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Italian politicians got into a fight on Wednesday in a discussion over Italy’s economic reforms. Legislators from Silvio Berlusconi’s coalition party exchanged blows with of the opposition FLI party. Parliament was for several minutes after the fight out. The heated debate was about Italy’s austerity measures, although things got out of over comments FLI speaker Gianfranco Fini made on television about the wife of coalition member Umberto Bossi. Mr Fini that Mr Bossi’s wife had taken retirement from a teaching job when she was 39. UDC party member Amedeo Ciccanti said: "We need to calm down because Italians are more irritated than about this."

The raising of the retirement age and the pension system are currently very subjects in Italy. The European Union (EU) wants Italy to its huge public debt as of the battle to save the euro. Italy’s generous pension scheme is in the line of these cuts. Mr Berlusconi and Mr Bossi reached a compromise on Italy's retirement age on Tuesday night. The overnight made by Mr Bossi means that Italy will gradually raise the retirement age for all workers 67 by 2025. This will bring it in line with similar measures being by other EU countries. Currently, Italian men and women retire at 65 in the public sector, although some women in the private sector retire .