Macron’s Pension Push May Herald End of His Domestic Agenda
- Macron bypassed the National Assembly to pass his pension bill
- Opposition lawmakers plan to ask for a no-confidence vote
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President Emmanuel Macron forced through his unpopular plan to raise the French retirement age by executive fiat after failing to rally a majority of the French people or their representatives in parliament, underscoring the difficulty he’ll have enacting any other domestic policies during his remaining time in office.
The move will likely provoke unions to use bottlenecks in the French economy — such as garbage collection or refinery operations — as they continue striking to try to compel the government to roll back the legislation.