The summit, convened by Giorgia Meloni at Palazzo Chigi to discuss minimum wage with the opposition, was uphill as expected. The almost unitary proposal offered by the opposition (Renzi is missing), a proposal to set a minimum wage threshold of 9 euros per hour, did not convince the prime minister, who remained adamant in his “no” position.
The leaders of the M5S, Pd, Avs, Action and +Europe parties announced their proposal to Meloni, who received only harsh criticism in response, in line with what was announced in her social column ‘Giorgia’s notes’ a few days ago. At the time they would have tried to respond to the prime minister’s observations, but the positions seemed too far-fetched.
Minimum wage: “Nothing new. The ball is in the middle”
At the meeting held in the presence of the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani and the Minister of Labour, Marina, one of the many objections the opposition raised to the government would be “You did not read our proposal correctly”. Elvira Calderone and undersecretaries Giovanbattista Fazzolari and Alfredo Mantovano. Matteo Salvini connected remotely. Considering that the minimum wage is 9 euros, he would explain that the wages of the highest-earning workers are at risk of falling by 80%. Working against pirated contracts and exploitation is fine, but if 90% of workers are already covered and protected by national contracts, it’s better to focus your efforts elsewhere. And then, traders and artisans who are already in distress will risk closure, as well as fueling informal employment.
They say, “Basically everybody stays in position. The ball is in the middle.”settle opposition sources. “There is nothing new, we are between the reorganization of the debate in the commission and the time for the government to ask questions to the opposition,” said Riccardo Magi, secretary of Più Europa, in response to the prime minister’s objections.
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