(Finance) – After two hours the meeting between Premier Mario Draghi and the trade unions which took place in Palazzo Chigi. The general secretary of the CGIL took part, Maurizio Landini, the general secretary of UIL, Pierpaolo Bombardieri. The general secretary of the CISL did not participate Luigi Sbarra, absent because he has been infected with Covid for a few days. In place of him, the confederal secretaries Ignazio Ganga and Giulio Romani. Among others, the Minister of Labor, Andrea Orlando, participated. The meeting comes the day after the approval of the DEF in the Council of Ministers. Draghi proposed a new meeting later Easter with the trade unions and also with the businesses. This was reported by Cgil Cisl and Uil at the end of the meeting at Palazzo Chigi, underlining that they had given their availability.
“We advanced precise requests on mortgages, on rents, on bills. We need to introduce an intervention on those with higher incomes and assets, a levy, a solidarity contribution. 5 billion is not enough, we need a budget deviation because there is a social emergency “. Thus the general secretary of the CGIL, Landini.”Draghi proposed a major comparison with the parties that may remain so or may even lead to an agreement. For us, however, the content is important, not the container. At this moment workers, retirees and precarious workers have already given, they must take. To make a pact you need concrete agreements “.
The premier “has us illustrated the possibility di structure a articulated and permanent confrontation on the themes of the crisis. We are interested. Today we made the first comparison. Another one will be there immediately after Easter also with employers’ associations. “This was said by the secretary of Uil Pierpaolo Bombardieri as he left Palazzo Chigi.” Upthe method is there. We are not there yet with regard to the answers to be given to citizens. Let’s wait”, he added.
The Prime Minister “told us that we will meet again after Easter also with Confindustria and with the other employers’ associations, expressing the desire for a greater dialogue with the prospect of a social pact with all the subjects, as it was at the beginning of the years 90 “. This was said by the confederal secretary of the CISL Giulio Romani as he left Palazzo Chigi. “We approved the idea of building a social pact but it obviously needs to be filled with content and merit”he added.