In today’s episode, we cover the backlash against the EU’s new budget proposal, UK & Germany’s new treaty, Spain becoming the EU’s top asylum destination, and the UK’s latest employment data.
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✍️ Backlash Against the EU’s New Budget Proposal
- https://www.politico.eu/article/berlin-rejects-commissions-eu-budget-proposal/
- https://www.reuters.com/en/eu-proposes-2-trillion-seven-year-eu-budget-says-budget-commissioner-2025-07-16/
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/17/von-der-leyen-calls-for-new-eu-taxes-on-big-firms-in-2tn-budget-proposal
- https://www.ft.com/content/c88eae41-24b7-47a9-bdf5-543770c6c8eb
- https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/17/ringfenced-but-reduced-eu-commission-shrinks-agriculture-share-in-record-budget
✍️ UK & Germany Sign Defence & Security Treaty
- https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/resource/blob/2727404/6c6c44fd4ead73a9dec195afe6aa25f4/deu-gbr-vertrag-en-data.pdf
- https://www.politico.eu/article/keir-starmer-friedrich-merz-war-uk-germany-europe-defense-security-missiles-donald-trump-ukraine/
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckgl4v24pyyt
- https://on.ft.com/40XmFlK
✍️ Spain Overtakes Germany as t
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