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Hollande risks vote of no confidence to trump majority in the economic reform debate

By Benjamin Fox (EU Observer), 19 February 2015
Article 49.3 of the French constitution gives the government the power to by-pass the National Assembly when it doesn’t have majority support. (photo credit: Parti Socialiste)
Article 49.3 of the French constitution gives the government the power to by-pass the National Assembly when it doesn’t have majority support. (photo credit: Parti Socialiste)
<p>&nbsp;</p><p>French president Francois Hollande faced down a mass rebellion by his governing Socialist party on Tuesday, invoking a seldom-used procedure in the French constitution to force through a controversial bill aimed at liberalising the French economy.</p>
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