Rome Oct 11 (IANS/AKI) The populist government s plan to lower the retirement age in Italy will create "tens of thousands" of new jobs Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Thursday.
"People who run businesses - not bureaucrats sitting in some office - have told us that reversing the Fornero law will create tens of thousands of jobs " Salvini told reporters in Rome.
He was referring to deeply unpopular legislation passed in 2011 which raised the retirement for both sexes to 67 by 2019.
"What I am interested in is guaranteeing thousands of new hires in the coming months thanks to the reversal of the Fornero law."
He was speaking after a meeting of a steering committee attended by representatives of some of Italy s largest companies aimed at forging "an additional investment plan" to boost the country s chronically low growth.

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