Matteo Salvini, leader of the
anti-immigrant, anti-Euro Northern League Party, on Monday told
journalists he has "zero" interest in the debate on Senate
reform, but rather is interested in the Fornero pension reform.
The so-called Fornero Law, passed at the height of the euro
crisis in December 2011, raised retirement ages and left
thousands of people without a job or pension.
The reform came under fire for erasing the pensions of
thousands of so-called 'esodati' (exiled ones).
Meanwhile, Senator Paolo Romani of Forza Italia (FI) said
that if the Senate reform bill wasn't open to changes that would
allow for direct election of Senators, "it won't go anywhere".
Romani called for an "opening on article 2", one of the
most contentious parts of the bill, which turns the Senate into
an assembly of local-government representatives and strips the
Senators of election by universal suffrage.
Romani said that his party is "absolutely" unanimous in its
desire for direct elections.
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