epa10534218 French riot police clash with protesters during a demonstration against the government pension reform at Vauban square in Paris, France, 20 March 2023. Protests continued in France after the French prime minister announced on 16 March 2023 the use of Article 49 paragraph 3 (49.3) of the French Constitution to have the text on the controversial pension reform law be definitively adopted without a vote in the National Assembly (lower house of parliament). The bill would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 by 2030. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

epa10534221 French riot police clash with protesters during a demonstration against the government pension reform at Vauban square in Paris, France, 20 March 2023. Protests continued in France after the French prime minister announced on 16 March 2023 the use of Article 49 paragraph 3 (49.3) of the French Constitution to have the text on the controversial pension reform law be definitively adopted without a vote in the National Assembly (lower house of parliament). The bill would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 by 2030. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

epa10534222 French left-wing parliamentary groups members of the 'Nupes' coalition (New Popular Ecological and Social Union) stand behind a banner that reads 'we keep on' after the first motion of no-confidence against the government was rejected at the National Assembly in Paris, France, 20 March 2023. The centrist and independent group LIOT has tabled a motion of censure co-signed by the left-wing parliamentary groups of the 'Nupes' coalition (New Popular Ecological and Social Union) and far right-wing deputies of RN (Rassemblement National) have tabled each one a motion of censure against the government of Prime Minister Borne after the application of Article 49 paragraph 3 of the Constitution to adopt the controversial pension reform law without a vote. EPA-EFE/TERESA SUAREZ