Di Maio agrees with Di Battista on cutting TV salaries

(ANSA) - Naples, February 4 - 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader and Deputy Premier Luigi Di Maio on Monday said he agreed with his M5S No 2 Alessandro Di Battista on the need to cut the salaries of TV presenters starting with Bruno Vespa and Fabio Fazio.
    "The era in which you could earn 3/3.5 million euros a year on State TV is over," said Di Maio, who is also labour and industry minister.
    Di Maio also reiterated, like Di Battista, that it was time to cut MPs' salaries.
    "I think the time has come to give a haircut to the salaries of politicians and also to those who are not politicians but who are in State-owned companies, he said.
    "This ia on objective of this legislature".
    The M5S and other parties have previously decried the high salaries of Fazio, who is seen as being liberal, and Vespa, seen as being more of an establishment figure.