EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Social

MEPs reiterate their call to Commission for EU directive on adequate minimum incomes

Brussels, 15/03/2023 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament wants an EU directive on adequate minimum incomes in the EU and made this clear by adopting a resolution on the subject on Wednesday 15 March by 336 votes to 174 with 121 abstentions.

MEPs also call on the Member States, who adopted the EU Council Recommendation on Adequate Minimum Income and Active Inclusion (see EUROPE B13073A20) at the end of 2022, to regularly assess and readjust the level of minimum incomes, which do not exist in all Member States.

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