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PoliticsFrance brings forward minimum wage increase to ease unrest

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said the planned 1.6% minimum-wage increase would take effect in December instead of January. The move aims to ease a cost-of-living crisis that has sparked some of France’s worst civil unrest in years. Lecornu is also meeting labour groups to seek solutions.

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FFrance 24★★★☆☆2026-11-09 14:43Original

France brings forward minimum wage increase to ease unrest
France brings forward minimum wage increase to ease unrestPolitics