Keir Starmer’s political standing is compared with other European leaders whose approval ratings are also low. Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron are cited as having worse public standing, while Giorgia Meloni and Pedro Sanchez are described as only marginally more liked than Donald Trump in the US. The piece questions whether Europe’s leaders are unusually poor or whether they are constrained by difficult social and economic circumstances. It also notes that Donald Trump’s international interactions, including with Xi Jinping, have not produced a swift resolution to major conflicts such as the Iran war. Additional topics include uncertainty over Taiwan, commercial deal outlines, and the impact of AI on translation work.
"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. Even among the less-disliked European leaders, Giorgia Meloni of Italy and Pedro Sanchez of Spain are only marginally more liked than Donald Trump is in the US and neither of them have started a war in Iran."
"What's behind this widespread disaffection for Europe's leaders? Are they a generationally bad crop of politicians or have they been dealt an impossible hand of social and economic circumstances or is it a mixture of both? For our cover story this week, Daniel Boffey asks what Europe's embattled leaders can do to reverse that sinking feeling."
"Then, from our UK political team, Pippa Crerar and Peter Walker look back on a week when Starmer was left looking increasingly like an interim PM. Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home address Five essential reads in this week's edition The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing."
"There was no swift end to the Iran war, uncertainty over Taiwan and only vague outlines of commercial deals but the US president at least got to bask in the company of his Chinese counterpart, reports David Smith Technology | Despite rise of AI, is there still hope for Europe's translators? A booming tech sector has disrupted translation jobs in publishing but they could be needed for a while longer yet, writes Philip Oltermann"
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