French Protests Persist Despite Government Surviving No-Confidence Vote and Adopting Contested Pension Reform

Dozens of people were arrested in France as protests erupted after President Emmanuel Macron's government narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in parliament over a deeply unpopular pension reform. The failure of the vote will be a relief to Macron, but opposition lawmakers vowed to force a U-turn and unions prepared for nationwide action on Thursday. The vote on the tripartisan, no-confidence motion was closer than expected, with 278 members of parliament backing it, just nine short of the 287 needed for it to succeed.