Overview

• The Ukrainian Security Service reported that 1,100 kilograms of explosives damaged underwater supports of the Kerch Bridge in a third attack on June 3.
• Prime Minister Dick Schoof resigned and announced early elections after Geert Wilders pulled his party from the Dutch coalition over a dispute on asylum measures.
• Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said he will keep returning asylum seekers at Germany’s borders despite a Berlin court ruling that the practice is unlawful.
• Friedrich Merz is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump to negotiate trade policies and review potential tariff adjustments affecting German exports.
• The European Commission has endorsed Bulgaria’s entry into the Eurozone, subject to approval by EU finance ministers, targeting January 2026 for the currency changeover.