The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) on Monday 14 September welcomed recent statements to the Swedish press by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who assured that she wanted to strengthen the role of the social partners in wage setting.
“The Commission will never request Sweden to introduce a statutory minimum wage”, the President told the Swedish daily Dagens Nhyeter, before stressing the importance of national traditions and her desire to...