Europe’s media look on in bemusement at Downing Street’s post-Brexit ‘revolving door’

Der Spiegel, the German-language news magazine, compared Downing Street to a transit station. Photograph: web View image in fullscreen Der Spiegel, the German-language news magazine, compared Downing Street to a transit station. Photograph: web Europe’s media look on in bemusement at Downing Street’s post-Brexit ‘revolving door’ Front pages across the continent reflect on Britain’s political turmoil after Starmer becomes seventh prime minister to quit since 2016 Europe live – latest updates In Germany, Downing Street was likened to a transit station, given the regular comings and goings of different prime ministers and staff. Meanwhile, a bemused Spanish newspaper concluded No 10 seemed to have been fitted with a revolving door. As news outlets across Europe digested the implications of Keir Starmer’s precipitous fall from landslide election winner to ousted prime minister , many also focused on a wider reality – Britain’s once much vaunted political stability was a thing of the past. “Keir Starmer’s resignation confirms instability is the new normal in British politics,” noted the Spanish daily La Vanguardia. “Downing Street seems to have a revolving door.” View image in fullscreen Spain’s La Vanguardia said the UK had gone from a beacon of stability to a revolving door of politics. Photograph: acorujo/web Its assessment was reflected across Europe . An analysis for Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung asked the question usually reserved for England football managers. “An impossible job? Even before a successor for Keir Starmer has been chosen, it’s clear: many fail at the task,” it said. Along with other prominent European titles, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung was explicit about Brexit’s role in both Starmer’s demise and the state of UK politics. “Discontent within his party and the consequences of Brexit made the office difficult for Starmer,” it stated. An analysis by Spain’s El País – part of a special feature on “the political crisis in Britain” – was more blunt. “The broken promises of a Brexit that made everything worse,” the headline stated. “Neither the economy nor the welfare state are better off, but the same political right that drove it is stronger than ever.” An accompanying political commentary was equally brutal. “Only a century ago [the UK] was competing with the United States for global hegemony,” it said. “Today its economy languishes. Its politics are in tatters.” France’s Libération had a piece detailing “10 years of Brexit and an immense waste”. View image in fullscreen Libération said Brexit had been ‘an immense waste’. Photograph: web The analysis on Denmark’s Børsen’s front page said Starmer had been “chased down by both the recent and the distant past”. “The British prime minister has struggled with problems of his own making, but also to a large extent with the consequences of Brexit,” said a commentary inside the newspaper . “This week marks 10 years since Britons voted to leave the EU – and they are now getting