on. tasha butler joins us now live from paris. natasha macklin comments that he gave in this interview likely to calm the streets. well i think the unlikely to calm the streets probably do just the opposite and fuel people's anger and frustration. i mean watching emmanuel mac or your hard press to imagine that this was a french present in the middle of a political and social crisis. he was very, a business like he was on repentance about his french government pushing through his reform a bill of pension reform bill by decree, involvement, look, he has the right to do so. and he pointed that out. he said, this reform is necessary for the french, a system for people in the future to have a pension. because at the moment the system is simply broken. he also said, look, he has every right to push the reform through parliament. by decree, it is part of the constitution. however, he gave no concessions, there only branches to some of his opponents from his critics, both in parliament and on the streets. i think that's why we will see protest continue. trade unions have certainly said that th

macklin says that this is essential to cover pension deficits and has been widespread opposition to his plan. millions of people have taken part in protest, marches, and strikes across france. natasha butler has more from paris. but they started with the french government, hoping to put this proposed pension reform bill to a vote, but they simply didn't know whether that get enough support from some opposition and piece in order for this bill to pass. and i thought was the case they decided to push it through by decree, it's not a total surprise me with a little bit in the, in the last few days it was a course of action that the government might have taken a vote. they decided to take now nevertheless, it will be seen by many of the failure politics of the failure of president micro to really convince people about reform that is proved to be, let's face it, unpopular some, 2 thirds of french people up to 3 quarters sometimes in opinion polls say that they are against this reform because they say it is unfair erosion, social rights, and erosion of the french social model. from my point of view, he says, look, the pension reforms, the pension system in falls, is complex. it is, i sho