# France brings forward minimum wage increase to ease unrest

https://mins.news/en/item/135699

- France 24, 2026-11-09 14:43 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261109-france-brings-forward-minimum-wage-increase-in-bid-to-quell-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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