"Today marks a thousand days since the government took office. It seems a little longer to me, but it's a thousand. Enough time to indicate the direction taken and the work done. But I know I'm rigid, and I know we need to do more and better ."
This is how Giorgia Meloni, speaking at the CISL National Congress in Rome, "celebrated" the anniversary.
"The figure that makes me most proud of these almost three years of government is one. On average, in each of these thousand days, more than a thousand new, permanent jobs have been created, for a total of more than a million new jobs ," adds the Prime Minister.
A passage on tariffs: "The government is currently working to avert a trade war with the United States, which would be senseless and would especially impact workers . All our efforts are directed toward this, clearly in collaboration with other leaders and with the European Commission, which has jurisdiction over this issue."
Meloni received a round of applause, confirming the alliance built between the CISL and Palazzo Chigi. Also in the front row was Luigi Sbarra, who welcomed her to the CISL national assembly in February, his last as secretary before handing over the reins to Daniela Fumarola. For a month now, the prime minister has been "proud to include" him in her government team as undersecretary for the South . Also in the audience were Senate President Ignazio La Russa and Labor Minister Elvira Calderone , and in her first thousand days at Palazzo Chigi, Meloni claims to have placed "dialogue with social partners and intermediate bodies at the center, reopening the doors of the Sala Verde," where meetings traditionally take place.
The prime minister promised tools to facilitate the renewal of private contracts, hoping for a "short-term" renewal for metalworkers, and assured her intention to "simplify the tax exemption for bonus components of remuneration," guaranteeing the resources to implement the law on worker participation in company management, a move initiated by the CISL.
Palazzo Chigi's Government Program Department then celebrated the 1,000th anniversary of the government by highlighting some data: "A 147 basis point drop in the spread, from 236 points at the time of taking office to 89 yesterday, the lowest level in the last 15 years . The deficit/GDP ratio has fallen to 3.4% in 2024, with a forecast of 3.3% in 2025, from 8.1% in 2022. And the stock market has grown, with the FTSE MIB reaching 40,000 points, compared to 21,567 at the time of taking office, an increase of 85 percent ."
(Unioneonline/L)
