Contra Increase of the Minimum Wage: How the SPD Confirms Critics of the Minimum Wage and Risks Jobs

The coalition compromise provides for a minimum wage from 2026 of 15 euros as a possibility. However, the SPD vehemently demands it. This is politically and economically questionable, our author says.

In the background of election fever, a battle is being fought over what the minimum wage will look like in 2026. Initial government forecasts are not very promising for employees and assume an increase only by the level of inflation. Trade unionists, on the other hand, expect a much higher increase in the amount.