After the government used Article 49.3 to advance its pension bill without a final parliamentary vote, crowds gathered in Paris and other cities. The protests marked a shift from scheduled union-led marches toward spontaneous nightly assemblies and demonstrations. Critics argued that the procedure deepened a democratic legitimacy crisis; government supporters defended it as constitutionally permitted. The episode linked workplace conflict to wider questions about executive power and the right to shape social policy.
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