Cabinet Secretary Alfredo Mantovano
said Tuesday that Premier Giorgia Meloni will meet on Friday
with the opposition parties that have presented a bill to
introduce a minimum wage of nine euros an hour in Italy.
Mantovano said that talks were taking place in the "spirit of a
constructive institutional relationship".
Last week the Lower House approved a motion presented by the
coalition supporting Meloni's government to suspend for 60 days
examination of the minimum-wage bill, sparking outrage from the
opposition.
The ruling majority has put the bill's path through parliament
on ice, having initially moved to quash it completely.
Democratic Party (PD) leader Elly Schlein accused the ruling
coalition of "running away away when faced with a real problem"
in relation to the bill being put on hold.
Ex-premier and 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Giuseppe Conte
warned the government against "turning up in October with crafty
proposals that seek to create a rift between underpaid workers".
Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has said that
Italy does not need an minimum wage, arguing that it is a
Soviet-style measure.
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