Emmanuel Macron, the existing President of France, and his government on March 16 rammed a pension reform by means of the parliament that had no vote. This led to angry protests in Paris as properly as many other cities and extra turmoil in the legislature. Image Credits: Reuters
The passage of legislation to hike the age of retirement from 62 to 64 without the need of a majority by leveraging a unique constitutional energy was carried out. The senate adopted the bill but there was reluctance from the suitable-wing opposition MPs to side with the President meant that the government faced defeat in the reduced home. Image credits: Reuters
“We can not take the danger of seeing 175 hours of parliamentary debate come to nothing at all,” Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told MPs, while announcing the move amid protests from opposition MPs who also sang the national anthem. Image Credits: Reuters
“It is a total failure for the government,” far-suitable leader Marine Le Pen told reporters. “From the starting, the government fooled itself into pondering it had a majority.” As per the polls, two-thirds of French men and women oppose the pension overhaul. “When a president has no majority in the nation, no majority in the National Assembly, he have to withdraw his bill,” added Socialist Celebration chief Olivier Faure. Image Credits: Reuters
(With inputs from AFP)
