and to get that popularity back ? take a listen to what the head of the cgt union had to say about macron. today wanting to force through this reform creates chaos. macron was the president of the rich, and now he is the president of chaos. and so i think that the wisdom of the constitutional council should be to do with the head of state obviously refuses to do that is to say to consider that in order to move on for the country to start to run against serenely reform must be withdrawn. there was no other way out than that. so macron, maybe in china right now, but this really is the biggest challenge facing his presidency and they will continue to protest until they feel that they are heard. so the question is will mac macron? listen, max? yes so this is a big question. where does he go from here? um even if he does overcome this last hurdle of and pushing this reform through. well i think
order to block the road. in a television interview on wednesday, president macron said pushing up the pension age from 62 to 64 was a necessity, in order to protect the system for future generations. translation: there aren t a hundred solutions if we want the pensions - system to be balanced. it no longer is. and the more we wait, the more it will get worse. and so, this reform is necessary. and i say this to the french people i don t enjoy doing this, i would have preferred not to do this, but it is also because of a sense of responsibility. i m joined now by randja kanouni, an elected cgt union member. thank you forjoining us. why are feeling so strong about this issue? isn t it an obvious necessity that is all countries are facing ageing populations, many governments are pushing up the pension age? weill. pushing up the pension age? well, actuall , it pushing up the pension age? well, actually. it is pushing up the pension age? well, actually, it is not, pushing up the pensio
agree with this idea. rand a kanouni from the cgt union, h agree with this idea. randja kanouni from the cgt union, thank agree with this idea. randja kanouni from the cgt union, thank you - agree with this idea. randja kanouni from the cgt union, thank you very l from the cgt union, thank you very much. . ~ from the cgt union, thank you very much. ., ,, i. a 28 year old man will appear in court today charged with the attempted murders of two men who were set on fire after leaving mosques. mohammed abbkr will appear at birmingham magistrates court charged with an attack in edgbaston three days ago and an incident in ealing, west london, last month. he s alleged to have sprayed a substance on the men, before setting them alight. borisjohnson s political future hangs in the balance, after he was questioned by mps investigating whether he misled parliament over lockdown parties in downing street. during a three hour session, the former prime minister repeatedly denied lying to the comm
to raise the age at which workers can claim state pensions from 62 to 64. as well as the stoppages at transport depots, there have also been blockades set up on some major roads. this was the scene in rennes in the north western brittany region you can see barricades set on fire. the french government says that if the reforms are not introduced, france will run up around $160 billion of deficit to pay the pensions. we can speak to randja kanouni, an elected official in the cgt union the governing body dedicated to managerial staff. she joins us from paris. thank you forjoining us. how do you think the stoppages are going so far