• Maneuver, EU letter to Italy: "The plan does not respect the debt reduction target"
  • Maneuver. Face to face Conte-Di Maio and then the summit. The EU asks for clarifications

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22 October 2019 "We will provide all the clarifications in Brussels, we are not worried". Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte assured it, answering - on the sidelines of the Confesercenti assembly - a question on the letter sent by the European Commission to the government regarding the economic maneuver. "There is a letter from Brussels to which the Minister of the Economy will reply. We are not worried, it is a necessary interlocution to which we will not avoid", said Conte.

And always with regard to the maneuver, the prime minister spoke of the postponement to July 2020 of the entry into force of the measures on the Pos. "We are convinced that with an increase in digital payments there is no reason why transaction costs remain so. We want to ensure that the commission cancellation or reduction plan can be implemented effectively ". Then he reaffirms the government's commitment and satisfaction with what has been done so far: "We had little time to prepare this maneuver but I am satisfied, because we have done so much in a short time. But our time horizon does not stop with this maneuver. I do not have immediately no blackmail and I did not take any steps backwards, but we have made two steps forward ", he added regarding the measures concerning the cash and the use of cash. "I have always declared that we are talking about a plan to modernize the bureaucracy-reducing country and we are looking through incentives through the use of electronic money to start a virtuous path with all citizens", the premier added.

"No penalty for those who use cash"
"We do not want to criminalize any category or put penalties on those who use cash. There will be no negative consequences, the goal is to reward those who use electronic money".

"Respect the Rooms but need responsibility"
"I respect the Parliament" but "I will call all the political forces to their responsibility. If one makes a synthesis, he dissociates himself and does not respect what must be cohesive and incisive government action", Conte declared to reporters on the sidelines of the assembly answering questions about possible changes to the maneuver once it has arrived in Parliament.

Let's open a comparison on growth in Italy
"I welcome with enthusiasm the proposal launched by President De Luise: we open a fruitful debate on the growth trajectory of our country, which looks not only at next year but at the Italy of tomorrow: an Italy in which conflicts can be ended between young and old, between large and small businesses, between self-employment and employees, an Italy that can grow thanks to its talents and its extraordinary wealth, natural, human, cultural ", said the premier to the assembly.

On VAT numbers we want to confirm flat tax
"We want to confirm and therefore preserve the favorable tax regime for all the people of the VAT numbers, we are checking for a moment, we want to avoid burdening this audience of tax payers", Conte explained, focusing on the problem of the flat tax for the self-employed.