
The Chamber of Deputies approved the majority resolutions on the budget gap and on the Public Finance Policy Document (DPFP), focusing on supporting the purchasing power of families and on infrastructure investments.
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The approved resolutions define the government's programmatic guidelines on public finance and investments for 2026.
The Chamber of Deputies approved with 219 votes in favor and 210 against the majority resolution on the budget gap which asks to implement "what is indicated" in the 2026 report to Parliament annexed to the public finance policy document" giving "adequate emphasis to interventions regarding investments". Among the objectives, "to implement all actions to allow the financing of measures aimed at protecting the purchasing power of families, in compliance with the growth objectives of the net expenditure of public administrations". Other resolutions presented by the opposition are precluded.
The Chamber also approved with 216 votes in favor and 116 against the majority resolution on the Dpfp which, among other things, commits the government "to provide, with the budget, interventions aimed at supporting the purchasing power of families and, in particular, the most fragile ones, to support businesses, also through the use of instruments aimed at guaranteeing their energy security and to finance investments, in particular infrastructural ones, having particular regard to the effects connected to the increase in the price of materials on economic frameworks". Other resolutions excluded.

The Italian government is considering setting aside the Irpef cut for the middle class in the next budget, favoring interventions for healthcare, the elderly, the frail and the young. Tajani (FI) insists on the need to continue with the tax reduction.

The leader of Forza Italia, Antonio Tajani, denies the hypothesis of primaries in the party, reiterating internal unity and specifying that any changes in the political line would require a congress or formal consultations.

The Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti presented the Dpfp and the request for budget deviation to Parliament. The government aims for prudence and debt sustainability, negotiating with the EU the use of the escape clause for energy and defense.

Explanations of vote on the DPFP and on the budget deviation for defense and energy are underway in the Chamber. Minister Giorgetti calls for caution in the face of global turbulence, while political controversy rages and Mario Monti announces his vote against.

The 2026 public finance planning document is being examined in the Chamber. Minister Giorgetti defends the consolidation line, while the opposition and Mario Monti contest the budget deviation for defense and energy.

The government is considering setting aside the Irpef cut for the middle class due to limited resources, directing the funds towards a health bonus for the elderly and frail, support for youth wages and a possible increase in the flat tax for VAT numbers.