j. phillip are now thank you very much and if you want to thank you very much of french, please, sir, clearing demonstrators from placid reconco in paris, where thousands were protesting against pension reform tear. gas was fired at about $7000.00 demonstrators. earlier, the french government forced controversial pension reforms through without a vote in parliament. after failing to convince a majority of m, p 's to back the bill, the changes raised the retirement age from 62 to 64. resident, manually, michael says it's essential to cover pension deficits. natasha butler reports now from paris. oh, it wasn't the outcome. the french government wanted, but without a parliamentary majority, but decided to force his pension reform bill through parliament by decree. a controversial move that infuriated some lawmakers and left the french prime minister struggling to be heard on the per pound. we can't risk seeing a 175 hours of parliamentary debate come to nothing. we can't risk seeing the compromise built by the 2 houses dismissed. we cannot risk the future of our pensions. this reform is necessary