France raises minimum wage by 1.6% to €1,502 from December 2026
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actu Cameroun
The government of Sébastien Lecornu announces a 1.6% rise in the minimum wage, which will rise to €1,502 a month from 1 December 2026, about €24 more, according to Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou. The CGT considers the measure insufficient, while the National Rally proposes a 10% wage increase up to three times the minimum wage, according to Actu Cameroun.
The government of Sébastien Lecornu has announced a 1.6% rise in France's statutory minimum wage (SMIC). The monthly amount will rise to €1,502 from 1 December 2026, an increase of about €24, according to Actu Cameroun.
The announcement was made by Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou at a government press conference, in the presence of the Prime Minister. It comes as France has for several weeks been experiencing social anger and demonstrations.
The CGT, the country's main workers' organisation, considers the measure insufficient. Its general secretary Sophie Binet called it "que des miettes" and calls for the mobilisation and strikes to be widened. The National Rally, for its part, proposes a 10% rise in wages up to three times the minimum wage, with a freeze on employer contributions, said Sébastien Chenu, the party's vice-president.
This announcement follows the earlier-than-planned December increase in the minimum wage, revealed on 9 November: the 1.6% SMIC rise brought forward to December.
