Key budget pledges unchanged say Di Maio

(ANSA) - Rome, December 17 - Deputy Premier and Labour and Industry Minister Luigi Di Maio said early on Monday that the government's key pledges will not be changed as the executive continues talks with the European Commission on its budget plan.
    These pledges include the introduction next year of a 'citizenship wage' basic income for job seekers and the 'quota 100' pension reform that will bring down the retirement age for many people. "I'm satisfied with the results achieved," 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Di Maio told ANSA after a meeting on the budget overnight with top government figures.
    "Thanks to this discussion we have reached an agreement on all the issues: (cuts in very high) golden (State) pensions to pay the debts of the public administration to creditor companies; an 'ecotax' that will only apply to luxury vehicles; the quota 100 and the citizenship wage will arrive in the way that has been announced some time ago".