Renzi used confidence vote to take scalp to EU - CGIL

(ANSA) - Rome, October 9 - Premier Matteo Renzi's decision to ram his controversial Jobs Act through parliament with a confidence vote showed how eager he was to "take the scalp of Article 18 of the Workers' Statute to Europe," the CGIL trade union said Thursday. But that bid has "proved to be weak and fallacious" because of the lack of an EU nod to wiggle room for expansionary spending at Wednesday's jobs summit in Milan, it said. The Jobs Act scales back protections steady workers enjoy under the landmark Article 18 of the 1970 Workers' Statute.