Democratic Party (PD) House
whip Roberto Speranza lashed out Wednesday against Beppe Grillo,
the leader of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S),
after the latter called on "PD comrades" to stage a mutiny
against their leader, Premier Matteo Renzi.
"Dear Grillo, your populism is the true enemy of the left,"
Speranza tweeted. "(We) want reforms and rights for all. You are
with Farage".
Grillo forged an alliance in the European Parliament with
euroskeptic United Kingdom Independent Party (UKIP) leader Nigel
Farage, whom many accuse of being a racist for his
anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Speranza went on to minimize dissent within PD ranks on the
premier's Jobs Act, which includes changes to Article 18 of the
1970 Workers Statutes guaranteeing people unjustly sacked the
right to their job back.
The Jobs Act would change this for newly hired workers so
that if a court finds they were unjustly sacked, they would get
compensation, rather than being rehired.
A minority within the PD, led by Renzi's predecessor as
party leader Pier Luigi Bersani, are planning to file seven
amendments to the Jobs Act to stop Article 18 effectively being
scrapped for new hires.
"Media coverage is light years away from the substance of
our debate," Speranza said.
"We want to work towards a unified position...that will
benefit both the party and the government. A unified policy
statement would lessen tensions and would be in Renzi's
interest," he concluded.
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