Hundreds of thousands of French citizens took to the streets in protest on Thursday as French President Emmanuel Macron refuses to budge on increasing the retirement age.
Former White House economist Kevin Hassett weighs in as Paris protests continue over hiking retirement age on 'Your World.'
French President Emmanuel Macron is refusing to budge on his government upping the retirement age to 64, prompting hundreds of thousands of French citizens toTourist hot spots like the Eiffel Tower and the Versailles Palace closed down amid the demonstrations as travel was disrupted at regional train stations and airports across the country.
The national trade union General Confederation of Labor said that 3.5 million French citizens attended protests on Thursday, while officials estimated that 1.08 million people took to the streets, according to France 24. A protester holds a banner reading 'Macron do what I do, tax your friends' during a demonstration, a week after the government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote.
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