"The President of the Republic appealed to the President of the Senate Gerard Larcher and the President of the National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet to assure them of the support of the parliament and all legislators, as well as to inform about the readiness of the government to do everything to protect them," AFP quoted RIA Novosti as saying.

He added that he would like to bring the pension reform to an end.

Earlier it became known that in France during the protests that took place on March 16 after the adoption of the pension reform, more than 300 people were detained.

On March 16, the French authorities decided to carry out a pension reform project in the country without voting in the lower house on the basis of Art. 49 of the French Constitution, which gives the executive the right to adopt any law without the consent of the deputies.