Laurent Geslin

Laurent Geslin

Paris Bureau Chief

Laurent Geslin is the chief editor of the French office of Euractiv, which he joined in April 2024. He worked for almost 20 years in Eastern Europe for the main French-speaking media, between the Balkans and Ukraine. He has written numerous books on the region. He studied geography and geopolitics at the Sorbonne.

  • Location: Paris
  • Languages: French, English
  • Expertise: France, Eastern Europe
  • Location expertise: Balkans, Ukraine
Client Logo

Latest posts from this author

Politics

France secures €1.6 bln cut in planned EU budget contribution

17/07/2025

1 min. read

Politics

Ex-PM Barnier seeks political comeback with a bid in Paris by-election

16/07/2025

3 min. read

Politics

Bayrou bets big on austerity with spending freeze and holiday cuts

15/07/2025

4 min. read

Politics

Inside the growing judicial cloud over France’s far-right party

15/07/2025

6 min. read

Politics

France walks a budget tightrope as Bayrou prepares 2026 austerity plan

14/07/2025

4 min. read

Politics

Macron and Starmer agree migrant returns deal

10/07/2025

2 min. read

Politics

French far-right headquarters searched amid probe into campaign financing

09/07/2025

2 min. read

Politics

Macron urges UK to stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with EU in Westminster speech

08/07/2025

3 min. read

Politics

Macron seeks respite and a migration deal with Starmer in London

08/07/2025

5 min. read

Politics

New blockades and new provocations in Serbia

04/07/2025

2 min. read

Politics

France, New Caledonia open talks to break political deadlock after deadly unrest

02/07/2025

4 min. read

Politics

Serbian protests escalate as students demand early vote

01/07/2025

3 min. read

Politics

All you need to know about France’s public broadcasting reform

01/07/2025

5 min. read

Politics

EU funding turns sour: How a Croatian anti-corruption NGO fell out with Brussels

25/06/2025

6 min. read

Politics

Bayrou on the brink after pension reform talks collapse

24/06/2025

3 min. read

Politics

French interior minister’s immigration crackdown becomes his opening gambit for presidency

24/06/2025

4 min. read

Politics

Macron slams US strikes on Iran as lacking legal basis

24/06/2025

2 min. read

Politics

The Brief: Between a rock and a hard place – what to do with Macron?

18/06/2025

4 min. read

Politics

French far-right urges MPs to quit Facebook groups spreading hate speech

17/06/2025

2 min. read

Politics

Tightrope diplomacy: Vučić balances between Brussels and Moscow

13/06/2025

4 min. read

Politics

Macron pushes for recognition of the state of Palestine, but not too hard

10/06/2025

4 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Deep-Sea Mining: Canadian firm dismisses EU call for moratorium

09/06/2025

4 min. read

Politics

Le Pen’s local ouster rekindles leadership doubts

04/06/2025

3 min. read

Politics

Navalny’s widow launches TV channel to counter Kremlin propaganda

03/06/2025

2 min. read

1 2 3 7