# France brings forward minimum wage increase in bid to quell unrest

https://mins.news/en/video/135711

- France 24 English, 2026-11-09 14:43 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0sMHEQGRuY

> Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Monday that a planned 1.6% minimum wage increase would take effect in December instead of January, as he seeks to ease a cost-of-living crisis that has sparked some of France’s worst civil unrest in years. He is also meeting labour groups to discuss solutions.

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