Council of Ministers: the budget deviation and the environment decree are underway

The Draft Budgetary Document (DPFP) and the "report to Parliament pursuant to Article 6, paragraph 3, of Law no. 243 of 24 December 2012", i.e. the report on the budget variance, will arrive on the table of the Council of Ministers, convened at 6pm. This is what we read on the agenda of the Council of Ministers, which will also examine, among other things, an environmental decree law, with "urgent provisions for the strengthening of environmental investigations, the management of climate problems, the circular economy and reclamation" and a constitutional bill for the adaptation of the special statute of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region.

"I would say that already today at the Council of Ministers we will decide on the budget deviation and as is known, having obtained the possibility of greater flexibility in spending on defense and energy, we will be able to say today that there will be the deviation. I believe that we will be around 7 billion for this year", said the deputy prime minister and foreign minister Antonio Tajani in the morning at the 'Cities of the future 2030-2050' event, speaking of the measure. "We should present a series of proposals to Brussels and, once approved, we can be operational," he added.

"I hope that in Frankfurt they put their hand on their conscience and realize that the inflation that exists today is an exogenous inflation, not an endogenous one. Increasing the cost of money would only make the situation worse, precisely because it is not an inflation caused by us. So I hope that there is no increase in rates", Tajani then said at the 'Cities of the Future 2030-2050' event. "Although, I repeat, in Italy things are better than elsewhere and even the rating agencies are correcting. Fitch has positively corrected the prospects for our country".

From the draft document after the majority summit, 8 billion less for Defense

28 billion extra expenses for energy and weapons. This is - as reported among others by Corriere della Sera, Repubblica, Stampa and Messaggero - the agreement at the end of the majority summit last night which would provide 8 billion less than what had been foreseen for defence. 'Caution is needed regarding the deviation - the reasoning according to what Il Messaggero writes -. We must opt ​​for a partial activation of the safeguard clause.' 'I have already spoken to Crosetto, he is informed and understands,' the Prime Minister said during the summit, according to what the Rome newspaper still writes. 'The draft that comes out of the summit is this - writes the Corriere della Sera - all the same for next year (0.3% for defense and 0.3% for energy) and a deviation of 0.3% for defense and 0.3% for energy in 2028. In absolute terms, therefore, Italy will ask for flexibility for 28 billion, instead of 36. For defence, 8 billion less. Where will the money actually go? Last night the shopping list was still open. We are currently negotiating with the EU, the government insists on a 65% ecobonus and solar panels for schools and hospitals.