Scholz would like to increase it to 15 euros

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken out in favor of a gradual increase in the minimum wage to 15 euros. “I am clearly in favor of raising the minimum wage first to 14 euros, then in the next step to 15 euros,” Scholz told “Stern”. At the same time, he criticized the Minimum Wage Commission. “The employers only insisted on a mini-adjustment.” They also broke with the tradition of making decisions by consensus, said the SPD politician. It is currently planned to increase the minimum wage next year from the current 12.41 euros to 12.82 euros.