Buckingham Palace is “monitoring” the explosive political situation in France ahead of King Charles III’s first scheduled state visit to the country later this week. Emmanuel Macron’s Government today narrowly survived no-confidence motion in parliament over an unpopular pension reform that will see the retirement age rise from 62 to 64. But the reform has sparked widespread violent protests throughout the country, with riot police clashing with hundreds of protesters.
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