«Reclaim your requests in the confrontation with the government: sometimes we will agree, sometimes not, but you will be listened to without prejudice. It is one of the commitments that I have made with the Italians and that I intend to continue». So the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni , speaking today at the CGIL Congress in Rimini .

«On many things you can find agreement on others it is more difficult – he specified -, but this does not mean not to try the comparison. I don't consider the confrontation between the union and the government finished , I consider it productive even when we don't agree». "You need to have the humility not to start from prejudice and I'm not starting because I trivially aspire to represent" all Italians, he added.

To anticipate his speech applause and some protests . In any case, the premier says she is "used to it since I was sixteen, and it doesn't scare me". «I am a Knight of Merit in the field of whistles and buu – he added with irony -. I've received thousands of them. I thank all the CGIL for the invitation and also those who contest me with effective slogans». «I saw the “thought unwelcome” signs: I didn't know that Chiara Ferragni was a metalworker », he then adds, commenting on a phrase inspired by what is reported on the dress that the well-known influencer wore at the Sanremo festival.

Citizenship income , defined as a "wrong" measure, was also among the topics touched upon by the prime minister during her speech. "We want to protect those who are unable to work, those who have lost their jobs, the disabled, but for those who can work - he declares - the solution is to create jobs, place these people in training courses, including paid ones". Because, he articulated, " poverty is not abolished by decree ".

«I am confident that in the coming years new sectors may also open up linked to the industrial strategies that we are creating – he underlined -. There was a lack of vision in this sense which held back Italy and tied us too much to some countries». "Instead, we intend to transform Italy - he specified - into the energy supply hub of Europe, of the Mediterranean, with the Mattei plan which is a model of non-predatory collaboration and to help African countries live well". The Mattei plan , he assures, "is the most humane response to immigration ".

As for the issue of low wages, the premier's answer is "no" to the minimum wage, but "yes" to the extension of collective bargaining. The premier also recalls the signal that her government wanted to give in this sense by allocating " 300 million euros for a more significant salary for school workers ", not to mention the intention to "raise the lowest pensions and cut 2 percentage points the tax wedge that the previous government had imagined would end this year».

"We want adequate wages - he declares - but I want to reiterate that to achieve this goal the legal minimum wage is not the most effective way because the legal setting of this will not be an additional protection, compared to that of collective bargaining, but could become a substitute, doing a favor to the large economic concentrations. The solution, in my opinion, however, is to draw up collective agreements in various sectors and intervene to reduce the tax burden on labour ".

(Unioneonline/vl)

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