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Tumultuous Swedish election draws to a close as rifts widen

Bloomberg A turbulent Swedish election campaign came to an end with little sign of compromise ahead as the establishment parties pleaded with voters to beat back an ascendant nationalist movement. The center-right and center-left blocs were in a virtual tie with voting starting on Sunday as the conservative-led opposition gained ground in recent days. But the blocs will be far ...

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Boris Johnson mounts new attack on May over Brexit talks

Bloomberg Boris Johnson opened a fresh attack on Prime Minister Theresa May, calling her approach to taking the UK out of the European Union “a humiliation” for the nation. The former foreign secretary wrote an article for the Mail on Sunday newspaper to savage her policy of keeping Britain closely tied to EU trade rules after Brexit. “Under the Chequers ...

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Salvini plays ‘victim card’ in struggle with judges

Bloomberg Italians may feel they’ve seen this story before as the country’s top politician lashes out against magistrates who have put him under investigation and blocked his party’s finances. But this time it isn’t Silvio Berlusconi. Deputy Premier and League leader Matteo Salvini has launched a series of attacks on prosecutors who “haven’t been elected by anyone” after being notified ...

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