Oppositions attack the Meloni government for failure to respect the infringement procedure

The opposition attacks the Meloni government, which has failed to achieve an early exit from the infringement procedure. Giuseppe Conte speaks of "four years of cuts and austerity, zero growth, record tax pressure, arms race and disastrous agreements signed by the executive that leave Italy in a cage". The Democratic Party with Cecilia Guerra underlines the "significant reputational damage" and the "burning failure". Now the request to the Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti is to clarify the effect that that 3.1% "will have on the use of flexibility clauses for energy and defense".

The rejection of Meloni's economic policies is common to the entire centre-left, from Avs to Action via Luigi Marattin's liberal democratic party.

For Angelo Bonelli "the Istat numbers dismantle the Meloni government's propaganda. Other than 'less taxes for all' - he points his finger -: Italians pay more and more to finance a government that continues to choose weapons instead of welfare" "Starvation wages, precariousness, 5.7 million in absolute poverty, 5.8 million who give up on treatment", adds the red-green MP Marco Grimaldi, who also takes the opportunity to make a jab at the latest measures announced for schools: "And with these numbers they take it out on children born to foreign parents."

From Italia Viva-Casa Riformista, Davide Faraone takes it out on Giorgetti, who "has gone from the optimistic tones of August to 'regret'. The problem - he explains - is that with the failure to exit the infringement procedure the spending margins are restricted. Another masterpiece in reverse".

The stone guest is the next maneuver, the measures that may (or may not) be launched and the possible deviation. "Car tax, card dedicated to you, excise duty on fuel: the electoral campaign has started and the government is taking money out of the bag that isn't there - highlights Osvaldo Napoli of Azione -. If the good morning starts in the morning, then Italy is preparing for a very bad day full of tips, bribes and electoral gifts whose cost will be passed on to taxpayers".

Two voices, always critical, but out of the chorus those of Luigi Marattin of the Liberal Democratic Party and Riccardo Magi of Più Europa.

Both insinuate a doubt (branded as "political fiction" by Forza Italia spokesperson Raffaele Nevi).

"I think they did it on purpose - claims the secretary of the PLD in the morning - I was near the Accounting Office of Palazzo Chigi and it doesn't take anything in 6-7 months to drop by 0.1%, but if the deficit/GDP ratio fell below 3% they could spend on defense without being subject to infringement proceedings. And spending on defense is something that is politically complicated within that majority".

"Probably - agrees the secretary of +EU - those around Palazzo Chigi will not be so displeased by this deficit and its consequences because it will allow them not to take on clear responsibilities on defense investments, as they should and could have done without this overshoot".