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  "id": 19166204,
  "title": "France brings forward minimum wage increase in bid to quell unrest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/france-brings-forward-minimum-wage-increase-in-bid-to-quell-unrest",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T14:43:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261109-france-brings-forward-minimum-wage-increase-in-bid-to-quell-unrest"
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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 1.6 percent 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. It comes as Lecornu meets labour groups on Monday in a bid to find solutions to the cost-of-living crisis. France 24's Rochelle Ferguson…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "France accelerates minimum wage hike in bid to quell protest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/france-accelerates-minimum-wage-hike-in-bid-to-quell-protest",
        "published": "2026-11-09T17:46:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}