Consultant and trainer activity is very profitable for former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who earned 3 million 217 thousand euros last year (about 700 thousand euros more than last year) and rose to first place in the list of the richest people. Parliamentarians in Italy It should also be said that this position was achieved thanks to the death of Silvio Berlusconi, who was clearly playing another game.
World traveler Matteo
The leader of Italia Viva travels the world non-stop, from Tokyo to Riyadh, from Athens to London, passing through the Bahamas and collecting rich fees. But in recent months, he spoke in China at the International Federation of Textile Manufacturers’ annual conference and returned to Saudi Arabia; currently “at home” in Mohammed Bin Salman’s court: Renzi is sitting. He has been on the board of directors of the FII Institute for a while, the country’s organization that surpassed Italy in the Expo 2030 race, where he receives a salary of around 80 thousand dollars.
For him, the “Saudi renaissance” is a real thing, despite the harsh criticism received for the “disturbing” friendship with the prince, who has been accused by American secret services despite human rights being openly violated in his country. Director on the capture and murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
More entrepreneur than politician
The director of Riformista, another activity run by the senator, renamed his company Ma.Re last March. Ma.Re. Consultancy at the holding sells 10 percent of the shares to his son Francesco, a talented football player who plays in Serie D. The new holding expands the range of activities of the previous economic enterprise and will be able to carry out securities, real estate and commercial transactions, industrial, banking and mortgages. In addition, it will be able to participate in consortia, associations and organizations, and provide guarantees, guarantees and in-kind guarantees for the obligations assumed by third parties.
Other “Scrooges”
In second place in the ranking of the richest politicians we find the senator for life Renzo Piano, who declared 2.9 million euros, and Giulio Tremonti in third place, with 2.5 million euros. But the rankings may be disrupted when MP Antonio Angelucci, entrepreneur in the private healthcare sector and publisher of Libero, Il Giornale and Il Tempo, presents his tax returns: last year he earned 4.5 million euros; The same goes for lawyer Giulia Bongiorno, who lives in Montecitorio and declares just under 3 million euros in 2022. Those announced by party leaders are decidedly more proletarian figures – so to speak: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni earned 293 thousand euros, Democratic Party leader Elly Schlein received just under 95 thousand euros, Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, head of the Northern League and member of parliament, received almost 100 thousand euros. , slightly less than Nicola Fratoianni (Italian Left) who declared 104 thousand euros. Carlo Calenda’s income is surprising, he is often accused of “Parioli snobbery”, declaring that it is “only” 65 thousand euros.
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Source: Today IT
Emma Fitzgerald is an accomplished political journalist and author at The Nation View. With a background in political science and international relations, she has a deep understanding of the political landscape and the forces that shape it.
