PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macaron announced a program to shut down nuclear reactors as part of his policy of environmental change, while expressing his understanding of the suffering of protesters over fuel taxes.

This was in a speech dedicated to the transformation of energy in France, which was scheduled before the start of protests by the so-called "zero jackets," who have been demonstrating for weeks regularly. And witnessed their movements confrontations with the security forces.

In his presentation of energy policy lines for the next 10 years, with the future of nuclear energy at its core, McCron announced that France will close 14 of the 58 reactors currently in operation by 2035, and that between four and six reactors will be shut down by 2030.

The plan includes previously announced the closure of two of France's oldest reactors in Vicenheim in eastern France. McCron said their closure would be decided in the summer of 2020.

By 2020, France will close its four remaining coal-fired power stations as part of its anti-pollution efforts, he said.

McCron said he would ask the giant Electricity France to study the feasibility of using more next-generation compressed-water nuclear reactors, but would wait until 2021 before deciding on how to proceed.

McCron was keen to express his understanding of the protesters' suffering on the fuel tax.

He said he understood what French families feel that they are bearing the burden of increasing fuel taxes this year, which has led protesters from the "zero jackets" to organize demonstrations and roadblocks 10 days ago across France.

McCron offered a slight concession to those, saying he would propose a mechanism to correct the tax increase when it was imposed at the same time as world oil prices rose, as was the case this year.

He called for a three-month national dialogue to develop a road map to accelerate the transition away from the use of fossil fuels, which he said was still his goal.

"What I learned from the last few days is that we should not change our course, because it is the right track," he told lawmakers at the Elysee Palace in Paris.

In his hour-long speech, McCron repeated several times that he understood the anger expressed by hundreds of thousands of people spontaneously by taking to the streets wearing the zero jackets kept by the drivers in their car so that they could be seen on the road in the event of an accident or malfunction.

He acknowledged that many French felt that taxes were "imposed on them from above" and promised to speed up government action to reduce the burden on working families and reduce public spending.

"Like many French people, I have experienced the difficulties faced by people who have to drive long distances and have trouble covering their expenses at the end of the month. I am absolutely confident that we can turn this anger into a solution. "

• The French president promised to accelerate the work of the government to reduce the burden on working families, and reduce public spending.