Macron to give TV interview in bid to calm unrest over pension reform

French President Emmanuel Macron will address the country on Wednesday in a much-anticipated television interview, aimed at appeasing the anger against his pension reform adopted by force and explaining how he intends to overcome this crisis without changing his government or turning to voters.

President Macron's remarks to the government MPs aroused anger and incomprehension among citizens mobilised against the pension reform. During a reception at the Elysée on Tuesday evening Macron stated that "the crowd, whatever it is, has no legitimacy in the face of the people who express themselves sovereignly through their elected representatives".

As the French take to the streets to protest against Macron’s pension reform, 70 percent of respondents said they are dissatisfied with the president, according to the IFOP barometer.

As the French government is pushing for its own pension reform, have a read here on how it compares with other European countries:

Earlier this morning, one of the national union invaded a supermarket in Montreuil, Paris. A little more than a hundred protesters joined. "We want to make a mess until they withdraw the pension reform", one of them said. 

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Who is protesting? What does the pension reform entails? How are the strikes impacting the country? Read more about it here:

Protesters blocked entry to Marseille on the A55 on Wednesday morning.

Pallet fires set by opponents of pension reform led to the closure of the A55 motorway in one direction in Marseille, causing traffic problems entering France's second largest city, an AFP journalist noted.

Following the use of the article 49.3 to bypass the French parliament and push