Opposition parties agree to present minimum-wage bill

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 30 - The leaders of the parliamentary parties opposed to Premier Giorgia Meloni's government said Friday that they have agreed to present a bill for the introduction of the minimum wage in Italy.
    "The need for an intervention to guarantee adequate earnings for workers, especially those in conditions of poverty in part because of inflation, is a representative element of our election manifestos," said a statement by ex-premier and 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Giuseppe Conte, centre-left Democratic Party chief Elly Schlein, Nicola Fratoianni of the Italian Left (SI), Matteo Richetti of Azione, Angelo Bonelli of the Greens and Riccardo Magi of +Europa.
    "For this reason we have worked in a proposal that will present in the Lower House in the coming days". (ANSA).