French President Emmanuel Macron has just survived a pivotal vote as protests continue to rock the European nation.
The French government was subject to two votes of no-confidence tabled by opposition lawmakers from either side of the political spectrum in response to aMr Macron’s government used a contentious executive power to force through the pension age bill without taking it to a parliamentary vote last week.
Now that both no-confidence votes have failed, the pension reforms will become law. Picture :AP Photo/Lewis Joly) The first no-confidence vote was tabled by centrist MPs and had 278 votes in favour, just nine votes short of the 287 needed to pass the motion. A second failed no-confidence vote was tabled by Mr Macron’s former presidential rival Marine Le Pen and her far-right National Rally party.Despite this, trade unions and left-wing lawmakers have vowed to continue strikes and protests against the pension reform.
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