Europe Focus

What they said

Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, responding to calls for his resignation over his handling of the Mandelson/Epstein scandal.

"I'm not prepared to walk away from my mandate and my responsibility to my country, or to plunge us into chaos as others have done."

Ulf Kristersson, Sweden's prime minister, warning Europe should not adopt a protectionist Buy European policy.

"We need to be able to compete because of quality and because of innovation, not because we try to protect the European markets."

Gu Ailing, freeskier, lamenting the fact that US President Donald Trump had described US skier Hunter Hess as "loser".

"I'm sorry that the headline that is eclipsing the Olympics has to be something so unrelated to the spirit of the Games."