The Renzi government resorted to a vote of confidence 41 times and presented 27 decrees, to which must be added the 26 inherited from the Letta government and 4 from the Monti government - The conversion laws passed from…
APPOINTMENTS - The former Finance Minister and president emeritus of the Constitutional Court, Franco Gallo, is the new president of Treccani - He was appointed by the last Council of Ministers of the Letta government - Gallo takes the place of the former premier Giuliano Amato…
The parliamentary passage requested by the oppositions has been denied - The Head of State's consultations with the groups will begin this afternoon at 17 pm and should end by tomorrow evening - The 5 Star Movement and the Northern League have already done…
Read at 16 pm at the Quirinale to resign - The President of the Republic should start consultations immediately, so that the new executive led by Renzi can be sworn in early next week - Many names at stake…
"I prefer to wait at Palazzo Chigi for the decisions that will be made, so that everyone in the management feels free to express assessments and make the decisions they deem appropriate explicit", writes the Premier in a letter to his party colleagues.
Nothing happened at the end of the face-to-face meeting at Palazzo Chigi: "Everyone remained in his position" - Letta will hold a press conference: the new coalition pact to extend the life of the Executive is on the way - Meanwhile, a…
The Premier met the Head of State this morning: "We talked about the prospects of the Government and the choices we can make. In the next few hours I will present my proposal for a coalition pact and I am convinced that it will convince all…
Consumption gives new impetus to China which fires up the stock exchanges - Buffet and Soros celebrate - During the week, the IMF, Beige Book and Yellen will shine the spotlight on the US and world economy - In Italy the bad bank divides Visco, which is…
The Premier specified that the plan provides for "incentives for the use of researchers with technical-scientific profiles": an incentive is envisaged for "a thousand innovative doctorates" and "various other measures" including "one graduate for each company, a boost especially for SMEs”.
Antonio Lirosi, the man behind the liberalization sheets, will be the general secretary of the Ministry of Economic Development from next Saturday - He was appointed by the Council of Ministers on a proposal from Minister Zanonato - Lirosi will have to accompany the reorganization of the ministry…
The Executive's initiative comes after the outbreak of the case linked to Antonio Mastrapasqua, current INPS number one and also holder of numerous other positions in various public and private entities and companies, under investigation for aggravated fraud by the Rome prosecutor's office.
In a letter to the Premier, the number one of Confindustria defines the Electrolux case as "emblematic" and raises the alarm for a trend which, if not reversed, will lead "irremediably towards the industrial desertification of our country".
According to the Prime Minister, private individuals must invest more than they have done so far in telecommunications broadband and "the public has powers of varying intensity, if the binding commitments are not met: from guidelines up to…
Once the green light has been obtained from the Palazzo Madama assembly, the text will return to the Chamber for what should be the final approval - Among the measures that the provision delegates to the Executive are the reform of the land register, the reorganization (i.e. the…
While the debate on the "Destination Italy" decree begins in Parliament, the leaders of the professional category most involved in the determination of tariffs intervene on the announced measures on fraud, vehicle inspection, black box, compensation in specific form and choice...
The owners want to reduce the gap with labor costs in Poland, cutting wages from 1.400 to 7-800 euros - Zanonato: "Costs are too high" - Unions: "We want to talk to Letta" - Governor Serracchiani: "The Government will not face…
The secretary stresses that "an agreement that has been awaited for 30 years" cannot jump "by 0,5%. Everything that is useful will be created, the Italians know perfectly well that we are at an extraordinary crossroads".
Natural persons and partnerships can self-report the possession of capital abroad not declared to the tax authorities, without incurring criminal penalties for omitted declaration and with reductions on administrative penalties - However, evaded and unpaid taxes are due…
Letta: "In both cases it is a question of the sale of non-controlling shares. The resources of the privatization will go towards debt reduction: it is foreseen by a European standard" - Ok to the rules for the return of capital: "Not…
There were 335 votes in favor, 144 against, only one abstention - Final approval is expected on Monday or Tuesday - Grillini protest in the Chamber - By transforming the shares into negotiable securities, the Government wants to open up the capital…
The Stability law requires the system to be reviewed by 31 January to save 500 million a year: without touching the deductions on health care costs, all that would be left is to completely cancel other tax discounts on some income brackets, but…
The hypothesis is being studied "in these hours with the Ministry of the Economy", explained Giovannini: the goal is to develop "a robust proposal" from a legal and financial point of view, which will then be presented to the social partners .
