Milleproroghe, government amendment for doctors to work until the age of 72

"The government's amendment to the Milleproroghe decree for the retention in service, on a voluntary basis, of hospital doctors up to the age of 72 has been filed. In addition to this first measure, two others are extended, so as to better meet the needs of Italian healthcare and the requests received from the regions. Specifically, it allows doctors who have retired at the age of 70 and who have not yet turned 72 to be called back into service, again on a voluntary basis, until 2026, and it also allows doctors who have retired to be given temporary contracts. This was announced by Luca Ciriani, Minister for Relations with Parliament. 'An action, that of Minister Schillaci and the entire government, targeted and punctual to make the health sector more efficient and effective,' Ciriani concludes. The measure is being examined by the Chamber's Constitutional Affairs and Budget Committees.

Two identical amendments to the 'milleproroghe' decree presented by Forza Italia and the Misto introduce an sine die postponement for the tenders for the awarding of beach concessions. The proposed amendment suspends the application of the rules on the entrusting of maritime, lake and river state concessions for tourist-recreational and sporting purposes until "the twelfth month following the application of the outcomes" of two infringement procedures against two European countries, Greece (procedure 2243 of 2024) and Spain (procedure 4121 of 2022). Two other identical amendments of the majority, presented by the League and Forza Italia, extend instead by seven years, from 31 December 2025 to '31 December 2032', the validity of existing concessions for trading in public areas, thus postponing the tenders.

Regarding the postponement to July of the application of the tax on mini parcels proposed with an FI amendment to the Dl milleproroghe, the Minister for Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, said: "Being those who proposed the initiative, which goes to protect consumers first of all, then certainly also the productive sphere, it seems to me that it would be counterproductive to backtrack and then we would no longer be, how should I say, sufficiently listened to in the European context". The minister specified: 'I am not the one expressing the opinion, the government expresses it. The overall assessment on the amendment is up to the Government, and various conditions must be taken into account, I assess those that are the responsibility of industry, business and consumers'.