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06 August 2019 "For the extraordinary plan of investments it is necessary to discuss with the European Union some European constraints according to which nothing of what we are talking about for three hours would be possible". The Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini, said this while meeting journalists during a break with the social partners. "The consumption situation is firm - he continued - we must take note of it. It is true that the number of workers is increasing and the number of unemployed is decreasing, but we must also consider the quality of work. In large-scale distribution and in shops the real power of family purchase is stopped ".

After yesterday's meeting at Palazzo Chigi between Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and the trade unions today, we are talking about economic maneuvering again, but in this case the Interior Ministry, as happened a few weeks ago, "for a day of listening, discussion and proposal on growth of the country, "said the Vice Premier League. In this case, the CGIL leader declined the invitation. Yesterday the secretary Maurizio Landini attended the meeting with the premier, and he said he would not go instead to the appointment with Salvini. "At Palazzo Chigi, yes, because it is normal for the CGIL secretary to have the Prime Minister and therefore the entire government on the Budget Law. The Table on Maneuver is one and that of Palazzo Chigi."

At the Interior Ministry there is the League's staff and also Armando Siri, the former undersecretary investigated for corruption by the Rome prosecutor's office. With him at the table, Giancarlo Giorgietti, undersecretary to the Prime Minister, Giulia Bongiorno, Massimo Bussetti and Gian Marco Centinaio and then Alberto Bagnai, Massimo Bitonci, Claudio Borghi, Claudio Durigon, Dario Galli, Guido Guidesi and Massimo Garavaglia.

"This is not a parallel table to yesterday's, there is no overlap," the deputy prime minister said, according to sources in the ministry. "We are collecting the various positions of the entire productive world and of the workers because we want a project for the country," he added.

"Labor is missing, some blame citizenship income"
"Many have emphasized the lack of skilled labor, which in some cases has been attributed to the inclusion of citizenship income because they say it would be more convenient not to do that," said Salvini.

Fracassi (Cgil): "The country is firm, a major investment plan is urgent"
"The country is at a standstill, as the latest ISTAT data and the Svimez report also show, and increasingly worrying territorial and social gaps are opening up. To restart, to create work, we need a large plan of public and private investments and new hires in the public administration ". This was said by Gianna Fracassi, CGIL vice secretary general, speaking at the table of the Interior Ministry. "It is then necessary to redistribute resources in favor of workers and pensioners".

Barbagallo (Uil): "On maneuver we wait for written proposals"
"We have provided you with our documents and our written proposals, now we expect at least a few lines to write down what you intend to do with the budget, starting with the tax issue". This was stated by the General Secretary of the Uil, Carmelo Barbagallo. "We agree with you on the need to reduce taxes - stressed Barbagallo - but we would like to understand how and to whom. For our part, we reiterate the need to reduce taxes to employees and retirees, so that these categories of citizens recover their purchasing power and can make their contribution to the relaunch of consumption. And turning to the minister Giulia Bongiorno, present at the meeting, invited her to activate as soon as possible the tables of comparison with the categories of the public employment, also for the renewal of the contracts of the concerned sub-funds ".