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CAN you tell us about Potere al Popolo’s campaign to ensure a minimum wage of €10 per hour in Italy. What has been the government’s response to instituting a minimum wage in the country?
Italy is one of a few countries in the European Union without a legal minimum wage; 21 out of 27 EU countries have instituted minimum wages.
In Italy, minimum wages are only determined in collective labour agreements, but these salaries are often very low — around €4-6 per hour.
While Italy’s communist tradition remains fragmented and politically marginal, France’s party is attempting to re-establish itself as an independent force rooted in working-class organisation, says NICK WRIGHT
NICK WRIGHT continues his series analysing the trends in European politics
Italians reject controversial judiciary reforms in a referendum that boosts the left, reports NICK WRIGHT



