Anger mounted amongst pension reform protesters on Thursday as France’s Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne used a special procedure to push an unpopular pensions reform bill through the National Assembly without a vote. The move will ensure the bill raising the retirement age by two years to 64 – which the government says is essential to ensure the pension system does not go bust – is adopted after weeks of protests and fractious debate.
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