Thursday morning the Council of Ministers approved the Milleproroghe decree and completed the government team with the appointment of deputy ministers and undersecretaries. The go-ahead for the traditional end-of-year provision was confirmed via Twitter by the Minister of Public Administration, Marianna Madia, who also announced the most awaited extension: that of one year for temporary workers in the PA.
In #thousand extensions 2017 extension for cococo, fixed times #SHOVEL and all the rankings of the competitions.
— Marianna Madia (@mariannamadia) December 29, 2016
The problem concerned the 40 workers in the public administration: a provision of the Jobs Act, in fact, forbade the renewal of fixed-term contracts and collaborations with the Public Administration. In fact, the validity of the rankings of public competitions was also extended by one year (4.471 winners and 151.378 eligible).
With the new decree comes another postponement invoked by many, the one that has to do with the radiators. In extremis, the government extended by 6 months, from 31 December 2016 to 30 June 2017, the deadline within which it is mandatory to install the so-called "thermostatic valves”, also known as “thermovalves”, or the technology that allows you to adjust and account for the intensity of heat in each apartment, reducing waste and consumption.
Satisfied with Confedilizia, which a few days ago had launched an appeal to the Government to report how in many condominiums it was not possible to meet the deadline of the end of December "due to the delay with which the decree was approved which modified the applicable rules and of the material impossibility for companies to satisfy the innumerable requests”.
As for the nominations, there are 41 new undersecretaries, almost all confirmed with respect to the previous executive. Here is the complete list:
Presidency of the Council: Maria Teresa Amici, Gianclaudio Bressa, Sandro Gozi, Luciano Pizzetti, Angelo Rughetti
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Vincenzo Amendola, Benedetto Della Vedova, Mario Giro
Ministry of the Interior: Gianpiero Bocci, Filippo Bubbico, Domenico Manzione
Ministry of Justice: Federica Chiavaroli, Cosimo Ferri, Gennaro Migliore
Ministry of Defence: Gioacchino Alfano, Domenico Rossi
Ministry of Economy and Finance: Pier Paolo Baretta, Luigi Casero, Paola De Micheli, Enrico Morando
Ministry of Economic Development: Teresa Bellanova, Antonio Gentile, Antonello Giacomelli, Ivan Scalfarotto
Ministry of Agricultural Policies: Giuseppe Castiglione, Andrea Olivero
Ministry of the Environment: Barbara Degani, Silvia Velo
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport: Umberto Del Basso De Caro, Riccardo Nencini, Simona Vicari
Ministry of Labour: Franca Biondelli, Luigi Bobba, Massimo Cassano
Ministry of Education: Vito De Filippo, Angela D'Onghia, Gabriele Toccafondi
Ministry of Cultural Heritage: Dorina Bianchi, Ilaria Borletti Buitoni, Antimo Cesaro
Ministry of Health: David Pharaoh
In end of year press conference which followed this morning's Council of Ministers, Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni claimed the political choice in strong continuity with that of the previous government led by Matteo Renzi.
