French President Emmanuel Macron considered that the financial and economic risks of not taking any action on pension reform were too great and that special constitutional powers were needed to make it happen. It has been reported Reuters Citing a source from the French government.
According to a source present at the meeting, Macron told senior cabinet ministers, “My interest and political desire was to go to the vote … but I think the financial and economic risks are too great.”
He stressed that Macron added that he accepted the French government’s request to apply special powers for this reason.
Former French Prime Minister Elisabeth Born announcedThe government decided to increase the retirement age in the country from 62 to 64.
Prior to that, French President Emmanuel Macron is the 49th parliamentarian of the French constitution, which gives the executive branch the right to pass any law without their consent. French media also wrote that the politician threatened to dissolve the national assembly if the vote on the pension reform project failed.
Source: Gazeta
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