<h1>Reappointed French prime minister faces no-confidence votes over pension reform raising retirement age from 62 to 64</h1> France's reappointed prime minister faces imminent no-confidence motions from far-right and far-left parties over a contested pension reform that raises the retirement age from 62 to 64, forcing potential concessions to avoid collapse and secure passage of the draft 2026 budget. The government lacks a parliamentary majority and could be toppled if Socialist and Green lawmakers join censure movers. Opponents demand repeal or suspension of the pension change; prominent economists have called for pausing it until the next presidential election to defuse unrest. Successive minority government failures and a hung parliament have left France politically stalled amid rising poverty and fiscal pressures.