Lecornu announces €24 monthly rise in minimum wage and tax breaks for firms
The increase adds about €24 a month and comes with tax and contribution relief for employers, while unions say the offer falls short.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced a 1.6% increase in the Smic effective December 1, 2026, raising the net monthly minimum wage to approximately €1,502, an increase of €24 per month.
- Demonstrations in major cities escalated from underfunded school protests into broader civil unrest, including riots on October 17, prompting the government to accelerate the minimum wage hike from January.
- Major unions rejected the offer: CFDT head Marylise Léon called the raise "insufficient," while CGT general secretary Sophie Binet labeled it "crumbs," demanding a 10% increase, or about €150 monthly.
- The CGT called for a new national strike and demonstration day on November 17, following the November 5 strike that drew nearly 600,000 marchers according to Interior Ministry counts.
- Nearly 12.7% of French employees earn at or near the minimum wage, compared with 8% in Germany, making wage adjustments politically sensitive five months before the presidential election.
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After weeks of social unrest, the French government has announced that it will raise the minimum wage by 1.6 percent starting next month. This involves, in part, an inflation adjustment. The commitment followed consultations held in a hotel in Paris with trade unions and employers' organizations. This social conference, as the government had dubbed the consultation, was intended to quell the social unrest. In recent weeks, France has seen sever…
The French government announced on Monday a minimum wage increase of 1.6% from 1 December, after several weeks of demonstrations marked by violence and destruction, in which most of the...
The minimum wage currently stands at 1,477.93 euros - The increase is "the second most significant increase in 20 years, we should not despise it," Prime Minister Sébastien Lecorni stressed.
(London=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Ji-yeon = Amid ongoing protests against high prices in France, the French government has decided to raise the minimum wage one month earlier than planned.
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