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)
<p> </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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