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

https://mins.news/en/video/135910

- France 24 English, 2026-11-09 16:47 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAl6WWrb_hU

> Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Monday he would move a planned minimum-wage increase from January to December, seeking to ease the cost-of-living crisis behind some of France’s worst civil unrest in years. Unions quickly dismissed the offer as “crumbs.”

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