Merkel’s party reconsiders minimum wage in policy about-face

Article suggests that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right Christian Democrats have been looking in October 2011 at the idea of introducing a minimum wage. The rethink came despite an agreement with their Free Democrat coalition colleagues ruling out the idea.

• Primary Source

Spiegel Online International, 31.10.11: Merkel Responds to Euro Crisis by Shifting Left http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,795067,00.html

ESO: Background information: Germany set to extend minimum wage http://www.europeansources.info/record/germany-set-to-extend-minimum-wage/

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