Minimum wage at 1,000 or 1,100 euros? UGT and CGTP submit proposals

“Flet us make a proposal for the minimum wage to be at least EUR 1,000” next year, said the Secretary-General of the UGT, in statements to journalists leaving the Permanent Committee for Social Concertation (CPCS), which was attended by the Minister of Finance to submit information on the proposed State Budget for 2027 (OE2027).

Recalling that the current tripartite agreement foresees that the national minimum wage will rise from the current EUR 920 to EUR 970, Mário Mourão considered that this target is insufficient to face “the difficulties faced by families”, particularly in terms of inflation, rising fuel prices and housing credit.

In the document delivered to the Government, the UGT further argues that the reference for the overall increase in wages (disputed in collective bargaining) is 5.5% in 2027, above the 4.5% provided for in the agreement signed between UGT, business confederations and government in 2024.

In turn, the Secretary-General of CGTP considered that the presentation made by the Minister of Finance is “disconnected with reality”, not responding to “fundamental issues”, such as “strengthening and improving public services”, including health and education, “difficulty in access to housing” or increased cost of living.

In this sense, CGTP has again defended “a general and significant increase in wages by 15%, with a minimum of 150 euros” for all workers and that the national minimum wage rises to 1,100 euros from January 2027.

“It is essential that there be a fair distribution of wealth that is not present in our country today,” said Tiago Oliveira, defending that the country needs a “wage shock”.