Source: Financial Times [UK]
“France’s Socialist party has threatened to launch a no-confidence vote that could topple the country’s fragile government after months of negotiations over a controversial pensions reform ended without a deal. Prime Minister François Bayrou had initiated a ‘conclave’ on President Emmanuel Macron’s cornerstone reform — which raised the retirement age from 62 to 64 — in a bid to maintain enough support for his governing coalition to survive in a deeply divided parliament. But the government’s survival depends on the tacit support of the centre-left Socialists, who oppose raising the retirement age but have so far abstained from calling a no-confidence vote.” (06/24/25)