France bangs pots and pans in fresh anti-pension reform protest

Reacting to the din, Mr Macron proclaimed during his visit to Alsace last week that “it’s not saucepans that will make France move forward”

People bang pots and pans while French President Emmanuel Macron speaks in a televised address to the nation (AP)

A country renowned for its cuisine is turning to pots and pans to express discontent with French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms.

French demonstrations against raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 have morphed from lobbing paving stones, dodging tear gas and brandishing banners to something nearer the soul of the gastronomic nation: Making noise by banging kitchen saucepans.