The immediate political crisis for Emmanuel Macron may be over, but popular unrest in France could yet spread
that is unlikely to dissipate. The immediate political crisis for President Emmanuel Macron may be over, but popular unrest could yet spread.
This ought to mean that Elisabeth Borne, the prime minister, and her team can turn the page. The pension reform now enters the statute books. Mr Macron judged last week that he would not get the votes to pass the reform in the lower house, so he used a constitutional provision known as article 49.3 to push it through without voting. It was clear that this could lead to a no-confidence motion, but Mr Macron won the bet.
The president’s decision to resort to article 49.3 has enraged people further. Fully 78% told a poll that they were against the use of this tool. The opposition sees it as an anti-democratic abuse of power. When Ms Borne announced the decision last week, protestors gathered in Paris and other cities; some demonstrations turned violent. Ahead of the vote Charles de Courson, who tabled the cross-party motion of no-confidence, called the use of article 49.3 a “denial of democracy”.GDPaverage.
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