French officials announced the decision to delay the British monarch's trip after protesters set the city hall building alight in a city he was meant to visit.

King Charles's state visit to France has been postponed in light of protests planned next week over the French government's controversial pension reforms.

Paris' main airport and many trains across the country were disrupted and hundreds of schools blockaded as polls show the leader suffering politically for his moves.

Protests in France are intensifying as President Macron remains adamant over his plans for pension reform. NBC’s Meagan Fitzgerald reports from Paris on how major unions are calling for nationwide strikes impacting the country’s transportation,

Protesters angry at French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms continued with scattered actions on Friday.

Over a million people protested across France Thursday to oppose President Macron’s proposal to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64. Amid violent nationwide demonstrations, unions called for strikes to coincide with King Charles III’s visit.