Overview
- Judges annulled the directive’s binding criteria for setting and updating minimum wages and the ban on lowering indexed minimum wages.
- Most of the 2022 law survives, including requirements to strengthen collective bargaining and to file action plans where coverage is low.
- Germany must submit an action plan to raise collective‑agreement coverage by 31 December, with coverage currently around 50 percent.
- The ruling does not change Germany’s already decided increases to €13.90 per hour on 1 January and €14.60 a year later.
- The court departed from the advocate general’s call for full annulment, giving Denmark a partial win while affirming the EU’s role on working‑conditions policy.