Bitter pension battle turns to democratic crisis as Macron bypasses French parliament

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Bitter pension battle turns to democratic crisis as Macron bypasses French parliament Widespread rejection of French President Emmanuel Macron’s planned pension overhaul was a key factor in his failure to win a parliamentary majority following his re-election last year. His decision to ram through his deeply unpopular reform, without a vote, turns an already festering dispute into a political and institutional crisis.