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The Inps has announced that, starting from January 2027, pension increases tied to inflation will be frozen until March for retirees who receive amounts exceeding 2,447 euros gross per month, with a reform that provides for a decreasing revaluation based on different income brackets. #Pensioni #LeggeDiBilancio #Inflazione (translated)

The decline in agricultural incomes in Europe and the United States is curbing investments in agricultural technologies, with a decrease in the sales of agricultural machinery, but the president of FederUnacoma, Mariateresa Maschio, remains optimistic about the future of the market. #Agricoltura #MacchineAgricole #MadeInItaly (translated)

The budget law provides for the abolition of total social contribution exemption for mothers with three or more children, replacing it with a fixed monthly contribution of 100 euros, with the risk of an annual income loss of up to 2,400 euros for many working women. #BonusMamme #LeggeDiBilancio #FamiglieNumerose (translated)

A new dual tax regime for VAT and income will allow those who exceed 85,000 euros in revenue to remain in the flat-rate scheme, but will require the application of VAT starting from the following year if the limit of 100,000 euros is exceeded. #Previdenza #FlatTax #Iva (translated)

The article analyzes the comparison between the 1% substitute tax on income increases for young people and the 5% tax on increases from contract renewals, highlighting that the latter remains advantageous for those who receive only increases related to renewals in 2027. #Manovra2027 #Imposte #Lavoro (translated)

In Milan, although the percentage of working women exceeds the national and Lombard average, a significant income gap compared to men persists, highlighted in the Municipality's Gender Budget which reflects both employment progress and the challenges still to be faced in wage equality. #ParitàDiGenere #OccupazioneFemminile #Milano (translated)

The author of the post wrote that the progressive alliance, still without a leader and described by him as disorganized, would announce its government plan by the end of the month. He added that Giuseppe Conte was asking for a citizenship income, Elly Schlein was preparing what he called an expropriation of private savings, and Avs supported a wealth tax. https://t.co/urgyI25dKt #politica #governo #Italia #IT (translated)

In 2026, the union claims of the musicians of the Fenice Orchestra in Venice emerged with a new strike, revealing that while salaries can reach 48,000 euros per year, on average they work only 12 days a month, generating a gross monthly income of about 3,376 euros. #FeniceDiVenezia #Orchestra #Sindacato (translated)

The author accused the Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party of asking on television for more funds for the cost of living and health care, although, according to him, the Superbonus had created a hole of 174 billion and frauds of nearly 2 billion had emerged regarding the citizenship income. In another passage, he argued that Speranza was hiding documents on Covid and shared a link on the subject. https://t.co/QRY20MGzc9 #politica #truffe #italia #IT (translated)

THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY AND DICTIONARY "NICOLA ZINGARELLI" ON THE PRESTIGIOUS "GLOBAL CAMPUS OF HUMAN RIGHTS" And if the health of a community began not in a clinic, but among the shelves of a library? Cerignola, March 13, 2026. A chain of hands crosses the city. From the old municipal library to the new home, built in the renovated schools, books pass from hand to hand. A man hands a volume, a little girl receives it, an elderly person passes it on. It’s not a move but a declaration. The new Community Library, in a city of 57,700 inhabitants in the heart of Puglia, bears the name of Nicola Zingarelli, the founder of one of Italy's most beloved dictionaries. And to every user, it offers the use of that very dictionary. As the “Community Dictionary”. Here lies the point that questions us, as jurists and as citizens. In Italy, many elderly people in the South and many migrants live daily in another language: dialect, mother tongue, Romance varieties. Law 482/1999 protects historical linguistic minorities, not these varieties. When a leaflet, an informed consent, a prescription remains only partially understood, the quality and safety of care are compromised. Not due to negligence. Due to linguistic distance. The dictionary of the great philologist and purist Nicola Zingarelli does not translate dialects and does not replace interpreters and cultural mediators. Let it be clear: it is a monolingual dictionary of standard Italian. Its strength, in terms of human rights, lies elsewhere. It removes economic and symbolic barriers to access to standard language and creates what we have called a “linguistic common resource”: a common space where anyone, regardless of income and education, can check the meaning of a diagnosis, a prescription, an administrative form. This is what we mean by “public bibliotherapy”. The right to health, as interpreted by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in General Comment No. 14, includes the right to health information. General Comment No. 21 recalls that libraries are cultural institutions whose accessibility is a priority. Article 32 of the Constitution protects health as a fundamental right and collective interest. Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights obliges states to ensure services that are available, accessible, acceptable, and of good quality, with accessibility expressly including information. Yet almost half of Europeans, according to a 2024 Council of Europe report, have limited health literacy. In Chisinau, on March 26, 2026, it was reiterated that this is a major obstacle to the implementation of Article 11 of the European Social Charter. Reading, understanding, choosing: without these abilities, the right to health remains an abstract promise. Cerignola responds concretely. And the first three months tell this story with numbers, not slogans: more than 7,500 new visitors, 526 new members, 1,293 participants in workshops. A study from Yale University in 2016, on 3,635 participants over 50 followed for 12 years, observed that those who read books died on average 20 percent less frequently than those who did not read. It is not proof that reading extends life but a strong hint that reading contributes to health. Not every library is a clinic, nor do we want it to become one. But a boxed collection, in transit, cannot be borrowed, consulted, shared. And an inaccessible collection does not benefit anyone's health. The human chain in Cerignola has restored availability and accessibility, transforming a stored inventory into a vibrant public service. England has integrated social prescribing into its National Health Service since 2019. The UNESCO Manifesto for Public Libraries promotes them as social and health hubs. When a library is forced to close, the issue is not just the cost. It is the legitimacy of a regressive measure, for which the state must bear the burden of proof. From here, four steps to ensure Cerignola is not an exception. First: integrate health literacy into national planning, with information in clear language and, where appropriate, in dialects and migrant languages, disseminated through libraries. Second: recognize public libraries as relevant infrastructure for the right to health, with stable funding and a human rights impact assessment before any closure. Third: support the Coalition for Health Literacy and Human Rights and the Rome Declaration, which the Council of Europe will discuss in Rome on December 4, 2026, and measure health literacy with ISTAT data disaggregated by language and age. Fourth: rigorously assess community libraries, not for attendance but for health literacy and access to services. Rights, like the books of Cerignola, if left boxed do not heal anyone. They must come out of boxes, pass from hand to hand, become comprehensible words. If you believe that a library can also be a health hub, spread this story. Cerignola has shown the way. Now it is up to the institutions to follow it. (translated)

The Italian Confederation of Managers and High Professionals (Cida) reports a total loss of up to 200,000 euros in managerial pension incomes over the course of 14 years due to cuts in the revaluation of medium-high pensions, requesting the abolition of an article of the Budget Law to avoid further penalties in 2027. #Pensioni #Equità #LeggeDiBilancio (translated)

The Italian government has presented the 2027 Maneuver, which includes measures such as the permanent exemption from car tax for certain categories and changes to the income limits for access to the Flat Tax, to be discussed and approved by December 31, 2026. #FNM #MadeInItaly #CentoAnni (translated)

Mario Seminerio has criticized Landini's proposal to introduce a 1% wealth tax on assets exceeding 2 million euros. He reported that Landini had claimed that those earning 2 million a year could pay 20,000 euros more in taxes without feeling the impact, and he accused him of confusing income and wealth. He also asked if there was someone at the Cgil research office willing to explain the difference to him. #patrimoniale #tasse #reddito (translated)