"Where is David Cameron?" asks Germany's influential Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ).
The German paper is leading a chorus of cruel comments about how the British prime minister "shines by his absence on the international stage." That's how Le Figaro, the center-right paper in France, ungallantly headlined a report on Britain's disappearance as a geopolitical player.
"'The British prime minister is rarely absent when cameras are around. That's why it is all the more striking that European foreign policy is taking shape without him. In the diplomatic struggle with Moscow, Berlin and Paris lead for Europe, while Washington listens carefully from across the Atlantic."