The French Senate has adopted President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform plan, with 195 votes for and 112 votes in opposition to, a invoice whose key measure is elevating the retirement age by two years to 64.
The higher home of the French Parliament voted on the textual content within the wake of a seventh day of nationwide demonstrations in opposition to the plan.
A majority of voters opposed the textual content, in response to opinion polls.
Now that the Senate has adopted the invoice, it is going to be reviewed by a joint committee of decrease and higher home lawmakers, in all probability on Wednesday.
If the committee agrees on a textual content, a remaining vote in each chambers is more likely to happen on Thursday, however the end result of that also appears unsure within the decrease chamber, the Nationwide Meeting, the place Macron’s celebration wants allies’ votes for a majority.
If the federal government fears it will not have sufficient votes within the decrease home, it’s nonetheless doable for it to push the textual content via and not using a parliamentary vote, through a so-called 49:three process.
An extra day of nationwide strikes and protests has been deliberate for Wednesday.
