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March 31, 2020 According to parliamentary sources, the meeting between the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, the competent ministers and the three leaders of the opposition parties, Matteo Salvini, Giorgia Meloni and Antonio Tajani, will be held tomorrow morning. The meeting follows the control room which was held at group leader level on Friday and should focus on sharing, between majority and opposition, the contents of the so-called April decree, which contains the new economic measures of up to € 30 billion on which the government is working. At the moment, however, there is still no official convocation by Palazzo Chigi.

The intentions of the government
Despite the good news coming on the trend of new infections, the extension of the blocks seems likely. The announcement of the new Dpcm will probably follow a Council of Ministers which, according to government sources, could be held tomorrow or Thursday. Meanwhile, the government is working to speed up the April decree where the proposal for an emergency income should be included.

The extension
The plan of Palazzo Chigi envisages first of all to implement the extension without exceptions of the closings scheduled for April 3. the date identified could be between 15 and 18 April. After Easter, however, as indicated by the Scientific Committee with which both Conte and Health Minister Roberto Speranza are in constant contact. Conte explains in El Pais that the situation as it is "will not last long", but "asking for the reopening of companies, schools, offices, would make the efforts made vain and would be an insult to those who fought to the end but cannot he did it. "

The emergency in the emergency
The main need of the government is now to find liquidity for companies, self-employed workers and workers. The measure of an ad hoc emergency income for those who have suffered, economically, the coronavirus crisis acquires concreteness. Starting with precarious, seasonal and undeclared workers. "We need the three billion and simplified procedures so that we can disburse it in no time," explains Labor Minister Nunzia Catalfo. In the meantime, an agreement has been signed for the advance of layoffs by banks to workers suspended due to the coronavirus emergency.

The emergency income
"For emergency income we will allocate the necessary", explains Antonio Misiani, deputy minister of the MEF. But Matteo Renzi underlines: "Extending income is a short-sighted welfare vision. The most urgent and just social measure is to reopen the companies in order not to start the layoffs".

By Easter first check
"Beyond the measures, time was important. By Easter there will be the disbursement of the first redundancy check." The Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli, told Radio 24 commenting on the agreement reached during the night on the advance of the social safety nets provided for by the Cura Italia decree.

Salvini da Conte
"Tomorrow morning I will meet President Conte with my friends from the center-right and I will reiterate that requests for health protection material are coming from all over Italy". So the League secretary Matteo Salvini who assured that he will bring with him one of the masks made by the Polytechnic of Milan, awaiting authorization from Rome. "I ask Conte to go fast because if the ok arrives in a month the risk is that it will be late," he said. Salvini then added that "once the virus is defeated, it will be necessary to involve the best of Italy. When you have to rebuild, a government with someone is not enough. We do not want to invite ourselves to someone's home. If Conte, Boccia, Gualtieri, Di Maio" to "say 'We are self-sufficient', we will leave the Italians" the judgment ".

Meloni's letter
"I have sent to the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, a letter with the already articulated proposal by Fratelli d'Italia to immediately credit 1000 euros to the current account of all Italians who need it". Giorgia Meloni says it in a video on Facebook. "I think of the Italians who have lost their jobs, those who no longer have an income from self-employment and those who do not know how to feed their children. Tomorrow we will meet the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and we will also talk about it with him. : we hope that for once this majority wants to listen to us ", he concludes.

Tajani sticks to the EU
"In these hours we are discussing with the European People's Party on how to deal with Coronavirus. Europe is not managing this crisis in the best way, there is little solidarity. European institutions, like Parliament are doing something, surely there are problems of communication, about the decisions taken. A stronger and collective action is needed. The mask is a scandal; the government must commit itself to providing all health workers with the tools necessary for protection. President Berlusconi is also working continuously to overcome this crisis. The Hungarian choice is the result of bad policies undertaken by the European institutions ". "The state must do more, we must do it quickly, we need money to distribute in the country. I keep saying it again: we need the intervention of the Army in the South, in order not to frustrate all the sacrifices made so far by the citizens for good".