Merkel: Generalized minimum wage, one of the causes of unemployment in Europe

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who calls for a minimum negotiated wage in Germany reiterated her firm stand on a generalized basic salary, which she considers the main reason for unemployment in some European countries according to an interview with the German newspaper Bild Zeitung, published Thursday, quoted by Agerpres.

Merkel declared her defense of the jobs in Germany and argued that generalized minimum wage (which does not exist in Germany) was the reason "many countries in Europe have a much higher unemployment rate than in Germany, wages not being in relation with their performance ".
With an unemployment rate of 6.9% in March, Germany is currently experiencing an unemployment rate close to its lowest level since the reunification of the two German countries in 1990.
Merkel firmly opposes to a "generalized minimum wage imposed by policies," referring to a bill to this effect, adopted in early March by the left wing opposition, according to the German newspaper Bild Zeitung.

Germany does not have a minimum wage standard applicable to all employees, but the social partners are able to agree upon it , region by region and sector by sector.

To prevent any mishaps in some professions and jobs , Merkel's conservatives want to introduce a binding minimum wage in the sectors where there is none.