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With the failure of both votes on Monday, the pension bill is considered adopted.

The French government has survived two no-confidence votes in the lower chamber of parliament, proposed by MPs who objected to its push to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.

The votes come from lawmakers furious that Macron used presidential powers to raise the retirement age, bypassing the legislature.

The French president is facing a no-confidence vote in parliament on Monday, called by political opponents.

A parody photo appearing on protest signs and online in France shows President Emmanuel Macron sitting on piles of garbage

A parody photo appearing on protest signs and online in France shows President Emmanuel Macron sitting on piles of garbage

A parody photo appearing on protest signs and online in France shows President Emmanuel Macron sitting on piles of garbage. The image references the trash going uncollected with sanitation workers on strike, but also what many French people think about their leader.

President Emmanuel Macron had hoped his push to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 would cement his legacy as the president who transformed Frances economy for the 21st century. Instead, he finds his leadership contested, both in parliament and on the streets of major cities.

After Macron’s use of ‘nuclear option’ on unpopular pension reform, what may happen next?

Several consequences could follow the French government’s use of Article 49.3 of the constitution to pass President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform without a vote in the National Assembly on Thursday.…