Newshour - What's behind France's pension protests? - BBC Sounds

Huge numbers of people have taken part in demonstrations across France over legislation to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.

King Charles III's state visit to France has been postponed after a request by President Emmanuel Macron.

The French president said "we would not be serious and would lack common sense" to go ahead after unions called a day of pension protests during the visit.

The trip to Paris and Bordeaux had been due to begin on Sunday. But both cities were caught up in violence on Thursday, some of the worst since demonstrations began in January.

So why do French people feel so strongly about the proposed measures? Newshour's Rebecca Kesby has been speaking to Sophie Pedder, the Paris Bureau Chief of The Economist, and the author of Revolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the Quest to Reinvent a Nation.