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French PM brings forward hike in minimum wage to calm protesters
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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Monday, November 9, 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.
Unions swiftly dismissed the offer as "crumbs".
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