As Europe’s challenges persist, where are leaders spending the summer?

Europe has slipped into its annual summer lull.

Brussels has emptied out, national parliaments are in recess, and politicians are looking to make the most of the rare opportunity to step away from the demands of public office.

But for Europe’s political class, switching off can be harder than it looks.

Europe’s crises haven’t disappeared. Russia’s continued bombardment of Ukraine, political tensions in the Middle East, economic uncertainty and wildfires that have ravaged several European countries continue to loom over governments, even as politicians seek to unwind.

Leaders find themselves measuring the length and extravagance of their escapes…

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