Germany to introduce minimum wage
Germany to introduce minimum wage
Germany is set to introduce a national minimum wage, conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, relenting on a key demand of her likely future centre-left governing partners.
Germany is set to introduce a national minimum wage, conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, relenting on a key demand of her likely future centre-left governing partners.
"The Social Democrats will not conclude negotiations without a universal legal minimum wage," she said about ongoing talks to form a 'grand coalition' government, adding that her party had opposed such a move and would do its best to prevent job losses as a result.
The centre-left SPD made introducing a national minimum wage of €8.50 an hour one of the key demands in their coalition negotiations with Merkel's conservatives.
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