1. 🇬🇧 STARMER PUSHES EU TAKEOVER

Keir Starmer is quietly dismantling Brexit. According to the European Conservative, new legislation expected later this year would lock the UK into automatic regulatory alignment with the EU, making Britain subject to new EU laws without a vote each time. The Labour PM long promised the UK would not rejoin the single market or customs union. Obviously, Starmer found a loophole to his promise; this bill would let him break that pledge in everything but name.

Reform leader Nigel Farage put it bluntly: “The British people didn’t vote to become rule-takers, and we will fight this every step of the way.” Starmer’s government is once again showing disregard for the interests of the British people.

2. 🇫🇷 FRENCH STATE MEDIA IS ROTTING FROM THE INSIDE

France’s left-wing public broadcasting machine is finally being held to account, and the numbers are damning. A four-month parliamentary inquiry led by conservative MP Charles Alloncle uncovered what everyone suspected: corruption, rampant mismanagement, and brazen political collusion at France’s state broadcasters.

The inquiry ran 67 hearings and heard from 234 witnesses. What emerged was a €80 million deficit quietly accumulated since 2017, all while public broadcasting hoovers up over €3 billion annually, representing more than half of France’s entire culture ministry budget.

🦅 TRUMP FORCES BRUSSELS BACK TO THE TABLE AFTER $9 BILLION SHAKEDOWN

The damage that the European Commission’s digital regulations like the Digital Markets Act have wreaked on American companies since entering into force in 2023 have been substantial, but according to recently-released statistics, the costs may be far higher than previously imagined.

Over just the last two years, the European Commission has handed down penalties of more than $7 billion to American companies under its digital regulatory framework. Taking into account the $1 billion in annual compliance fees spent between U.S. companies, the total costs since 2024 exceed $9 Billion.

Thankfully, President Trump isn’t letting his foot off the gas, being sure the EU knows not to mess with American companies. The Commission, despite spending years refusing to engage American concerns, is returning to the negotiating table following tariff threats and sustained diplomatic pressure from the Trump Administration.

After Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth Jacob Helberg’s recent warning that “another round of fines could be imposed on U.S. companies in the near future, never has it been more important for the Trump Administration to maintain their pressure campaign against the EU.