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born 1969 Italy
Andrea Orlando (born 1969) is an Italian politician who served as Minister of labour and social policies from 2021 to 2022 in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi. From 2013 to 2014 he served as minister of the environment under Enrico Letta and as Minister of Justice under Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni from 2014 to 2018.
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Now, if one speaks of the limitations of capitalism, there is always someone who will label you a communist or draw antagonistic conclusions.
The problem at the moment, in the PD, is not the difference in ideas but the silence of ideas.
The majority vocation, as conceived by the PD, no longer exists. A radical, post-ideological wing has formed, as well as a liberal wing.
The legal profession is a bulwark in the defence of rights and democracy. It is a fundamental voice in the protection of guarantees, especially for those who have less of a voice to defend themselves.
The appointment of Draghi has had an initial effect. Salvini became a pro-European within 24 hours.
(About the Democratic Party) We are paying the price for never having seriously addressed the cultural profile of the Renzi era. Renzi has been used as a scapegoat.
We have known for years that Salvini had decided to fan the flames of people's fears about the wave of migration. Now we have discovered that Di Maio and the Five Star Movement are doing the same.
[...] the citizenship income, like any basic income, is a factor that promotes competition and stimulates wage growth, especially in the lower income brackets.
The truth is that the third pole has worked on several occasions to break up the alliance between the PD and the M5S in order to increase its position, and the M5S currently believes that going it alone will strengthen its policy choices.
The kidnapping of Moro must be reflected upon at all times because it serves as a reference point for our democracy and a constant reminder not to let our guard down against all the dangers that could undermine it.
It is good to cut the tax wedge, very good indeed, but cutting the tax wedge, in itself, does not restart a trend dynamic. [...] We have cut the tax wedge on several occasions, but this has not triggered a recovery in wages.
[...] not only do we not want humiliation to enter school, we also want it to disappear from the world of work.
With the anti-Mafia code, we have strengthened the tools for attacking illicit assets, which in my opinion continues to be the main front, and we have introduced the offence of self-laundering, which allows us to intervene even when the accumulation of capital dates back a long time. However, we are still in the realm of repression.
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