Article 18, as it is applied in our country, "advises against investments of foreign but also Italian capital“. This is why the issue is “central to the discussion on labor reform. In the past, for some it was the tip of an offensive sword, for others the center of a defensive shield, and it seemed the opposition between Orazi and Curiazi. Our aim is to move from symbols and myths to reality”. The reform in the pipeline is "a mosaic, we must not preclude ourselves from using every card", but the Government has indicated "the end of March as the deadline for launching the measure“. Prime Minister Mario Monti said so during a video forum with Repubblica.it.
TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE, GIVE LESS GUARANTEES TO THOSE WHO HAVE MANY
“To get to give young people a job – continued the Prime Minister – we need to protect a little less those who are highly protected, almost armored in their citadel of protected workers We need to protect those who today find themselves in a situation that is almost slavery. In the world of work there are extreme forms of precariousness, or those who just can't get into it".
THE FIXED PLACE IS A VALUE, IF I OFFENDED SOMEONE I'M SORRY
The prime minister then returned to the much-criticized sentence he uttered a few days ago on the television show Matrix: “If in saying that a permanent job is monotonous I have offended someone's sensitivity, of course I'm sorry. A phrase like that, taken out of context, can lend itself to misunderstanding. If by permanent position we mean a job that has its own stability and protection, it is obvious that it is a positive value”.
YOUNG ITALIANS GET USED TO CHANGE
“You have to get used to changing place and type of work and country often, this is not to be viewed with fear as a negative thing. Young Italians are too distrustful of mobility, of change and this is one of our country's problems. Instead, having the challenge of changing jobs in the course of life is a positive thing, which stimulates”.
LET'S IMITATE DENMARK, NOT THE USA
According to Monti, “the USA is not an example to be completely imitated. If you really have to look for a model, better certain northern countries, such as the 'mythical' Denmark which protects the individual worker more than the job”. That is, “when a worker can no longer work in a certain factory, he has a series of protections, not the job in that factory which must be cancelled. To do this you need a lot of things that we are trying to put in place”.
BANKS BUY MORE BOTS
“Being Economy Minister, I would like it if the banks bought more bots, they buy few compared to the loan they received from the ECB. Banks lend more to businesses, buy bots and keep some liquidity with the ECB”.
ITALY BADLY REDUCED THROUGH THE FAULT OF GOVERNMENTS
“Why is Italy in a bit of a bad state? Because for decades the Italian governments had too much heart, they spread too much good socialism, above all before the arrival of a slightly austere Europe to make us more attentive”. Therefore, “it must be kept in mind that the more goodness of heart is dispensed today, the more conditions are created that will weigh down like lead on those who will come later. This is why young Italians cannot find work, because everyone has said yes. For this reason, a government like ours also has the task of explaining that what seems unpleasant may well be unpleasant, but it intends to rebalance things”.
THE USE OF THE SPREAD AGAINST BERLUSCONI EXAGERATED
“Spread is a term that has become of household use, as well as a yardstick for evaluating governments, sometimes in a somewhat excessive way: I think we exaggerated using the spread against my predecessor and it exaggerates when it comes down to comment on the work of the successor…".
WE WILL LEAVE A BETTER POLICY
“I am more confident than the market, I am very confident that when this government is finished, by the spring of 2013 at the latest, enough things will have changed in Italy, I believe it will be a political system that when it returns to power in the first person will be more civilized, more relaxed, more sedate than it has been in recent years”.