The cold war between the Premier and the mayor risks compromising both the Government and the implementation of the electoral reform, and in the meantime Berlusconi could try to get out of the corner, perhaps by recovering the Alfanians - At that point he would lose all…
The secretary also launches a polemical message to the New Centre-right, stating that the Democratic Party is also in the government "to get the ius alone and civil partnership approved", issues on which the Ncd's opposition is known - Alfano: "If this...
Prolonging Letta's government means losing another year in sterile discussions and small marginal measures, without tackling any real problems: from labor market reform to the sale of public companies, from institutional reform to recovery...
The revolution in the Government team now seems to be upon us, but Letta locks down the Treasury's number one: "On Europe, the markets and the financial powers, Saccomanni is a guarantee" - Monti says he is "unavailable" to join the Executive - At the risk of …
According to sources at Palazzo Chigi, the meeting between the two leaders was "very useful and positive" - The conversation, which lasted about an hour and a half, focused on various topics: from the Government pact to the recently presented draft of the Jobs act …
Work officially begins for the disposal of a share of the capital of Poste Italiane spa destined for the market and partly also for the over 144 employees of the group based on the German model - Il Tesoro, which today controls…
"It seemed impossible, yet it's moving. It's just the right time", tweeted the secretary of the Democratic Party - Alfano: "We trust Renzi, we are convinced that he will not use the rapid approval of the law to return to the vote" - Letta: " Need a change…
The government's amendment to the Local Authorities decree to grant mayors the possibility of raising the 2014 rates to finance deductions is in the sights - Fassino (Anci): "The direction is right, but it's not enough. It doesn't solve the crux of …
Letta: "Teachers will not have to repay the 150 euros received in 2013 following the twisted affair on the clicks deriving from rules adopted between 2010 and 2013" - Yesterday afternoon, seven motions arrived in the Chamber in the Chamber which…
The Chinese group State Grid of China is interested in shares in the gas (Snam) and electricity (Terna) networks which should be sold with the government's privatization plan - A month and a half after the announcement of Prime Minister Enrico…
The Premier aims to define the coalition pact for the next 12 months with the majority within the summit with the European Commission on January 29 - Matteo Renzi wants to obtain an answer from all the…
The Government will present an amendment to the Imu-Bankitalia decree which will give the mayors the possibility to flexibly manage the maximum rates on the Tasi from 2,5 to 3,5 per thousand - As for the deadlines, everything could be postponed to the second…
Faced with an ironic joke from Renzi ("Fassina who?"), the Deputy Minister of Economy resigns from the Letta government, expressing his discomfort with the new line of the Democratic Party - It is the second time he has left - For Brunetta now the…
After rejecting Marchionne's revolution for years, the Italian establishment applauds Fiat with some hypocrisy for its historic conquest of Chrysler, but the ill-concealed coldness of Confindustria speaks volumes - The problem is not understanding that…
It is essential that the Government clarify the expected measure for the voluntary return of capital from abroad with rules of flat-rate simplification of both foreign income and sanctions, as has been done in other countries - The underlying principle…
The discontent of Renzi's Pd towards the Letta government is no longer hidden - "This Pd - said Renzi's Davide Faraone, head of Welfare of the party - cannot afford this Government" after 2 the impressive line of…
In addition to the Milleproroghe on salva-Roma and gold rentals, the Council of Ministers addressed "the distribution of European structural funds which risked not being used for the 2007-2013 financial year", explained Prime Minister Enrico Letta - It is of a…
The recall comes a few days after the withdrawal of the Rome-saving decree, which will expire on December 30 - "I renew the invitation to abide by the admissibility of the amendments of close relevance - wrote Napolitano - and the related purposes also by adopting appropriate modifications ...
