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March 17, 2023 4:48am

France’s Macron Skirts Parliament to Force Through Unpopular Retirement Reform

https://apnews.com/article/france-retirement-age-strikes-macron-garbage-07455d88d10bf7ae623043e4d05090de

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France's Macron skirts parliament to force through unpopular retirement reform

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron ordered his prime minister to wield a special constitutional power Thursday that skirts parliament to force through a highly unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 without a vote.