The Eurogroup agreement on new aid to Greece is "an important result also because it removes the immediate risks of contagion” of the debt crisis in the Eurozone. This is the position of the Italian premier Mario Monti, who spoke at the end of the Ecofin meeting. According to the Professor, Italy and its partners in the euro area have made "significant steps forward" on all the major objectives presented three months ago. That is to say: "Rescue Italy from the abyss", reduce "at European level the probability of contagion", help Greece to "find the path towards stability and induce Europe to commit itself to rediscovering a path towards growth" , maintaining the commitments to clean up the accounts. In short, today Italy "is less close to the abyss than it was three months ago".
as to reform for tax simplifications, now upon us, Monti clarified that perhaps in Friday's Council of Ministers it could be possible to proceed with the establishment of "a fund in which to channel the revenues from the fight against tax evasion", pending a decision on how to use them. The draft of the provision speaks of tax relief for the weakest sections of the population, in the form of deductions for dependent family members.
On the fight against "major tax evasion - underlined Monti - I think we are already doing something today. For the great tax evasion relating to the Swiss component we are evaluating. Our line – he reiterated – is that we really don't want to think about amnesties".
The Premier then guaranteed that it is The law that provides for the introduction of ICI for Church buildings is also "in the finishing straight"., even if it is not yet certain that it will be presented at next Friday's CDM. “On ICI – said Monti – we have articulated our reflection with a state aid procedure managed by the European Commission and we have arrived at a solution. I can't tell you yet, but someone at Palazzo Chigi will know for sure, and therefore I wouldn't want to say the wrong things if it is included in Friday's decree, but it is in the pipeline anyway".