The announcement came at the end of the Council of Ministers - The current number two of the OECD will take the place of Enrico Giovannini, Minister of Labor since April 2013.
After the sensational reverse on the Rome-saving decree, the Government is called to resolve today, in the last Council of Ministers of the year, at least the main questions that remained open, but it seems that the chapter relating to housing is destined for yet another postponement - Between…
The political framework in which the government operates remains precarious, reforms are not seen for now, but there are no alternatives to counter irresponsible forces which, not surprisingly, attack above all the Quirinale, as guarantor of the stability of the…
There were 340 votes in favour, 155 against - The provision must now return to the Senate for the final go-ahead for conversion into law.
The Prime Minister speaks of a decisive "generational change" for the country - As for financial stability, the Premier recalls that "it is worth a dividend of around 5,5 billion euros in terms of lower interest on public debt, the…
Today the Government is asking the Chamber of Deputies for confidence in the "save-Rome" decree (so as to overcome the obstructionism of the 5 Star Movement and the League) and in the Senate on the Stability law for the definitive green light - The Executive is also thinking of a thousand extensions ,…
The government responds to the protests of the Municipalities, but the Undersecretary for the Economy Pierpaolo Baretta is holding back on Delrio's hypothesis: in addition to the hypothesis of increasing the deductions thanks to greater transfers by the Government, there is also the possibility of raising the…
The green light from Montecitorio for the bill will arrive in the afternoon, after the examination of the agendas - on Monday the maneuver will return to the examination of the Senate in second reading to obtain the final green light, also in this case with…
The Premier responds to Mucchetti's accusations: "The Government doesn't side with anyone, not even the Parliament must make rules that help a player".
The committee, according to the amendment signed by Linda Lanzillotta (SC) and Massimo Mucchetti (PD), will be chaired by the prime minister and composed of the ministers of the economy, economic development and any other ministers responsible for the matter - The measure will have to…
It will not be possible to exceed 300 thousand euros - the Majority and the Government are working on a further specification: the aim is to suspend the payment of golden pensions and large annuities to those who receive a public office for which…
According to an amendment to the Stability law approved last night, in 2014 the stamp duty on financial instruments will rise to 0,20%, from 0,15% last year, but the fixed tax of 34,20 euros will be abolished - Here are all the other amendments: from…
The provision will come through a decree - Read on Twitter: “I promised in April the abolition of public funding for parties within the year. I confirmed it on Wednesday. Now in CDM we keep the promise”.
This is foreseen by an amendment to the stability law presented by the Pd to the Chamber - Other modification proposals provide for a 95% revaluation for pensions up to 2 thousand euros, a stop to new loans for the F35 and a…
The Executive receives the trust of the House and the Senate - Today, in an interview with French radio, Berlusconi launches a proposal: "National political elections on the same day as the European elections, May 24" - "They can arrest me whenever they want. But if it…
The fundamental measures of the "Impegno 2014" project launched by the Prime Minister during the new keynote address to the Chamber: GDP +1% in 2014 and +2% in 2015, relaunch of public investments, measures for businesses and for employment, …
Renzi intends to discuss it with all the parties, to ensure that it is the political forces that put forward a concrete proposal capable of garnering the broadest possible consensus - The hypothesis of a…
The Italian-Slovenian Investment Formu had at the center of the discussion the themes of strengthening commercial collaboration between the two countries and the opportunities offered by the Slovenian privatization plan for many Italian companies
The mayor of Florence clearly won the Pd primaries with almost 70% of the votes. Participation is high: over two and a half million. From today, relations with the Letta government and the new law are in the foreground…
The real test of the Government are the reforms that have been waiting for too long to be implemented - Marchionne is right in asking us to do like Spain and to align ourselves with global rules if we want to attract investments in Italy -…
INTERVIEW WITH STEFANO MICOSSI, General Manager of Assonime - Bilateral agreements between individual EU countries and the European Commission can represent a novelty to push forward the policy of reforms, provided that the agreements do not…
The Conference of Montecitorio group leaders has asked that the reform of the electoral law be scheduled in the Constitutional Affairs commission in the Chamber, to unblock the stalemate that has arisen in the Senate - Alfano closes in the double round, which instead ...
