Minimum Wage: Opportunity or Risk? | Made in Germany

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In the ongoing talks to create a new governing coalition, Germany's Social Democrats and Greens are sure to raise the topic of implementing a minimum wage. Both parties campaigned for one. But while the Christian Democrats support a minimum wage in certain sectors, they reject the idea of a universal one.

The country's temp sector has already agreed to a minimum wage. But will fair wages result in a lack of competitiveness? Made in Germany talked to those on both sides of the debate.

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