Magistrates union plan appeal after Meloni blocks pay rise

(ANSA) - ROME, 19 OTT - Magistrates union ANM has said it will appeal after Premier Giorgia Meloni announced Sunday that she will not sign a decree giving Italy's judges and prosecutors a pay rise to comply with rulings by the Council of State, the country's top administrative court. "Our rights are the same as those of other citizens," said the ANM. Meloni said the government could not afford the magistrates' pay rise and related back payments, arguing it would cost around one billion euros, roughly 10 times more that it is aiming to allocate to the truckers hit by soaring fuel prices. (ANSA).
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