Olaf Scholz is already the new Chancellor of Germany, heading a tripartite government made up of Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals. From Spain, the second vice president of the Government, Yolanda Diaz, has congratulated him on his inauguration through Twitter, where he also celebrated as “excellent news” that “the first action of this plural government is a rise of 25% of the minimum wage“.
“Social protection is the heart of European democracy“, added the Minister of Labor on one of the star measurements of the new German coalition executive, which has agreed to raise the minimum wage from the current 9.60 euros per hour to about 12, which means a salary of 1,920 euros per month.
Precisely, the issue of the minimum wage has been one of the workhorses of the coalition government in Spain, which this year raised it 15 euros up to 965 per month, a rise considered scarce by the unions and rejected by the employer, something that the company itself Diaz lamented in September, when he insisted on the goal of the SMI reaching 60% of the country’s median wage in 2023.
Díaz was not the only government representative to congratulate Scholz on his election. The president has also done the same Pedro Sanchez, who has wished “many successes” to the new chancellor at the beginning of “a new stage for Germany” in which both countries “will continue working to make the EU a fairer and more equal place.” The first vice president, Nadia Calviño, has also sent her congratulations to Scholz through social networks, with a tweet written in German:
Mario Twitchell is an accomplished author and journalist, known for his insightful and thought-provoking writing on a wide range of topics including general and opinion. He currently works as a writer at 247 news agency, where he has established himself as a respected voice in the industry.
