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
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 baton charges, hundreds, thousands of french police trying to keep them away from this area but that doesn t mean it has been a peaceful night here in paris. i have just been watching videos of live fire is being set off around the city as the protesters express their anger about these reforms. but i think at the moment that s all they are able to do, is to express anger rather than change them because tonight s decision means that the reforms probably will go through and french people in the future will have to work to an older age.
came through and there was a chorus of boos and hisses, a real anger, and that is when the trouble started. i can still smell on my close the burning of the flares that were going off. the protesters in their plan was to try and get here but they have not been able to because of a very very heavy police prevalence, hundreds of thousands of gendarmes, french police trying to get away from this area but that doesn t mean it has been a peaceful night here in paris, i havejust been watching videos of live fires across the city as the protesters expressed their anger about these reforms. at the moment that is all they are able to do, express anger rather than change them because the reforms probably will go through and french people have to work in the future until an older age. the co founder and guitarist of irish rock band the script, mark sheehan, has died at the age of 46.
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
president emmanuel macron has signed his controversial pension reform into law. the reforms, which raise the minimum retirement age to sixty four, 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. and there was it was a chorus of boos and hisses.