Workers on strike hold CGT labour union flags as they walk on railway tracks to block a TGV high speed train during a demonstration at the train station on the eve of the ninth day of national strike

Workers on strike hold CGT labour union flags as they walk on railway tracks to block a TGV high speed train during a demonstration at the train station on the eve of the ninth day of national strike

Workers on strike hold CGT labour union flags as they walk on railway tracks to block a TGV high speed train during a demonstration at the train station on the eve of the ninth day of national strike

Macron spoke on TF1 and France2 TV after using executive powers to push through a pension plan that triggered protests and strikes across France.

French President Emmanuel Macron will explain how he will seek to overcome tensions prompted by his plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64

The French president says he has no regrets over pushing through the law but adds that he will organize special bonus payments and other measures to help workers.

The president of France announced that he wants the pension bill to be implemented by the "end of the year." Macron also condemned the violence at some pension protests.