Manoeuvre, against FdI's stakes on strikes the trade unions make a wall

A measure that 'distorts' the right to strike guaranteed by the Constitution and opens the way to 'questionable pressures and potential discrimination', with the risk of souring industrial relations. The transport unions are putting up a wall in front of the obligation to communicate the adhesion to strikes, which Fratelli d'Italia aims to introduce in the manoeuvre. And they open a new front of controversy, next to the one triggered by another proposal always from the premier's party, the reopening of the 2003 amnesty. From the avalanche of amendments to the budget law, long-awaited and announced interventions are popping up, but also many micro-norms destined to be short-lived. But at risk is more than 90 per cent of the 5,742 amendments filed in the Senate. In fact, this year's cut-off is particularly severe, and only 414 amendments - 238 of which are from the majority, which has submitted over 1,600 - expected to survive in the Senate on Tuesday.

In the meantime, the FdI proposal to oblige transport workers to declare 'in advance', seven days in advance, their intention to join a strike in the sector is causing discussion. An intervention that touches a particularly sensitive issue and fuels tensions that have already skyrocketed in recent days with yet another clash between the CGIL and the government. Filt Cgil, Fit-Cisl and Uiltrasporti expressed in a joint note their 'firm opposition' and called for the 'immediate withdrawal' of the amendment, stating that they were ready to take 'all necessary initiatives' to protect workers and their 'legitimate right to strike'. Also taking the field is politics. The intervention 'represents a real injury to the constitutional right to strike', points out Iv senator and former CISL general secretary Annamaria Furlan. 'Patriots restrict the right to strike,' stigmatises Avs.

As we wait to see whether FdI will decide to include the proposal among its recommendations, we also look at how the majority will decide to move on the scrappage. The League has prepared a extension of the measure introduced in the manoeuvre, but Fratelli d'Italia has also put forward its own proposal: to allow also those who are in good standing with the rottamazione quater to adhere to the more favourable conditions of the quinquies. The knot remains that of the coverage, which, moreover, is not indicated in FdI's proposal.

It is also to be understood how the government intends to modify the rule on dividends: FI proposes to suppress it by covering it with the preferential taxation on gold, while FdI lowers the threshold to 5% or 2.5 million. From FdI also comes the long-awaited one-year extension of the Guarantee Fund for SMEs, which expires at the end of 2025; the extension to digital 'nomads' of the facilities for impatriate workers; and the cancellation of the block on payments by the public administration for professionals who are not in order. Both FdI and FI propose support for publishing with new resources to the Single Fund and for tax credit for paper purchases. FI, on the other hand, calls for widening access to the tax credit on POS commissions (revenue ceiling doubled to 800,000 euro). And from azure senator Lotito also comes the proposal to delete the six articles on Lep. Just as the oppositions had requested.