ROME (ITALPRESS) – “It is a correct, balanced maneuver that goes in the right direction, which for us is one based on social market economy principles, but there are some statist and dirigiste aspects that are unacceptable and risk tarnishing the image of a measure that is in the interest of businesses and families.” Thus, in an interview with the Quotidiano Nazionale, the deputy prime minister and leader of Forza Italia, Antonio Tajani, in which he calls for correctives to measures included in the Budget Law “that were not discussed in the Council of Ministers and that were improperly inserted by some Mef executive.” “It is a maneuver for growth. But stop statist temptations,” he adds. “I am referring first of all to the decision to impose on companies that receive aid and contributions from the state the presence of auditors representing the Mef. A rule reminiscent of East Germany’s Stasi methods. It is a meaningless rule. It can only frighten investors and create panic in those who have to undertake. A Big Brother thing. I repeat: this was never discussed in the Council of Ministers and should be deleted. I spoke with Minister Giorgetti: he assured me that it will be amended.” “The same speech,” he continued, “applies to the ceiling set for investments for those who receive public contributions: this rule, too, is neither in heaven nor on earth. It must be corrected. And the freeze on police turnover must be eliminated: security is a priority for this government. And if it is not for some officials, it is for the government, which, together with Parliament, decides the country’s economic policy. The web tax should also be revised to protect the small ones. We support and urge the reopening of the terms of the concordat. This is common sense, as demanded by accountants who have been swamped by compliance and know the reality of businesses. Reopening the deadlines, on the other hand, means getting more money into the state coffers.” “Few, but significant corrections,” Tajani points out. “Because the maneuver as a whole is fine and is inspired by that social market economy that for us is not unrestrained liberalism, but aims at the right balance to ensure that the market produces welfare for citizens. And, in this sense, I recall that our proposals on strengthening the guarantee fund for the purchase of the first home for young people and broadening job relief to include self-employed mothers have been accepted. We need the ECB to have more courage and cut rates more quickly: I found in Governor Panetta’s words comfort in the things we have been saying all along. We must, more generally, certainly reflect on an industrial policy, both Italian and European, that will allow us to foster growth and competitiveness while also addressing the problems we have because of the German crisis and ideologized and misguided choices on Green transition wanted by the previous Commission.” – photo Agenzia Fotogramma -(ITALPRESS).
