He thus avoids the motion of censure, which will no longer have the support of the socialists. His proposal will suspend the gradual increase of the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has successfully averted the first attempt to overthrow his government by loudly announcing the immediate suspension of the controversial 2023 pension reform.

The French government is suspending a landmark pension reform until the next presidential election in 2027, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu told parliament on Tuesday.

The decision is a major victory for the opposition Socialist Party, who had threatened to vote to topple Lecornu's nascent government if he did not freeze the pension reform, which was passed in 2023 ...