The government's flagship
policies of a basic income for job seekers and the poor and a
pension reform overhaul allowing people who have combined ages
and years of contributions of 100 to retire earlier for less
will be put into a decree at Christmas, Deputy Premier and
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio
said Friday.
"The basic income, citizenship pension and 'level 100' are in
the budget and anyone who says the contrary is lying," he said
after reports the key campaign pledges had been removed from the
2019 budget bill.
"There's the beef in the budget, there's the money", he said,
while explaining that enacting decrees will be issued "at
Christmas or immediately afterwards".
Cabinet Secretary Giancarlo Giorgetti, a bigwig in the M5S's
government partner the League, says in journalist Bruno Vespa's
new book, excerpts of which were released Friday, that there
would be "complications with the implementation" of the basic
income.
Di Maio also said there would be more cash for schools thanks
to cuts in oil industry tax breaks.
He also said there would be an amendment cutting funds to the
media.
The industry and labour minister also said a cut to so-called
golden pensions would be included in the budget.
The 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader also said there would "soon"
be a measure cutting MPs' pay.
He also said there would be a cabinet meeting in Campania's
so-called 'Land of Fires' to pass measures to stop the burning
of toxic waste there.
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