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  "id": 19180999,
  "title": "French PM brings forward hike in minimum wage to calm protesters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/french-pm-brings-forward-hike-in-minimum-wage-to-calm-protesters",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T16:47:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261109-french-pm-brings-forward-hike-in-minimum-wage-to-calm-protesters"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-11-09T13:40:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "French PM’s minimum wage boost pledge fails to placate protesters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/french-pms-minimum-wage-boost-pledge-fails-to-placate-protesters",
        "published": "2026-11-09T15:48:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RFI English",
        "title": "French PM's move to increase minimum wage fails to convince unions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/french-pms-move-to-increase-minimum-wage-fails-to-convince-unions",
        "published": "2026-11-09T17:36:17.000Z"
      }
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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."
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