French president says he has heard public anger over issue and promises measures to boost pay
Emmanuel Macron has said he has heard the public’s anger over his contested pension reform which has sparked three months of protests but insisted once again the measure was necessary.
He admitted increasing prices and certain jobs “don’t allow many French people to live well”, but insisted that “gradually working more means also producing more wealth for the whole nation”. He called for “conciliation and unity”, an appeal addressed to the unions who have vowed to continue their protests.
“Regret doesn’t change much for the workers who now have to work longer, many of whom have mobilised over the last three months and many of whom will do so on the 1st of May,” Berger told French television. Protesters gathered around the country banging saucepans to suggest that if the president would not listen to them, they would make enough noise to drown him out.
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