In 2023, a law was passed in France that raises the retirement age from 62 to 64 with a requirement that the retiree has worked at least 43 years.
Its provisions, which sparked strikes, were highly controversial, as was Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne's invocation of Article 49.3 of the French Constitution, allowing a draft law to pass without a vote unless the Assembly adopts a motion of no confidence within a set time.
The law was to deal with a pension system budget deficit projected to reach €13.5 billion per year by 2030.
Later the same day the Government, fearing the proposed law would not have enough support to pass in the National Assembly, invoked Article 49-3 of the Constitution, engaging its responsibility on the bill.
[9] On 23 July 2024, following the victory of the New Popular Front in the 2024 French legislative election, La France Insoumise proposed to scrap the pension reform plans in a vote, receiving support from the National Rally.