Will Politico fill a media void in Europe?

"Politico is launching a European edition ... with ... Axel Springer... to cover “not just Brussels but European politics and policy more broadly,”" CJR sees a few problems ahead: "- the 28 member countries have distinct identities and interests, so a one-size-fits-all outlet does not necessarily fit anyone... - the European Union has no shared language; only about half of all Europeans speak a second language at conversational level (and only for 38 percent is that language English, the language in which Politico may well decide to publish - news cultures within the European countries are firmly rooted in trusted legacy media that publish and broadcast in national languages about national issues... - a lack of interest in EU matters among the general public, as illustrated by the decreasingly low voter turnout for European elections... - any media outlet that focuses narrowly on EU and European politics will be catering to a small, educated elite.... While most among the European super-elites that Politico may be eyeing for subscriptions will read English, the language barrier still cannot be entirely ruled out." - Will Politico fill a media void in Europe? : Columbia Journalism Review