Manoeuvre 2026, Meloni: on banks I don't believe in changes, on short-term rentals Parliament decides

"On the banks' contribution I don't think" there will be any changes and "I continue to say that in my opinion it is a good signal that we put resources on workers, on companies that hire, on families and the birth rate and that we ask banks and insurance companies for a contribution". So said Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in an interview with Tg1, speaking about the budget law 2026.

On the short-term rentals, on the other hand, "in my opinion, Parliament must decide whether or not to confirm the rule," explained the Prime Minister. "I just want to say," she added, "that the rationale of the measure is not to make money on the issue of rentals, but to favour rentals to families because it is clear that if there is the same taxation for those who rent to a tourist and those who rent to a family, they will tend to rent to tourists and rents for families will increase. So our goal is to lower rents for families.

The Prime Minister also spoke about the justice reform that introduces the separation of careers for magistrates: "I do not agree with the ANM, but from memory I cannot remember a time when the ANM was in favour of any justice reform. Their idea is that everything is fine, but that is not the idea we have of justice and I do not think the citizens do either.

As for the halt to the Bridge over the Strait project, "to the accounting judiciary I want to say that I was frankly a little curious about some of the findings, such as the one in which one wondered why we had shared some of the documentation via links, because one would like to answer "because there is the internet". After that the government will wait for the findings, it will respond to the findings, it must be clear that the objective is to build the Bridge over the Strait of Messina, which is a strategic work, it will be a unique engineering work in the world".