Article 6AYW3 Banging saucepans will not move France forward, says Macron

Banging saucepans will not move France forward, says Macron

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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
from World news | The Guardian on (#6AYW3)

President tours rural France in attempt to calm tensions over his unpopular pensions changes

Emmanuel Macron has said that banging saucepans at him will not move France forward, as about 100 protesters bashing pots were pushed back by police when the French president visited a factory in Alsace in an attempt to contain anger over raising the pension age from 62 to 64.

Members of the CGT and CFDT trade unions had gathered in front of the mayor's office in the village of Muttersholtz on Wednesday, where Macron began a series of visits to rural France to try to calm tensions over his unpopular pensions changes.

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