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18 April 2005

EZA 674: Germany Politics




Minimum wage; cross-party consensus ends as the debate heats up and parties look towards upcoming NRW state election
Increasing pressure on service sector wages due to the influx from low wage earners (“cheap labour”) from Eastern Europe has sparked the debate on minimum wages. The recent debate was triggered by loose comments from Bavarian state premier Edmund Stoiber on this issue, which were seen as a general u-turn by the opposition. But mainstream CDU thinking – represented by Angela Merkel – is still opposed and would only accept some sector specific wage fixation. Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who previously opposed minimum wages on economic grounds made a swift u-turn, trying to exploit the debate in the important upcoming state elections in North-Rhine-Westphalia.

SummaryPlease see attached briefing from Michael Clauss.

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© Graham Bishop

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