Macron Government Faces Vote of No Confidence Amid Protests
- Legislators are going to consider two no-confidence motions
- A new round of nationwide protests is planned for Thursday
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Emmanuel Macron’s government will face two confidence votes as soon as Monday amid anger over the French president’s decision to bypass the legislature in pushing through his unpopular pension reform that will boost the minimum retirement age to 64 from 62.
If a no-confidence motion gets a majority of votes — an unlikely scenario — the pension bill would be nullified and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne would have to resign. Macron would then have to appoint a new government, or he could dissolve the National Assembly and call for early elections.