Padoan defends Renzi

(ANSA) - Naples, October 24 - In an apparent dig at trade unions, Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan on Friday took aim at critics who accused Premier Matteo Renzi's government of being without direction.
    "The government has a financial, industrial, economic, and political strategy. If there are those who can't see it, we will try to do a better job of explaining it to them," said Padoan.
    CGIL labor confederation leader Susanna Camusso has in the past said that Renzi "finds it very difficult to translate his initiatives into results" and that he "has no idea where to take the country". The CGIL is planning a major rally Saturday in response to measures contained in Renzi's proposed Jobs Act, or labour reform bill, as well as his government's 2015 budget, which labor says won't do enough to create jobs.