France - Growing tensions at energy company - December 31, 2025

Wage negotiations for 2026 within the state-owned energy group EDF are taking place in a difficult atmosphere. The proposed increases are considered insufficient by the unions, while at the same time a major cost-cutting plan is failing to gain traction. On 16 December, at the end of a third round of negotiations, management proposed a 1.7% individual salary increase at the level of EDF SA, the electricity company's parent company. This falls far short of the demands of the FO and CGT unions, which were 2.7% and 2.5%, respectively. Having made their signature conditional on a minimum of 1.8%, the representatives of the CFE-CGC and CFDT unions are still considering their options.

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