jacqueline hello there well as you can see we are in the thick of it because paris is approaching. jacqueline hello there well as you can see we are in the thick of it because paris is approaching. this government is set to announce their final plans for the pension reform in this country but according to various polls definitely at least more than 50 percent of the country's population support the ongoing strike in this country some polls though put this number 2 was high is 70 percent so clearly the majority of the french people want to say no to all. that the government is confident about and we already heard from the prime minister of france that there is no turning back. if you don't make serious profound and progressive reforms to date someone else will make a much more brutal reform tomorrow i hope that we can convince a majority of french people that our reform is fair it is universal it makes the special pension plans gradually disappear and is financially balanced. now let me just explain who these people are for instance right behind me you can see the orange vests these

jacqueline hello there well it is a very big day inside the french presidential palace here in the french capital it's a very big day for europe very big day for ukraine because a lot is at stake i can tell you that just a short while ago right on the stairs we saw emmanuel macron while coming his guests from germany ukraine and russia the 1st one to arrive was england mark hold then it was flying embers a lansky and i can tell you that for a 2nd we weren't even sure if it was him because he arrived on the plane a rado mini van and the last of the 4 leaders to come here was putin an hour before that a group of feminine activists topless after this decided to try and spoil the david very quickly they were silenced by the french police and obviously nothing none of this is supposed to happen inside that building where the talks are current thing happening if you look at the schedule 1st there was supposed to be several by last and only then the 4 leaders were supposed to talk together in one room now let me just. talk you through why the leaders are here i'll tell you what the bloody confli