Mexico’s new supreme court
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof resigned after far-right leader Geert Wilders walked out of his coalition government, Mexico’s new supreme court is set to solely contain judges nominated by the ruling coalition, and Eurozone inflation fell below the European Central Bank’s 2 per cent target. Plus, the FT’s Akila Quinio explains how the Royal Bank of Scotland was nationalised in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and then reborn.
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Far-right Dutch leader Geert Wilders quits government
Tiny slice of Mexicans elect supreme court closely tied to ruling party
Eurozone inflation falls below target to 1.9%
The RBS story: how the world’s biggest bank was nationalised and then reborn
South Korean leftwinger Lee Jae-myung wins presidential election
Today’s FT News Briefing was produced by Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Ethan Plotkin, Fiona Symon, Mischa Frankl-Duval, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Blake Maples, Michael Lello, and Gavin Kallmann. Our intern is Michaela Seah. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s acting co-head of audio. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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| 0:00.0 | We're Equinor, an energy company searching for better. Currently, we supply 27% of the UK's gas, |
| 0:07.0 | 15% of its oil, and we're playing our part in the UK's energy transition. In 2023, we invested |
| 0:14.1 | 20% of our global gross spend in renewables and lower carbon solutions. Today, our wind farms power |
| 0:20.0 | 750,000 homes, |
| 0:22.0 | and we expect this to grow to over 7 million UK households. |
| 0:25.7 | We're an energy company searching for better. |
| 0:28.2 | Equinore.co.uk. |
| 0:32.2 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:34.2 | Today is Wednesday, June 4th, and this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:38.8 | The Dutch coalition government collapsed yesterday. Meanwhile, Mexico's ruling Morena party may have become |
| 0:45.2 | even more powerful. Plus, we'll take a look at how the world's largest bank was nationalized |
| 0:50.6 | and then reborn. I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:02.0 | The Netherlands is in political disarray right now. |
| 1:05.9 | Far right leader, Geert de Vilders, pulled his freedom party out of the coalition government yesterday. |
| 1:10.7 | And a little |
| 1:11.1 | later in the day, Prime Minister Dick Schoff announced he was resigning. The government collapsed |
| 1:16.7 | after a little less than a year. Vilders said that the other three parties in the coalition |
| 1:21.1 | wouldn't back his immigration reforms. This now sets up a snap election. Vilders says he intends to become prime minister, but polls say his freedom party is actually expected to lose seats. |
| 1:39.1 | Now on to Mexico for a controversial election, this past weekend for the first time ever, the country |
| 1:45.4 | voted for its judiciary. The results are still coming in, but so far only nominees from the ruling |
| 1:51.0 | Morena party will sit on the Supreme Court bench. It's got investors spooked and some legal experts |
| 1:57.2 | worried. Here to tell us about it is the FTs Christine Murray. Hey, Christine. Hi, Mark. |
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