Government Still Blocks Minimum Wage. Schlein: “Absurd, We Won’t Stop”

"The right continues to say no to the minimum wage and is once again blocking the discussion of our proposal in the Chamber. It is absurd and we will not stop." The secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein intervenes harshly on the new stop in the committee of the Chamber of Deputies to the discussion of the minimum wage proposal. The majority has reiterated that it will block the progress of the law again amid protests from the Democratic Party deputies. "It is unfortunate that the Democratic Party deputies Arturo Scotto and Maria Cecilia Guerra, who have extensive government experience, do not know that due to the dynamics that I explained, clearly and exhaustively, in the note issued a few hours ago, the proposed law on the minimum wage cannot be scheduled in the Chamber. Therefore, it is best that they abandon this low-value and unfounded propaganda and instead focus on reviewing the practices and regulations of the Chamber and Senate," said the president of the Labor Commission of the Chamber, Walter Rizzetto , FdI.

But Schlein is not having it: “Germany has decided that the minimum wage will rise to 14.60 euros. Spain has increased it by 50 percent . In Europe there are twenty-two states out of twenty-seven that have legislation on the matter. But in Giorgia Meloni's Italy 4 million workers are poor even if they work. And she pretends not to see them, and hides behind the regulations of Parliament in order not to discuss and approve a civilized law that can no longer wait, on which we have collected 100 thousand signatures” attacks the Democratic leader.

The minimum wage proposal was put forward by the center-left – Pd, M5S and Avs – in 2023. “Two years have passed since we presented our joint proposal on the minimum wage and she called us to Palazzo Chigi to discuss it. But since then Meloni has not even had the courage to vote against it, they are keeping it on a dead-end track. We will not stop until our proposal on the minimum wage is finally discussed and voted on by Parliament” promises Elly Schlein.