With the new Isee, only part of the data will be self-certified, while the most important tax data such as total income and those relating to the services received from INPS will be compiled directly by the public administration - Letta: "Enough with the scandal of…
The mess on the "residual" IMU won't be a real sting for Italian taxpayers, but by now the problem is political - About 200 million would be needed to solve it: any solution, however, must avoid affecting the deficit-GDP ratio, under penalty of opposition of the…
The Prime Minister is convinced that after the forfeiture of Berlusconi as senator and the exit of Forza Italia from the majority, the Government has strengthened - But now he will have to deal more than with the wrath of the lapsed with…
After the Senate vote, which tonight confirmed its trust in the Executive by a large margin, Letta announces that she wants to pursue the program "with more determination" - "Without the Berlusconians, we are more united on Europe" - "I expect subsequent decisions…
From the Senate broad yes to confidence in the Stability law, but Forza Italia passes to the opposition - Here are all the innovations contained in the maxi-amendment: from the IUC to the guaranteed minimum income, from the tax wedge to the guarantee system for SMEs, from…
The Government will give priority to two other crucial appointments: the Senate's confidence vote on the Stability Law, which should be held tomorrow, and the vote on Silvio Berlusconi's dismissal from parliamentary office, scheduled for Wednesday in…
However, the European commissioner for economic affairs, Olli Rehn, underlines that privatizations are one-off interventions, therefore "the need for structural measures remains, based on our opinion published last week, which remains valid".
Letta: "The resources found will be aimed at three major objectives: a further reduction in taxes on labour, some targeted productive investments in public spending and the reduction of debt and deficits" - Cottarelli: "the first phase of the work…
The plan provides for "the sale of 3% of Eni, without this involving a drop below 30%", explained the Premier - The other companies involved are Stm, Enav, Sace, Fincantieri, Cdp Reti, Tag and Grandi Stazioni - Saccomanni:…
The Minister of Agricultural Policies Nunzia de Girolamo (supported by the Nuovo Centro-destra) would have insisted on the need to abolish the tax also on buildings and agricultural land, an extension that would cost 400 million euros more - Another half a billion would be needed…
The coverage to cancel even the second installment of the Imu could come from a measure that risks arousing violent controversy: the increase on Ires and Irap advances would no longer concern only banks and insurance companies, but would be extended to all…
In the early afternoon, the deputies will vote on the no-confidence motion presented against the Minister of Justice by the Movimento 5 Stelle - Cancellieri: "I trust that Parliament will want to confirm its confidence in me".
The government could place its trust in the commission's text: a decision that would allow the Stability law to be voted on before November 27, the day on which the Senate will vote on Berlusconi's forfeiture - On the home front, the last…
In giving the go-ahead to the proposed amendment, which will shortly be presented to the Senate Budget Committee, the Executive "resolved the doubts" regarding the attribution to the Treasury of the function of guarantor for the loans of Cassa depositi e prestiti.
