Premier Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday
accused opposition parties and trade unions of hypocrisy over
their calls for Italy to have a minimum wage.
The 5-Star Movement (M5S) and the centre-left Democratic Party
(PD) expressed outrage in parliament on Tuesday after an
amendment passed by the ruling coalition transformed and
"emptied" a bid presented by almost all of the opposition groups
to bring in a minimum wage of nine euros an hour.
"I smile a little when the M5S and the PD tell us that a minimum
wage is the only thing that needs to be done in Italy," Meloni
told Rtl 102.5 radio.
"But they didn't do it during 10 years in government.
"And I am amazed at the position of some unions, which take to
the streets to demand a minimum wage and then, when they go to
negotiate collective agreements, they accept contracts of little
more than five euros per hour, as happened recently with the
private-security collective contract.
"One should have a little coherence".
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