let's hear from one protester — moira dineen, who's in her 60s and has been out on the streets today.ated all of his political power in his role as president. he has not given a share of the decision—making to the government, not properly, and the unions are trying to, in an orderly fashion, persuade the government, persuade macron, to negotiate — and he is refusing to. let's take a closer look at the reforms president macron is trying to push through. currently, france's state retirement age is 62 — much lower than many of its european neighbours. in the uk, it's currently 66, germany and italy 67, and spain 65. the problem, according to mr macron, is demographics. there are only 1.7 workers for every pensioner in france, down from 2.1 in 2000. if the retirement age were to remain fixed at 62, there would only be 1.2 taxpaying workers to support each retiree in 2070. retirement spending by the state was equal to 13.6% of its economy in 2021, compared to about 10% in germany and nearly 11% in spain. we can cross live to paris and our correspondent hugh schofield. just tell us exactly