THUR DEC 11 2025-theGBJournal| Italy’s largest trade union, Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL) said Thursday they will take to the streets to protest against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government’s budget law on Friday, December 12.
”A general strike has been called in response to an executive that remains deaf to the demands of the world of work. A budget that increases spending on weapons rather than addressing the needs of workers and pensioners who struggle to make ends meet,” CGIL said in a statement to theG&BJournal.
The budget law includes charges of over 11 billion euros on banks and insurance companies over a period of two-years, a package that has been criticized by unions and the centre-left opposition.
The budget itself is approximately 18 billion euros and will be submitted to the country’s parliament in coming days with a final approval expected by end of December.
The General Secretary of the CGIL, Maurizio Landini, explains the reasons that led the union to call the general strike: ”We want wages to increase — people cannot be poor while working.
”Wages must be raised, and investment should not go into weapons but into public healthcare, public education, and knowledge. We need to correct a flawed tax system and fight tax evasion. We must affirm a model of society founded on people’s needs.”
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