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Le Pen's Party Declares Vote of No Confidence in French Gov't

© AP Photo / Daniel ColeFrench right-wing politician Marine Le Pen delivers a speech during a meeting in Avignon, south of France, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Le Pen is trying to unseat centrist President Emmanuel Macron, who has a slim lead in polls ahead of France's April 24 presidential runoff election. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen delivers a speech during a meeting in Avignon, south of France, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Le Pen is trying to unseat centrist President Emmanuel Macron, who has a slim lead in polls ahead of France's April 24 presidential runoff election. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) - Sputnik International, 1920, 15.02.2023
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PARIS (Sputnik) - France's right-wing political party National Rally has filed a motion of no confidence in the country's government in protest against its controversial pension reform, party leader Marine Le Pen said.
"This [a no confidence vote] is a kind of a parliamentary referendum. Those who are against the reform can support it [a vote of no confidence] to express the disagreement of tens of thousands of French people," Le Pen told French broadcaster on Wednesday.
The left coalition New Ecological and Social People's Union (Nupes) has put forward over 13,000 amendments to the pension reform in order to block the review of the draft law, the politician stated.
"It will take 1,150 hours to consider them [amendments], while we only have 28 [hours] left," Le Pen said, adding that there was no time left for consideration of the main, the seventh, article of the draft law on raising the retirement age to 64.
The no confidence vote will take place on February 17, the last day of draft law review in the lower house of the French parliament.
A protestor holds a placard which reads as 'retirement before arthritis' during a rally in Lyon, on January 19, 2023.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 09.02.2023
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Almost 75% of France's Residents Support Further Protests Against Pension Reform, Media Reports
On January 10, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne presented a draft pension reform legislation, which the government plans to implement in September 2023. According to Borne's plan, the French government will begin to raise the retirement age in the country by three months per year from September 1, gradually increasing it from the current age of 62 to 64 by 2030.
The first general strike against the pension reform plan took place on January 19 and gathered over a million people nationwide, with 80,000 in Paris. A total of 2.8 million people took part in the second demonstration on January 31. However, only around 757,000 people showed up at the third nationwide protest last week, with 57,000 in Paris alone. The fifth national demonstration is scheduled for Thursday.
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