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The future of President Emmanuel Macron’s second term was unclear after a no-confidence vote triggered by his effort to raise France’s retirement age fell short by only nine votes.

Lacking parliamentary support, the French president used a special measure to circumvent a vote, a step likely to further enrage opponents.

The left-wing parties stopped quarreling and tapped a little-known civil servant for the job. But President Emmanuel Macron said he would not appoint anyone until after the Paris Summer Olympics.

Criticism of the French president’s performance in Beijing has been scathing among some allies, who saw him as cozying up to Beijing.

The French president’s decision brought relief to the sellers who have long operated near the Seine, and avoided a standoff.

An earlier suggestion by the French president that the security of Taiwan was not Europe’s immediate concern had drawn sharp criticism from some Western allies and commentators.

With a decisive turn toward youth and conservative ideas, the French president sets a path for his reshuffled government.

The country’s lower house of Parliament unexpectedly passed a motion to reject a government immigration reform bill, leaving its future uncertain.

The French president also suggested that the international coalition once deployed to fight the Islamic State could also fight Hamas.