A new welfare system needs to be able
to guarantee the universal social rights outlined by the
Constitution, President Sergio Mattarella said on Wednesday
receiving at the Quirinale palace the Knights of Labour.
Highlighting that the credibility of institutions also depends
on the protection of dignified living conditions, the president
noted that sustainability is not only a key objective for
"climate neutrality" but also implies "operating to avoid that
the transformation of production and consumption models create
deep fractures within the social fabric, ready to transfer to
the civil fabric of the community".
"This is the theme of a new welfare that is able to confirm the
universality of the social rights affirmed by the Constitution",
noted the president.
Mattarella also noted that "labour is a powerful tool of
integration and I am thinking about the many immigrants and the
needs of the productive world.
"Companies can bring consistency on this ground which is often
at the centre of irrational fears when not of excited phobias",
he said.
Mattarella stressed that institutions and public policies need
to make "important choices" to "make up for delays", starting
with "productivity, tthe public administration's performance,
the necessary reforms to increase opportunities".
The post-COVID National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) is
an "extraordinary occasion" which must be "fully grasped", the
president also noted in his speech.
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