French President faces motions of no-confidence after ramming a controversial pension reform through parliament without a vote, deploying a rarely used constitutional power that risks inflaming protests.The move was an admission that his government lacked a majority in the National Assembly to pass the legislation to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.The adopted the bill earlier on Thursday morning, but misgivings in the ruling party and reluctance by right-wing opposition MPs to side with Macron meant the government risked losing a vote in the lower house.
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