Jakub Krupa
Jakub Krupa focuses on stitching together fast-moving European political stories through a rolling live format that keeps continental politics in one view. He covers day-to-day developments across European capitals for the Guardian, with a particular emphasis on how diplomacy, elections and EU institutions intersect. His work is grounded in experience reporting on Brexit, tech regulation and the Polish community in the UK, which gives his coverage a clear sense of how policy decisions land in specific national and diaspora contexts.
Europe live: elections, diplomacy and war
Krupa runs a weekday live feed on major news stories from across Europe, published under the Guardian’s “Europe live” banner. The format is continuous, time-stamped coverage that follows political days from early briefings through late-night statements, using an “as it happened” approach rather than discrete articles. His output includes live blogs centered on European diplomacy and security, such as coverage tracking Angela Merkel’s comments on how Europe uses its diplomatic potential in dealing with Russia.
Within that feed, he threads together developments from different capitals and institutions, moving between national leaders, EU officials and regional actors as events unfold. Elections are a recurring axis: he has led live coverage from German and Polish votes and has reported for the Guardian on contests in other Central and Eastern European states such as Hungary. During these campaigns he combines desk analysis with on-the-ground reporting, filing updates from Berlin and Warsaw and building running narratives around turnout, party strategies and coalition arithmetic.
Brexit, EU–UK relations and regulatory politics
Before joining the Guardian full-time, Krupa worked as a senior correspondent for a specialist regulatory news service, where he covered data privacy, cybersecurity, telecoms regulation, Brexit and online harms. In that role he followed EU and UK policymakers, regulators and courts, giving him a detailed understanding of how European law is made and enforced in areas such as digital platforms and communications. Earlier, he served as a UK correspondent for a national press agency, leading coverage of Brexit, domestic politics and the country’s relationship with the EU.
This background feeds directly into his current beat: his live blogs routinely place day-to-day political stories within longer-running debates about Brexit’s legacy, single-market access, migration and security cooperation. He is comfortable tracking technical topics such as data protection, online safety or telecoms rules alongside more visible political events, treating regulatory decisions as core political stories rather than a niche sub-beat. When European institutions respond to crises or conflicts, he is able to link diplomatic statements to the legal and policy tools available, making his coverage useful for anyone who needs to understand both the spectacle and the machinery of European politics.
Central and Eastern Europe and the Polish diaspora
Krupa has a sustained focus on what some profiles describe as “New Europe” states, including countries such as Poland, Slovakia and Croatia. Elections and political developments in Central and Eastern Europe feature prominently in his work, both in his earlier roles and in his Guardian live coverage. He treats these stories not as outliers but as integral to understanding the wider European project, regularly situating them within debates about EU enlargement, rule of law, energy security and migration.
Alongside formal politics, he has a long-standing interest in the Polish community in the UK and across Europe. His public profiles describe his output as a “one stop shop” for issues affecting Poles in the UK, reflecting repeated reporting on how policy choices in London and Brussels shape the lives of migrants and their families.
In practice, this lens means his political coverage often foregrounds the lived experience of workers, students and families, rather than treating them solely as voting blocs or statistical categories.
Format, sourcing and style
Krupa’s primary format is the live blog, but his professional descriptions highlight that he also produces short video pieces and street-level vox pops with voters, especially during major elections. He blends official statements, local media reports and social media posts into annotated timelines, adding succinct context to explain why each development matters.
His tone is straightforward and reportorial, favoring clear chronology and direct quotation over commentary, which keeps the focus on events and decision-makers rather than on the writer.
Across roles, his work shows a consistent pattern: European politics taken as a single, connected arena, with particular depth on Brexit, regulation and Central and Eastern Europe, and a recurring concern for how policies affect diasporas and ordinary citizens. That combination of live, cross-border coverage and specialist knowledge of EU–UK and tech policy sets him apart from a generic political reporter working only within one national frame.
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