France’s Macron to speed up tax cuts, raise wages, vows no U-turn
President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced wage rises for the poorest workers and tax cuts for pensioners, offering concessions after weeks of often violent protests that have challenged his authority.
Weekend protests led to 17 percent fewer visitors to French shopping centers
Last weekend’s anti-government protests resulted in a 17 percent drop in the number of visitors to French shopping centers, said a body representing the French shopping center industry on Monday.
French ‘yellow vest’ protests curb Printemps sales by 25-30 percent
French upmarket department store Printemps said it had suffered a 25-30 percent slump in sales over the last four weeks as a result of the “yellow vest” anti-government protests.
Britain’s May to meet Dutch PM in bid to win Brexit vote approval
British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Hague on Tuesday, her office said on Monday, part of her attempts to secure assurances to win over a hostile parliament in London over her Brexit deal.
EU rules out reworking Brexit deal, prepares for no-deal: Tusk
EU leaders will not renegotiate Britain’s Brexit deal, including the Irish border “backstop”, their chairman Donald Tusk said on Monday after Prime Minister Theresa May put off a parliamentary vote on a package that was facing heavy defeat.
ECJ ruling does not change our policy on Article 50, says UK Brexit minister
Britain’s policy of not revoking its Article 50 Brexit notice has not been changed by a European court ruling saying that the government could do so without needing the consent of European Union counterparts, Brexit minister Stephen Barclay said.
Brexit backstop assurances will be irrelevant if not in divorce deal: Rees-Mogg
Any assurances Britain secures from the European Union on the Irish backstop in the Brexit divorce deal will be “completely irrelevant” if they are not in the Withdrawal Agreement, eurosceptic lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg said on Monday.
Macron to speed up tax cuts, raise wages at ‘historic time’ for France
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday pledged to cut taxes for pensioners and raise the minimum wage in January but refused to reinstate a wealth tax, as he sought to respond to a wave of protests that have challenged his authority.
Acting Armenian PM’s bloc wins parliamentary vote: commission
Armenia’s acting prime minister Nikol Pashinyan bolstered his authority in the former Soviet republic as his political bloc won early parliamentary elections which were assessed as democratic.
Bolsonaro vows a corruption-free, prosperous, safe Brazil
Right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro promised on Monday to end “corruption and lies” in Brazilian politics and build an efficient state that creates jobs and prosperity.
