“We have to focus on investments.” The Minister of Economy, Fabrizio Saccomanni, this is how he replied to those who asked him if there were margins to prevent the automatic increase of the third VAT rate from 21 to 22% expected for July. The Government is also working to try to avoid it the increase in health care bills for two billion that would start from January 2014: "We talked about it with Minister Lorenzin", Saccomanni said again on the sidelines of the presentation of the 2013 Report of the Court of Auditors on public finance.
As for the public accounts, according to the number one of the Treasury there are "excellent chances that tomorrow Europe will decide to close the procedure started against Italy" due to excessive deficit. Once this step has been archived, the Government will be able to operate with greater flexibility starting next year: "The margins open up above all with reference to 2014", Saccomanni said again.
