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During his speech on Monday, the President of the Republic mentioned the protest movement which has shaken the country for three months, recognizing “the anger was expressed”.
“However, is this reform accepted? Obviously, no”, admitted Emmanuel Macron, Monday, April 17, during his televised address. After considering that the executive’s text on pensions constituted “an effort”, he recognized that a consensus had not “could not be found”, what he “regret”.
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“We must learn all the lessons from this”, he continued. “I heard in the demonstrators an opposition to the pension reform, but also a desire to find meaning in his work, to improve it”he says about the vast protest movement that is shaking the country.
“It is all this anger that very many French people have expressed by demonstrating, and for the vast majority, in calm and respect for our institutions”, acknowledged the Head of State. No one, and especially not me, can remain deaf to this demand for social justice and the renewal of our lives. democratic”, underlined Emmanuel Macron