Matteo Salvini Plan for Italy: Quota 41 and flat tax for the first 100 days

Quota 41, security decrees and “fundamentals” of the Flat tax in the first 100 days of government. And then fiscal peace to prevent the real economy from being harmed and interventions in the accounts. “Although I hope this government is already doing something.” Matteo Salvini talks to Il Tempo and outlines the strategies that the center-right will implement if it wins the elections. Excluding new broad agreements (“voters are fed up with the left that loses and governs it”) and “openness” to Itaú’s alliance with the US fund Certares: “The fundamental thing is to protect employment levels.”

Secretary Salvini, in less than two months the center-right could rule Italy. What would be the first step to take?

“Against expensive energy, even if I hope that the incumbent government can already intervene because we are facing a real emergency and we cannot wait. Within the first hundred days we will block Fornero to make Quota41, we will immediately reactivate the security decrees, we will deal with regional autonomy, we will take the first steps towards the Flat Tax. All without forgetting fiscal peace, which cannot be postponed until now. Millions of green envelopes are coming out, after two years between the health crisis and the lockdown, they risk being a lethal blow to families and businesses, which today are dealing with the energy emergency ».

On this issue, you were one of the first to ask for a budget change, followed by other leaders. But not by Prime Minister Draghi and his ally Giorgia Meloni. Are you still convinced that this is the right strategy?

“I’m interested in the facts: the important thing is to intervene immediately, if we don’t put 30 billion today – even Cgia do Mestre estimated the need for this amount – we run the risk of spending three times more tomorrow to revive a country hurt by unemployment, layoffs, closure of millions of companies. I am ready to listen to all proposals, just act. Even Davide Tabarelli, authoritative chairman of Nomisma Energia, declared a few days ago: we are in a war economy, we need a budget deviation of 30 billion. that made by Germany, the United Kingdom and France”.

Nuclear energy has fully entered the electoral agenda. But uncertainties related to costs, deadlines and the location of the plants remain.

“Safe and clean state-of-the-art nuclear energy could be a reality in a few years. It is a medium-term solution that cannot be postponed any longer. I’m an autonomist, so the territories will be heard. Pending implementation in Italy, agreements could be signed with France to participate in the development of new generation plants on French territory, investing and having returns in energy instead of paying as we do today ».

The theme of energy is intertwined with that of war. She was often accused of “pro-utinism” for her perplexity over sanctions. How would he behave if he were prime minister?

“Doubts about the sanctions have also been raised by authorized international observers such as theEconomist and the Monetary Fund itself. I wonder if the sanctioned are really suffering more than the sanctions. It is necessary, understanding that the invasion of Ukraine cannot go unpunished, that Europe intervenes to guarantee support to Italian families and companies that are paying a very high price».

Given that Palazzo Chigi is the goal of all center-right leaders, would you like to return to Viminale? What strategies would you implement on the security and immigration front?

«Italians will decide, let me reiterate that the security decrees guaranteed legality and border control at no cost. They must be restored and applied ».

Has a percentage target been set for voting? What is the victory or defeat bar?

“I don’t set limits, I expect a great result from South to North, despite the opponents and some biased observers”.

Are you afraid to surpass the M5S hypothesized by some research?

«I am interested in the polls that I touch with my hand in the squares, and traveling through Italy the atmosphere around the League is excellent. We fear nothing and are preparing for a historic result».

Speaking of Conte, even the center-right doesn’t seem compact in terms of citizen income. What, in his opinion, is the strategy to be adopted?

“It certainly needs to be reviewed, in the centre-right we agree. For the League it should only be kept for those who really need it: the billions recovered should be invested to cut taxes.”

In terms of taxation, what do you say to those who, like Carlo Cottarelli, argue that the Flat tax would reduce taxes especially for the richest, but reducing services would harm everyone?

«Cottarelli considers a family that earns 70,000 euros gross per year to be a rich family. It shows that the Democratic Party is completely out of this world and disinformation. The truth is that the left proposes the patrimonial and wants to tax the house, the Lega supports the fixed tax: the Italians will know how to choose».

Calenda argues that after the elections we need a new government of national unity. Faced with the challenges that await Italy, would it be appropriate for the center-right to benefit from the collaboration of other political forces?

“The experience of the government of national unity was unrepeatable because the emergency situation was unrepeatable: I think Italians are fed up with the left that loses elections but ends up in government.”

Can the federation with Forza Italia become current after the vote? Is the League’s European position under discussion or will it remain alongside the Le Pen group?

“I confirm that I want to work for an increasingly united and successful centre-right, in Italy and in Europe. My relationship with Marine has always been and will always be one of trust, friendship, esteem and mutual collaboration».

Chapter Ita: what do you think of the choice of MEF to deal with the Certares fund? Will the alliance protect employment and the strategic interests of our country, which is a crossroads for international tourism?

“It is proof that the current government is fully functioning. The priority for us is to secure jobs. Regardless of the choice of subject with whom to conduct the negotiation, we are interested in the development and relaunch of Itaú with an adequate industrial plan. We expect the strengthening and development of tourist flows, investments in all Italian airports and, above all, the safeguarding of territorial air continuity to maintain everyone’s right to mobility. The new government, within the prerogatives recognized by the procedure, will carefully evaluate all these elements”.

The recapitalization of Monte dei Paschi is pending. The momentum of the markets is not favorable, but the delay could mean the failure of the possible rescue. How do you think the issue should be addressed? Moving quickly to sell the public quota or negotiating longer terms and a slower exit from the state with Brussels?

“I am absolutely convinced of the fact that Brussels must postpone the moment of the State’s exit from the shareholding structure for an adequate period, so that serious speculations about the bank’s future are avoided and further hasty and unfortunate attempts to sell this one have seen the League oppose and prevent new ones, thus allowing the establishment of the third national banking center with other realities that have the same territorial vocation and that pay particular attention to small and medium-sized companies”.

The next government will face a large series of public company renovations. What criteria do you think should be followed in choosing candidates?

“Experience, I have no doubts. Exactly the opposite of what the left did, which many times preferred to favor the party card. Example: I am proud to have nominated people like Mario Barbuto, president of the Italian Union of the Blind, who will be invaluable in solving the problems of people with disabilities from architectural barriers. Barbuto is not a militant historian of the League, on the contrary: but he is a respectable and competent person. This principle must also apply to public companies”.

Single telephone network. What position do you have in creating a single broadband infrastructure? The country cannot wait for negotiations between private and public shareholders. How do you intend to close the file?

“The creation of a single broadband infrastructure network is a necessary condition for the country’s economic recovery. The League tried by all means to encourage the creation of broadband: we unlocked 1.3 billion euros for connection vouchers. In the negotiation between Tim and Open Fiber, it is not the task of politics to intervene in commercial operations, which we leave to Conte, while in the separation between services and network in Tim itself, the main aspect that interests us is the defense of work and attention to the company’s monstrous debt now in foreign hands. The State must guarantee that the best conditions exist for carrying out the work in the shortest possible time and without unnecessary waste”.