The German government supports
Italian Premier Matteo Renzi's controversial Jobs Act aimed at
freeing up the labour market, a government source said Tuesday
ahead of Wednesday's EU employment and growth summit in Milan.
But Berlin "does not express judgements" on the
parliamentary dynamics of a fellow EU member State or on the
merits of the reform, the source said.
The Jobs Act scaling back job protection for new hires on
long-term contracts and upping provisions for temps goes to a
confidence vote Wednesday amid a rift in renzi's Democratic
Party.
Renzi wants to barter reforms for EU permission for greater
flexibility in spending to try to lift Italy out of recession.
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