Why does Macron say he's bringing the change? The centrist group's vote was first in the National Assembly, with 278 MPs voting in favour - higher than expected but narrowly short of the 287 needed to get the motion through. However, on 21 March, the president narrowly survived two motions of no confidence by nine votes after they were tabled by centrist MPs and those from the far-right National Rally. "This bill has no parliamentary legitimacy, no legitimacy from the street," he said at a protest outside parliament. The move was called "a spectacular failure" by Jean-Luc Melenchon, the leader of left-wing party France Insoumise (France Unbowed). The activist movement has announced a "national paralysis week", including protests outside ministers' homes and parliament.A 'spectacular failure' but the president survives In Jerusalem, demonstrators gathered Sunday outside the prime minister's residence, while others rallied in the northern city of Haifa and Beer Sheva in the south. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP Israeli police disperse demonstrators in Tel Aviv on Monday, March 27, 2023. OREN ZIV / AP Protesters block a road and hold national flags as they clash with the police in Tel Aviv on March 27, 2023. Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking a highway in Tel Aviv on Monday, March 27, 2023. Our security, economy, society - all are under threat." After months of rallies, including a weekend demonstration that brought out an estimated 200,000 people in Tel Aviv, protesters in the city said it felt like "a sort of climax". "The entire nation is rapt with deep worry. "Last night we witnessed very difficult scenes," Herzog said. "Israel is not a dictatorship," protesters chanted as a large crowd waved national flags and blew airhorns. Some threw metal barricades while police deployed water cannon. "Israel is not a dictatorship," protesters chanted as a central highway in the coastal city of Tel Aviv, blocking traffic and burning tyres. "We have a mission to stop this legislative process and we will do it," he said, vowing to "continue to fight". "From the moment this press conference ends, the State of Israel stops. "I am calling a general strike," Histadrut chairman Arnon Bar-David said in a televised address. Israel's top trade union leader called a general strike Monday, March 27, over the hard-right government's controversial judicial reforms, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his defense minister who had called for a stop to the overhaul. Israelis opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan block a highway during a protest moments after the Israeli leader fired his defense minister, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 26, 2023. Le Monde Published on March 27, 2023, at 10:51 am (Paris), updated on March 27, 2023, at 10:53 am
The prime minister is expected to address the nation later Monday, with speculation in Israeli media that he could pause the judicial reforms. General strike called in Israel over Netanyahu's plan to reform the justice system
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