French politicians receive GUILLOTINE death threats as Macron faces vote of no confidence TODAY
French politicians GUILLOTINE receive death threats as Macron faces a vote of no confidence TODAY over pension reforms that have sparked violent protests
- Members of Parliament received death threats reminiscent of guillotining used during the French Revolution
- It comes as Macron today faces a vote of no confidence over his pension reforms
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French politicians have been threatened with the guillotine if they support President Emmanuel Macron’s government in a parliamentary vote of no confidence today.
Police said hundreds of macabre messages had been sent to MPs preparing for the crucial vote at the National Assembly in Paris.
Macron’s decision to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 by bypassing parliament sparked widespread violent protests across France.
Agnes Evren MP and Vice President of the Republican Party said she “received death threats,” reminiscent of the beheading of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette during the “terror” that followed the French Revolution in 1789.
She tweeted: “These extremists are refusing debate – they have no respect for their political opponents and are openly inspired by the terror.”
Macron’s decision to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 by bypassing parliament sparked widespread violent protests across France.
A French police officer in riot gear stands next to a fire during a demonstration in Bordeaux, southwest France, on March 18, 2023
Don’t underestimate the danger any longer. Any threat of this type will now be the subject of a complaint.”
Republican Party Frederique Meunier added: “It’s like they want to behead us.”
Guillaume Gouffier Valente, a member of parliament from Macron’s Renaissance Party, saw a hangman’s sign scrawled outside his office in Vincennes, east of Paris.
Renaissance MP Brigitte Klinkert also reported graffiti outside her office that read, “You vote against us, we will remember.”
On Sunday, there was a fourth night of violence across France following Macron’s decision to bypass parliament last Thursday.
Protesters roamed the streets of major cities, including Paris, burning effigies of the president and senior ministers before police responded with tear gas and baton attacks.
Two motions of no confidence are being voted on today and they will require an unprecedented coalition of parties from the left and right to pass.
Macron’s embattled prime minister, Elisabeth Borne, is in danger of losing her job if the government loses.
But Bruno Le Maire, the finance minister, said: “There will not be a majority to overthrow the government, but it will be a moment of truth.”
Republican leader Eric Ciotti, who saw his campaign headquarters in Nice attacked over the weekend, has ordered his MPs not to vote against the government, saying it will “lead to chaos.”
He added, “We must never succumb to the new disciples of Terror.”
A French gendarme sets a street fire during a demonstration in Paris, on March 18, 2023
Pedestrians react as they pass a fire made from household waste containers during a demonstration in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on March 18, 2023
French CRS riot police secure an area near torched rubbish bins during a demonstration to protest the French government’s use of Article 49.3, a special clause in the French Constitution, to enforce the Pension Reform Law by the National Assembly push without a vote by legislators, in Paris on March 18, 2023