“Today the public agricultural function arrives. I have a lot of respect for my political opponents and that’s why I don’t think they are stupid, I have a lot of respect and I would never allow myself to define them as ignorant, that’s why I think they are in bad faith when they say that Minister Lollobrigida wants to send children to pick tomatoes for three euros per hour.” So the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests, Francesco Lollobrigida, speaking at the Legacoop Agrolimentare Assembly.
The agricultural public service, recalled Lollobrigida, “was created by a center-left government and I thank my respectable colleague Amato. In the founding law it is written, serve the country, and there is also agriculture”. “I imagine and hope that the associations that decide to participate – he highlighted – do not send poorly paid children to pick tomatoes. But saying that someone is exploited because they earn 507 euros a month is not just a problem for farmers. It is absurd and paradoxical to say that those who work in agriculture in the public service are exploited and, instead, for example, those who provide environmental protection services are not.” “I think the public service is a great opportunity to gain experience , we also included reserve quotas because those who work in the public service will have 15% of the vacancies reserved in competitions. Today we apply the 2001 law”.
Source: IL Tempo
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