Il CBI change face. Starting from 1 January 2023, the right-wing government led by Giorgia Meloni will introduce substantial changes to the subsidy born in 2019 with the Conte I government. We will start with a transitional regime lasting one year to then arrive, in 2024, at the abolition of the basic income and the migration to other instruments intended for fragile and unable to work categories. Three changes to the citizen's income 2023 which will lead to that mini-revolution campaign promise:
- for the employable the citizenship income will have an expiry date: it will last a maximum of 8 months;
- the basic income will lapse after the first no to a job offer fair;
- It will be able to work from seasonal without giving up the subsidy.
Citizenship income 2023: what changes with the new Budget law?
Based on the provisions of Meloni government in the context of new budget law, until December 31, 2022 everything remains as it is. From the day after, and therefore from 1 January 2023, a one-year transitional period will enter into force during which people aged between 18 and 59 who are able to work, but who do not have people in their household with disabilities, minors or dependents aged at least 60 will receive the citizen's income for 8 months and no longer for the current 18 renewables. Moving from theory to practice, those who already receive income will lose it starting from 1 September 2023. During the period of perception, employable people will have to participate in training or retraining courses professional, under penalty of forfeiture of the citizen's income. The subsidy will also lapse if you refuse it first fair offer. Today there are two, in the beginning there were three.
Furthermore, according to what is foreseen, controls will also increase. "We are also speaking with the INPS to try to systematize the controls by making the best use of information and databases, there will be specific attention to verifying the actual presence on the territory of the recipients if they are foreign workers", anticipated the Minister of Labor, Elvira Calderone.
Citizenship income 2023: who loses it?
As mentioned, a lose the right to basic income after 8 months they will be employable citizens, who are one in three of those who receive the subsidy today. According to initial estimates, the changes will affect 404 households out of the 1,039 million who currently receive basic income. For another 635 thousand, nothing will change.
Who will maintain the basic income?
The non-employable, the frail, the disabled, pregnant women, those who can be employed who have people with disabilities, minors or dependents aged at least 60 within the family unit. All of these categories will continue to benefit through the end of 2023.
Can I still apply for the subsidy?
At the moment there is no certainty on the matter, but according to the first indications from Palazzo Chigi, there is a willingness to no longer allow the submission of new requests for citizenship income starting from the first months of next year.
Citizenship income compatible with seasonal work
Another important novelty will concern seasonal workers. This summer we have all witnessed the complaints of restaurateurs, owners of bathing establishments, entrepreneurs who, according to them, could not find seasonal staff due to the refusals of those who receive the basic income. To remedy this situation, the Government has established that those receiving support can carry out seasonal work on condition that the salary does not exceed 3.000 euro a year.
Basic income: what happens from 2024?
The government wanted to interrupt the disbursement of the subsidy to employable citizens as early as 1 January 2023, but the stop according to the Minister of Labor Elvira Calderone would have had somehuge social costs” because hundreds of thousands of people would have immediately found themselves without income. A softer path was therefore opted for, introducing a transition period that will last one year during which those who can be employed will receive support for around 8 months. From the 2024 citizenship income it should then be totally abolished and in its place two new tools will arrive: one for the poor and fragile categories who cannot work, the second intended for those who can: these people will have training and placement programs at their disposal. However, we recall that since its entry into force, with the employment centers and navigators, the part of "active labor policies” has always been present in the setting of basic income. The problem is that, numbers in hand, it never worked. In any case, the new reform exists only in theory for the moment. In practice it will be planned in the coming months.
How much does the State save with the new rules?
With the current rules, for the citizen's income the State spends approx 8 billion a year. By interrupting the disbursement of the subsidy to the employable as early as January, the State would have saved around 1,8 billion euros. With the transitional regime introduced with the Budget law, the savings will amount, according to the Ministry of Economy, to 734 million euros for 2023. The funds saved will flow into an ad hoc fund which will finance the overall reform to support poverty and inclusion.
