Bloomberg France’s parliament has been asked to open a probe into far-right political leader Marine Le Pen’s ties to Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former adviser, and the potential access to top civil servants her party may have helped him get. The two chambers’ presidents will weigh the request by some lawmakers to investigate Le Pen for potential “collusion with ...

Bloomberg US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo made a surprise visit to Brussels on Monday just as European Union foreign ministers are meeting to discuss ways to salvage the landmark Iran nuclear accord that Washington has abandoned. Pompeo scrapped plans for a brief trip to Moscow and landed in the Belgian capital as his 28 EU counterparts gather. President Donald ...

Bloomberg Lithuania’s prime minister said he’d quit and fold up his minority government after he was knocked out of the euro-area member’s presidential election. In a result that shook the Baltic state’s political landscape and may lead to a snap parliamentary ballot, the former chief economist of SEB Bank AB and a crisis-era finance minister overcame anti-elite rhetoric similar to ...