there is no prospect of the government giving way on the key part of the law which is raising the age from 62 to 64 for state pension, and there is no sign as we see here of the protesters giving up. it may be that beneath the scenes there are things happening as the law approaches this publication in becoming actually law, people will start giving up, because they will say what s the point of these weekly demonstrations. but there is no sign of that yet. indeed i havejust heard that the unions have announced another day of protests a week from today, so next thursday there will be another big protest movement. that s interesting because it is on the eve, of course, of this decision, of this deliberation of this ruling by the constitutional council which is the body which will decide whether or not the pension law is in conformity with the constitution. so the protesters are certainly not giving up but this has been another big demonstration. we are at the end of it now. you can