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 ...