Many are nervous, Forza Italia identifies risks: from banks to Europe

He reiterates that Meloni’s government will last “until the end of the legislature, as there is substantial cohesion between the allies.” It also highlights the valuable points for Forza Italia and steers away from the choices of the same allies, for which he used the phrase “different but loyal.” From Versiliana, Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani tackles this summer’s hottest topics: from the taxation of banks’ extra profits to the minimum wage, going through an analysis of alliances in a European key.

In recent days, Meloni reiterated several times that he himself decided to choose the tax on the extra profits of the banks, Tajani did not hide his distance from the prime minister and insisted on amendments to the law. It therefore sets out a series of interests that will take the form of changes that the Azzurri will present when parliamentary work resumes: intervention should be one-off, deductible, excluding credit institutions in the region.

Tajani is not a man of breaking, he does not create a crisis, but he is not quiet either. He reiterates that the relationship “does not pose any problem in terms of the solidity of relations between the majority parties”, but says Forza Italia is “a liberal party. We are different from the League and the Brothers of Italy”.

The tax on bank extra profits remains the most sensitive point. “I believe it is right to seek help from banks to support families and businesses in a time of crisis – he explains “I would have decided on Friday when the stock markets were closed. We lost 10 billion euros in stock. Maybe it would have been better if we did it on Friday evening when the stock markets were closed,” he said. And again, “regional banks, small banks, cooperative credit banks, cooperative banks should be exempted from the tax on extra profits: this Placing other taxes on corporations also risks embarrassing consumers, customers and partners, local banks”.

Another milestone for Tajani is health care, where “reducing overtime taxes for doctors and nurses, increasing the number of medical students. We need to take action on health care, we will try to do it thinking we have something else to manage for 4 and a half years”.

Tajani speaks and already predicts the next few weeks when the Allies will have to discuss the second maneuver signed by Meloni. Mavi is already putting demands on the table and dusting off issues that are of great value to Berlusconi. “Another commitment that needs to be met – reiterated that it will continue to increase minimum pensions to reach the target of 1,000 euros per month at the end of the period”.

Then there is the section on alliances in Europe. In this case, Tajani and his allies risk becoming a shadow to Salvini’s League. Tajani is clearly distancing himself from the German far-right party AfD, which is part of the Identity and Democracy in Europe group, as does the Unification national party of Lega and Marine Le Pen. “No one in Europe – he explains – would ever make a deal with Marine Le Pen and the Afd. I would also never make a deal with Alternative für Deutschaland when they said that a child with a disability should be marginalized and placed in a classroom on their own. , Pity, I suck. That’s why Europe I say no one will make a deal with these gentlemen, even Le Pen, who is against NATO and wants to leave NATO.”

Reference is made to the Afd’s proposal to open separate classrooms for children with disabilities to make students without intellectual disabilities “more productive”.

“If the idea is to have an alternation in Europe – Tajani starts again – the only possible way is to find an agreement between popular conservatives and liberals. No veto, it’s a concrete fact, real if you want to beat the socialists”.

No response from the allies for now, but everything looks less than a holiday this August. I look forward to an autumn that promises to be warm, at least on a political level.

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