The passage of PagoPA under the control of Poligrafico and Poste Italiane decided by the government in the Council of Ministers of 26 February poses 'a problem of competition with the banks and the objectives of the Pnrr'.
This is supported by Daniele Manca, group leader of the Democratic Party in the Senate Budget Committee in a question addressed to the Ministers of Economy Giorgetti and for European Affairs Fitto.
'This operation, which is part of the privatizations planned by the government to recover 20 billion euros in the three-year period 2024-2026 - states Manca - has sparked protests from many credit institutions who denounce the circumvention of competition rules'.
In the question, supported by the entire Democratic Party, Manca specifies, the ministers are asked 'whether they do not believe that the sale of PagoPA shares is completely in conflict with the objectives of the Pnrr and with the interests of the public administration in terms of digitalisation and whether intend to exclude that this transfer does not lead to a public disengagement in terms of the development, simplification, quality and security of digital payment services.
PagoPa is, at this moment, a company entirely owned by the State through the Ministry of Economy and is subject to the supervision of the Prime Minister, through the delegated minister.
It manages the digital platform responsible for payments to the public administration to simplify and increase the quality and quantity of payment services offered by public administration bodies and carry them out in maximum security.
From 2016 to today, PagoPA has recorded exponential and constant growth, both in terms of transactions and the value of payments.
For this reason, says Manca, 'we would like to understand the reasons that led the government to establish, in article 20, paragraph 3, of the legislative decree of 2 March 2024, n.
19, containing 'further urgent provisions for the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan', which, for the purposes of strengthening interoperability between public databases and valorising the national digital data platform, as well as rationalization and industrial reorganization within the shareholdings held by the State, the option rights for the purchase of of the entire shareholding held by the State in the PagoPA' company.
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