"#Macron uses special powers to force through plan to raise pension age - Chaotic scenes in #French parliament as radical left MPs sing #Marseillaise to drown out the prime minister"
The French government has used controversial special constitutional powers to force through a rise in the pension age amid chaotic scenes in parliament in which radical left MPs sang the Marseillaise at the top of their voices to stop the prime minister, Élisabeth Borne, from speaking.

The president, Emmanuel Macron, took a last-minute decision to avoid a parliamentary vote and instead push through his unpopular plan to raise the pension age from 62 to 64.

Minutes before MPs in the lower house were to vote, Macron was still holding a series of frantic meetings with senior political figures, and suddenly chose to use special powers instead of risking a vote which he appeared poised to lose.

He opted to invoke article 49.3 of the constitution, which gives the government power to bypass parliament.

"MPs on the left shouted “Resign! Resign!” at Borne and members of the radical left party France Unbowed sang the national anthem so loudly that Borne could at first not speak and the session had to be suspended before she tried again to be heard."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/16/emmanuel-macron-uses-special-powers-to-force-pension-reform-france

#France #Politics

C’est bien connu, la Marseillaise n’a rien de révolutionnaire! Sacré niveau chez les marcheurs. #Marseillaise
RT @Nicolas_Pacquot: Le désordre et les chants révolutionnaires de la #NUPES rendus inaudibles par une #Marseillaise puissante dans l’hémicycle.
#directAN
@DeputesRE

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/emmanuelmaurel/status/1627029873091911681

#Marseillaise : ça commence bien, l'hymne français hué par certains supporters tunisiens !
#FIFAWorldCup #TUN #FRA #FRATUN

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GilbertCollard/status/1597970533140041731

Ma collègue @CarolineYADAN a totalement raison ! #Marseillaise 🇫🇷
RT @CarolineYADAN: Mes chers collègues #nupes @CaronAymericoff et Daniele Obono peuvent-ils m’expliquer la raison pour laquelle ils refusent systématiquement de chanter La Marseillaise, notre hymne national, lors de nos commémorations et de nos hommages à nos disparus, morts pour la France ?

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ConstanceLeGrip/status/1592094756674236416

Il y a « La #Marseillaise », chant #nationaliste et guerrier, et les autres « Marseillaises » : #pacifistes, #anticléricales, revendicatives, #sociales, #antimilitaristes, #libertaires… A découvrir sur #Anarlivres
http://anarlivres.free.fr/pages/archives_nouv/pages_nouv/Nouv_Marseillaises.html

Belle cérémonie du #14Juillet #fetenationale à #Belfort Bravo à nos militaires, nos sapeurs-pompiers @SDIS90 et nos jeunes #snu2022 dont l’interprétation a cappella de la #Marseillaise a été chaleureusement applaudie ! #Défense

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/GrudlerCh/status/1547582436862636033