Durigon responds: “As the League, we are looking into the possibility of including a flexible retirement option in the budget bill that would allow workers, with complete freedom of choice, to retire at the age of 64.”

Pensions: Calderone says a pension fund for newborns is under consideration

In the first eight months of the year alone, there was a surge of over 48 per cent: the majority of applications came from Lombardy, Lazio and Piedmont

Data centres in Italy: record number of requests to the Terna network (+48 per cent) - 

The Ministry of Economy and Finance’s Bulletin on International Tax Revenue shows a year-on-year increase in tax revenue compared with last year in all the countries covered by the study (the United Kingdom, France, Portugal, Ireland and Germany, as well as Spain and Italia). Measures to curb rising energy costs are weighing on Italia’s results

Tax revenue: Spain up 10.4 per cent compared with 2025, Italia up 2.1 per cent (though measures to curb high energy costs are having an impact)

The fast-track process for the 2027 budget involves ministries, Parliament and the European Commission, with ISTAT figures and the budget deficit at the heart of political decisions

2027 Budget: from the deficit to the EU’s assessment – a tight schedule for the budget session

Osnato (Fdi) on thirteenth-month bonuses: “Replacing IRPEF with a 15 per cent or 10 per cent tax would result in a net saving on take-home pay of between 200 and 500 euros, depending on income.” For businesses, “the new hyper-depreciation scheme and the ZES tax credit must be fully implemented”.

As the budget bill takes shape, tax relief on 13th-month bonuses and confirmation of the maternity bonus are emerging

Diesel: price rises in Italia have been below the EU average since the start of the war. But prices remain among the highest

Fuel price hike: Italia among the 7 most expensive countries in Europe - 

In some areas, prices are higher than average. Starting with the usual province of Bolzano (which is almost always at the top of the list), with an average price of 2.041 euros per litre

Petrol prices over two euros a litre: this hasn’t happened since 2023

Fuel: final week of the excise duty cut. And diesel prices are back above 2.1 euros per litre

Transition 5.0: 5 billion in investment over two months

CNA study: only Romania fares worse than us. In Germany, the expected length of working life stands at 40.2 years; in France, 37.5; in Spain, 36.8; and in the Netherlands, it is as high as 44 years.

Thus, in Italia, the working life spans 33 years, the lowest in the EU

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