Europe’s nul-point politicians: inside the 22 May Guardian Weekly (opens in new tab)

Starmer, Merz and Macron all at sea. Plus: Trump’s empty Chinese takeaway • Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home addressAfter 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 Fr...