According to the Prime Minister, at the inauguration of the school year "the President of the Republic said that schools must overcome ghettos, not create ghettos" and the desire to create "more balanced classes" goes in this direction. The prime minister, guest of Bruno Vespa on 'Cinque minutes' and 'Porta a Porta', then also spoke about the infringement procedure, the electoral law and car tax
"When the President of the Republic was Minister of Education he drew up circulars inviting us not to concentrate foreign children in the same class, it is a common sense measure. I think it is right to continue it". This was said by the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni who, guest on Five Minutes and on Porta a Porta by Bruno Vespa, added that the rules on the burqa at school "are also common sense, they are also for safety purposes. I must point out to those who are tearing their clothes today that similar provisions also exist in countries with an Islamic majority. It seems to me to be a common sense measure that has nothing to do with discrimination".
"I don't read Mattarella's words as protest, he wants to overcome ghettos"
"I don't think that the President of the Republic is afraid of ghetto classes: I have read this prevalent interpretation" used "to contest the government's initiative, but personally I don't read it that way, because the President of the Republic says that schools must overcome ghettos, not create ghettos" and in this direction goes the desire to create "more balanced classes", says Meloni then speaking of the provision which should arrive on the table of the Council of Ministers on Thursday and specifying that the 30% ceiling concerns foreign children "who do not they speak our language."
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"Very sorry about the deficit, did a complex job"
"I am sorry for the failure to exit the infringement procedure", Meloni then says, commenting on the fact that Italy will not exit the infringement procedure early this year for excessive deficit. "We did a very complex job which led us to reduce the deficit from 8.1 to 3.08 - observes the prime minister - So the classic you made 30, you were very close to 31. Staying under 3% would have allowed us to get out of the infringement early, but it means that we will move forward according to what was the roadmap". The data on the deficit, he adds, "also regrets me because on the same day in which Istat says that we are at 3.08 it also says that it is revising the growth estimates for 2024. It has happened every year that after a year they have been revised to growth, I don't know if Istat underestimates the Italians or the government and I'm sorry about this, I wouldn't want it to happen even in three years' time".
"Italy is underestimated for growth even in the EU, but there is a structural problem"
"The European Commission's estimate for Italy was a growth of 0.5, we have done better, they too underestimate us as Italians - continues Meloni - Italy is also not growing due to structural problems, low productivity and investments in innovation and human capital which are not sufficient. And there is an issue linked to the cost of energy, this is also structural. We have made 40% more renewables, we have accelerated the extraction of Italian oil".
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"Electoral law? If there is no trust, we will take note of it"
The Prime Minister then talks about the electoral law: "When the amendment on preferences was not passed in the Chamber, it was said that the government no longer had the trust of Parliament. Now the preferences are normal, I think it is a victory that Italians can choose their parliamentarians: when it returns to the Chamber I think things need to be clarified. If there is no trust from the government I think we will have to take note of it."
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"The left is instrumental on the tax bill, the measure is not paid by the Regions"
Meloni continues by addressing the issue of the suspension of car tax and the controversy over the measure: "The Regions know very well that the measure which costs 2.4 billion is not paid by the Regions, which are reimbursed by the State - he observes - It seems to me that the criticisms that are coming from various presidents, particularly from opposition parties, are instrumental, I have also heard quite serious accusations, 'Meloni must change the electoral campaign', they say so from the Movement and we are still paying Conte's billions in construction bonuses, this makes me smile. It's false, nothing will be cut from the regional health system. The presidents of the left can always decide not to join, not receive the contributions and have the tax paid."
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"In Manovra we confirm the tax exemption of contractual increases"
Then speaking about the next Budget, Meloni says: "In the private sector we have done the tax relief on contractual increases, increased to 5%. From the studies carried out by the Ministry of Labour, the measure concerned over 4 million workers who received an increase thanks to this measure. It is a measure that I want to confirm in the next Budget Law". And he explains: "Slowly we are recovering with salaries", that of salaries "is an issue that we have been dragging on for some time, in the decade preceding ours salaries were almost at a standstill, now they are growing by 3%, not much but we are reversing the trend".
"Extension of the SEZ in the home stretch"
"We are working on the extension, above all, of the simplifications envisaged in the single SEZ", Meloni then says, announcing that the measure "is in the pipeline, I think it will be operational in one of the next councils of ministers", a measure "on which I think there is a certain convergence. I heard secretary Schlein say that a unitary proposal of the broad field is the extension of the SEZ, when they said it was a useless bandwagon that would be of no use". "I'm happy - she says - but I want to point out that if the only unitary proposal they have is our idea there is a bit of a problem, but I'm happy that we will approve it together".
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