Deputy Premier and Labour and
Industry Minister Luigi Di Maio on Wednesday denied there being
any delay in the introduction of two of the government's
flagship measures - a basic income for job seekers and a pension
reform allowing people with a total of 100 between their ages
and years of contributions to retire early.
"Looking at the simulations we are doing in the ministry, I
think March will be the month when the citizenship wage (basic
income) starts and the 100-quota (pension reform) will start a
month before that," Di Maio told a question time session in the
Lower House.
"Anyway both measures will kick off in the first three months
(of 2019)... There's no delay".
A new draft of the Budget Planning Document (DPB) said the
two measures would no longer be "immediately effective". The new
DPB said they will be defined, instead, "with a connected law".
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