The Italian government ends the ‘citizen income’, the star measure launched by the 5-star movement in the previous legislature
Italy has already signed its first budgets by Giorgia Meloni. The winner of the September 25 elections, whose Conservative government started a month ago, presented the headlines of next year’s public accounts on Tuesday. They will now need to be voted on urgently in the Senate and in the Chamber of Deputies in Rome and then presented in Brussels before the end of the month so that any corrections proposed by the European Commission can be incorporated and made final accordingly approved. in the Italian Parliament before December 31.
Meloni assured that she was “very pleased” with her initial budgets, which included “brave” decisions that reflect her “political vision” and are “coherent” with her electoral promises. For example, it is understood to have ended so-called ‘citizen income’ (equivalent to Spain’s minimum vital income), a measure approved by the 5-star movement during the previous legislature and which represented a disincentive for the right-wing bloc to to join the market labor.
“We always said it was the wrong measure, that it put on the same plane who can work and who can’t,” explained the prime minister, who assured that the disabled, the elderly and families with no income would continue to be protected. but making it clear that the state cannot “take care of people between the ages of 18 and 60”. Citizenship income will be reduced during the year 2023 and will disappear for good the following year.
A large part of the €35,000 million in expenditure mentioned by Meloni will be spent on paying for measures to mitigate the effect of the increase in energy prices. They will target both companies, which benefit from tax reductions, and families with an annual income of less than €15,000 who will receive help to pay their electricity and gas bills.
The 2023 Budgets, which the government says are “cautious given the current economic situation”, also amend the conditions for being able to retire by applying the so-called ‘quota 103’ from now on. This means that you have to pay contributions for at least 41 years and have reached the age of 62 to receive an old-age pension. Other measures that will be reflected in the public accounts next year include an increase in the price of fuel, the removal in some cases of minor sanctions imposed by the Treasury and in some cases a slight reduction in the tax burden on labor.
Source: La Verdad
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