A parody photo appearing on protest signs and online in France shows President Emmanuel Macron sitting on piles of garbage.
Macron's reelection to a second term last April bolstered his standing as a senior player in Europe. He campaigned on, pledging to address the pension issue and saying the French must “work longer.”
Macron's political opponents in the National Assembly filed two no-confidence motions Friday against the government of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. Government officials are hoping to survive a vote on the motions set for Monday because the opposition is divided, with many Republicans expected not to support it.
France’s strong presidential powers are a legacy from Gen. Charles de Gaulle’s desire to have a stable political system for the Fifth Republic he established in 1958. Macron plans to propose new measures designed to bring France's unemployment rate down to 5%, from 7.2% now, by the end of his second and final term.
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