PoliticsFrance brings forward minimum wage increase in bid to quell protests

France will bring forward a planned 1.6 percent minimum-wage increase by a month, to December 1, raising monthly pay by 24 euros to 1,502 euros. Unions say the increase is insufficient as the government seeks to calm cost-of-living protests and rising social tensions ahead of elections.

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