{
  "id": 19162670,
  "title": "French PM brings forward minimum wage hike to calm protesters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/french-pm-brings-forward-minimum-wage-hike-to-calm-protesters",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T13:40:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3373836/french-pm-brings-forward-minimum-wage-hike-calm-protesters"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Monday 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. The government has faced a series of protests in recent weeks which started over underfunded schools but have morphed into broader protests,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}