French PM suspends Macron’s pension plan before no-confidence vote

14/10/2025 15:04 The Guardian

Sébastien Lecornu hopes delaying changes until after 2027 election will win him enough support to surviveFrance’s prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has suspended Emmanuel Macron’s flagship 2023 pension changes until after the 2027 presidential election in the hope of winning over enough Socialist deputies to survive a no-confidence vote.The far-right National Rally (RN) and radical left France Unbowed (LFI) have already filed no-confidence motions for later this week that Lecornu will lose without the support of the Socialist party (PS), which has also warned it could submit its own motion. Continue reading...

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