Belgium plans to increase its minimum wage by 2029.88 euros per month to 2026, becoming a fifth country in the European Union, where the minimum wage exceeds 2000 euros per month, according to Eurostat.
The increase in the minimum monthly salary is currently 35.70 euros, increasing by the same amount by 2026, when it is 2065.58 euros gross.
After Luxembourg, where the minimum wage is 2570.93 euros per month, Ireland (2146.30 euros), the Netherlands (2070.12 euros) and Germany (2054.00 euros), Belgium will be in the fifth place in the rating of countries with the highest minimum wages in Europe.
France, which has a minimum wage of 1766.92 euros gross, stands in the next place in this rating.
In Belgium, the French -speaking Socialist Party (PS/S&D) proposes to increase the minimum wage to 2800 euros per month, as stated in its election program.
The recent reports also emphasize that more than 40% of the poorest Frenchmen miss food through inflation, and in 2022 the French government announced the introduction of product coupons to help the population during inflation.
