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France moves up minimum wage rise after protests
Prime Minister Lecornu brought forward a 1.6% minimum wage rise to December. Unions were not convinced. Judo champion Teddy Riner said he will run for president.
Why it matters
Cost-of-living anger is shaping the 2027 race.
Background
Protests have run for weeks.
The story so far
- Macron condemns violence after France's worst unrest in years
- France imposes partial curfews after weekend of riots and looting
- France extends curfews and plans large police deployment for new protests
- France extends curfews and plans large deployment ahead of new protests
- France bans protests in Lyon and Marseille as Macron limits marches to unions
- France deploys 70,000 police and closes Louvre before protests
- French protests continue; Macron promises measures
- French student protests continue; Senate weighs riot damage bill
- France and Italy brace for youth protests
- Youth cost-of-living protests spread across Europe
- About 320,000 join third weekend of French protests; demonstrations spread to Germany
- France sees third weekend of protests; attempted murder probe opened
- Hundreds of thousands protest across France over living costs
- Hundreds of thousands strike in France as protests continue
- Fourth weekend of protests in France
- France moves up minimum wage rise after protests
Sources
- France 24 ↗Nov 9, 11:47 AM ET
- RFI ↗Nov 9, 12:36 PM ET
- Tagesschau ↗Nov 9, 11:25 AM ET
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