The resident of the Council,
Mario Draghi
, opened the press conference on the aid decree ter, worth 14 billion euros, with condolences for the
tragedy that took place in the Marche
, for which "The Council of Ministers approved a
state of emergency with the allocation of 5 million for the first aid
".
At the end of the conference, the premier declared his unwillingness to a second term
.
"First of all I want to express my deepest condolences for the victims of the floods in the Marche and the closeness of the government and my personal to the families of the victims and to all the injured," said Draghi.
"I spoke with Acquaroli, the government will do whatever is necessary. I thank the civil protection and the local authorities and the mayors of the affected areas who are the protagonists in the first person of the state's presence. I also thank all the rescuers".
"What happened today (in the Marche, ed) shows how
the fight against climate change is fundamental
", highlighted the prime minister.
"On the energy diversification front, we now have fast and certain times for the
Piombino regasification plant,
which is an
essential
thing ", highlighted Draghi.
THE MEASURES
With regard to the decree, with the 17 billion of the aid dl bis and the 14 of the aid dl ter
"we are at 31 billion which seems to respond to the request for deviation
, unless we want to ask for a deviation every month. no budget variance ", said Draghi in reference to the request of the leader of the league Matteo Salvini.
"The trend of the Italian economy allows us to help families and businesses without making a shift in public accounts", added the premier.
"The decree provides for the extension of tax credits, a strengthening and expansion of beneficiaries. From today hundreds of small businesses will have access to them. We foresee a
social contribution of 150 euros for 22 million Italians
who earn less than twenty thousand euros", announced Draghi.
With the new government support provided for "14 billion euros for families and businesses that are added to almost 50 in recent months, overall a value of more than
60 billion euros
equal to 3.5% of GDP. So we are among the countries that have spent more in Europe ", remarked Draghi.
"
Support for employment, growth for businesses and families and the weakest: this is the social agenda of the government that I had the honor of presiding
", Draghi then highlighted.
"I want to congratulate Minister Franco, I hope that the next government will have a minister like him".
Congratulations also to the Minister of Education Bianchi for "the opening of schools in good order".
"The banking system has shown willingness to work together for the country which means being ready to give loans at the BTP rate without additional commissions to companies for paying the bill: these loans will be guaranteed by the state but with a free guarantee. an
installment of bills
", said Draghi again.
RUSSIAN FUNDS TO FOREIGN PARTIES
Responding to a question about the US dossier relating to
Russian funding for foreign parties
, Draghi confirmed that he had "had a phone call with Blinken, the most natural thing was to ask what they knew. He confirmed the
absence of Italian political forces
on the list of those who have benefited from Russian funds ".
"
Let's not forget that Italian democracy is strong
: we must be confident, not be afraid of any voice. It is clear that in recent years Russia has carried out a continuous work of corruption in many sectors in Europe and in the United States", he said. underlined the premier.
"Italian democracy is strong,
he does not let himself be beaten by external enemies, by their hired puppets
.
We must be confident in our democracy, we must not be afraid of any voice ", she reiterated.
UKRAINE
Regarding the sanctions against Russia for the war in Ukraine, "
the sanctions work
. We must understand this, otherwise we would not understand certain recent behaviors of President Putin and we must continue on that front. And continue on the front of support for Ukraine. for the war of liberation from those who invaded the country. This was the line of my government. Within the center-right there are many points of view. Does Salvini's prevail? I cannot say this.
It is a vision (that di Salvini ed) that the current government does not share
", said Draghi.
HUNGARY
Turning to
Hungary
, against which
the European Parliament spoke yesterday
, and to relations between Viktor Orban and the Italian center-right, "we have a certain vision of Europe, we defend the rule of law, we are allies with Germany and to France. What the next government will do I don't know. But I wonder, how does one choose partners? Of course, there is an ideological commonality but I also believe based on the interest of the Italians. Who are these partners? Who counts more? Give yourselves the answers, "said Draghi.
FISCAL DELEGATION
The premier also addressed the issue of
tax delegation
, underlining that
the government was loyal, but a political force was not
.
"There was an agreement with all the political forces, that the fiscal delegation would be voted on September 7. The government has pledged not to write the delegated decrees until the date of the elections. The government has kept its word. All of them. the political forces, except one that did not keep his word and did not vote for it ".
Thus Draghi answering a question on fiscal delegation.
"The first reflection to make is therefore that we have tried to do everything possible. Not keeping our word is not the method of this government, there is a big difference between those who keep it and those who don't. think like us ".
"
I spoke to President Casellati
, he told me that he will try to convene the group leader next week to see if he can schedule the tax delegation in the Senate.
So there is still a thread of hope ", he continued." If an agreement is not found, we go to the Chamber if the group leader agrees, and we vote on the scheduling of the fiscal delegation ".
THE ECONOMIC SITUATION
Speaking of
Italian economic growth
, "the forecasts said 3% today we are at 3.4 or 3.5%. Last year we went to 6.5%. Next year they foresee a half recession, clearly c 'It's a slowdown yet there are no symptoms of a recession,' Draghi said.
Economy Minister Daniele Franco
then went into detail on the provision.
Today "we allocate 14 billion on the whole", which added to those of the last few months become 66. "We have dedicated 33 billion to energy, with today's ten becoming 43.
Debt remains at 5.6%, indicated in the Nadef and in the Def
, "Franco said.
The
covers
of the decree derive from higher revenues, from the rationalization of balance sheet items and from the compensation mechanism applied to renewable sources.
"It is essential to continue to support" the productive sector, there is "uncertainty at the international level, but it is important that fiscal policy continues to support the productive sector. If there is an adequate rate of growth, I think that economic policy can remain positive, supporting growth ", again next year, declared Franco.
"We closed the first part of the year better than expected" and "on the third quarter, even if there are clear signs of a slowdown on the industry side, services show positive signs, we will see how it will close but
the third quarter is not of recession
, "Franco said again.
It is clear - he added - that we are linked to the trend of the European and world economy, if they go into recession we will follow ".