(Paris) The pension reform wanted by French President Emmanuel Macron, which raises the legal retirement age from 62 to 64, was definitively adopted Monday in the National Assembly, after the failure of two motions of censure against the government.
After the rejection by only nine votes of a first transpartisan motion, that of the far right received only 94 votes out of the 287 necessary. The anger is however far from weakening in the country, where the mobilization continues.
Some 250 parliamentarians, mainly from the left, are also calling for a shared initiative referendum (RIP) to “affirm that the legal retirement age cannot be set beyond 62”.
Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne had unleashed the constitutional weapon of 49.3 on Thursday to pass the highly contested reform without a vote, not being sure of obtaining a majority.
She said Monday evening that she was “determined to continue to bring about the necessary transformations” in the country.
“I am determined to continue to bring the necessary transformations to our country with my ministers and to devote all my energy to meeting the expectations of our fellow citizens,” said the Prime Minister in a statement to AFP, just before going to at the Elysee.
