Rome, 21 December (Adnkronos) – “Austerity is back for everyone, the electoral bribes, the bridge over the Strait, the cuts in the South and in healthcare, while growth is heading towards zero point”. Thus the parliamentary group on social media of the Democratic Party highlights the main critical issues of the maneuver approved last night by the Chamber, which the group leader in Montecitorio Chiara Braga defined as “unfair, ineffective and unfair”.
The Democrats stigmatize “the indiscriminate cuts to regions and local authorities (-12 billion euros) and the linear cut to all ministries, the bill for which – they underline – as always, will be paid by the poorest: employees and pensioners, to whom not only will taxes be increased, but essential public services will be reduced, such as healthcare, welfare, school and local public transport. The Democrats also highlight the denied right to healthcare, while over 4 million Italians give up on treatment collapse investments in healthcare to an all-time low, rejecting the amendment presented by the PD, which asked for 5.5 billion more per year for the National Health Service”.
“Minimum pensions and Italians abroad are also affected. Minimum pensions, which were supposed to reach 1,000 euros per month, are only growing by 3 euros gross per month. Cuts are also expected for the pensions of Italians abroad. Infrastructure is ignored of the South and the abandoned internal areas. The infrastructure of the South remains at a standstill, while the government allocates 15 billion for the bridge over the Strait, taking away crucial resources from the entire South, from the infrastructure and to local roads already planned by the administrations”, they continue.
(Adnkronos) – “New taxes for citizens: the tax burden increases. From 1 January, 17 million Italians who own a diesel car will discover that fuel will cost more, due to the increase in excise duties, as well as the Rai license fee. The government increases the tax burden without providing for a real intervention in favor of families, while reducing tax deductions”, continues the Democratic Party.
“Cuts to school, university and culture. The right to education is put in crisis with hundreds of millions of euros of cuts to an education system that would need resources and measures to strengthen support teaching, strengthen full-time and school canteens and guarantee free books and school transport for all. University and research are also affected: no structural interventions and further cuts to all cultural sectors”, add the demos.
“No to the minimum wage. The PD's proposal to introduce the minimum wage was rejected, reiterating that below 9 euros an hour is not work, but exploitation. “We will continue our fight”, say the Democrats, who have just filed over 120 thousand signatures to put the popular initiative law at the top of the political agenda”, they continue.
(Adnkronos) – “Absence of industrial policies for the ecological transition. Adequate industrial policies are completely missing, as confirmed by the drastic cut to the automotive fund and the absence of measures to support the ecological transition and deal with the emergency climate. Privatization of public infrastructures. Strong doubts and uncertainties remain about the privatization of Anas and Railways, another step towards the sale of strategic state assets. The government extends the spending review by targeting donations third sector entities, which offer support to local communities on a daily basis. Return of the “tipping” law. The tipping law is back, with 113 million euros distributed in sectoral micro-interventions that appear more as patronage “micro-tips” than as useful measures. to the country”, concludes the Democratic Party.
