thirds of french people opposed his plans. earlier, ispoke thirds of french people opposed his plans. earlier, i spoke to an elected official of the cgt union, the governing body catered to managerial staff and they told me that the reforms are unfair. tt’s that the reforms are unfair. it s auoin that the reforms are unfair. it s going well. that the reforms are unfair. tt s going well, people are committed to stopping the reform so it s really great for us. it means that we are a number of people that is meaningful and that doesn t want this reform to pass so it s good for now. truths; and that doesn t want this reform to pass so it s good for now.- pass so it s good for now. why don t ou want pass so it s good for now. why don t you want to pass so it s good for now. why don t you want to reform pass so it s good for now. why don t you want to reform the pass so it s good for now. why don t you want to reform the party? - pass so it s good for now. why don t you want to ref
union officials. protesters are aiming to bring the countries to a standstill, a member of the cgt union said the strike has begun everywhere. there have been a few days of this, today marks the sixth days of this, today marks the sixth day and since mid january, but unions say today was the biggest yet. riot police are standing off against protesters who are shouting at them and holding up banners and posters. you can also hear the sound of what i think, i don t know, i have no idea, it could be tear gas. i think we will come off these pictures to bring you up to date, if we see anything else happening we will take you straight back. the charity age uk is calling for all households on pre payment
nearly 18 million euros, by 2030. the far left leader jean luc melenchon said the country was at a crucial point. take a listen. it is notjust an ordinary day of demonstration. it is kind of citizens uprising of the people who are protesting against the fact that the government wants to take away from them this very simple thing. the right to lead a human existence and therefore to stop working after a certain age because the body, mind, nerves have all worn out. mr macron is certain to lose. those disruptions i mentioned are having an impact across the country, as transport workers and others in public services walk off the job. one in three high speed trains is running and only two driverless metro lines are operating normally in paris. the cgt union says at least three quarters of workers walked out at the big totalenergies oil refineries and fuel depots, although the company said the number was far lower. students also took part in the protests.
we start in france, where hundreds of thousands of workers are out on strike for a second time. they re protesting against president emmanuel macron s plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. eight big unions are taking part in the strike, which has disrupted schools, public transport and oil refineries. let s take a look. the first marches had started in the morning across the country, like this one, in rennes in north western france. thousand of people also took to the street in toulouse, marseille and nice in the south of the country. and this was the scene in paris. the main cgt union claims more than a million people were protesting against the president s plans. there was also some clashes, police deployed tear gas, the authorities said they were stopping what they called radical elements