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UK ministers back Rudd as May readies for another testing week

Bloomberg Ministers rallied to the defense of beleaguered UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd as she prepared to face lawmakers on Monday in a House of Commons appearance that could make or break her career. Already under pressure over the status of post-World War II immigrants from the Caribbean, Rudd will defend her claim last week that she didn’t know about ...

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Romania: Tension brews as president wants PM out

Bloomberg Romania is heading into another bout of tension after President Klaus Iohannis called for the prime minister to step down because of a spat over foreign policy and the budget. Fighting between Iohannis and the ruling party has been a dominant feature of the European Union nation’s political scene since the Social Democrats swept to power in 2016. They’ve ...

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Italian voters tilt to the right as ‘impasse’ drags on

Bloomberg Italian political preferences are becoming more right wing as a political impasse in the country drags on two months after a general election, according to a poll published in La Repubblica. Support for Matteo Salvini’s League was close to 22 percent compared to 17.4 percent at the March 4 election, according to the survey, which was conducted by Demos ...

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