Simplification of Procurement code to encourage the recovery of investments and first moves on reform of employment centres, essential for the future basic income. These are the two interventions that will form part of the first decree law on economic matters of the new Conte government.
To define the framework of the measures to be implemented and the roadmap for the coming months, a summit was held on Tuesday morning at Palazzo Chigi between the prime minister and the economic ministers of the new yellow-green government. Present were the Minister for European Affairs, Paolo Savona, the head of Economy, Giovanni Tria, and that of Economic Development and Labour, Luigi Di Maio. Tonight, however, the Council of Ministers will distribute the proxies (the secret services will remain with Prime Minister Conte while the TLCs will be in the hands of the Grillo) and will appoint deputy ministers and undersecretaries.
The first news on tenders and employment centers have the advantage of being free of charge: the Government is in fact aiming to postpone the most demanding issues to the autumn, starting with the flat tax and from CBI, which require a long preparation work.
A key role is played by the pardon (called “fiscal peace” in the government contract). From this measure, the Legastellati expect to obtain a revenue of no less than 35 billion euros, which will be used to (partly) finance the first year of the flat tax, the cost of which could reach 50 billion.
The problem is that to launch the amnesty you have to wait for October XNUMXst, the expiry date of the last installment of the first scrapping of tax bills. Starting earlier with the "fiscal peace" would mean risking reducing the proceeds of the operation in progress.
However, there is another question to be addressed immediately: that of Def, which now awaits the resolutions to be voted in the House on 19 June. It is probable that the majority will limit itself to a light resolution to reiterate the "no" to VAT increases, without going into coverage. Those, like everything else, will be thought of in the autumn.
