Issued on: 09/02/2026 - 10:53Modified: 09/02/2026 - 11:00

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, February 9: The British Prime Minister is on thin ice after his chief of staff resigns. Elsewhere, centre-left candidate Antonio Jose Seguro has won a comfortable victory in an extremely rare second round of Portugal’s presidential election. In France, nine members of the riot police go on trial on Monday over allegations of police violence during the 2018 gilets jaunes protests. And finally, the corporate craze for beehives on office rooftops is booming.

Keir Starmer’s precarious position is splashed across the UK front pages, with editorials looking ahead to how he might go, when, and who could replace him.

Meanwhile, in Portugal, Sunday was described as a “good night for democracy”, according to Publico, while Antonio Jose Seguro was presented as a “safe choice” on the front page of Diario de Noticias. Expresso, however, remarked that Ventura appeared anything but defeated, suggesting that he and his party had lost the battle but not the war.

In France, nine CRS officers are on trial over the violent beatings of gilets jaunes protesters in 2018, who had sought refuge from tear gas inside a Burger King. Images released by Libération in recent days show protesters being knocked to the ground, kicked, and repeatedly struck with police batons. The officers face up to seven years in prison.

Finally, The Guardian has covered the buzz in the corporate world: a growing number of companies believe employee wellbeing and productivity can be improved by installing beehives on and around the workplace, a practice frowned upon by many who warn that an overpopulation of honeybees is endangering other insect populations.

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