The exit polls from Poland's election have Eurocrats grinning like Cheshire cats. After years of estrangement and antagonism, Poland's centrist opposition Civic Coalition, has a simple message for Brussels: "We, the fifth-largest country in the EU fold, are back!" The fact that they're led by former European Council chief Donald Tusk means the EU believes them. Brussels has been deeply worried about Poland's election. Little was said in public. EU figures don't want to be seen as interfering in national votes, but behind closed doors there was a tonne of euro-nail-biting. Poland and Hungary...…The exit polls from Poland's election have Eurocrats grinning like Cheshire cats. After years of estrangement and antagonism, Poland's centrist opposition Civic Coalition, has a simple message for Brussels: "We, the fifth-largest country in the EU fold, are back!" The fact that they're led by former European Council chief Donald Tusk means the EU believes them. Brussels has been deeply worried about Poland's election. Little was said in public. EU figures don't want to be seen as interfering in national votes, but behind closed doors there was a tonne of euro-nail-biting. Poland and Hungary...WW…

After months of wrangling and shadow-boxing, posturing and incomprehension of the bottom-line priorities of the other side - are the negotiations truly over?Political Twitter is exploding with theories: that Prime Minister Boris Johnson never really wanted a deal in the first place, that the EU threw away its chances to make a deal with missteps at last week's summit, or that the UK is overplaying its hand - expecting the EU to "cave in at 10 to midnight" in negotiations...Certainly, the last 24 hours have not played out as many a seasoned observer of this by now very, very, very long...…After months of wrangling and shadow-boxing, posturing and incomprehension of the bottom-line priorities of the other side - are the negotiations truly over?Political Twitter is exploding with theories: that Prime Minister Boris Johnson never really wanted a deal in the first place, that the EU threw away its chances to make a deal with missteps at last week's summit, or that the UK is overplaying its hand - expecting the EU to "cave in at 10 to midnight" in negotiations...Certainly, the last 24 hours have not played out as many a seasoned observer of this by now very, very, very long...WW…