To the Senate

Superbonus, government amendment OK: yes Iv and abstention FI

The president of the Senate says no to an immediate increase from 19 to 20 in the number of members of the Senate Finance Committee, which is examining the decree

by Redaction Rome

14 May 2024

Panoramica dell'Aula nel corso della discussione del DEF 2024 al Senato a Roma, 24 aprile 2024. ANSA/MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI

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Key points

One more senator in committee to avoid no to government
How the Finance Committee is composed
The Forza Italia aut aut aut
Mef opinions arrived, opposed to Fi changes
Misiani (Pd): serious forcing by majority in disarray

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Green light from the Senate Finance Committee to the government's amendment to the superbonus decree, which was approved with Iv voting in favour and Forza Italia abstaining. Senator Patton of the Autonomies did not participate in the vote either. The committee chairman Massimo Garavaglia (Lega) also took part in the vote and left the committee, blurting out, in the presence of Maurizio Gasparri, a member of Forza Italia: 'passed despite Forza Italia, thanks to the vote of the chairman and Italia Viva,' he said

In the evening, Seanto President Ignazio La Russa had blocked the majority's attempt to immediately increase the number of members of the Senate Finance Committee, which was examining the Superbonus decree, from 19 to 20. The composition will only change from tomorrow Wednesday, 15 May. This was specified by La Russa himself: 'The communication that I made at the beginning regarding possible changes in the composition of the commissions was concise. In reality,' he said, 'no component of the Commissions will change today, it may possibly change but it will not come into operation in today's vote'.

The alarm had been raised by the oppositions. "The majority will increase by one component," explained Senator Stefano Patuanelli M5s, "it is an option that one has" and is done when the balance changes, but "it must first be communicated to the Chamber".

An extra senator in committee to avoid no to government

The appointment of a new member of the Senate Finance Committee (the senator in question was Salvo Sallemi of FdI) had been put in the pipeline to prevent the government's amendment on the 'credit-spreading' of the Superbonus from being rejected, after Forza Italia's already announced 'no' - on which the opposition also agreed - to the retroactivity of the rule proposed by the executive, and to allow the majority to have the numbers anyway.

How the Finance Committee is composed

The Senate Finance Committee consists of 19 senators, 10 from the majority and 9 from the opposition. For the majority 6 are from FdI, 2 from the League, 1 from Fi and 1 from Noi moderati. For the opposition PD and M5s both have 3 senators each, Iv has 1 senator, 1 is from Autonomy and 1 from the mixed group.

The Forza Italia aut aut aut

'If the Superbonus Decree is not amended, we will vote against it'. This is how Foreign Minister and Forza Italia secretary Antonio Tajani warned the majority today. 'Ready to confront us from this morning,' he added referring to the Forza Italia senators. Tajani contests the retroactivity of the rule that 'spreads' the credits over ten years.

Mef Opinions arrived, opposed to Fi changes

Meanwhile, the long-awaited opinions of the Mef on the sub-amendments modifying the government's amendment to the Superbonus decree have arrived at the Senate Finance Committee, according to information. Against, it is reported, are the opinions on the changes proposed by Fi to remove the retroactivity of the extension to 10 years of the Superbonus deductions. On the subject of the sugar tax, instead, a reformulation by the Mef is awaited to identify the coverage for the postponement to January 2025, amounting to approximately 72 million.

Misiani (Pd):serious forcing by majority in disarray

"The blitz by the majority in the Senate Finance Committee, with the addition of a senator to avoid going under on the superbonus, is a forcing of desperate people in disarray, trying to overcome their divisions by rigging the cards in the process. Unscrupulous and shameless!". Thus on X, Senator Antonio Misiani, the Pd's Economic Officer.