conflict between russia and ukraine in the future, when the time is right. and the time will be right when both sides, russia, ukraine and probably the us feel like they cannot gain anymore by pursuing the war and therefore are ready for peace talks. war and therefore are ready for peace talka peace talks. duncan wrigley, thank you peace talks. duncan wrigley, thank you very peace talks. duncan wrigley, thank you very much. - to france now, where president macron faces the moment of truth over his plans to repair government finances by raising the retirement age to 64. the highly controversial reforms have sparked widespread strikes and protests across the country. strikes and protests across the country after mr macron decided to force the bill through parliament without a vote. it now goes before france s constitutional council the top legal authority in the land. armin steinbach isjean monnet professor of law and economics at the hec business school in paris. thank school
hundreds of thousands of demonstrators on to the streets again, in cities across france. the changes would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 and have provoked huge protests. we expect to learn the outcome, has president macron, will his plans be allowed to go through? you run them through, no vote on the floor, that is why it has gone to this concert is why it has gone to this concert is no council. whether be allowed, will it be struck down constitutional council. all of those things will be made clear in the next couple of hours when we get that decision. we can speak now to melanie vogel, a french senator, who is co chair of the european green party. i v e i ve been watching those pictures comment, notjust from the constitutional council, but hundreds of thousands of people on the
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