The future of President Emmanuel Macron’s second term was unclear after a no-confidence vote triggered by his effort to raise France’s retirement age fell short by only nine votes.
By Elizabeth Pineau and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron is looking to move on and work on new reforms in the coming weeks after his government barely survived a no-confidence motion on Monday over an unpopular pension reform, a source said. Macron does not plan any reshuffle or snap elections and has ruled out withdrawing the pension law, which will raise the retirement age by two years to 64, the source who took part in meetings between Macron and key allies on Tuesday told Reuters. He will instead try and use a TV interview on Wednesday to calm things down, the source said. With unions stepping up strikes and protests against the pension reform continuing across the country, Macron faces the most dangerous challenge to his authority since the Yellow Vest revolt four years ago. Some in Macron s own camp have warned him against continuing with business as usual. We are all weakened. The president, the government and the majority, a senior MP in Macron
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