France's National Assembly overwhelmingly votes to suspend controversial pension reform

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00:00Lawmakers in France's lower House of Parliament, the National Assembly,

00:04approved a measure on Wednesday to suspend a controversial pension reform.

00:09The vote, which passed with 255 in favor and 146 against,

00:15followed a major concession by the country's new Prime Minister,

00:18Sébastien Lecornu, to the Socialist Party to avoid censure.

00:22One of the biggest was offering them a suspension of President Emmanuel Macron's

00:26plan to raise retirement age from 62 to 64.

00:30Budget debates in France have recently gained significance,

00:34since Macron's snap election last year resulted in a hung parliament.

00:38Earlier this year, lawmakers voted to remove Prime Minister François Bayrou

00:43after he called an unprecedented confidence vote over his controversial 2026 budget plan.

00:49France, which has had five premiers in just two years,

00:52is continuing to struggle to rein in a budget deficit,

00:56which has become the largest in the eurozone.

00:59The country's public deficit hit 5.8% of GDP in 2024,

01:04totaling 168.6 billion euros,

01:08a figure well above the maximum allowed by EU rules.

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