French parliament set for no-confidence votes – Europe live
Lecornu appears likely to survive after delaying pension changes but numbers are tightToday’s votes are only the latest twist in France’s worst political crisis in decades as a succession of minority governments seek to push deficit-reducing budgets through a truculent and divided legislature.As Reuters reports, reforming France’s generous pension system has been political kryptonite ever since Francois Mitterrand cut the retirement age to 60 from 65 in 1982. Continue reading...
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Lecornu appears likely to survive after delaying pension changes but numbers are tight
Today’s votes are only the latest twist in France’s worst political crisis in decades as a succession of minority governments seek to push deficit-reducing budgets through a truculent and divided legislature.
As Reuters reports, reforming France’s generous pension system has been political kryptonite ever since Francois Mitterrand cut the retirement age to 60 from 65 in 1982.
