Emmanuel Macron has said protests in France and the Netherlands are a social price that has to be paid as the two governments push ahead with reforms. “We must sometimes accept controversy,” the French president said. “We must try to build a path for the future.” He was speaking to members of the French community in Amsterdam on the second day of a state visit which has been dogged by small protests against his unpopular pension reform, which will raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Emmanuel Macron and Dutch King Willem-Alexander visit the University of Amsterdam (Mischa Schoemaker/AP)...