In France, hundreds of thousands of protesters took part in demonstrations as labor unions went on strike against austerity measures proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron and his new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu. According to France’s Interior Ministry, half a million people attended the protests. Here’s Regis Delu, a helicopter worker for Airbus.

Regis Delu: “The government needs to understand that we are fed up with austerity, that there are real measures that need to be taken to save France, but these aren’t the ones that need to be taken against workers. These are measures that need to be taken at the government level and the savings that need to be made.”