[stygianguest]

France also has democratically elected woker councils. It's no guarantee for succes.

France on the other hand has had a minimum wage for a long time and a 35 hour work week. To me it isn't so clear who is doing a better job.

But clearly French unions are not afraid of confrontation.

[legulere]

Germany didn't need a minimum wage because of the strong unions. Now that they lost much power minimum wage is needed. This is also why there's no big push for minimum wage for instance in Denmark or Sweden, because the unions still work there.