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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. It comes as Lecornu meets labour groups on Monday in a bid to find solutions to the cost-of-living crisis. France 24's Rochelle Ferguson has more.
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. It comes as Lecornu meets labour groups on Monday in a bid to find solutions to the cost-of-living crisis. France 24's Rochelle Ferguson has more.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Monday that a planned 1.6% increase in the minimum wage would be brought forward from January to December after holding talks with trade unions and business leaders over the cost-of-living crisis that has fuelled weeks of unrest across France. The increase fell well short of the demands of unions, which have called for fresh protests in the coming days.
