Macron addresses France amid anger over pension reform

“Gradually working more is also producing more wealth for our whole country,” he said

French President Emmanuel Macron (Lewis Joly, Pool/AP)

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he heard people’s anger over raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, but insisted that it was needed.

In a televised address to the nation, Mr Macron said “these changes were needed to guarantee everyone’s pension”, after he enacted the pension law on Saturday.