A native Pole, born in Germany, she holds a master's degree in European Studies (KU Leuven) and a bachelor's degree in Publishing and Political Science (Freie Universität Berlin/VUB Brussels).

Europe’s divisions were once simple. Fiscal policy and sunshine? That was a north-south carve-up: grey, abstemious north; sparkling, spendthrift south. Migration and wealth? Newcomers were ...