Meloni to have talks with opposition on minimum wage

Published 1 year, 4 months ago

Cabinet Secretary Alfredo Mantovano said Tuesday that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will meet on Friday with the opposition parties that have presented a bill to introduce an Italian minimum wage of nine euros per hour.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. (Photo: ANSA)

Mantovano said that talks were taking place in the “spirit of a constructive institutional relationship”.

Last week the Lower House approved a motion presented by the coalition supporting Meloni’s government to suspend examination of the minimum-wage bill, sparking outrage from the opposition.

The ruling majority has put the bill’s path through parliament on ice, having initially moved to quash it completely.

Democratic Party (PD) leader Elly Schlein accused the ruling coalition of “running away when faced with a real problem” in relation to the bill being put on hold.

Ex-prime minister and 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Giuseppe Conte warned the government against “turning up in October with crafty proposals that seek to create a rift between underpaid workers”.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has said that Italy does not need a minimum wage, arguing that it is a Soviet-style measure.

ANSA

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