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French opposition MPs fail to pass pension repeal bill

Members of the centrist opposition LIOT group hold copies of the French Constitution at the National Assembly in Paris on June 8, 2023. © Lewis Joly, AP

Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform failed on Thursday to pass a repeal bill, in their latest effort to maintain the retirement age at 62. 

Centrist opposition group LIOT decided to withdraw its bill a couple of hours after the heated debate started because the text had been emptied of its initial content. 

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