BREAKING: French President Emmanuel Macron survives a no-confidence vote over his flagship pensions reform, which has sparked weeks of countrywide protests and strikes.
, and police have clashed with protesters in cities across the country.
But if the government falls, so does the pension bill, leaving the president and his flagship economic policy floundering. Macron and Borne have already enraged critics and trade unions by forcing the pension plan through Parliament by invoking Article 49.3 of the Constitution allowing the legislation to pass without a vote from lawmakers. As a result, Parliament did not get to have a say on the law unless it tabled a no-confidence vote.
Macron is adamant that pension reform is essential to keeping the system working and avoiding a crippling pension deficit, given rising life expectancy and long-term economic pressures.
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