Notizie

The ‘Pact for senior citizens’ lays the foundations for a structural reform of policies in support of the elderly and against their marginalisation and loneliness. Parliament’s definitive approval of the draft enabling law is an extremely important result and I wish to thank all political parties, the third sector, the trade unions and the professions of reference that offered their contribution during the parliamentary examination phase, allowing for the initial text to be improved. Senior citizens represent the very heart of society and taking care of them means taking care of us all.

The creation of the two new professions of ‘tutor’ and ‘guidance teacher’, as announced by Minister of Education and Merit Giuseppe Valditara today, for which EUR 150 million will be earmarked in 2023 for training, confirms the Government’s commitment to place merit at the centre of its education policies and to bring out students’ talents.

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, today provided the Senate with the official communications regarding the European Council meeting to be held on 23-24 March, and responded to the points raised during the general discussion.

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, had a phone conversation today with the German Federal Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, in preparation of the European Council on the 23rd – 24th of March. At the center of the conversation: the priority of a further signal by the European Council of 360-degree support for Ukraine; the rapid implementation of the February European Council’s decisions to finally have a European management of migration flows; European solutions for the competitiveness of the continent's economies through the full use of the appropriate EU instruments.