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born 1948 Italy

Elsa Maria Fornero (born 7 May 1948) is an Italian economist, university lecturer, and politician who served as Minister of Labour and Social Policies in the Monti Cabinet from November 2011 to April 2013.

Italy
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We are trying to protect people, not their jobs. People's attitudes need to change. Work is not a right: it has to be earned, including through sacrifice.

Let us first add one thing: pension reforms are not carried out by looking to the past, i.e., by trying to protect, as far as possible, generous benefits in relation to the contributions paid.

I'm sorry that Brancaccio didn't get the chance to form a government. He would certainly have demonstrated much greater abilities than mine. Since he was my student, perhaps he learned something.

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