Atmosphere is getting tense within the tripartite negotiations' table union-state-management, negotiating the improvement of social protection, since the Minister of the Economy declared that he could finance one reform only. Unions thus have to choose between pensions and social rights for young people and precarious workers. (Ref. 070392)
The Minister of the Economy, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, declared in the Corriere della sera that there were “2.5 billion euros to finance social policies” (an amount resulting from the unexpected fiscal treasury, see our story n°070273) but that “a list of priorities” still has to be “written down”. This choice is that of social partners, the Minister declared; they will have to tell the government how “the State will use this money for the 2007-2008 period”. In doing this, the Italian executive f
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