The Swedish minister responsible for the directive on adequate minimum wages, Paulina Brandberg, said in an interview with the Swedish media on Wednesday 18 January that the government’s preliminary assessment was that Sweden “should join Denmark” in its appeal to annul the directive adopted in June (see EUROPE B13093A13).
“We believe that it is in Sweden’s interest as a Member State to very clearly defend the Swedish wage model, which we want to protect at all times”,...