Lecornu announces €24 monthly rise in minimum wage and tax breaks for firms
The 1.6% increase lifts the monthly minimum wage to about €1,502, but unions say it falls short of their demands.
- 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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As social protests continue in France, the government is trying to ease tensions by bringing forward a minimum wage increase. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Monday that a planned increase in the minimum wage from January is being moved to December, Reuters reports.
Under pressure after weeks of social mobilization, Sébastien Lecornu advances on December 1 a revalorisation of the minimum wage and announces that decrees will force the branches to negotiate wage increases. The unions remain scepticalAfter the demonstrations, the time of the announcements. In conclusion of a consultation with the employers' and trade union organisations, Sébastien Lecornu, accompanied by some ministers, presented this Monday w…
In view of the ongoing protests, the government in Paris seems to want to set a signal: the increase in the minimum wage planned for January is now being preferred. From December, there is to be net 24 euros more per month.
On Monday, the French Government announced an increase of 1.6 per cent in the minimum wage as of 1 December next, following weeks of protests calling for improved purchasing power and movements in secondary schools and universities.
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…
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