Macro: Citizens ' Protests Changed Me for Good

In a way, the situation with Yellow Jacks was very good for me... because they reminded me of what I had to do”, Macron said in an interview for the US Times.

I have certainly given the impression that I have wanted reforms against people. Sometimes my impatience is interpreted as impatience with the French, which is not so”, Macron said.

The French president added that he is half of his five-year mandate and is in the phase between the demand for reforms and the results.

“My challenge is to listen to people better than I did at the beginning of my mandate”, the French president said.

Protests in France began in November last year and continued for months. They began after disappointments with the increase in fuel prices, but continued for other disappointments with the Macron government's policies. / REL/