may the first day usually marked by being labor protests. cnn s frederik blacken now with more on the story from paris. the green light for french president emmanuel macron s pension reform bill met with red flares by protesters as you can see the people here voicing their anger after the decision of the constitutional council, and many of them are saying they will continue to go out on the streets and protest even after this decision, the ruling made by members of the french constitutional council, known as the wise men, gives macron the go ahead to raise the age of retirement from 62 to 64. for election. e acted very badly against us against the people. he s not a democrat autocrat ahead of the ruling police barricaded the country s highest constitutional authority after outbursts of violence on thursday, the 12th day of
pension reform law asked to make some changes to it or scrap it altogether. joining us live from paris is cnn senior producer sascha van dorn. so first task take us through what we saw on the streets there. yes kim. well, yesterday was the 12th day of pension reform protests and we did see a lower turnout than in previous weeks. 380,000 people took to the streets and it was relatively peaceful, but we did see some violence throughout the day. in the morning, protesters stormed the headquarters of lvmh. and then there was some tensions between them and riot police throughout the day, and they did head to the constitutional council, where they set off red flares. kim yeah, and then of course they all eyes now are on the constitutional council and its ruling today is it expected to appease the protesters, or perhaps pour more fuel on the fire here? well, that s a great
the whole thing out, but we think that is highly unlikely. as you said yesterday was the 12th day of pension reform protests, and it was lower turnout than in previous weeks at 380,000. people took to the streets, and as you said, we saw violence erupting throughout the day. just in the morning, protesters headed to the lvmh headquarters there. they stormed it, and then they made their way to the constitutional council, where they set off red flares. now i just want to talk about this still that i think this photograph that was taken yesterday that i think sums up the situation pretty well. right now. it shows hundreds of police officers in front of the constitutional council and this is just such a rare sight kim and really shows how tense the situation is right now in france and how much is expected from that ruling. today the question is will the ruling appeased protesters or will it throw more fuel onto the fire? take a
even after this decision, the ruling made by members of the french constitutional council, known as the wise men, gives macron the go ahead to raise the age of retirement from 62 to 64. for election. e acted very badly against us against the people is not a democrat autocrats. the government is expected to enact the approved bill into law this weekend with an invitation for talks already extended to union leaders. ahead of the ruling police barricaded the country s highest constitutional authority after outbursts of violence on thursday, the 12th day of demonstrations against this bill . following the ruling, the french prime minister said there is neither a winner or a loser tonight. but opposition leaders are already urging macron not to enact the law, with protestors also vowing to continue their fight going to keep protesting
french police are bracing for the 12th day of massive protests that they hope won t turn violent as this one did. a week ago. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to walk off their jobs and protests in the streets against president emmanuel macron s push to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 , many also furious over his maneuvering to get the measure around parliament. the country s highest court is set to rule friday if the reforms are constitutional. cnn s saskia van dorn is live for us in paris this hour. saskia were expecting more people to be hitting the streets today on number of numbers dwindling at all. and what can we expect to happen after this much awaited ruling from the constitutional council? well bianca, we expect up to 600,000 people to take to the streets again today. in fact, i believe there s some protests that are already underway. we may have some live pictures of