"The idea was to block out as much as possible Macron's speech tonight, because we are tired of hearing it": about 1,500 people demonstrate in front of the prefecture in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) banging on pots and pans and other kitchen utensils during French President Emmanuel Macron's televised speech, after the signing of his widely unpopular pension reform. Macron's overhaul of the pension system raises the country's retirement age from 62 to 64 and set off weeks of protests nationwide. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES