Italy's economic recovery from the
COVID-19 emergency is even bigger and better than expected,
President Sergio Mattarella told the annual assembly of retail
group Confcommercio on Wednesday.
"I send a cordial greeting to the participants in the assembly
of Confcommercio Imprese per l'Italia which is being held this
year in a phase of economic recovery that is more intense than
expectations, after the dramatic crisis caused by the pandemic,
which hit the sectors of services, retail, hospitality and
tourism particularly hard," he said in a message.
Confcommercio chief Carlo Sangalli told the assembly that
spending at hotels, bars and restaurants would be 34 billion
euros down by the end of the year.
He added that the solution to 'social dumping' was not a minimum
wage but raising the national collective contract.
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