In spite of a good economic situation and wage agreement that are more generous than the previous years, Germany keeps recording a lower wage increase than most European countries. Forecasts show a stationary trend for 2008. (Ref. 070975)
The debate on wage evolution in the European Union, and particularly on the slow wage increase in Germany is not likely to cool down given the figures and forecast recently published. In 2006 already, real wages’ progression in Germany was – 0.1% against +0.8% in France. In 2007, which unions had called “year of wage return”, the progression of real wages in Germany should only be slightly positive. According to the results already gathered by the Hans Blocker Stiftung’s (foundation depending f
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