A maneuver totaling 24 billion euros, the result of almost 16 billion euros in extra revenues and the rest in spending cuts "that I consider very serious, very realistic, that does not disperse resources but focuses them on some major priorities, continuing to follow a vision that this government has put in place since the beginning of its term, despite a framework that is quite complex". In just an hour, the government gives birth to the 2024 maneuver, which was illustrated yesterday at a press conference by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who said she was very satisfied, and Minister for the Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti, who confirmed the "serious and prudent" framework of the maneuver despite the substantial budget variance. A maneuver, Meloni explained, whose priority is "to defend the purchasing power of families, that is, more money in the pay envelope for citizens with low to middle income. We do this by confirming for the whole of 2024 the cut in the contribution wedge that we had ordered last May, which I remind you is 6 percentage points for those with incomes up to 35,000 euros, 7 percentage points for those with incomes up to 25,000 euros. It is an increase in the paycheck that on average corresponds to about 100 euros per month and involves an audience of about 14 million citizens. It is the largest measure because it cubes about 10 billion euros for the entire year". An important item concerns the renewal of public administration contracts: 5 billion euros will be allocated for the renewal of PA contracts, particularly for the security sector. As for the National Health Service, an additional 3 billion euros will be allocated with the main objective of reducing waiting lists: in total, spending on the NHS will touch "the record figure of 136 billion euros". There will be no extension of Quota 103 pension scheme and the APE Social pension measure, at least as currently in effect, while pro-family measures arrive, particularly to make it easier for working mothers (who will not have to pay the worker's share of contributions if they have at least two children). Extension for of the de-taxation of productivity bonuses and fringe benefits up to 2,000 euros (for those with children, 1,000 for others). "Added to this is the anticipation of the IRPEF reform provided for in the Fiscal Delegation, again starting with the lowest brackets. In fact, we eliminate the second bracket and then extend the first one, the one that provides for taxation at 23% and that today is provided for incomes up to 15 thousand euros up to the entire second bracket. In this way, you pay 23 percent up to 28,000 euros of income," Meloni explained. She also passes Forza Italia’s 100 percent revaluation of pensions up to 4 times the minimum, 90 percent revaluation of pensions from 4 to 5 times the minimum, and then going down as the pension amount increases. The super-revaluation of minimum pensions for the over-75s is confirmed. While Matteo Salvini's Lega cashes in the funding for the Strait Bridge, for the annual share of 12 billion euros, and a discount on the RAI licence fee: it will still be paid in bills and in installments, but will cost a total of 70 euros instead of 90: an overall cut of 400 million, which, however, makes oppositions turn their noses up a bit.
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