Italy’s Senate backs job market overhaul

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi won a confidence vote in the upper house of the Italian parliament (Senate) on the 3 December 2014, giving him the go-ahead to press on with a shake-up of the country's labour market.

'Italy is really changing', Mr Renzi said after the confidence vote.

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ESO: Background information: Matteo Renzi must work with Italian trade unions rather than against them if he is serious about reforming Italy’s labour market http://www.europeansources.info/record/matteo-renzi-must-work-with-italian-trade-unions-rather-than-against-them-if-he-is-serious-about-reforming-italys-labour-market/

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 04.12.14: The opposition of trade unions to Renzi’s ‘Jobs Act’ shows they remain a conservative force in Italian politics http://bit.ly/1rTOMyo

Deutsche Welle, 04.12.14: Italian prime minister shakes up jobs market http://dw.de/p/1Dz5x

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 08.12.14: There is little evidence that the proposed reform of Italy’s labour market will actually generate growth or employment http://bit.ly/1InhT20

CAPX, 27.10.15: [Opinion]: Could Europe’s next growth locomotive be Made in Italy? http://www.capx.co/external/why-italy-could-soon-be-europes-fastest-growing-economy/

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