French President Emmanuel Macron shunned parliament and opted to push through a highly unpopular bill that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 by triggering a special constitutional power …
French President Emmanuel Macron shunned parliament and opted to push through a highly unpopular bill that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 by triggering a special constitutional power on Thursday.The decision was made just a few minutes before the vote was scheduled, because the government had no guarantee that the bill would command a majority at the National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament.
French President Emmanuel Macron invoked a special constitutional power to raise France’s retirement age without parliament’s involvement.ringed the picturesque neighborhoods around the National Assembly. Macron’s alliance lost its parliamentary majority last year, forcing the government to count on conservative lawmakers to pass the bill.Leftists and far-right lawmakers are strongly opposed and conservatives are divided, which made the outcome unpredictable.
Macron has promoted the pension changes as central to his vision for making the French economy more competitive.Economic challenges have prompted widespread unrest across Western Europe.
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