| Nuclear Revival | Nuclear energy has been on the verge of a renaissance since 25 countries set a goal to help triple global capacity. Yet a dire labor shortage has hampered follow-through in Europe. In France, some companies are hiring back retirees. Read more here about how a lack of skilled workers is undermining Europe's energy transition. German Budget | Chancellor Olaf Scholz's ruling coalition will deliver a draft budget as early as Friday that aims to put an end to political infighting by boosting spending on infrastructure and defense while adhering to debt restrictions, we're told. Negotiations have dragged on for weeks, putting pressure on the three parties in the alliance to prove they can still govern effectively after suffering severe setbacks in last month's European Parliament election. Le Pen's Majority | Marine Le Pen is seeking support from outside her far-right National Rally party in case she falls short of an absolute majority, as mainstream parties move to block her from taking control in Sunday's French legislative election runoff. "If we're just a few members of parliament away from a majority, we'll try to go find them," Le Pen told France Inter radio. French Murdoch | The rise of National Rally is closely intertwined with the emergence of a powerful conservative media machine backed by billionaire Vincent Bolloré, dubbed the "French Murdoch." Since he started building his media empire eight years ago, the platforms controlled by the Bolloré family have reeled in a growing audience by focusing on signature far-right issues like crime and immigration. Orban Detente | Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to consider a cease-fire during his first visit to Kyiv since Russia's invasion, putting the deep differences between the two leaders on display. Even so, Orban's visit itself represented a sort of reconciliation. | 
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