![]() ![]() Meanwhile, taxes for small businesses have merely been suspended, not abolished, meaning owners will still have to find money for contributions at a later stage, despite losing income during the lockdown. “Criminal organisations have plenty of money and people could end up working for them, and once that starts, they won’t go back,” said Orsina. Officials also worry that the mafia will take advantage of the rising poverty, swooping in to recruit people to its organisation. Photograph: Fortunato Serrano’/AGF/Rex/Shutterstock People in Calabria wait to be able to board a ferry to Sicily despite not having the required permits after movement was restricted. Those who before lived with dignity, now find themselves in difficulty.” The situation is extremely delicate as a significant part of the population has zero income. “We were expecting more and I hope the government will find a way. “It is absolutely not enough,” said Salvo Pogliese, the mayor of Catania. But mayors have protested that the funds, especially the €400m for food vouchers, are insufficient. There are also many shopkeepers, or professionals working for themselves, who may have moderate reserves that will run out the longer they’re in lockdown.”Īmid the brewing social unrest, the prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, said €4.3bn (£3.8bn) from a solidarity fund would immediately be advanced to all municipalities and an additional €400m would go to mayors for conversion into food stamps. “However, a significant number of people live day to day, doing occasional jobs. “In reality, we don’t know how many are working in the black as these numbers are only estimates,” said Giovanni Orsina, a politics professor at Luiss University in Rome. A billboard in Naples reads: ‘All together, without fear.’ Photograph: Carlo Hermann/AFP via Getty Images ![]()
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