Politics

Bloomberg The anti-Brexit campaign group backed by billionaire George Soros called on British voters to pressure members of Parliament to force a referendum on the government’s divorce deal with the European Union. Best for Britain, which receives about 20 percent of its funding from Soros, wants a “national conversation” about Brexit and its effects to help trigger a second vote ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has plenty to worry about ahead of Donald Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong-un next week, including the prospect of a deal that undermines Japan’s six-decade security alliance with the US and leaves the island nation vulnerable to attack. But it’s another issue that will top Abe’s agenda when he meets Trump at the White House ...

Bloomberg Nigerian lawmakers drew a battle line with President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of February elections by issuing a list of demands that must be met or they will take unspecified legislative measures against him. Buhari is expected to end widespread insecurity and violence in the country, stop the “systematic harassment and humiliation” of political opponents and show sincerity in his ...

Bloomberg Twelve Conservative lawmakers have signed an amendment calling on Theresa May to abandon her Brexit strategy and keep the UK in the single market after the divorce. The move — less than 24 hours after the opposition Labour Party shifted its position toward keeping closer ties with the bloc — has the potential to change May’s Brexit stance as ...

Bloomberg The White House wants North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to commit to a timetable to surrender his country’s nuclear arsenal when he meets President Donald Trump next week in Singapore, a high-stakes summit that could last as long as two days — or just minutes. Trump has been advised not to offer Kim any concessions, as the White House ...

Bloomberg Pakistan’s politicians are defecting in increasing numbers to the party of opposition leader and former cricket star Imran Khan, a shift that shows his rising influence and prompted allegations he enjoys the support of the country’s powerful military. The intensified jockeying comes ahead of a national election on July 25. So far this year 248 politicians, including dozens of ...

Bloomberg Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte pledged in his maiden speech that his government will push through populist measures ranging from a “citizen’s income” for the poor to tax cuts and curbs on immigration, as he called for a stronger, fairer Europe “to prevent its decline.” Speaking in the Senate before a confidence vote, the 53-year-old lawyer with no political ...

Bloomberg Germany is ready to challenge any attempt by Italy’s populist government to flout European Union regulations or seek special treatment from the bloc. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was among the first to congratulate her Italian counterpart, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, but if necessary she is prepared to make clear to the new government in Rome that it must stick ...

Bloomberg Sweden’s nationalists are cementing their support at near 20 percent as the country heads for an election in September that is all but certain to end in gridlock. The anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats (SD) were backed by 18.5 percent of potential voters, up 5.6 percentage points from the election in 2014, a watched biannual poll from the country’s statistics office ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Germany ignited a fresh political furor after telling news website Breitbart he wants to “empower” conservative forces across Europe, compounding already tense trans-Atlantic relations. Germany’s Foreign Ministry said it will seek a clarification over the comments by US Ambassador Richard Grenell when he meets a deputy foreign minister on Wednesday. Grenell said in an ...