MEPs and shadow rapporteurs gave a generally positive welcome to the report by Dennis Radtke (EPP, Germany) and Agnes Jongerius (S&D, the Netherlands) on the draft directive to introduce a fair minimum wage in the EU, in a first exchange in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) on Thursday 22 April. Swedish MEPs have openly opposed the very principle of an EU directive.
The two co-rapporteurs make some substantial changes to the European Commission’s text...