# Government engages Article 49.3 on the pension bill

Date: 2023

On 16 March 2023 Prime Minister [Élisabeth Borne](/people/elisabeth-borne) engaged Article 49.3 of the Constitution on the bill raising the legal pension age, so the [National Assembly](/organizations/national-assembly) did not take an ordinary final vote on the text. No-confidence motions failed. The president had made the reform a second-term commitment and kept the government in place.

## People

- Emmanuel Macron: https://factrail.ai/people/emmanuel-macron

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/frances-macron-uses-special-powers-push-through-pension-reform-2023-03-16/
- https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/16/comptes-rendus/seance/session-ordinaire-de-2022-2023/deuxieme-seance-du-jeudi-16-mars-2023

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/fr-pension-article-49-3-2023