France to push through pension reform by decree, without vote

FILE PHOTO - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe leaves after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

PARIS - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the government would push its contested pension reform through parliament by decree, avoiding the need for a vote after the opposition filed more than 40,000 amendments to the draft law. The reform is the single greatest overhaul of France’s pension system since World War Two and prompted weeks of public sectors strikes and street protests before opponents of the legislation took the battle to parliament.

President Emmanuel Macron loyalists branded the mountain of amendments a cynical ploy to stall the pension bill’s passage through parliament.

lexhoogduin When injustice becomes a law resistance becomes a duty.!!

Oh thats going to go down well with the people of France

Rich boys stealing from the 99%. AGAIN.

Democracy a la Macron

WTF great journalism. Ill find a real news source to see whats in the bill hes pushing through

Les grévistes, la lacgtcommunique, la FranceInsoumise, le PCF , les avocats, agriculteurs, cheminots, ... ils vont être heureux de ce président élu par 24% des votants à la présidentielle, de ces députés LaREM_AN élus par 6.3 millions de votants à la législative.retraite

😂😂😂

Socialism breeds dependency then when the money runs out and the reforms inevitably come the people start to rebel. It is like taking the lollipop from the spoiled three year old

Oh no. We continue to feel the effect of little Napoleon.

Macron must be ousted .

Do you just luv the EU

That’s gonna go over well.

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