Manoeuvre, working on regulations on banks and gold reserves

"With the banks the understanding is closed, now it has to be written," says the Minister for Relations with Parliament Luca Ciriani. Therefore, if the understanding is already closed, work is being done on writing it. "And it is not easy to go from agreement to writing,' Ciriani adds.

The amendment to the manoeuvre on the ownership of gold held by the Bank of Italy signed by Fratelli d'Italia, on which the ECB asked for explanations as to its purpose, 'is there on the table, then we will see how to formulate it. We are verifying, how to write the text is all to be seen: it can be improved, it can be corrected, but it remains, we will find a solution,' Ciriani said.

Another hot topic is that of the Lep (essential levels of services), that is, the minimum services to be guaranteed to implement the differentiated autonomy dear to the League. The opposition demands that they be removed from the budget law, but the majority thinks nothing of it. "Yes, the LEP remain in the manoeuvre. We have given the willingness to the opposition, in particular to the Democratic Party, which had asked for explanations on this issue, for a hearing in the technical committee of Minister Calderoli. This availability remains,' Minister Ciriani (Fdi) explains further. 'The Lep is an important issue that cannot be left out. There is a question of political importance and urgency, because the approval of the LEP is also linked to fiscal federalism, which is a milestone of the NRP. So for various reasons, of a technical-political nature and of being able to stay within the timeframe of the NRP, it cannot be left out,' Ciriani added.

And the topic of pensions also returns. FdI once again proposes the extension of the Women's Option. It does so by reformulating the proposed amendment that was deemed inadmissible several times for coverage reasons. The proposal, again signed by Senator Paola Mancini, extends to 31 December 2025 the deadline by which the requirements must be met (35 years of seniority and at least 61 years of age, reduced by one year for each child up to a maximum of two) to access early retirement. The amendment also broadens the target group and aims to include not only female workers made redundant or employed by companies in crisis, but also female workers unemployed after dismissal, resignation or consensual termination or due to the expiry of fixed-term employment. In the version included in the latest package of reports to the manoeuvre, the charges are calculated from 2026 to 2032 and for the first three years amount to EUR 12.9 million next year, EUR 36.5 million the following year 2027, and EUR 56.9 million in 2028. The coverage comes from the Social Fund for Employment and Training.