President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Born will face a no-confidence vote from the opposition today.

Yesterday’s appeal to Article 49.3 of the Constitution for the adoption without a vote of the reform of the pension system is regarded as the defeat of Emmanuel Macron, who staked on this key reform of his second term of his political authority.

“We have a problem with democracy, because this text, which will change the life of the French, will be adopted without the slightest vote in the National Assembly,” said MP Aurelien Pranier on BFMTV.

For their part, the unions will try to resume demonstrations and strikes.

Unions are calling for rallies today and over the weekend, as well as a ninth day of strike on Thursday 23 March.

The trade unions denounce the decision to impose reform without legalizing the parliamentary vote and hold the government fully responsible for the political and social crisis that the “rejection of democracy” will cause.

Last night, security forces intervened to evacuate Place de la Concorde, where thousands of protesters had gathered. By the end of the evening, according to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, 217 people were delivered.

Clashes broke out in other major French cities, Rennes, Nantes, Amiens, Lille, Grenoble.

The chairman of the parliamentary group of the Presidential Renaissance Party, Auror Berge, asked Interior Minister Gerald Darmanen to mobilize “public services to protect the majority deputies.”

The government and the leftist opposition accuse each other of inciting violence.

Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne, for her part, said she was “very shocked” by the stance of some opposition MPs. “They want chaos in the National Assembly and in the streets,” he warned.

The strikes, which have been going on for several days in the energy, ports and waste sectors, are causing great unrest.

In Paris, some areas are littered with tons of garbage, and the authorities are preparing to mobilize personnel to remove them.

According to Elizabeth Bourne, the decision to apply Article 49.3 was a “collective” government and president. This is seen as a defeat for Emmanuel Macron after weeks of negotiations with political parties and trade unions.