1. 🇫🇷 NOW IS YOUR CHANCE, FRANCE

France’s April 2027 presidential election is shaping up to be the country’s most consequential in a generation, and with that, a chance for France to oust the leadership of Macron’s left. According to a new poll, National Rally’s Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella dominate the first round, pulling between 31.5% and 38%, a double-digit lead over every competitor.

The only candidate polling to beat them in a hypothetical second round is former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, a Macron loyalist who champions progressive EU policies, who came in with around 20% of the vote.

The National Rally has the opportunity to take France back from the disaster that was the Macron presidency. After five prime ministers and an approval rating that cratered to 28%, Macron’s blind loyalty to Brussels overregulation has finally caught up with him. Now, his allies are calling for a “unity” candidate to defeat NR and continue the same weak leadership as Macron.

France has suffered enough under poor leadership. The 2027 election is their opportunity to finally reject the failures of the left and choose sovereignty, prosperity, and commonsense leadership… they must seize it.

2. 🇺🇸 TRUMP FIGHTS FOR AMERICA — WARREN SIDES WITH THE EU

President Trump is taking the fight to European regulators who have spent years targeting America’s most successful tech companies. His administration pressured the EU to ease up on its aggressive investigations into U.S. firms, a major win for American workers, American innovation, and American economic leadership on the world stage.

Now, Senator Elizabeth Warren is more interested in scoring political points than standing up for American workers.

Warren sent a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative asking that President Trump stop defending American companies from foreign regulators. She called the White House’s efforts to protect U.S. businesses an attempt to “secure advantages for the President and his tech billionaire friends.” Translation: standing up for American jobs and American companies is, according to Warren, a scandal.

The EU’s Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act aren’t neutral consumer protection laws. They are targeted regulatory weapons used against America’s most innovative companies, the same companies that employ millions of Americans and fuel economic growth here at home. For years, Washington did nothing while Europe picked off U.S. firms one by one. President Trump changed that.

Warren’s message to European regulators is simple: don’t worry, we’ll stop him. That’s not dissent. That’s working against America.

President Trump is doing exactly what a Commander-in-Chief should do, putting American interests first, fighting for American businesses, and refusing to let foreign governments dictate the rules of our economy. Warren just made clear which side she’s on. It isn’t ours.

❌ EU WANTS AMERICAN TECH TO “FEEL THE PAIN”

The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have made clear they will not stand idly by while European regulators discriminate against American tech companies. Despite sustained pressure from Washington, EU lawmakers are digging in, and their defiance is telling.

EU lawmakers are brushing off an appeal from the U.S. Ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder for renewed dialogue on the DMA and DSA.

Speaking about Puzder’s request, German MEP Andreas Schwab insisted the rules “were made for the benefit of consumers and companies, including American companies.”

This is a hard sell, however, considering nearly every company designated as a “gatekeeper” under the DMA is American. The designation has massive financial implications for American industry, and European companies have almost entirely been left off the list. If these rules were designed equally, European firms would be sharing the burden — yet Brussels is fining U.S. tech companies more than it collects in taxes from its own tech sector.

German Green MEP Alexandra Geese went further, arguing that Washington’s “obsession” with EU tech rules “should make us suspicious.” Nothing about an American President looking out for their country’s tech industry by pushing back against unprecedented fines is suspicious, however. If the EU expected the Trump Administration to stand idly by as the U.S. tech industry is fined at will to the tune of nearly €4 billion per year, they severely miscalculated President Trump’s willingness to defend American industry.

The most revealing argument, however, came from Ella Jakubowska of the digital rights group EDRi. She suggested that U.S. companies “feeling the pain” of fines and enforcement actions are actually evidence that the regulations are working, and that the Commission “should be doubling down” on them. This out-of-touch statement is indicative of why Europe’s tech industry has continued to struggle.

While Brussels celebrates squeezing American companies, its own tech sector has fallen further behind, and European businesses and consumers are footing part of the bill too In a sign of what is to come, Meta hiked its fees for European advertisers last month in response to Brussels’ digital taxes, effectively passing the tax down to European businesses and consumers.

Brussels’ predatory regulations are jeopardizing Trump’s Golden Age, and if the EU won’t engage on their own accord, the Trump administration should make sure the cost of staying away is too high to ignore. It’s time to further tighten the screws until Brussels comes to the table prepared to negotiate.