Budget Bill: FdI is working on a package of amendments concerning the building amnesty

Fratelli d’Italia, it is understood, intends to resubmit a series of amendments to the Budget Bill regarding the reintroduction of the building amnesty, which are modelled on those withdrawn from the previous budget and subsequently declared inadmissible in the ‘Milleproroghe’ Decree at the end of 2025.

This line of thinking is said to have emerged during a party meeting on the budget. Among the options under consideration are extending the 2003 amnesty to other regions, in addition to Campania – which had not previously taken part – and granting amnesty for ancillary works, additional structures and renovations carried out without, or in breach of, planning permission.

The extension of the deadline will apply to years prior to 2003; any subsequent breaches will not be covered, and the measure is intended for Campania, which did not take part in the amnesty. ‘As there are 50,000 demolition orders,’ it is explained, ‘there is a demand from the local community to extend the deadlines.’ If approved, the ball will be in the Region’s court: the Fico administration will have 60 days to decide whether or not to accept the proposal.

Angelo Bonelli, MP for the Green and Left Alliance and co-spokesperson for Europa Verde, has launched an attack, branding the proposed amnesty as ‘a slap in the face for honest Italians – those who have obeyed the law and paid for surveyors, fees and permits’. According to Bonelli, ‘Giorgia Meloni is afraid of losing the election and is therefore turning a blind eye to illegality. In fact, she wants to institutionalise it.’ With the amnesty, ‘it is honest Italians who will foot the bill. Through their taxes, they will have to pay for roads, sewers, street lighting and services – in other words, urban infrastructure – for those who have built illegally, even in protected areas. Those who have broken the law get amnesty, whilst those who have obeyed it foot the bill.”