The measures announced by Meloni for May Day: from new rules against poor work to the housing plan
The Prime Minister spoke of 'a robust, structural plan that aims to make over 100,000 homes available, including social and affordable housing, over the next ten years'
Key points
New rules against poor work and a Housing Plan for 100,000 homes in two years. These are the two economic measures that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced for the first of May, on the occasion of the information in the Chamber on the government's action and the last year of the legislature.
Meloni: new rules against poor work in the Cdm ahead of 1 May
"We have dealt a lot with wages in recent years but it is clear," the premier emphasised, "that there are still pockets of poor work. Thus, in the Council of Ministers to be held in the run-up to Workers' Day, respecting a tradition that has been going on since we took office, we will enact further rules to combat poor work, strengthening the rights of those workers through collective bargaining'.
The Home Plan: "100,000 homes in 10 years"
Also 'in view of the 1 May anniversary,' Meloni added, 'the Council of Ministers will finally approve the measures needed to implement in Italia that vast Housing Plan we have been working on for some time. A robust, structural plan, which aims to make available, among social housing and at subsidised prices, over 100 thousand houses in the next ten years'.
"We will continue to reduce the tax burden, even with the manoeuvre"
"We have fought tax evasion like no other. In three years we have collected more than 300 billion euro, invaluable resources that help us keep the accounts in order and finance interventions in favour of families and businesses. And we have no intention of stopping: consistent with the public finance framework,' Meloni further announced, 'we will continue to work to reduce the tax burden on citizens, families, and businesses. Because this is what we promised, this is what we have done, and this is what we will continue to do, even with the next budget law'.
"We will modulate fuel intervention following Iranian negotiations"
One passage in the speech was on the increase in energy costs due to the crisis in the Middle East. "It was our responsibility to intervene on fuel costs," Meloni stressed, "We did so with an initial measure that cut the price of diesel and petrol by 25 cents per litre and introduced an anti-speculation mechanism that is working. We did it, initially, for 20 days, pending developments in the crisis, and with last Friday's Council of Ministers we refinanced it and extended it until 1 May. A choice that I claim,' he added, 'also in light of the news of these hours, and which we will modulate as the peace negotiations go ahead and give us a clear time perspective of the interventions required.
