The European Commission just dropped its first €120 million fine under the Digital Services Act against Elon Musk’s X platform, while corruption scandals force high-level EU resignations. Germany’s coalition faces catastrophic polling with only 20% public satisfaction and 67% opposing the combustion engine ban. Macron makes his fourth China visit seeking investments as German industry relocates for cheap energy. Meanwhile, Starmer, Merz, and Macron coordinate strategies against rising democratic opposition movements. Trump’s updated National Security Strategy criticizes European political dysfunction, prioritizes ending the Ukraine conflict, and rejects globalist policies while JD Vance defends American tech companies against EU censorship attempts. This analysis connects the dots between European institutional crisis, minority governments suppressing majority will, industrial exodus, and the fundamental rewriting of transatlantic relations. From France cutting paper greeting cards to save money while failing to secure prisons, to Czech voters overcoming establishment resistance to appoint their chosen leader, we examine the patterns revealing a political class losing legitimacy. Plus, the bizarre New Zealand Fabergé egg heist you have to hear to believe.
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