Will Macron back down?

So far Emmanuel Macron has stuck to his guns. He pledged to increase the retirement age for France from 62 and 64 and he has done it. Not by a democratically approved vote in parliament but by presidential edict. That was surely his mistake. While every other nation in Europe must be gazing in a perplexed way at the French and their bizarre attitude to work, the millions of protesters would have been less violent and possibly even compliant if Macron had put his retirement reform proposal to parliament. If he had lost, that would have been democracy for you. We, the Brits, left the EU after the vote in parliament went the wrong way!! If Macron had won then he could have gone ahead with the backing of parliament and my guess is the violent protests would eventually have come to an end. But he ignored parliament and made it a fait accompli. No wonder those who hate him believe he is trying to become a new stye of emperor instead of just a plain and ordinary president. The fancy watch which he removed surrepticiously from his wrist during a tv interview was, in their view, another example of a president trying to hide his wealth. It was a pretty stupid move which made headlines everywhere. The protesters are unlikely to go away. Tourism in Paris will drop dramatically and the country will go to the chiens unless Macron perhaps meets the demonstrators halfway. Perhaps he could ofer to increase the retirement age in stages. From 62 to 63 for the next two years and from 63 to 64 after that. But somehow I expect Emperor Macron is dead set on staying firm with his policy, never mind the chaos. Meanwhile, King Charles III has been advised to delay his state visit and any other foreign leader in the diary for a session in the Lycee is also likely to cancel their trip. Doom and humiliation for the French president.