In the Chamber, the maneuver concluded the landing despite the turbulence, to use the metaphor of the Minister of Economy, Giancarlo Giorgetti. By Thursday morning Giorgia Meloni expects the Senate to approve the definitive green light on the armored text. Then in the press conference at the end of the year he will take stock, aware that the beginning of 2023 promises to be no easier than in recent months. And within the majority, the pressure from the parties to improve some measures included in the 35 billion budget law will quickly restart, and to fish out those left out of a blanket that is too short.
Also for this reason, prudence has advised the executive to set aside a couple of billion euros, which in the end was not allocated during the examination in the Chamber between adjustments and reverses. They will be useful in view of a new aid decree.
Beyond the measures against expensive energy, according to the majority, there are a number of innovations in the maneuver that give a signal of the executive’s vision, from the flat tax for the self-employed to the stop to the Fornero law with the introduction of Quota 103, from the tightening of Citizenship Income to the tax truce.
Some chapters were skipped along the way, such as the 60 euro threshold for the Pos obligation. Or it has been weakened, as with the changes to the Women’s Option: so much so that an FdI agenda, approved together with the maneuver, commits the government to expanding the audience and even the League believes that more could be done. It is one of the numerous aspects disputed by the oppositions, who judged the budget law unfair and full of amnesties and in these days the Chamber could get in the way to hinder the approval of the of the rave by the deadline of Friday, when the first decree passed by the Council of Ministers will expire.
Waiting to verify the positive effects of the gas price cap defined by the EU, the energy crisis together with the economic situation and the conflict in Ukraine, it remains one of the main factors of uncertainty for the future scenario. And among the variables to keep under observation at the top levels of the government there are also relations in the coalition, especially with Forza Italia.
The premier and Silvio Berlusconi, the majority say, met in the days before Christmas for a “quick” exchange of greetings. The climate between the two for some time has not been exactly relaxed. “All’s well that ends well”, the summary of the Azzurri, who in the maneuver claim theincrease of minimum pensions to 600 euros (aiming to reach one thousand euros over the term) and the contribution relief of up to 8,000 euros for those who hire under 35 employees on permanent contracts. The fact remains that FI was expected to be more involved from the start of the operations to build the government’s first budget law. Not to mention that, in the chaotic climate of the Montecitorio exam, the incident within the majority on the penal shield for financial crimes was also touched upon, up to the last given for certain in the amendments of the rapporteurs and then skipped.
The next test bed is likely to be the month. In Berlusconi’s party there is a certain openness to the evaluation of the instrument of the European Stability Mechanism.
The prime minister, on the other hand, clarified that Italy will not resort to it, even if in the end Parliament decides on ratification.
Among the appointments in which pushes that are not always coordinated periodically emerge, there are also the appointments of the investee companies: between January and June the government will have to indicate the leaders of about sixty of these, including Eni, Enel, Ferrovie, Leonardo and Poste.
Meanwhile Meloni, after a quick Council of Ministers to deliberate the state funeral of Franco Frattini – then scheduled for 11.30 in Rome – at 15 he should preside over Cipess, the Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning and Sustainable Development.
Source: Ansa
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