Protests in Paris as Macron orders pension reform without vote
By Hugh Schofield & Robert PlummerPolice in Paris have clashed with protesters after the French government decided to force through pension reforms without a vote in parliament.The plans had sparked two months of heated political debate and strikes.
The move caused fury among opposition politicians. Many jeered the prime minister, sang La Marseillaise and held up signs of protest in parliament. Thousands of people came out on the streets of Paris and other French cities to reject the move, singing the national anthem and waving trade union flags.
Even though Mr Macron was re-elected last year on a platform of retirement reforms, his ruling coalition has no majority in the Assembly and would have needed support from the Republicans party to pass the pension changes. But whenever a government invokes the 49:3, it can be sure it will be accused straight away of riding roughshod over the will of the people.
She has in fact already used it several times, but those occasions were for public finance bills which were less controversial.
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