
Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini replies to ABI president Antonio Patuelli, defending the request for a contribution of 5 billion to the banks in the face of record profits expected above 50 billion and thousands of branches closed.
AI-generated summary
The president of the Abi Antonio Patuelli criticized the fiscal pressure and the economic perception towards bankers.
"The words of the president of the ABI Antonio Patuelli are surprising, even bringing up the Constitution and complaining that the bankers are economically 'beaten up'. The numbers, good for them, tell the exact opposite: 25.5 billion in profits in 2022, 40.6 in 2023, 46.5 in 2024 and 47.5 in 2025. And this year profits of more than 50 billion euros.
Meanwhile, between 2022 and 2025, banks closed 2,510 branches and furloughed 12,900 employees. Without forgetting that in 2025 their effective tax rate was 19.2%, a tax rate well lower than that of other companies. Gigantic profits that derive above all from the interests and commissions paid by citizens, families and businesses. Asking for a contribution of at least 5 billion euros to one of the richest and most protected sectors in Italy will be an intervention of absolute common sense." This was stated by the deputy prime minister and transport minister Matteo Salvini, commenting on the words of the president of the ABI.

Matteo Salvini responds to the president of the Abi Antonio Patuelli, defending the hypothesis of a bank contribution for the financial maneuver. Salvini cites the banks' record profits between 2022 and 2025 and asks for an intervention of 5 billion.

Matteo Salvini replies to ABI president Antonio Patuelli by defending the hypothesis of a bank contribution for the maneuver and citing billions in profits, branch cuts and low taxation.

At the end of a long European Council, Giorgia Meloni claims the defense of the funds for agriculture and cohesion in the 2028-2034 EU budget, the agreement on the Bills and openings decree on the ETS.

The mayor of Reggio Calabria Francesco Cannizzaro has introduced eight days of free public transport to deal with the fuel emergency. Reggio is the first municipality in Italy to adopt this measure.
France faces a day of mobilization with around 190 thousand demonstrators expected between Paris and the rest of the country against the high cost of living. The authorities fear riots and road blockades, recalling the yellow vest protests.

The Greens and Left Alliance launched the online platform «Let's decide» to collect proposals and votes from citizens in view of a common centre-left programme, registering almost 10 thousand members and 90 thousand votes in four days.