"Pans won't help", Macron says, shrugging off pension protests

Protesters, wearing CFDT labour union vests, attend a demonstration against pension law before the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron in Muttersholtz, Eastern France, April 19, 2023.The slogan reads "Emmanuel, come and work a little at night to see". REUTERS/Elizabeth Pineau

MUTTERSHOLTZ, France (Reuters) - Protesters angry at changes to France's pension system greeted President Emmanuel Macron with boos, banners and banging on pans when he visited a factory in the east of the country on Wednesday.

Macron shrugged off the display of discontent, saying: "Pans won't help France to move on".