Even if the directive does not force the twenty-seven to respect a uniform European minimum wage, it hopes to stimulate social dialogue. Objective: to ensure everyone a “sufficient standard of living level”.
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After a last night of negotiations, the member states and the European Parliament reached an agreement, Tuesday, June 7 in the morning, on the project of directive relating to the minimum wage. “This text shows that social Europe is not a slogan, but a reality: increase in wages, valuation of social dialogue and fight against dumping”, comments, on Tweet, the Minister Delegate for European Affairs Clément Beaune, who is also a candidate in the legislative elections of June 12 and 19 and never lacks an opportunity to defend the achievements of Europe in the face of the Nuts (new Ecological and Social People’s Union) and the Euroscepticism of Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
In this same vein, MEP Macronist (Renaissance) declare, in a statement: “Far from wanting to disobey Europe, we have chosen to change it from the interior, by convincing the other pro -European forces of Following us. “In reality, the directive does not oblige the twenty-seven to respect a uniform European minimum wage, or even to follow precise rules which would allow, for each country, a binding floor remuneration. Nevertheless, it poses a common framework which aims to guarantee a “decent standard of living” within the European Union (EU).
In the twenty -one European countries with a minimum wage, the new legislation requires evaluating whether it “is sufficient to ensure a decent standard of living, given their own socioeconomic conditions, purchasing power “, as well as” national levels of long -term productivity and development “, explains the Parliament in a press release. Governments can also refer to reference values, such as “60 % of gross median wages” or “50 % of gross average wages”, specifies the agreement.
“a political message”
The text therefore acts like a sting. It also provides negotiation tools to the social partners, but is in no way restrictive. While the question of remuneration is not a skill of the EU and the minimum wages vary greatly within it, from 332 euros in Bulgaria to 2,202 euros in Luxembourg, according to Eurostat figures of 2021, it was difficult to ‘Go further.
Eastern European countries, in particular, did not want to be imposed on an increase in their minimum wage which would make them lose competitiveness. The Green MEP Mounir Satouri, the former campaign director of the presidential candidate Yannick Jadot, therefore goes a little quickly when he declares: “With the minimum wage directive, around 25 million workers in the EU will see their salary increase. “
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