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Parliament has refused to even allow a vote on the age hike, ensuring that President Emmanuel Macron’s executive decree would receive no checks, balances, or even oversight, by the legislative branch.
Whole, whether the law is deemed constitutional or unconstitutional, and the damage done has been the 11th time since the government used this article of constitution, 49.3, which bypasses parliament and the vote of parliament, so it has affected our institutions and the way we look at the danger of giving too much power to an executive. it’s too much power to an executive. it's interesting because there's so much anger the streets in france, we've seen that over two and a half months, but the change in pension age when the list of —— when the rest of the world looks at this looks rather...
Elizabeth, that perspective being, changes are needed these are just the wrong one, how do you see it panning out?— the wrong one, how do you see it ”annin out? ~ ., �*, panning out? well, right now there's not very pleasing _ panning out? well, right now there's not very pleasing scenario _ panning out? well, right now there's not very pleasing scenario for - not very pleasing scenario for emmanuel macron, but after the bill has been rammed through parliament with article 49.3 which mean there's no vote on it, it goes to the constitutional council. the constitutional council. the consti...
I was really shocked. - president emmanuel macron would have known this move would anger the people of france, pushing through laws without a vote has always been unpopular. and pension reform has been an inflammatory issue. this is how president emmanuel macron approached the vote. his prime minister invoked article 49.3 of the constitution so they could bypass a vote in the national assembly. that allowed the government to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 — mere minutes before lawmakers were due to vote. translation: we could not gamble on the future of the central reform to preserve...
This isn'tjust a rendition of the national anthem, this is a protest by france's own lawmakers. the prime minister was repeatedly heckled. translation: i wasn't angry, i was really shocked. - it reflects the fact that a certain number of opposition groups do not respect our institutions. some of them had said it clearly, they want chaos in the assembly and on the street. president emmanuel macron would have known this move would anger the people of france, pushing through laws without a vote has always been unpopular. and pension reform has been an inflammatory issue. this is how president emm...