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France accelerates minimum wage hike amid protests

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The French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has accelerated a planned increase in the minimum wage to December from January. This decision aims to alleviate social tensions and address a cost-of-living crisis that has led to significant protests and unrest across France. The national minimum wage will see a 1.6% increase. AI

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France accelerates minimum wage hike amid protests

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters ·

    French PM brings forward minimum wage hike to calm protesters

    French Prime ⁠Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Monday he was bringing forward a planned hike in the minimum wage to December from January, as he sought to defuse a cost-of-living crisis that has sparked some of France’s worst civil unrest in years. The government has faced a se…

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