Opinion of Advocate General Emiliou of 14 January 2025, case C-19/23 (Denmark v Parliament & Council), Minimum wage

Summary

Advocate General Emiliou proposed that the Court of Justice should annul in full the Directive on adequate minimum wages.

Opinion

Advocate General Emiliou proposes that the Court of Justice:

- annul in full Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union, on the ground that it is incompatible with Article 153(5) TFEU and, thus, with the principle of conferral laid down in Article 5(2) TEU;

- order the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to pay the costs;

- order the Kingdom of Sweden, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, The grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Portuguese Republic and the European Commission to bear their own costs.