long the us will be committed. the biden administration has thrown a lot of weight behind its interest in this region. but then what happens after the next presidential election? i think all governments in this region are mindful of that. jonathan heard reporting. president emmanuel macron has signed his controversial pension reform into law. the reforms, which raise the minimum retirement age to 64, cleared their final legal hurdle when the constitutional council france s highest legal authority ruled in favour of the changes. joe inwood reports from paris. that building is where one of the most significant decisions in french political history was made. there, a body of french grandees decided that the controversial pension reforms of president emmanuel macron meaning that french people would work until 64, not 62 were in line with the constitution. now, i was in the crowds just down the road when that news of the announcement came through and there was a chorus of boos and hisse
decisions in modern french political history was made. there, a body of french grandees decided that the controversial people would work until 64, not 62, were in line with the constitution. now, i was in the crowds just down the road when that news of the announcement came through. and there was it was a chorus of boos and hisses. there was a real anger there. and that is when the trouble started earlier this evening. i can still smell on my clothes, the burning of the the bins and of the flares that were going off. now, the protesters, their plan was to try and get here, but they haven t been able to because of a very, very heavy police presence. there were baton charges. there were hundreds, thousands of gendarmes, of french police trying to keep them away from this area. but that doesn t mean it s been a peaceful night here in paris. there have been fires. i ve just been watching videos of live fires taking place, being set off around the city as the protesters express their anger
earlier he had a chance encounter at the shrine with the priest who gave the shrine with the priest who gave the last rights to his son bo who died from brain cancer in 2015. president macron says within the next two days he will enact controversial proposals to raise the pension age in france from 62 to 64. protests against the changes have been held since january, but france s highest legal authority has now ruled in favour of the reforms. joe inwood sent this report from paris. there is still a police presence outside the constitutional council here in france. and that s because that building is where one of the most significant decisions in modern french political history was made. there, a body of french grandees decided that the controversial pension reforms of president emmanuel macron, meaning that french people would work until 64, not 62, were in line with the constitution. i was in the crowd just down the road when news of the announcement
scheduled talks today. president emmanuel macron has signed his controversial pension reform into law. the reforms, which raise the minimum retirement age to 64, cleared their final legal hurdle when the constitutional council france s highest legal authority ruled in favour of the changes. joe inwood reports from paris. there is still a police presence outside the constitutional council here in france, in paris. and that s because that building is where one of the most significant decisions in modern french political history was made. there, a body of french grandees decided that the controversial pension reforms of president emmanuel macron, meaning that french people would work until 64, not 62, were in line with the constitution. now, i was in the crowds just down the road when that news of the announcement came through.
when the constitutional council france s highest legal authority ruled in favour of the change. joe inwood reports from paris. there is still a police presence outside the constitutional council here in france, in paris and that is because that building is where one of the most significant decisions in modern french political history was made. there, a body of french grandees decided that the controversial pension reforms of president emmanuel macron, meaning that french people would work until 64 not 62, were in line with the constitution. i was in the crowds just down the road when that news of the announcement came through and it was a chorus of boos and hisses, there was a real anger there and that is when the trouble started earlier this evening. i can still smell on my clothes the burning of the bins and the flares that were going off. the protestors, their plan was to try to get here but they haven t been able to because of a very, very heavy police presence. there were bato