Maneuver in the Chamber, oppositions and categories on the attack. Government aims for few adjustments

The issue of pensions is always a thorny issue, so the Budget does not go into detail. It limits itself to allocating a fund of approximately 850 million euros to adopt measures on exit flexibility in 2027. There is also the issue of the failure to revalue medium-high pension checks for inflation. The Italian Pensioners' Union Cgil estimates the failure to adjust pensions between 2023 and 2036 at 100 billion euros: the new cuts will in fact be added to those already adopted in previous years. In a more limited period of time, from 2023 to 2027, the net loss ranges from 1,818 euros per year for those receiving gross pensions of 2,200 euros per month up to 10,510 euros per year for pensions of 4,300 euros.

The opposition have already announced a battle on the healthcare chapter. The leader of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein denounces the risk that the system will be dismantled: "Even the right-wing regions are saying this", she highlights. The government has allocated approximately 2 billion euros, when the Minister of Health Orazio Schillaci was asking for more than double: he was aiming for 5.5 billion. The Dem secretariat criticizes the decision to increase military spending by 14 billion and at the same time to "drastically cut public healthcare", in addition to the financing of the card for seniors over 75 to pay for specialist visits and other services not covered by the National Health Service, because it would be "a gift to private healthcare". The Democratic Party and the other oppositions, he assures, will therefore continue "to insist on avoiding these cuts".

The crackdown on banking foundations is also criticized. Among the most opposing voices is always the Democratic Party. The Maneuver, declared in a note by the head of Economy and Finance in the national secretariat of the dems, Antonio Misiani, "reduces from 50 to 45% the share of profits excluded from IRES for non-commercial entities, including foundations of banking origin". According to the technical report, he explains, "the measure produces 16.1 million euros of increased revenue in 2027 and 21.5 million once fully operational, considering all the entities involved: a very modest figure in the overall picture".

The problem according to the Democrats is that "the social cost risks being much higher: in 2025, banking foundations disbursed over 1.4 billion euros, the highest level in the last 17 years and 30% more than in 2024, financing 26 thousand initiatives. These are resources that support culture, education, research, welfare, the fight against educational poverty and local development, integrating a network of interventions on which the third sector and thousands of community".