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Macron's government remains in place - passed double votes
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Nora Fernstedt
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France's government can stay in place.
It survived double no-confidence votes in parliament on Monday night.
This means that the government's proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 will probably become a reality.
Two votes of no confidence were held against France's government on Monday night.
One was at the request of the left-wing alliance Nupes – the other by the far-right National Gathering party.
In the first vote, 278 voted for no confidence. With just nine more votes, the government had fallen.
A while later, it became clear that the government had also survived the second no-confidence vote.
French President Emmanuel Macron. Photo: Michel Euler / AP
Went against Parliament
The double votes were held after Emmanuel Macron's government pushed through an increase in the retirement age from 62 to 64. Something that caused great anger and led to violent protests in the country.
On March 16, the Senate voted for the government's line. But the National Assembly threatened to stop the proposal. This caused the government and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to trigger section 49.3 of the constitution.
This gives the Prime Minister the right to push through a proposal regardless of what the members of the National Assembly say.
French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne. Photo: Lewis Joly/AP
France has been rocked by protests in recent days. Photo: Lewis Joly/AP
The only option left to stop the proposal was to bring down the government with a vote of no confidence.
But it didn't happen that way - and now the proposal to raise the retirement age is considered to have been adopted.
What remains is for it to be approved by the Constitutional Council, writes TT.
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