Italy: The Meloni government is preparing the 2023 state budget

The Italian government of Giorgia Meloni is preparing the 2023 state budget, the main measures of which are very likely to be presented tomorrow. According to the press, the budget is expected to reach a total of 32 billion euros. In order to deal with the accuracy, due to the energy crisis, 20 billion euros are to be allocated, according to reports.

At the same time, according to the newspaper La Repubblica, the Meloni government will extend the single tax scale of 15% to all freelancers with an annual income of up to 85,000 euros. According to the Italian news agency Ansa, there is a high possibility that VAT will be zeroed out for basic food items such as bread, milk and pasta.

A measure which, probably, is not going to dramatically change the financial situation of Italian families, but with which, the new Italian government, aims to send a message of support to the citizens.

The League also requests that part of the debts of the Italians to the public, accumulated until 2015, be written off. At this stage we are focusing on the final details,” said League Secretary and Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini.

Finally, it is expected to see whether the funds that have been approved so far for the “social unemployment income” adopted with the impetus of the Five Stars, by the first government of Giuseppe Conte, will be limited.

The new conservative government in Rome considers that the implementation of the measure so far has been wasteful, and has already announced that it will reduce the total number of citizens entitled to this social assistance.

The center-left and the Five Stars, however, respond that in a phase of great economic difficulty, the weakening of the “social income” risks significantly increasing the number of citizens living below the poverty line.