This afternoon the Interministerial Committee for the spending review meets, which will have to approve Cottarelli's plan and pass it to the Chambers - The Budget Committee in the Senate begins to vote on the amendments to the Stability Law - Expected by…
Il Cavaliere launches the new Forza Italia and fires on the Democratic Party and the judiciary but spares Alfano ("The split pains me but the division only arose from personal reasons") and announces that with the new group he will form a coalition like…
The Senate rejects the Pd-Pdl proposal to raise the tax exemption to 12 thousand euros due to lack of financial coverage - Now the aim is to concentrate the wedge cut on the weakest income groups
One of the hypotheses plans to use at least two-thirds of the 1,5 billion allocated to cut the tax wedge to reduce the taxation of productivity wages - As regards the new taxes on housing, the aim is to replace the…
"The Government's commitment is not to make it pay," Minister D'Alia said today, but yesterday Saccomanni warned that finding the coverage to abolish the payment on first homes won't be easy - And if in the end we had to pay,…
The entire majority confirms their trust in the Minister of Justice, who defended himself yesterday before the Chambers from the accusation of having abused his power by urging the release of Giulia Ligresti - Epifani: "According to the presentation of the facts and the documents…
To reduce taxes, it is necessary to lower the debt by taking one of two alternatives: either to introduce a strong balance sheet which would weigh above all on honest taxpayers or to privatize - Any country that has not lost its bearings would know what to do -…
The Executive will oppose the no-confidence motion that M5S will present to the Senate - Epifani announces a vote against, but many in the Democratic Party are asking for a step back from the Minister of Justice - For the PDL, the Minister of Justice "must not resign,…
The tip of the balance was Linda Lanzillotta: "The secret ballot is useless", said the Senator of Civic Choice - Schifani: "A dark page" which "can't fail to have consequences. We will give concrete answers with the utmost determination" - Berlusconi…
In terms of the spread, Saccomanni hypothesizes "a gradual reduction of the yield differential on ten-year government bonds compared to German ones to 200 basis points in 2014 and to 100 in 2017, a level in any case higher than those ...
From the taxation on the revaluation of the shares held by credit institutions in the capital of the Bank of Italy, the Treasury could collect 1,6 billion euros - The hypothesis is to use these resources to cancel the second installment of the IMU, due in December…
After the meeting with the Prime Minister at Palazzo Chigi, the CEO of Telecom Italia does not answer questions on the spin-off of the network, the takeover bid law and Golden power.
The Stability law approved by the Government and now being examined by Parliament provides for a mechanism aimed at encouraging the return of capital - It is not exactly a tax shield, since it does not provide for amnesties: :…
The markets await tomorrow's meeting between Telecom Italia CEO Marco Patuano and Prime Minister Enrico Letta (who will also see Telefonica Alierta on Tuesday) to understand more about the near future of the first telephone group …
Showdown in the next few hours: Berlusconi wants to accelerate the rebirth of Forza Italia, eliminating the positions of the PDL - Alfano is not willing to join an "extremist" party openly hostile to the Letta government and asks the Cavaliere to…
Secretary of State John Kerry is in Rome today - The Privacy Guarantor asks Prime Minister Letta to ascertain whether the American NSA wiretapping scandal also involves our country - Copasir says he does not…
The reduction for businesses is worth 1,2 billion in 2014, 2 billion in 2015 and 2,1 in 2016 - For workers, however, the cut is 1,5 billion in 2014, 1,7 in 2015 and 1,8 in 2016.
The Premier is polemical against those who argue that the cut in the tax wedge envisaged by the Stability law will bring only 14 euros more to the paychecks of Italians: "It's a figure pulled out by those who want to denigrate our work"…
According to the Head of State, “the question is not so much how much has been allocated or whether more should be allocated to reduce the tax levy on businesses or on labour. The problem is to see overall on which…
In the dock is law 214 of 2011, which sets the minimum years of contributions to obtain early retirement by establishing a gender difference: 41 years and 3 months for women, 42 years and 3 months…
The document commits the Government to take action to add a second threshold to the fixed threshold of 30%, already envisaged for the mandatory takeover bid, "linked to the ascertained situation of de facto control" - The Executive will also have to "complete within 30 days the adoption of the regulations…
The new service tax will be paid in four annual installments and will be divided into two components: the Tari for the management of urban waste and the Tasi for the indivisible services of the Municipalities, which will have a base rate of 0,1% from…
With the Stability law, the stamp duty on securities management rises: the rate rises to two per thousand, a measure that will bring 900 million more into the state coffers - From 2014 banks and other financial intermediaries will…
FORECAST REPORT PROMETEIA - According to the association, the reduction in GDP in 2013 is confirmed at just under 2% (-1,8), with the fourth quarter which should show a first positive sign of growth - In 2014 the recovery will proceed …
