The National Assembly, the lower house of France's parliament, rejected a motion of no confidence in the Cabinet on the 20th over pension system reform. As a result, a pension reform bill was adopted, including raising the pension age to 64.
France's Macron administration, which aims to reform the pension system, took steps on May 16 to adopt a pension reform bill without a vote in the National Assembly, which is the lower house of parliament, using constitutional provisions.
In response to this, the National Assembly voted on a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Bornu's cabinet submitted by the opposition parties on the 20th, and it was narrowly rejected by a narrow margin, falling short of a majority of nine votes.
As a result, a bill for pension reform that raises the pension age from the current age of 9 to 62 has been adopted.
Opposition parties are protesting that a reform proposal that has been deeply opposed by the people was adopted without a vote in parliament, and are calling for its withdrawal, for it to be reviewed by the Constitutional Council, and for a referendum to be held.
In Paris on the night of the 20th, a workers' strike set fire to garbage on the streets that could not be collected, and some demonstrators clashed with the police, and some were detained, but the trade union called for another large-scale protest on the 23rd, which is likely to add to the chaos.