Tajani on the 2027 budget: "We will never vote for a tax on banks' extra profits"

"We will negotiate, we will talk, we will see what things to do, let's see how to find the resources. There is talk of an intervention from the financial world, it is clear that for Forza Italia there is no hypothesis of a tax on extra profits". The deputy prime minister and secretary of Forza Italia Antonio Tajani said this on Mattino Cinque on Canale5 in view of the preparation of the maneuver.

"For Forza Italia it is essential that there is an agreed choice and not an imposed choice, because when you start putting taxes you know where you start and you don't know where you end up", he added.

"I propose a strong, concrete dialogue with the entire financial world and with those sectors that can make a voluntary contribution", he underlined.

"Great caution is needed and Forza Italia will be very cautious."

"I wouldn't want - explained Tajani when speaking about the possible measures on banks - for account holders to pay, because by making a slightly populist choice you risk hitting the people. This absolutely must not be done", underlined Tajani.

"We must also be careful not to hit the cooperative credit banks, the cooperative banks that are closest to citizens and businesses", added the minister.

"We at Forza Italia are ready to organize meetings with the financial world to see what kind of contribution they can make. We agree that they can make a contribution, but be careful not to impose something because it will scare the markets, we risk scaring foreign investors away, so we need to move as we have done in recent years, as we have done with the big oil companies."