The citizen’s income “is an important barrier against the absolute poverty that has increased with Covid, reaches 3 million people and the average amount is 550 euros. Now additional resources are needed especially for large families and immigrants ». And then: the income “provides for a ten-year residence requirement in Italy, it seems excessive to me and does not exist in any European country”. These are statements made in an interview with La Stampa this morning by Pasquale Tridico, president of the Insp. Open up heaven. Because the words of the number one of the Social Security Institute, already targeted in the past by center-right politicians, have triggered the harsh reactions of the Brothers of Italy. And not only. Because harsh words also came from Matteo Salvini, leader of the Carroccio now in the team that makes up Mario Draghi’s Executive. And from the parent company of FI in the Senate Anna Maria Bernini.
The reactions are harsh. «Italy cannot afford the poem of the shots by Pasquale Tridico. We would like to remind him that the citizenship income was not born as a purely welfare measure, but as a tool for inclusion at work. And in this it did not work »says the deputy of the Brothers of Italy Ylenja Lucasselli. But Giorgia Meloni and Maurizio Gasparri will add to the dose. And they are not soft statements. The leader of FdI does not send her to say. “We are in total delirium – writes Meloni on Facebook -: the president of the INPS Tridico, much desired by the 5Stelle, requires more resources to finance the citizenship income of all immigrants, considering the requirement of at least 10 years of citizenship a ‘exaggeration. All while the activities close and the citizens are totally dissatisfied with the crumbs allocated by the Dl Sostegni. After the mockery of the extension of the contract to the navigators, this would be the umpteenth absurdity of a measure which is in itself totally insufficient to save our companies on their knees ”. Meloni, immediately followed by Gasparri who attacks: «There are some irresponsible people who want to jeopardize the life of the government. Among these we find Tridico permanently active and present, which I hope the government will remove as soon as possible from the INPS leadership. After the numerous flops of its management, which we denounced with punctuality and which still produce harmful effects, now the ineffable parceled grillino Tridico proposes to give citizenship income to immigrants. A real commercial for the arrival of illegal immigrants ». Finally Salvini, who wrote on Twitter: «Does the INPS president want to cancel the residence requirement for 10 years? First you have to help the (many) Italians in difficulty, then (if you advance) you will think of others. Point”.
Finally, Anna Maria Berini speaks of a “senseless proposal”. And he explains: “The president of INPS, instead of making a self-criticism on the many criticalities of citizenship income, which too often has rewarded the smart ones without reaching real poverty, today even proposes to strengthen it to extend it to immigrants who do not have any right. A senseless and out of place proposal, because in this way only new social conflicts are fueled in such a dramatic situation, with millions of Italians falling into poverty due to the pandemic crisis ».