German minimum wage to rise to €9.19

Germany plans to raise the minimum wage to €9.19 per hour next year and to €9.35 in 2020, the labour minister said, paving the way for a possible boost to private consumption in Europe’s biggest economy.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government introduced a national minimum wage of €8.50 for more than 3 million workers in 2015. It was last raised in 2017, to the current €8.84.