As widespread protests sweep through the country, the French government narrowly survives a vote of no confidence, bringing a deeply unpopular pension reform into law.
abc.net.au/news/macron-survives-vote-of-no-confidence/102122556The fate of French President Emmanuel Macron’s government has come down to the wire as a vote of no confidence narrowly failed to pass the French parliament.
Mathilde Panot, an MP from the left, criticised Macron's use of constitutional overrides as a lack of faith in democracy. While Macron is internationally the face of the pension reforms, it's his prime minister, Elizabeth Borne, whose position lay in the hands of her colleagues.
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