French President Emmanuel Macron imposed a highly unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 on Thursday by shunning parliament and invoking a special constitutional power.
Students shout slogans during a demonstration against the government's plan to raise the retirement age to 64 in Paris on Thursday. French President Emmanuel Macron has 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.PARIS —
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne then tried to formally announce the decision at the National Assembly, where leftist members broke into the French national anthem to delay her speech. The speaker had to briefly suspend the session to restore order. Opposition lawmakers demanded the government step down. One Communist lawmaker called the presidential power a political"guillotine." Others called it a"denial of democracy" that signals Macron's lack of legitimacy. One union leader called it"institutional violence" and called for more strikes and protests.
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, making the outcome unpredictable. Across the river Seine from the National Assembly, about 1,000 people rallied at the Place de la Concorde, where security forces, backed by a water cannon, appeared positioned to prevent them from reaching the nearby presidential palace.
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