The League’s proposal on the retirement age «is a joke. That threshold of 64 years, with 36 years of contributions, would mean, with a recalculation of the contributions, lowering the pension rate by around 200-300 euros on average per month for an average pensioner”.
This was declared by Pasquale Tridico, head of the 5 Star Movement delegation in the European Parliament, on the sidelines of an event in Reggio Calabria. “It means – observes the former INPS president – to pass a right, that of retiring early, through an exorbitant cost on the shoulders of the pensioners themselves who, certainly, will be aware of this mockery and will not be able to use that tool”.
“Insufficient maneuver for the crises the country faces”
“This maneuver is largely insufficient – continued Tridico – to counter the various crises that the country is facing and we see this, above all, with the many demonstrations that are underway”. «They are not demonstrations organized by parties or unions. The protests – observes Tridico – of students, farmers and transporters do not arise from political party pushes, they are not colored by an opposition political push. They are drives that arise in civil society, in suffering. What was the government’s response? Cuts on schools, cuts on healthcare, a move that does not respond to the high cost of living because energy prices continue to be extremely high.” “Europe has been very clear: flexibility is used for investments in renewables, which is what Meloni has so far refused to do,” said Tridico in response to a question on the topic.