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Minimum wage in France: France prefers to raise the minimum wage for protests

After weeks of mass protests because of the lack of purchasing power, France prefers the planned minimum wage increase.

Original: Mindestlohn in Frankreich: Frankreich zieht Erhöhung des Mindestlohns wegen Protesten vor

Economy 12 independent outlets · 18 articles translated from German
Frankreich erhöht Mindestlohn um 1,6 Prozent
Photo: SWR Aktuell (Südwestrundfunk)

What outlets write

  1. Die Zeit / Zeit Online 9 November, 18:49
    «In the face of persistent protests, the French government is raising the minimum wage from the beginning of the month»
  2. Westfalenpost 9 November, 12:07
    «Mülheimer Discountriese submits the internal minimum wage»
  3. ntv 9 November, 16:22
    «The large discounters Aldi Süd and Lidl raise the pay in their companies in the lowest wage group already one month earlier and thus remain above the state requirement»

Reactions

The trade unions are demanding a multiple and are preparing for further action.

Welt 9 November

What's next

From December there is to be net 24 euros more per month.

Who reports

12 independent outlets · 18 articles

public tagesschau (ARD-aktuell) SWR Aktuell (Südwestrundfunk) ZDF heute Deutschlandfunk
commercial Der Spiegel die tageszeitung (taz) nd (nd.DerTag, nd.DieWoche) Neue Ruhr/Rhein Zeitung (NRZ) Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) Westfalenpost Handelsblatt ntv Welt Die Zeit / Zeit Online
non-profit Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung