On Friday 28 February, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) published a ‘counter-opinion’ on the directive on adequate minimum wages following the proposal to annul the directive by the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU (see EUROPE B13557A22).
The Advocate General ruled that the directive was incompatible with Article 153(5) of the Treaties (the EU may not take measures affecting pay, the right of association, the right to strike or the right to impose...