; Don’t Look Up in Valencia; UNRWA-liable; L’Espresso Robusto in Parliament; Austria’s ‘Cosa Nostra’ in the EIB

The Brief – 28 March 2025: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Brief – Politico parent bows to the ‘woke mob’

Politico parent quietly bids ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ to board member amid Gaza spat

The Chattering Classes: Annalena’s Baer-faced cheek; A Croatian’s fat EU pension; A Politico fight over Gaza

The Chattering Classes : Hunting the FT in Tokyo; Fritz Merz’s Art of the Deal