Cohesion Policy as a Non-Starter: Afterthoughts on the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive and Article 175(3) TFEU (C-19/23)

This post challenges the idea that Article 175(3) TFEU could (have) serve(d) as an alternative legal basis for the AMW Directive. Drawing on Case C-19/23, it argues that this would have marked a significant shift in legislative practice and strained the Treaties’ structure.