# French PM brings forward minimum-wage increase to calm protests

https://mins.news/en/item/135898

- France 24, 2026-11-09 16:47 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261109-french-pm-brings-forward-hike-in-minimum-wage-to-calm-protesters

> French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Monday that a planned minimum-wage increase would take effect in December instead of January, seeking to ease a cost-of-living crisis that has triggered some of France’s worst civil unrest in years. Unions quickly dismissed the offer as “crumbs.”

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