Meloni referenced the post global financial crisis era when resources to support them were provided “and nobody invoked a social revolt”.
The prime minister’s comments came while addressing a meeting between the government and unions on the 2025 budget bill, speaking about the measure’s financial coverage, the sources said.
“The solidity, credibility and courage of this government have allowed us to make banks and insurance companies contribute to the budget,” Meloni said, according to the sources.
For Meloni, this is a “great change from the past, when resources were instead found with the budget law to support banks and insurance companies, and nobody invoked a social revolt”.
In the budget, banks and insurance companies have been called on to make a 3.5-billion-euro contribution, which will to go the national health system.
Last week, Maurizio Landini, leader of Italy’s biggest and most leftwing trade union Cgil, said the time had come for a “real social revolt” in Italy.
“I believe the time has come for a real social revolt because we can’t go on like this,” he said about the November 29 general strike called by unions against the 2025 budget.
Landini said that the union is working to change the budget law, “Because wages, healthcare, education, people’s stability of life must return to being at the centre of politics.”
The meeting at Palazzo Chigi is being attended by Meloni, together with Giorgetti, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Business and Made in Italy Minister Adolfo Urso, Labour Minister Marina Calderone, Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara, Health Minister Orazio Schillaci, Public Administration Minister Paolo Zangrillo and Government Undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano.
The unions attending include Cgil, Cisl, Uil, Ugl, Usb, Cida, Cisal, Confedir, Confintesa, Confsal, Ciu and Cse.
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