[Verse 1] The EU Council signed off today, shook hands across the trade divide Joint Statement with America, tariff cuts are now inside Those numbers locked in black and white, the bureaucrats all agree Washington and Brussels found a sliver of harmony China's shadow's creeping in, ministers arrived to talk Trade tensions thick as cobblestone beneath the diplomat's walk France 24 was watching close, the summit buzzed with careful words When dragons meet the golden stars, every whisper gets rehearsed [Chorus] Europe in the news today, the gears are always grinding Council votes and border notes, the policy keeps climbing Tariffs, trade and minister debates across the Monday wire June twenty-nine, twenty-twenty-six, the continent on fire — wait, scratch that — it's alive [Verse 2] NATO allies counting up, the Atlantic Council ran the math European members spending more, accelerating down that path Battalions, budgets, fighter jets, the numbers tell the real refrain The old reliance shifting weight, rebalancing the whole terrain Mercosur and EU spoils, The Economist did the split South America's trade bloc carved the market piece by piece and bit Who gets beef and who gets cars, the haggling fills the room Two continents negotiate beneath a Brussels afternoon [Chorus] Europe in the news today, the gears are always grinding Council votes and border notes, the policy keeps climbing Tariffs, trade and minister debates across the Monday wire June twenty-nine, twenty-twenty-six — the continent alive [Bridge] And somewhere in a medical file, a drug called DAYBU cleared the gate Neuren Pharmaceuticals got the nod, recommended, don't be late European Union said the data checks, approval's recommended now One small headline, massive hope — that's medicine taking its bow A blessing called upon the EU, somebody penned those sacred words May God bless this union whole, even when the table gets absurd Twenty-seven countries tangled up in one enormous knot But somehow still the votes get cast and somehow deals get caught [Chorus] Europe in the news today, the gears are always grinding Council votes and border notes, the policy keeps climbing Tariffs, trade and minister debates across the Monday wire June twenty-nine, twenty-twenty-six — the continent alive [Outro] That's your European wrap, the headlines spoke their piece Council chambers, trade disputes, from Mercosur to Greece Tune back in tomorrow when the next dispatch arrives June twenty-nine, twenty-twenty-six — Europe always drives
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