Ongoing French protests intensified after French President Emmanuel Macron bypassed parliament to raise the country’s retirement age from 62 to 64. See potential bias and similarities in coverage from AP, dwnews and NRO: Macron France
Ongoing French protests intensified after French President Emmanuel Macron decided to bypass a parliamentary vote and raise the country’s retirement age from 62 to 64.Macron has said the proposal was necessary because of changing demographic factors, like increased life span. The French Senate had already approved the change on Thursday, but the National Assembly — where Macron’s party lacks a majority — was expected to reject it. Macron then decided to invoke Article 49.
3 of the French Constitution, allowing him to push the law through without a vote. Met with heckling from legislators, French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne defended the reform as “necessary.” Opposition leaders filed several requests for no-confidence votes against Macron’s government.Ongoing protests intensified on Friday, with demonstrators and rioters blocking roads, setting fires, clashing with police, and even threatening Macron’s residence.
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