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President Meloni’s statement on approval of tax reform enabling law

16 March 2023

Approval of the tax reform enabling law is a real turning point for Italy. This is a structural and comprehensive landmark reform: a revolution we have awaited for 50 years, with important innovations for citizens, families and businesses. With the tax reform, we are outlining a new idea of Italy that is close to taxpayers’ needs and attractive for companies. The reform contains an overall and programmatic vision that rewards taxpayers’ loyalty and responsibility, laying the foundations for a new trust-based relationship with the tax authorities. Thanks to the tax system reform, we are lowering taxes, increasing growth and equity and fostering employment and investment.

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Tax reform: Government meets with trade associations and professional bodies

15 March 2023

The approval process gets underway: draft enabling law on taxation to be examined by the Council of Ministers tomorrow. Following yesterday’s meeting with trade unions on the principles of the tax reform enabling law, representatives of trade associations and professional bodies were received at Palazzo Chigi today, who expressed a positive opinion regarding a comprehensive and complete reform, providing important and concrete contributions to discussions.  Representing the Government, the discussions were attended by Minister of Economy and Finance Giancarlo Giorgetti, Deputy Minister Maurizio Leo and Undersecretary to the Presidency of the 

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President Meloni’s Question Time in the Chamber of Deputies

15 March 2023

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, responded to the points raised by the Chamber of Deputies during today’s Question Time session.

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Fourth meeting of the Jubilee 2025 coordination committee held at Palazzo Chigi

14 March 2023

The fourth meeting of the coordination committee for the Jubilee of 2025 was held at Palazzo Chigi today, chaired by Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Alfredo Mantovano. The Mayor of Rome and the Government’s Special Commissioner for the Jubilee 2025, Roberto Gualtieri, opened the meeting, providing a progress update on procurement procedures and project timelines, also in light of the recently introduced simplification regulations.

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President Meloni meets with a group of high school students from Sciacca in Sicily

14 March 2023

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, met today with a group of students from the "T. Fazello" high schools of Sciacca (AG), in Sicily. The head of the higher education institution in question, Giovanna Pisano, had sent a request for a meeting on behalf of the students of class IV B of the ‘Liceo artistico’ [high school specialising in art] and class IV of the ‘Liceo classico’ [high school specialising in humanities], who were visiting Rome accompanied by some of their teachers. During the meeting, students from the ‘Liceo artistico’ gave President Meloni a pair of ceramic angels they had made and decorated themselves.

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Government illustrates principles of enabling law on taxation to trade unions

14 March 2023

A broad enabling law to structurally revolutionise the Italian tax system, fifty years on from the last overall reform, which dates back to the 1970s (enabling law no. 825 of 1971). During a meeting with trade union representatives at Palazzo Chigi today, Minister of Economy and Finance Giancarlo Giorgetti, Deputy Minister Maurizio Leo and Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Alfredo Mantovano illustrated the principles and time frames of the Meloni Government’s ‘New Tax System’, involving a comprehensive review of taxation in Italy.

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President Meloni sends best wishes to Pope Francis on the tenth anniversary of his election to the papacy

13 March 2023

Holy Father, I am writing to offer mine and the Italian Government’s best wishes on the tenth anniversary of your election to the papacy. Your Magisterium is an irreplaceable point of reference for Italy, for Europe and for the world. So many of your speeches, tangible actions and symbolic gestures over these years will go down in history......

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President Meloni attends launch of the book ‘L'atlante di Francesco. Vaticano e politica internazionale’

13 March 2023

The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, spoke this evening at the launch of the book ‘L'atlante di Francesco. Vaticano e politica internazionale’ [‘Francis’s atlas. The Vatican and international politics’] by Father Antonio Spadaro, director of the magazine ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’. The event was held at the magazine’s headquarters in Rome.

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Appreciation for President of the European Council’s words on migration

11 March 2023

Palazzo Chigi expresses sincere appreciation for the words addressed to Italy by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, which are fully in line with the Italian Government’s actions in Europe for a better management of migration and the fight against migrant smuggling. Following the terrible tragedy in Cutro, the common commitment to an adequate European response to the complex phenomenon of migration makes implementation of the conclusions from the February European Council meeting all the more urgent.