Protesters disrupted French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech in the Netherlands about Europe’s future as he faces mass protests over pension reform back home.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that security officials detained a demonstrator who shouted at Macron outside Amsterdam University on Wednesday in the latest disturbance during the French president’s state visit to the Netherlands.

“For the honour of the workers – even if Macron doesn’t like it we are here,” the protester shouted before he could be seen being pinned to the ground by several officers.

France’s leader is confronting the biggest challenge of his second term after pushing through his flagship pension overhaul, which includes raising the retirement age from 62 years to 64.

“Where is French democracy?” shouted banner-waving demonstrators as Macron addressed a largely student audience on Tuesday.

The protesters gathered in an upper tier of a theatre in The Hague and shouted, “You have millions of protesters in the streets” while holding up a banner that read “President of Violence and Hypocrisy”.