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WorldAccording to France 24, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Monday he was bringing forward a planned 1.6 percent 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.
Al Jazeera reported that unions slam the increase as insufficient, as the government seeks to defuse the unrest ahead of upcoming elections.
This brief draws on reporting by France 24 and Al Jazeera.
The report, filed in our World section, was first published by France 24 on Monday, November 9 and concerns France.
France: France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean.
Sébastien Lecornu: Sébastien Pierre Thierry Lecornu is a French politician who has served as Prime Minister of France since September 2025. Positioned on the right of the ideological political spectrum, Lecornu has promoted Gaullist, Séguinist, and socially conservative beliefs.
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