Meloni: “Let’s help those in need, not the rich”. Salvini: “Fiscal peace only at the beginning”. Letta: “On December 17 we will be in the square”

«Saturday 17 our demonstration against an improvised and unfair #maneuver. Inadequate with respect to the risk of recession and soaring inflation. We anticipated it in our Assembly on Saturday. Now, after yesterday’s decisions, we confirm it with even more conviction». The secretary of the Pd Enrico Letta writes it on Twitter. Very satisfied with the work, of course, the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, «first because we wrote this budget law which is not limited to accounting work but makes political choices. We present it in just a month, it is a maneuver that follows and tells of a political vision ».

Prioritize growth and social justice
“At the basis of the law which totals 35 billion euros there are two major priorities: growth and social justice, that is, attention to families and the most fragile categories”. So Giorgia Meloni at a press conference to present the budget law. «I’m glad that the approach we’ve had, as I see it, is that of a family budget, when you deal with a family budget, if there is a lack of resources, you don’t worry about consent but about what is right to do to make the family grow in the best way”.

The three flat taxes
In the maneuver there are “three flat taxes”, including that “on incremental income to VAT numbers which have a flat tax of 15% on the greater profit achieved compared to the previous three-year period with a maximum threshold of 40 thousand euros, which demonstrates that it is a measure aimed at the middle class, which does not favor the rich and recognizes the sacrifices of those who work”. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says so in a press conference. Meloni recalls the increase in the flat tax to 85 thousand euros and “the introduction of the flat tax at 5% on productivity bonuses up to 3 thousand euros against the 10% currently envisaged and goes hand in hand with an extended fringe benefit”

Energy measurements
«As promised, the major expenditure item of the maneuver concerns the issue of expensive bills: out of a maneuver of 35 billion, the measures for energy are around 21 billion, obviously the two fundamental choices concern tax credits for companies , for which a credit is envisaged which is applied on part of the increase that the companies have made compared to the same period of the previous year. So we confirm and increase the credits from 40 to 45% for energy-intensive companies and up to 35% for non-energy-intensive ones». Thus the premier Giorgia Meloni in the press conference after the approval of the maneuver

Cut of the tax wedge to 3% for incomes of less than 20 thousand euros
“There is a wedge cut: not only are we confirming that of 2% for incomes up to 35,000 euros entirely on the worker side, but we are adding a further point for incomes up to 20,000 euros”. Giorgia Meloni said it during the press conference. “It is the most expensive measure of the entire budget law: it costs 4 billion euros and this indicates that the government’s other priority is to increase” the salary of “those with lower incomes”.

Family and birth rate
«The measures for the family and the birth rate are worth one and a half billion euros, a choice that does not have many precedents. The single allowance is increased by 50% for everyone for the first year of the child’s life, by 50% for three years for large families. The VAT on all early childhood products will be 5% and also for what concerns non-compostable female hygiene devices, the measures for the purchase of the first home for young couples are confirmed”. This was stated by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. In the manoeuvre, «an important measure is that of parental leave. It was paid at 30%, we added one month of optional leave but paid at 80%, up to the child’s 6 years of life. A choice that introduces a sort of piggy bank of time that mothers can use in case of difficulty, avoiding running into difficult economic situations».

The issue of pensions
The pension maneuver intervenes “on the pension scale that would have started from 1 January, without an intervention from 1 January the pension would have started at 67”: it will be possible to retire “at 62 with 41 of contributions, but with common sense. Anyone who decides to enter this window, until the requirements are met, will not be able to have a pension up to five times the minimum ». The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, said this during the press conference on the government’s economic maneuver. Furthermore, Meloni added, «we have decided to re-evaluate the minimum pensions by 120%, the lowest pensions will have the greatest increase in relation to inflation. As the pension increases, the increase decreases.’ Meloni confirmed that “the social Ape and women’s option will be extended”. You also added that the government “will assume responsibility for the choices made”

Citizenship income: “Transforming assistance into work”
“We would have needed more time” but in the meantime “it has been established that we continue to help those who are not able to work”, but for the ’employable’ the subsidy is abolished in 2024 and next year it will only be possible to obtain it for eight months. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says so when speaking of the changes to the basic income. “We want to transform assistance into work, we want to accompany these choices,” he adds, recalling that there are already political forces calling for the square. “But there are people who have been on the subsidy for three years, the state must help these people by finding a job,” observes the prime minister. “There will be an obligation to stay in Italy” remarked the prime minister speaking of the recipients of the subsidy.

Plastic and sugar tax
“We postpone the application of the ‘sugar tax’ and the ‘plastic tax’, which therefore will not come into force in 2023”. This was stated by the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, during the press conference on the government’s economic manoeuvre

Cash ceiling
In the manoeuvre, “the use of cash at the ceiling is confirmed at 5 thousand euros, below the European average”. The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, said this during the press conference on the government’s economic maneuver. Furthermore, she adds, «a rule has been introduced to combat unfair competition from ‘open and close’ businesses. It is a measure of common sense because traders and entrepreneurs must be defended from unauthorized use and unfair competition».

«No amnesty, tattered folders under 1000 euros»
“The spirit from which we move is a different relationship between the state and the taxpayer: the state is no longer aggressive and punitive but fair and understanding towards those in difficulty”: said Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a press conference speaking of the “fiscal truce” inserted maneuvering and ensuring that “there is no amnesty but only operations advantageous for the state”. The bills of less than 1,000 euros and prior to 2015 are “cancelled – he explains -. For all the others, the amount due is paid with a single increase of 3% and in installments”.

The words of Matteo Salvini
«This is the government that has the ambition to lay the first stone of the Strait Bridge. I will ask Brussels for European co-financing”. The Minister of Infrastructure, Matteo Salvini said it in a press conference after the approval of the manoeuvre. “The Maroni bonus in Manovra has been renewed, in addition to having stopped Fornero which was not a political but a social obligation of ours, those who have reached limits but continue to work will have a 10% bonus on their salary” said the deputy prime minister and minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini at a press conference on the maneuver approved by the CDM during the night. A thought also to the bad weather that hit Venice and the whole peninsula: «Today the highest tide is underway, between 1.80 and 2 meters, recorded in recent years, the Mose is in operation, if it weren’t for the city now it would literally be under water.’ «It’s an excellent start, we’ve been here for 30 days but I think the Italians are seizing the change of direction. It is not the maneuver that solves Italy’s problems, but it is the first of five budget manoeuvres. In Parliament there will be a compact, solid and granite majority”. Matteo Salvini concluded during the press conference after the approval of the maneuver.