s left in tatters and police firing tear gas on protesters. arresting 5a in the capital. their main grievances, salaries, as well as plans to raise the retirement age from 62. and there is a lot riding on this for the president. he may have won a new five year term after beating his far right challenger marine le.pen but parliamentary elections are fast approaching and his opponents aren t done fighting. translation: we have never been in a better position to parliamentary elections at this time. why, because you know it. everywhere i go and everywhere my comrades go, they hear it, we will be there. president macron has insisted his second term will be different. gone is top gone is his top down leadership style. he is in listening mode now but these voters are making it clear that they will hold him to his
and police firing tear gas on protesters, arresting 5a in the capital. their main grievances, salaries, as well as plans to raise the retirement age from 62. and there s is a lot riding on this for the president. he may have won a new 5 year term after beating his far right challenger marine le pen, but parliamentary elections are fast approaching and his opponents aren t done fighting. translation: we have never been in a better position for parliamentary elections at this time. why? because you know it. everywhere i go and everywhere my comrades go, they hear it s a third round soon, we ll be there. president macron has insisted his second term will be different. gone is his top down leadership style. he s in listening mode now. but these voters are making it clear that they will hold him to his promise. nazanine moshiri, bbc news.
it s important to show macron and the rest of the political world that we are ready to protest to defend our social rights, defend what we stand for. may day marches returned to france, with officials counting more than 116,000 people in attendance, largely made up of trade unionists, climate campaigners and left leaning parties. and while they started off peaceful. shouting ..some turned violent, with storefronts like this mcdonald s left in tatters, and police firing tear gas on protesters, arresting 5a in the capital. their main grievances, salaries, as well as plans to raise the retirement age from 62. and there s a lot riding on this for the president. he may have won a new five year term after beating his far right challenger marine le pen, but parliamentary
translation: macron has been re-elected but he was re elected to stop the far right. yes, but not for his programme, and so today i think it s important to show macron and the rest of the political world that we are ready to protest to defend our social rights, defend what we stand for. may day marches returned to france, with officials counting more than 116,000 people in attendance, largely made up of trade unionists, climate campaigners and left leaning parties. and while they started peaceful. shouting ..some turned violent, with storefronts like this in mcdonald s left in tatters, and police firing tear gas on protesters, arresting 5a in the capital. their main grievances, salaries, as well as plans to raise the retirement age from 62. and there s is a lot riding on this for the president.