protesters the firefighters have been striking since june demanding better working conditions solid to bensky the pools from the sea. and noisy protests live in paris as firefighters i take to the streets once again in a protest now that's been going on for almost 70 a protest against the reforms in the civil service announced by president michel in 2017 is 120000 job losses over 3 years and also i think that what they say is the lack of recognition in their job saying it's a risky profession and they want to be back look just like the police just give you a sense of what's going on here in paris where the fire fighters have come from across france to try and get their food he says heard up by the government they say that they support the need to massive recruitment troy's they need assistance because they say that the number of old lives they receiving is increasing every year and they don't have the stones to cover it we've been speaking to some of the firefighters at this protest to ask them a bit more about the problems they're receiving in that profession why are we protesting for 7 mont

there you have it on themselves the other bestiality bensky reports now on the protest movement that shook things up every weekend last year. as 29000 winds up in front since that time move reflection was a good g.a.a. what gifts did it bring well there were plenty from the government but many seemed to go down like a lead balloon and people took to the streets time and time again. yes we all know the french all famous for striking protesting but in 2019 it felt like that there was something picking at old wounds its theme of a year with home going protests and into professional strikes throughout the year one protest movement. every saturday without fail the yellow vests took to the streets. a movement in 2018 but it left that small cone 2019 the yellow vests one to change in the social fabric in france they've charged to the streets in anger of what they see as being a hugely unequal country with a growing divide between the rich and the poor mccaughan had given them concessions but they were rejected week after week the yellow vests and the police clashed thousands on both sides i

pension age although according to the text it's not something that would apply until 2022 a salad to bensky explains. will you still need to me will you still feed me when i'm 64 or so goes the chorus to that song sung by the beatles now back in the 1960 s. when it was recorded average life spans were far shorter than they are today in france it was around 70 years old the idea of being 64 suggested you were probably close to you wrote expiration. in france they consider the us too healthy at the age of $63.00 so for us if unacceptable to diet work or a time in bad health. it is very possible to diet work at this. people are tired of that age they can continue working. as founts enters into its 6 week of strikes over proposed changes to the pension system the one element that's really seems to be roiling people is the up being over the age that you can retire at with a full pension to yes you guessed it $64.00 polls show that 2 thirds of respondents find this to be on palatable while some unions if even demanded that all references to retirement at $64.00 be removed from the law. this new a

health sector have been gradually deteriorating due to lack of funding and chronic stuff shortages due bensky reports. the moving clued some 600 heads of hospital to parliament and 470 heads of health services and it comes amidst the country's longest running strike in decades they say that is the doctors that they could no longer watch over service that is in adequate and threatens patient safety. hospitals have been on strike for several months hospitals and emergency services unions have been sounding the alarm but politically nothing has been done that's the problem from the point of view of medical ethics doctors must treat patients we don't have the necessary resources we've been killing our health care system for the past 20 or 30 years we have completely changed our control system at the moment all decisions are taken not by medics but by administrative staff and manages and that has to change i came here from santa go right get humanitarian work so i can tell you that in terms of health care france is becoming like a developing country other issues include a lack of hospital beds for

descended on the capital although the interior ministry claimed it was a fraction of that size challenger bensky reports from the center of the protest well we've already seen tear gas deployed on several occasions by the police as they were trying to control the crowd see paris and the crowds are huge i just want to get you to go up and get a sense of looking down this street this is delivered to mission and put you much all the way down to the last of the publique it is chock a block with people people who've come out to support this strike now in its 36 day this is the 4th day of nationwide protests and as you can see it doesn't seem as if the support is abating a tool many people thought this strike would only go on for maybe 2 weeks but hey we are not 36 day going into the 6 week and it still looks like it's getting huge amount to support in terms of have the strike is going there is more public transport that is operational at the moment in paris are we seeing trains operating fairly normally metros operating fairly normally in the mornings and in the evenings at the during the large parts

divisive reforms which have seen weeks as we see it again a crippling strikes charlotte dumas do bensky next looks at whether or not the company could cash in if those reforms do get through. to be awarded france's a legion of own a medal is to receive the country's highest award so no doubt this year's recipients were pleased as punch to know that they'd been given the nords hit when the list was announced one name provoked rather than appreciation it was that of the. head of the french branch of the american management company black rock. well critics accused of trying to cash in on the controversial pension changes that are currently being pushed through by the french government. directly benefit from the pension reform. the chose to honor the lead of blackrock france is nothing but an anecdote blackrock is simply the dark side of the pension reform john transource you believe president of blackrock france is promoted to officer of the legion of warner on january the 1st as a reward for pillage and of our pay as you go passions the presentation of the legion of honor it is on france