As employment minister in the early 2000s, [Maroni] sponsored the introduction of a law that, more than any, has skewed the labor market. By making it easier for bosses to hire mostly young workers on short-term contracts without eroding the privileges of older workers with jobs for life, the law created a generational gulf that has grown ever since. The difficulty of getting worthwhile employment that allows workers to build up their pension rights, take out a mortgage and perhaps start a family is a prime explanation for why so many young Italians flee abroad — and why so many who stay vote for the maverick 5Star Movement that polls indicate is now Italy’s most widely supported party.
12 people who ruined Italy – POLITICO















