TIME reports from Paris as major protests against Macron's plan to raise the retirement age continue
from 62 to 64—a measure they say he has foisted on the country against its will.
That lack of negotiation has pushed France into political turmoil ever since Macron unveiled his unpopular. The turmoil reached a fever pitch in recent days, after Macron used the 49.3 constitutional clause to force through the legislation by executive decree. Had Monday’s no-confidence vote succeeded in parliament, it would have forced the ouster of Macron’s hand-picked Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, who has been in office for just 10 months, and is responsible for shepherding the President’s legislative plans through the National Assembly.
Far-left lawmakers react as they hold papers reading: “64 years. It is no,” at the National Assembly in Paris on March 20, 2023.“I think his mandate is virtually over,” says Philippe Chevrolet-Moreau, a political communications expert at Paris’s Sciences Po University. “Even within his own party, there is strong doubt that anything of importance will get done,” he says. “The main fear now is not about retirement, or the pension reform.
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