French government forces through austerity measures without vote in parliament
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/02/18/macr-f18.html
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls’ government yesterday forced through an unpopular bill
imposing large-scale liberalization of the French economy without a parliamentary vote.
Instead, Valls used the anti-democratic provision 49-3 of the French Constitution,
which allows the executive to force the National Assembly to either adopt the bill
or bring down the government.