The president of the council of ministers, Mario Draghi, has left the meeting with the unions on pensions. Officially, the premier would have had a commitment, but it seems that the parties have been very close to breaking up. Reason why the appointment has been postponed to tomorrow.
Too little for the unions the extension of the Woman Option and the extension of the social Ape to other categories of heavy workers. There should also be the financing of an ad hoc fund for tax cuts, but the Prime Minister has made a firm point: there is no turning back from the contribution system. “The meeting between us did not go well, there are some partial and positive answers on the reform of the social safety nets, there are 3 billion for us, they are not enough. The contribution is valid only if the work is not precarious »said the secretary of the CGIL Maurizio Landini leaving Palazzo Chigi. Pierpaolo Bombardieri from UIL was also on the same wavelength, adding: “Tomorrow there is no appointment on the agenda”.
Luigi Sbarra, leader of the CISL, defines the meeting as “insufficient” and for this reason in the next few hours, in the light of the budget law that will go to the CDM, the unions will give rise to a phase of mobilization with demonstrations.
Furthermore, before the summit, the Minister of Economy Franco met the Undersecretary to the Prime Minister Roberto Garofoli and the Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini to define the government’s line.
The unions, on the other hand, had arrived at the appointment with the intention of doing battle: “If there are no answers, we will evaluate what to do” Bombardieri said, arriving at Palazzo Chigi, stressing that he remembered “Draghi’s letter that started to the Monti government, the conditions have changed today – he continues – we must give answers to young people and women, you cannot change the pensions at each electoral round ”.
«I am thinking of a tax reform and a serious fight against tax evasion – said the secretary of the CGIL, Maurizio Landini – As well as a reduction in the tax burden on employees and pensioners. And a real fight against precariousness. It is not possible to passively witness the growth of forms of precarious work which only increase fragmentation and social division. It is enough to put in competition the people who have to work in order to live ».
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