French government survives no-confidence vote Motions of no confidence against Emmanuel Macron’s government have failed in the National Assembly. With this, the controversial bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 will become law. At the same time, the protest movement led by the trade unions is continuing to demand the withdrawal of the bill.
The government introduced a controversial bill to raise the retirement age of workers last Thursday. Unparalleled agitations unfolded in the latter country. Finally, the opposition demanded a vote of no confidence. The vote was held after Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne invoked a special constitutional power called Article 49:3.
The first motion was brought by a small parliamentary group called “LIOT” representing various minor parties. A total of 278 votes were cast in support of the resolution. That is nine votes short of the 287 votes needed to pass. A second no-confidence motion tabled by Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party also failed to pass. Only 94 legislators voted in favour.
With this, the controversial bill to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 will become law. Meanwhile, the opposition is planning to approach France’s Constitutional Council against the law.
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