- Gualtieri, 'Now work on the tax reform to grow'
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by Tiziana Di Giovannandrea 24 January 2020 It was not obvious. It is a first step. The cut of the tax wedge has seen in the Council of Ministers a "particularly rapid decision" with "a strong cohesion of the whole majority" on one of the "most important measures, the reduction of payroll taxes for millions of workers".Thus the Minister of Economy, Roberto Gualtieri, a guest in the RaiNews 24 studies, expressed himself on a measure to be considered among the most important implemented by the government for the recovery of the economy. From 1 July, sixteen million employees will have heavier payrolls of up to € 100 per month. Even in 2021, the payslips will be heavier up to € 1,200 a year.
Gualtieri confirmed that this is a "first step" which "will have to flow into a broader reform" and that the government's intention is to present a "Delegation bill already by April" which will outline the contours of the tax reform. "A very significant measure. It was not a foregone conclusion," he stressed. It is a "permanent intervention". The intention is to go further and "we will be able to go further the more successful the fight against tax evasion will be," said the owner of Via XX Settembre. "We are very confident that our strategy will bring better results. All resources will reduce taxes for those who pay them, from work and business and to support our interventions on school research and health", said Gualtieri.
About the pension reform, Gualtieri spoke about the confrontation that will take place from next week to eliminate the Quota 100 'staircase'. The Minister of Economy then specified: "We have started a confrontation, which will take place next week; it is important that the work is based on the first truth and that is on the fact that 'Quota 100' will end in 2021 and then you will retire at 67 years ".
As for the situation of the former Ilva, Gualtieri highlighted how the government thinks of a 'European pole' of green steel: "We want to relaunch the Ilva but we also want to decarbonise Ilva, we want to make Ilva the European pole of the green steel with less carbon emissions at EU level ". For the former Ilva we think we are going to "a new way of making steel with less emissions at European level". It is, he adds, "an ambitious solution, which is part of the European green new deal ". "Ilva's great transformation into a green steel pole doesn't happen overnight," he said.