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Gateway Pundit: DEVELOPING: French President Emmanuel Macron Uses Special Power to Raise Retirement Age without Parliament Vote

by Cristina Laila Mar. 16, 2023 11:15 am319 Comments

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday used a special power to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 without a vote.

Macron shunned Parliament and invoked a constitutional power to impose a bill that has sparked protests across France.

France one step away from civil war. Macron's police beat women and the elderly. pic.twitter.com/rth8VCCR77

— RadioGenova (@RadioGenova) March 11, 2023

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Thousands of people take to the streets of Paris to protest against the government's plans to make people work longer before retirement.
Live feed at: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yoKMZpLgPzGQ
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— Reuters (@Reuters) March 15, 2023

More violent protests are expected.

The Associated Press reported:

French President Emmanuel Macron imposed a highly unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 on Thursday by shunning parliament and invoking a special constitutional power.

Lawmakers were shouting, their voices shaking with emotion as Macron made the risky move, which is expected to trigger quick motions of no-confidence in his government. Riot police vans zoomed by outside the National Assembly, their sirens wailing.

The proposed pension changes have prompted major strikes and protests across the country since January. Macron, who made it the flagship of his second term, argued the reform is needed to keep the pension system from diving into deficit as France’s population ages and life expectancy lengthens.

The decision to invoke the special power was made during a Cabinet meeting at the Elysee presidential palace, just a few minutes before the scheduled vote, because Macron had no guarantee of a majority in France’s lower house of parliament.

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What is a tyrant if not someone who uses “special powers” to do something when he can’t get consensus?

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Seems like there used to be a guy in France that did things like this... Nappi.. Napoli... what was his name again? Little guy... sort on patience, long on temper.

Think they would have learned.

On the flip slide 'special powers' sounds a lot like Executive Order.

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French TV captures Macron greeting the protestors from on the top of his Presidential Chateau after signing the bill..

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^^^ Fetchez la vache!

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Seems like there used to be a guy in France that did things like this... Nappi.. Napoli... what was his name again? Little guy... sort on patience, long on temper.

Didn’t he make that nasty chocolate/strawberry/vanilla concoction?

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The French like their protests. This isn't going to go over well.

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Seems like there used to be a guy in France that did things like this... Nappi.. Napoli... what was his name again? Little guy... sort on patience, long on temper.

Didn’t he make that nasty chocolate/strawberry/vanilla concoction?

No, he made a custard cake thing

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That is to make up for the 3-day work week, or whatever they've shrunk it to.

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The French like their protests. This isn't going to go over well.

The French and Italian's take their protesting seriously, they go so far as to announce when they'll be demonstrating so everyone knows which transportation routes will be affected. The German's and UK take their protesting violently, after all this is where antifa was birthed.

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Maybe time to break out the torches, pitchforks, and guillotines.

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Maybe time to break out the torches, pitchforks, and guillotines.

What's the waiting period in France to buy a guillotine?

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Didn’t he make that nasty chocolate/strawberry/vanilla concoction?

Yes!! that's the guy!

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Seems like there used to be a guy in France that did things like this... Nappi.. Napoli... what was his name again? Little guy... sort on patience, long on temper.

Didn’t he make that nasty chocolate/strawberry/vanilla concoction?

Yes!! that's the guy!

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