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The Guardian - UK
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Kim Willsher in Paris

Emmanuel Macron insists pension reform is necessary in TV address

Emmanuel Macron’s TV address
Emmanuel Macron’s recorded address went out on prime-time television. Photograph: Blondet Eliot/ABACA/Shutterstock

Emmanuel Macron has said he has heard the public’s anger over his contested pension reform which has sparked three months of protests but insisted once again the measure was necessary.

In a televised address late on Monday, the French president said he regretted no “common ground” could be reached over the legislation which raises the official retirement age from 62 to 64.

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