Today’s edition of quick hits.
Today’s edition of quick hits:
* May doesn’t have the votes: “British Prime Minister Theresa May announced Monday that she has postponed a pivotal parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal, throwing the divorce process even deeper into chaos. May was facing a crushing defeat in the House of Commons vote originally slated for Tuesday.”
* A different crisis on the other side of the Channel: “Facing a political career in jeopardy, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a raise in the country’s minimum wage and tax relief measures during an address to the nation Monday following a fourth weekend of increasing violence by ‘yellow jacket’ protesters.”
* Our new anti-climate partners: “The United States joined a controversial proposal by Saudi Arabia and Russia this weekend to weaken a reference to a key report on the severity of global warming, sharpening battle lines at the global climate summit in Poland aimed at gaining consensus over how to combat rising temperatures.
