Superbonus, Tajani warns: 'I want to be clear on the text. But the government is not wobbling'

The tug-of-war between the Minister of the Economy, the Leghist Giancarlo Giorgetti, and the Vice-Premier and Head of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani (Forza Italia) continues even after the government presented the amendment to the Superbonus Decree. The measure is being examined by the Senate Finance Committee. "Giancarlo Giorgetti is a dear friend, an excellent minister," Forza Italia leader Antonio Tajani said again of the superbonus confrontation. "It is not that for an amendment the government wobbles": the confrontation "is normal administration". "I am very loyal to the other forces in the government". He adds, 'the text has improved'. But he reiterates: 'There remains a principle at odds with our legal civilisation: one cannot impose rules with retroactive effect'. "I do not underestimate the risks for public accounts," says Tajani again from the Confindustria Small Industry Forum.

"I want to see clearly in the new text" on the superbonus "that was presented tonight by the Ministry of the Economy, but we really have to be very very careful. On Monday morning, as a party, I will listen to all the representatives of the various categories to understand what there is to adjust in Parliament with respect to this proposal that the Ministry has given me." So said the deputy prime minister and leader of FI Antonio Tajani, at the inauguration of Condominio in Fiera. "Above all," he added, "you cannot give retroactive rules because it is a very clear legal principle".

"Even Minister Giorgetti will get over it," Tajani retorted on the Superbonus issue. "Because," he said on the sidelines of the Small Industry Forum, "before voting in Parliament on an amendment that is not of the government but of the ministry, we want to assess whether it is an amendment that respects the fundamental rules of our legal civilisation. Our legal civilisation dictates that one cannot pass rules with retroactive effect. Regulations can come into force from today until the future'.

In the last few hours, even before the amendment was filed by the government, tension has risen over the obligation to spread the Superbonus credits over 10 years. After the alarm raised by banks and companies, which quantify at least 16 billion jobs affected, a clash has broken out even within the majority. It was Tajani, who went on the attack against the rule announced by Giorgetti, who ignited it. "I have some perplexity about the retroactivity of the latest proposal by Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti," Tajani had told the audience at the Family Business Forum in Lecco. "As Forza Italia, we want to listen to businesses and banks to understand if there is any damage or if we need to intervene in Parliament to make proposals, without prejudice to the indispensable intervention to stop the damage of the superbonus,' he added, expressing doubts even on the passage of reimbursements from four to five to ten years: 'perhaps they are too many,' he commented. But the owner of the Treasury had replied: 'I have a responsibility and I defend Italy's interests as finance minister. Is that clear?"