
Meeting at Palazzo Chigi with an agenda full of economic and regulatory measures
The Council of Ministers meets today at Palazzo Chigi to discuss the budget planning document, the decree on the former Ilva, the reform of the Highway Code and new interventions for the bradyseism emergency in the Campi Flegrei.
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The Dpb is the document that Italy must send to the European Commission by 15 October. Bradyseism in the Campi Flegrei has been the subject of government decrees since September 2023.
Council of ministers with a demanding agenda, which will be held this afternoon at 7pm at Palazzo Chigi. The government will present the Dpb, i.e. the budget planning document that Italy must send to the European Commission by 15 October. Here is a first taste of the 2027 finance law and summarizes its pillars.
Another "highlight" of the government meeting is the decree on the former Ilva. The objective, also declared by the undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano in the last meeting between the Government and the unions, is to include social protections for workers in the provision and set up the use of the Redundancy Fund not as an instrument linked to the closure of the business, but "with a continuity perspective".
Also on the CDM's agenda is the new highway code, made up of 291 articles, developed at the end of the consultation chaired by the Minister of Infrastructure Matteo Salvini with over one hundred operators and associations. Among the new features is the possibility of traveling in Europe with a digital driving license and super fines for scooters.
Also in the Council of Ministers is the decree regarding the Campi Flegrei. Minister Nello Musumeci assured that in the next decree for the Campi Flegrei further measures will be adopted to deal with the consequences of bradyseism, reorganizing the measures introduced starting from September 2023 and providing for "a long-term perspective compared to those adopted so far".
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Sending the Dpb to the European Commission by 15 October.
Very likely · Within days

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