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Two no-confidence motions have been filed by opposition politicians in protest against the government using controversial executive powers to raise the state pension age from 62 to 64...
A municipal policeman stands in front of the political office of Eric Ciotti, leader of the French conservative party Les Republicains (LR), which was vandalized during the night in Nice, France, March 19, 2023..
Strike action has been intensified and police have banned demonstrators from parts of central Paris after Emmanuel Macrons decision to push through an unpopular rise in the pension age without a parliament vote, reported The Guardian...
The move, which followed weeks of protests against the pension overhaul, triggered three nights of unrest and demonstrations in Paris and throughout the country, with hundreds of people arrested, reminiscent of the Yellow Vest protests that erupted in late 2018 over high fuel prices...
The constituency offices of MPs from Macrons centrist Renaissance party were also vandalised.. Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told Le Parisien newspaper, commenting on prospects for Monday's votes: "I think there will be no majority to bring down the government..
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