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There budget law it was supposed to arrive in the Chamber, to be voted on by the Chamber, today at 13, but the delay in the work in the Budget Commission has caused a new postponement, with the government threatening to place confidence in its original text, without amendments. Behind these postponements, a malaise that crosses the sides, a kind of apathy far from the fibrillation to which decades of assault on the diligence, convulsive but also methodical, had accustomed us.

Point by point:

• Predictable times At this point, the maneuver will arrive in the Chamber tomorrow morning and the government thinks it can trust. Goal: get the s by Saturday, Christmas Eve. And then do an encore in the Senate, with an armored text that can no longer be amended, by December 31st (here is Andrea Ducci’s point).

• Criticism of the opposition Carlo Calenda (Azione-Italia viva), who also spoke in person with the Prime Minister on the contents of the law, says that its outcome is unwatchable and that this is how this government crashes in a hurry. Enrico Letta (Pd): Never seen a similar situation. On December 20, everything is up in the air. Giuseppe Conte (5 Stars): This government risks bringing the country into temporary operation.

• The dispute in the center-right over the tax amnesty It was Forza Italia that proposed it, with Francesco Paolo Sisto: the amnesty for tax crimes is part of the maneuver. First the omitted declaration, then the omitted payment. But when there was talk of an unfaithful declaration – a fraudulent conduct not too dissimilar to false accounting – the Brothers of Italy and the League said no. It took three days of discussions, punctuated by pressure for amnesty from accountants and (many) entrepreneurs.

• The itchy norm This is what an authoritative exponent of the majority heard from Verderami defined the attempted force blitz on the amnesty. Giorgia Meloni herself would have stopped it, the norm: It doesn’t exist. And if they insist, we present ourselves in Parliament with the text of the maneuver approved in the Council of Ministers.

As for the measures, you will find the complete picture here. The latest news are these:

• The double youth bonus Confirmed the squeeze on the culture bonus. The version introduced by the Renzi government had guaranteed 500 euros for books and cultural expenses to all eighteen year olds. With Meloni, only eighteen-year-olds with an Isee family income under 35 thousand euros and those who will take 100 at maturity will have it: whoever meets both the income and merit requirements will have a thousand euros. The opposition judges the idea scandalous.

• An extra month for fathers too The extension of parental leave with benefits to 80% instead of 30%, initially envisaged only for mothers, is extended to fathers of children up to six years of age.

• The news on the tax wedge The cut rises to 3% for the lowest incomes: the expected 20,000 euros rises to 25,000. The 2% tax exemption has been confirmed for incomes up to 35,000 euros.

• probable extension for Industry 4.0 These are tax relief for companies that purchase machinery and plants, a legacy of the Renzian era much appreciated by entrepreneurs and beyond. The measure had remained out but can now return with an amendment by the Democratic Party taken over by the government.

• The relief to those who hire They amount to 8,000 euros for anyone who employs a citizen’s income recipient or an over-50-year-old worker who has been unemployed for at least a year.

And what does the political thermometer say?

• An icy Berlusconi The leader of Forza Italia gave our Paola Di Caro a very composed and institutional interview, far from the crackling audio – and pizzini – of recent months. The arrogant and opinionated prime minister at the beginning of the term, the rudeness of the failure to vote for La Russa president of the Senate, are watered down in a cold but polite judgment on Meloni’s approach to government: I seemed absolutely adequate.

• The obvious nervousness The clash over the attempted fiscal blitz, thwarted by the prime minister, is more indicative of the real state of relations between Melonians and Berlusconi. Verderami’s source says: Tajani always tries to act as a peacemaker, until Ronzulli arrives with an ax and we leave again. This climate is not good. Then there are also the inexperienced and amateurs in the fray. Ronzulli (Licia) is the force leader in the Chamber, for years very close to the leader, excluded from the government by Meloni’s choice because she is not high-profile. They are things that remain.

• The split in the League An unusually silent Salvini is due to the incredible resurrection of Bossi, which is causing him a lot of trouble. According to Stefania Chiale and Marco Cremonesi, the founder of the League personally went to see the Lombard governor Attilio Fontana to tell him to include the Northern Committee founded by 4 regional councilors expelled from the League in his coalition. A split that is headed by Bossi even if Bossi formally remains a member of parliament of the League, as an exasperated Salvini points out (yes, the two old protagonists of ’94, Berlusconi and Bossi, really don’t leave the young leaders, Meloni and Salvini in peace ).

• And the left? The Democratic Party stunned by Qatargate. Polls give it below 15%, Letta calls for a commission of inquiry at European level. Total transparency. Massimo Franco notes that these problems risk becoming a multiplier of internal tensions, making any attempt to avoid the centrifugal thrusts in progress futile. a situation that obscures the disagreements in the government majority. And it allows the right to evoke the “moral issue” this time, calling the left into question in the first place.

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