Green light to tax-free refunds for those who make purchases with electronic cards (cashback). Allocation of 400 million for the purchase of vaccines and anti-Covid drugs and of two billion more for healthcare construction (since there is no political agreement on the Mes). Contribution waiver total for two years on the recruitment of women (2021-2022) and for a three-year period on the under-36s (2021-2023). Extension until 2029 of the tax relief in the South. Extension until March of the possibility of renew fixed-term contracts without reasons. These are the main innovations introduced by the majority in the Budget law, which - after the second approval on Monday in the Council of Ministers, which follows that "subject to agreements" of 18 October – will finally arrive in Parliament, where the process will necessarily be accelerated. Compared to the initial roadmap, in fact, the Government has already accumulated about a month's delay, during which the provision has risen up to 38 billion (e 248 articles) with the worsening of the Covid emergency.
About fifty articles are still to be written, but the maneuver is considered closed: the definitive layout was agreed over the weekend at Palazzo Chigi between Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri and the majority heads of delegation.
In the afternoon the confrontation between the Executive and the trade unions. On Sunday, the leader of the CGIL, Maurizio Landini, claimed the right to play a role in setting priorities and confirmed that a general strike would have taken place if the Government had not extended the ban on dismissal, which in effect the maneuver extends to 31 March.
On the accounting side, another Council of Ministers should formalize this week a further request for a budget variance to the Parliament. The new round of deficit, destined for the Ristori 3 decree, will be 15-20 billion, which will be added to the 100 billion of the first Covid decrees and the 22 billion of the Budget law. According to data published on Monday by the Bank of Italy, at the end of September our country's public debt amounted to 2.582,6 billion, an increase of 3,8 billion compared to the previous month.
Returning to the contents of the manoeuvre, among the measures that have been discussed in recent weeks, the one that envisaged the increase to 25% of the excise duties on e-cigarettes. The tender for the concession of Bingo has been postponed for two years (from March 2021 to March 2023), while 25 million euros are allocated for museums for next year and 20 million for the following one. The National Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) will make a competition for 378 recruitments in the two-year period 2021-2022. From January XNUMX, Istituto Luce becomes a limited company (from limited liability company) with a capital increase of ten million from the Treasury. The flat rate coupon at 21% on rentals of less than 30 days it will be valid for no more than four apartments. Finally, the fund for industrial crisis areas grows by 150 million in 2021, by 110 in 2022 and then by 20 million a year from 2023 to 2026.
