As Emmanuel Macron spoke from the Élysée Palace about the need to raise the retirement age, thousands of people poured into public squares across France for noisy protests intended to drown out the head of state
PARIS—The solemn presidential address, televised across France’s main networks, is a technique that President Emmanuel Macron has deployed amid many crises, from theOn Monday, Mr. Macron addressed a nation that was no longer listening. As the president spoke from the gilded interiors of the Élysée Palace about the need
, thousands of people poured into public squares across France for a “concert of casseroles,” loudly banging on pots and pans in an attempt to drown out the head of state.
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