Bloomberg President-elect Alberto Fernandez will discuss the transition of power in Argentina with the defeated incumbent, Mauricio Macri, after an election in which voters opted for left-wing populism over pro-market policies to combat the country’s economic crisis. Fernandez, a political insider who has never held national office, was expected to meet with Macri on Monday after sweeping to power in ...

Bloomberg The European Union agreed to grant the UK a three-month Brexit delay to January 31, removing the risk of a damaging no-deal split on Thursday as the British government tries to end the impasse in parliament. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was expected to push a vote in the House of Commons on Monday to trigger an early general election, ...

Bloomberg Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition faced a renewed setback with a resounding defeat in a state election and its main ally wavering over support for the government. Merkel’s Christian Democrats Union (CDU) plummeted nearly 12 percentage points from 2014 to 21.8% in an election for state assembly in the eastern state of Thuringia, according to preliminary results. At the same ...