On 29 June 1994, Sergio Cofferati became the new General Secretary of CGIL and quickly start facing the new Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, a media magnate who founded the new conservative party, Forza Italia (FI), collecting the electoral heritage of the Christian Democrats in the 1994 election, in alliance with the Northern League and the heirs of the neo-fascist MSI, National Alliance (AN). The first act of the Berlusconi's government concerned the attempt to radically reduce the Italian social security system, breaking the "pact between generations" that supports it.
On 29 June 1994, Sergio Cofferati became the new head of CGIL and quickly clashed with Silvio Berlusconi, a media tycoon who founded the right-wing party Forza Italia (FI), building on the electoral base of the Christian Democrats in the 1994 election, in partnership with the Northern League and the successors of the neo-fascist MSI, National Alliance (AN). The first move by Berlusconi's government was to make a drastic overhaul of the Italian social security system, shattering the "compact between generations" that sustains it.