Macron says 'common sense' required delaying king's visit

Firemen controlling the remains of a garbage fire from last night protests against the retirement bill in Paris, Friday, March 24, 2023. French President Macron’s office says state visit by Britain’s King Charles III is postponed amid mass strikes and protests. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
Municipality workers and two women cleaning a street from burned garbage of last night protests against the retirement bill in Paris, Friday, March 24, 2023. French President Macron’s office says state visit by Britain’s King Charles III is postponed amid mass strikes and protests. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
A fireman pushes a waste container among the remains of a garbage fire from last night protests against the retirement bill in Paris, Friday, March 24, 2023. French President Macron’s office says state visit by Britain’s King Charles III is postponed amid mass strikes and protests. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
Firemen controlling the remains of a garbage fire from last night protests against the retirement bill in Paris, Friday, March 24, 2023. French President Macron’s office says state visit by Britain’s King Charles III is postponed amid mass strikes and protests. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
FILE – Britain’s Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall look on as French President Emmanuel Macron, right, makes a speech following laying a wreath at a ceremony at Carlton Gardens in London, Thursday June 18, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron’s office on Friday, March 24, 2023, said a state visit by Britain’s King Charles III has been postponed amid mass strikes and protests in France. The king had been scheduled to arrive in France on Sunday on his first state visit as monarch, before heading to Germany on Wednesday. (Jonathan Brady/Pool via AP, File)
King Charles III receives the Ambassador of Turkey Koray Ertas, as he presents his credentials during a private audience at Buckingham Palace, London, Thursday March 24, 2023. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
A protester holds a placard that reads, “destitution of the cursed poet ” during a rally in Paris, Thursday, march 23, 2023. French unions are holding their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
A protester kicks a tear gas canister in front of the Opera at the end of a rally in Paris, Thursday, march 23, 2023. French unions are holding their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)