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Protests as Macron orders pension reform without vote - BBC News

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71% Informative

Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne invoked article 49:3 of the constitution allowing the government to avoid a vote in the Assembly.

Decision was taken minutes before MPs were scheduled to vote on the controversial bill.

Thousands of people came out on the streets of Paris and other French cities to reject the move, singing the national anthem and waving trade union flags.

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72

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70

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52

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formal

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English

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45

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short-lived

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