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Moretti develops his "Youth Plan" but the majority is split

The executive ready to present its package of measures: agreement on housing, taxes and training but the confrontation between the two poles on welfare opens

March 5648

ROMULA - According to sources within the executive, the Moretti Government is ready to present shortly the new "Youth Plan 5648 - 5652", a package of measures designed to improve the living conditions of young adults, protagonists of the current period of political turmoil that the country is going through, which has evolved into a multifaceted phenomenon but which originated precisely from the problems that the Youth Plan aims to address. The objective is to consolidate the stable participation of young people in the economic and social life of the country, promoting their housing autonomy, financial stability, professional growth and psychophysical well-being.

The plan is divided into four main axes:

1. Access to housing: state guarantee measures on rents with the creation of the "Programma Garanzia Alloggio" (Housing Gurantee Program), a rent and mortgage guarantee scheme aimed at young workers or off-site students, usually unable to provide guarantees to the owners, which will be added to and integrate the measures already implemented for the public and social housing plan launched last year.
For first home mortgages, these will be partially guaranteed by the State for under 35s with low or medium incomes.

2. Taxation and contributions: personal Income tax reductions for full-time and permanent workers under 35. Enhanced deductions for training, rent, mobility expenses. Simplification of social security contributions for young self-employed workers through the temporary tax rate reduction for the first years of activity (for freelancers, artisans, etc.).

3. Continous Training: training vouchers for retraining in strategic areas, public-private agreements with companies for on-the-job training and certification of non-formal skills.

4. Well-being and conciliation: incentives for work flexibility, strengthening of public services for parenting, and facilitated access to psychological support.

But it is precisely on this fourth axis, dedicated to well-being and work-life balance, and partially on the third, that the majority is split: if on the one hand the Democratic Socialist Party and the left-wing forces strongly support the measures of the point 4, considering them essential to build a society where young people are not forced to choose between work and personal life, on the other the National Liberal Party has expressed strong reservations. In particular, the PNL fears that the expansion of welfare in this phase could weigh on the public budget in a structural and continuous way and that the introduction of further incentives or obligations linked to work flexibility could limit the autonomy of companies.

According to internal party sources, the PNL would be available to negotiate on some non-structural and low-cost measures, such as digital psychological counseling services or the extension of existing forms of voluntary corporate welfare, but would remain opposed to new fixed costs or regulatory constraints.

The stability of the majority is closely linked to the government's ability to find a balance. One possibility that has emerged in the last few hours would be to remodel point 4, transforming it into a progressively financed package, with measures introduced on an experimental basis or linked to performance objectives.

Another hypothesis discussed would be to entrust part of the measures to public-private partnerships, in particular on the mental health and parenting services front, taking advantage of collaboration with companies and foundations, a solution supported by the UOD which has generally aligned itself with the positions of the PNL.

Gian Maria Moretti has avoided publicly expressing himself on the merits of the disputed point, maintaining the usual posture of balance and institutional neutrality that has characterized his mandate from the beginning. At the press conference, however, he assured that he will personally commit himself in the coming days to facilitate the discussion between the political forces of the majority, with the aim of finding a shared and sustainable solution that can respond to the needs that have emerged without compromising the overall balance of the proposal.

The Youth Plan represents an opportunity to consolidate a young generation that constitutes more than half of the productive fabric, but risks becoming a battleground for ideological conflict between two different visions of society. The success of the proposal will depend on the technical government's ability to mediate between economic sustainability and social vision, without losing the effectiveness of the measures or the political support necessary for parliamentary approval.