Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM French Government Survives No-Confidence Votes over Pensions The speaker of the National Assembly, Yael Braun-Pivet, said the failure of both votes means parliament has adopted the pension bill. ADVERTISEMENT Parliament adopted a divisive pension bill Monday raising the retirement age in France from 62 to 64, after lawmakers in the lower chamber rejected two no-confidence votes against the government. ADVERTISEMENT But the bill pushed through by President Emmanuel Macron without lawmakers’ approval still faces a review by the Constitutional Council before it can be signed into law. The council has the power to reject articles within bills but usually approves them. ADVERTISEMENT The first no-confidence motion, proposed by a small centrist group with support across the left, narrowly missed approval by National Assembly l