Macron effigy laid on train tracks in protest

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1 年前

STORY: Dozens of protesters staged a blockade before Macron gave a televised interview defending his pension reform move.

Some stood on the tracks and chanted banners, while other stood outside the station singing: "We're here, even if Macron doesn't want it."

"Do you think I enjoy doing this (pension) reform? No," Macron said in an interview aired on France's two biggest TV stations. "But there are not a hundred ways to balance the accounts ... this reform is necessary."

Protests against the bill -- which lifts the retirement age by two years to 64 -- have drawn huge crowds in rallies organized by unions since January.