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I wonder if the Editorial Director might raise this.

BBC Radio 4 0700 bulletin: Macron has promised a 100 euro rise in the minimum wage.

Missing from the cue and piece by Hugh Schofield - current minimum wage, and when the rise might come in. France’s minimum wage (known as SMIC - Le Salaire Minimum Interprofessionnel de Croissance) increased slightly in January 2018 to reach €9.88 per hour, or the equivalent of €1,498.47 per month (around €1,160 after tax). The 100 euro rise is monthly - an increase of nearly 6.7%. Macron promises to pay from 1st January 2019.