«My deepest condolences for the deaths at work that yesterday and today have ravaged the scene and the psychological and economic environment of the country. A massacre that continues every day ». Thus the Prime Minister Mario Draghi wanted to open the press conference at Palazzo Chigi, recalling the too many victims at work in the last few hours and referring to the measures being examined by the government «More severe and immediate penalties».
The press conference follows this morning’s control room on the draft of the Update to the Def, the document that outlines the government’s economic strategies for the next few years, and the approval of a law decree with rules on justice and extension terms for referendums, the single check and IRAP. Together with the premier, the Minister of Economy, Daniele Franco.
“The economic picture is far better than we thought in the spring”, underlined Draghi, who pitted the data out of the control room this morning, starting with the growth of GDP at 6%. It is the first quantitative confirmation that growth comes out of the crisis, but we must be careful about which measures contribute to lasting and fair growth and which ones do not ». “There is trust in the Italians, and there is trust in the world in Italy,” Draghi continued.
“The budget law that we will present in a few weeks remains an expansive law,” added the premier, who wanted to express a personal reflection. “The fact that you can work safely in the company, that you can go back to school in the presence is due to the vaccination campaign. If there is a resurgence of the epidemic, today we are ready to face it without the anguish and difficulties of the past ».
The prime minister then returned to Rome’s candidacy for Expo 2030: “Together with the 2025 Jubilee, he tells us that the path to Rome is a path of growth, of activity, I hope that over the years it will serve to improve the economic and social condition for the city, ”he explained.
The floor was then passed to Minister Franco, who explained in detail the economic data underlying the control room this morning and spoke of “Exceptional changes compared to forecasts” and “improving employment levels”. “For the current quarter we expect growth of 2%,” added the minister. “For next year we expect a 4.2% increase in GDP, the strong growth this year displaces to some extent that of next year”. The government’s goal, the minister explained, is to achieve a debt / GDP ratio by 2030 that is equal to that of the pre-pandemic and crisis.
The prime minister took the floor again to answer questions from journalists, starting with the much-contested reform of cadastral estimates. “Geographic Italy is larger than cadastral Italy, we need to understand why”, explained Draghi, who added: “On the cadastre, the government wants to make a transparency operation by determining the current cadastral income and committing not to increase the load tax. Nobody will pay more, nobody will pay less. But to do this transparency operation it takes years. The government will not tax the first house, ”Draghi then reassured.
“To hypothetical international investors”, added the premier, “I would like to remind you that this government has never missed any date with respect to forecasts until now, and that it intends to maintain the credibility obtained in Europe”.