The Meloni government launches
its first Def
, outlining "the economic policy for the next few years, a line made up of stability, credibility and growth", as the premier says, who is already looking beyond.
"From the next budget law, the problem of demographic decline and new births must be tackled concretely, with adequate measures", he clarified in the Council of Ministers, in a meeting that approved a 6-month state of national emergency to deal with the increase in migratory flows on the Mediterranean route, as well as a bill against acts of eco-vandalism on works of art (with fines ranging from 20 to 60 thousand euros, with criminal sanctions) and another on the competitiveness of capital, which among other will simplify the rules for accessing quotations on the Stock Exchange.
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In 2024, the room for maneuver opened up by the estimates of the Def is approximately 4 billion.
This can be seen from the Palazzo Chigi press release on the CDM.
"For 2024, public finance projections show that, given a deficit trend of 3.5 per cent, maintaining the 3.7 per cent of GDP target will create fiscal space of about 0.2 points of GDP , which will be allocated to the Tax Reduction Fund, the financing of the so-called 'policy change' as of 2024 and the continuation of the tax cut in 2025-2026, and will contribute to a significant revision of public spending and greater agreement between the tax authorities and the taxpayer", it reads.
The CDM postponed an hour for the arrival at Ciampino of the body of Alessandro Parini, the young Roman victim of the attack in Tel Aviv.
A tragedy that tormented the Easter weekend, also enlivened by the negotiations in the center-right on the appointments of the major subsidiaries.
"It would be bizarre for only one party to indicate names to the detriment of the others", the message arrived at the beginning of the day from the League, a sign that the dossier has nevertheless produced tensions.
Giorgia Meloni does not back down from his ideas.
And it is also his proposal, approved by the CDM, to start the procedure for the appointment of Gabriella Alemanno (former deputy director of the Revenue Agency, sister of Gianni, former mayor of Rome) and Federico Cornelli as members of Consob.
The confirmation of Gian Carlo Blangiardo as president of Istat (mainly supported by the League) is not going smoothly, which many in the center-right believe is almost over because there is no qualified majority for a binding opinion.
Just Istat has just certified the birth rate at an all-time low (under 400,000 births in 2022), given that Palazzo Chigi is concerned.
In the first manoeuvre, Meloni wanted the family quotient in some measures, for the next one he aims for a leap in quality.
He clarified this to the ministers, while the government approved the Financial Economics Document with a trend scenario with GDP at +1% (while for the IMF it will grow by 0.7% in 2023) and the deficit which will settle at 4.5 %.
"Let's review the GDP estimates upwards with responsibility - explains Meloni - and continue the path of reducing the public debt. These are the cards with which Italy presents itself in Europe".
In the government, however, there are those who are pushing for pensions.
The Minister of Labour, Marina Elvira Calderone, would have made an appeal to colleagues on this issue.
And in the morning Riccardo Molinari clarified that the League "is not satisfied with an extension of the 103 quota", which the
the objective remains 41 but that "with a few billion, 41 cannot be achieved, this is clear".
Just enough to predict fibrillation.
Another front in which there is misalignment in the center-right is that of the seaside resorts, with Lega and FI urging the government to speed up the mapping of concessions and the creation of the inter-ministerial table.
Within a week, however, the decision on the state of emergency for the reception of migrants matured, "to give more effective and timely responses to the management of flows", Meloni clarifies.
There is the hypothesis of a commissioner.
Meanwhile, 5 million euros arrive.
The aim is to speed up procedures and actions to offer migrants reception solutions in a short time with adequate standards, increase and strengthen the CPR, enhancing identification and expulsion activities.
Inserted on the agenda close to the meeting, the bill against eco-vandals was also approved, wanted by the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, after the latest raids on the Barcaccia fountain in Rome and Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.
In just under an hour and a half,
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Government declares state of emergency on migration - Policy
It will last six months and will be valid throughout the national territory (ANSA)
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Lega-Fdi distances.
The closure of all the big companies by the 13th is on the rise (ANSA)
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Art vandals, fines of up to 60 thousand euros for restoration - Politics
Sangiuliano: those who vandalize art assume responsibility (ANSA)
