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People bang pots and pans while French President Emmanuel Macron speaks in a televised address to the nation, Monday, April 17, 2023, in Paris. 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. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) **FILE**

People bang pots and pans while French President Emmanuel Macron speaks in a televised address to the nation, Monday, April 17, 2023, in Paris. 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. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) **FILE**

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