Today’s Cabinet meeting to approve the budget and the ex-Ilva decree

The Council of Ministers meeting scheduled for this afternoon at 7 pm at Palazzo Chigi has a packed agenda. The government will present the Dpb – the Budget Policy Document – which Italia must submit to the European Commission by 15 October. Here is a first glimpse of the 2027 Budget Bill, summarising its key elements.

Another ‘key item’ on the agenda of the government meeting is the decree concerning the former Ilva. The aim – as also stated by Under-Secretary Alfredo Mantovano at the latest meeting between the Government and the trade unions – is to include social safeguards for workers in the measure and to ensure that the use of the redundancy fund is not linked to the closure of the business, but rather “with a view to continuity”.

Also on the agenda of the Council of Ministers is the new Highway Code, comprising 291 articles, finalised following a consultation chaired by the Minister for Infrastructure, Matteo Salvini, with over a hundred industry representatives and associations. Among the new provisions are the possibility of travelling in Europe with a digital driving licence and hefty fines for e-scooters.

The decree concerning the Phlegraean Fields was also on the agenda of the Council of Ministers. Minister Nello Musumeci has given assurances that the forthcoming decree on the Campi Flegrei will include further measures to tackle the consequences of bradyseism, reorganising the measures introduced from September 2023 onwards and providing for ‘a long-term approach compared with those adopted so far’.