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Radio France Internationale
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Michael Fitzpatrick

French leaders live to fight another week as pension storm deepens

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and President Emmanuel Macron. © AP - Gonzalo Fuentes

The past week has been a difficult one for French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. The government survived two no-confidence votes in the wake of its decision to impose pensions reform, but public opposition to the move is showing no sign of abating.

Uproar over the government decree to ram through the reform bill without a parliamentary vote has turned into the biggest domestic crisis of Macron's second term in office.

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