On Thursday, President Emmanuel Macron forwarded a plan to raise the retirement age without a National Assembly vote.
“The vote on this motion will allow us to get out on top of a deep political crisis,” said the head of the so-called LIOT group Bertrand Pancher, whose motion was co-signed by members of the broad left-wing NUPES coalition.
The far-right National Rally filed a second motion, but that was expected to get less backing. RN lawmaker Laure Lavalette however said her party would vote for “all” no-confidence motions filed. “What counts is scuppering this unfair reform bill,” she said.that individuals in the conservative party “have said they could break ranks, but the no-confidence bill would require all of the other opposition lawmakers and half of LR’s 61 lawmakers to go through, which is a tall order.
Meanwhile, protests against the pension proposal — which have been happening throughout the year — continue in the streets, with some drawing comparisons to France’s “Yellow Vests” movementAprès le déclenchement du 49.
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