French gov’t survives no-confidence votes in National Assembly

The French government led by Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence motions in the National Assembly on Thursday. The motions were launched by far-left France Unbowed and the far-right National Rally in response to the pension reform that the government was planning to implement.

To rally support, Lecornu announced the suspension of the controversial reform, which aimed to raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64, until the next presidential election.