The ETUC Executive Committee adopted this resolution on the 19 November 2025. It builds on the confirmation of almost all the provisione of the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive, and builds on the momentum to call for a European framework to push collective bargaining across Europe. It also address the adequacy of statutory minimum wages.

The table contains the list of countries that transposed the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in the EU (including the Member States that notified the European Commission their national systems are complying with the Directive's provisions and consider the Directive transposed).
It also contains the list of countries who published an Action Plan to strenghten collective bargaining.

*The information are based on publicly available data or communicated by our national affiliates.

With the aim of supporting the affiliates in their efforts to strengthen collective bargaining and increase its coverage, the ETUC has prepared a list of possible measures that could be considered at different levels. The present document is a compilation of ideas from which affiliates can get inspiration. The different measures presented have been identified through a dedicated workshop organised as part of the WAGE-UP project, and the work of the ETUC Collective Bargaining and Wage Coordination Committee. 

The Adequate Minimum Wages Directive (AMWD) marked a qualitative step forward in EU social policy by explicitly linking minimum wage protection to the objective of ensuring a decent standard of living. This reports addresses the concept of adequacy of statutory minimum wages as a substantive social objectives of the EU.