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India’s Modi to face no-trust vote as oppn ramps up pressure

Bloomberg PM Narendra Modi’s government faces a no-confidence vote on Friday as the opposition uses the new monsoon session of India’s parliament to challenge his administration ahead of general elections early next year. With a majority in India’s 543-seat lower house of parliament, Modi’s coalition is expected to defeat the no-confidence vote. But the opposition, including the Congress party led ...

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May pays price of trust to survive in Tory Brexit war

Bloomberg As they paced the dark, wood-paneled corridors deep in the heart of the British Parliament, Theresa May’s government enforcers were getting desperate. It looked as if the prime minister had finally run out of road. After 10 days in which her Brexit plans had been savaged by critics on all sides, a new rebellion was brewing. There were more ...

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Poland to ‘outsmart’ EU in push to purge top court

Bloomberg Poland’s ruling party will start the fast-track approval of a draft law meant to pre-empt potential punishment from the European Union and complete the most dramatic judicial revamp in the bloc’s former communist east. Racing against EU efforts to halt the overhaul, the Law & Justice party will begin debate on a bill during a three-day parliamentary session starting ...

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