I'm not French but 1.6% sounds insulting no matter how it scales

a planned 1.6% increase in the minimum wage would be brought forward from January to December

Making a planned increase happen a month earlier is so much worse than the headline implies.

The increase fell well short of the demands of unions, which have called for fresh protests in the coming days

Well duh.

Is this a joke?

So, he's chosen "let them eat cake"?

...Bold move, sir. Do you perhaps read? 🫥

Wow.

Do you want Le Pen? This is how you get her, what an imbecile move.

LOL

Why aren't thet subsidizing solar panels & reducing electricity bills by 40% ? Distribute MREs to the citizens. Work with pharmaceutical companies to drop pill prices by 20%.

Make some actual changes.

...per year? Or is he dumb?

I mean yeah, that is shit. UK is giving a 3.93% increase to minimum wage from April.