French government favours compromise over pension reform - prime minister

PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is favourable towards compromises over pension reform, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Wednesday, a week before a planned transport workers' strike.

"The reform of the universal pension system is very important for the country, very important," Philippe told a news conference.

(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; writing by Matthieu Protard; Editing by Angus MacSwan)