Mattarella and Conte call Salvini

This morning the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella called the leader of the League, Matteo Salvini, after the joint request of the center-right, to fix an urgent meeting, in the light of recent events. The center-right had asked to be received at the Quirinale to offer its support to the coronavirus emergency, given that until today the Government had never considered it appropriate to consult the opposition.

Salvini thanked Mattarella "for his availability and for his commitment to favoring an dialogue between the government and the opposition to create the right climate of true collaboration for the good of the country and to come out of the emergency together".

After the phone call from the President of the Republic came that of the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte who invited the opposition tonight at 19 pm to Palazzo Chigi for a confrontation. Even the vice president of Forza Italia, Antonio Tajani he said he received a call from Conte and confirmed the appointment tonight.

On the table at the Lega, but also the entire center-right will put 5 economic priorities. Labor protection, VAT numbers, interventions to protect businesses, fiscal white year and support for local authorities.

For the Lega it is essential to prevent the crisis from destroying other jobs. The League acknowledges that the executive has extended the layoff earnings (cig) "but much remains to be done to facilitate access to social safety nets - reads Salvini's Facebook page -, streamlining the bureaucratic steps, and guaranteeing their effectiveness, extending them over time".

Even for the self-employment much remains to be done according to the League. The latter highlights that in our country there are 3,3 million VAT numbers between individual entrepreneurs and independent workers, who are losing all sources of income with the blocking of activities and in the meantime they have to pay rents and other expenses. "The allowance of 600 euros proposed by the Government - reads in the post - is insulting for the amount and discriminatory in the application".

According to the League, measures are needed to support corporate liquidity. What is decided by the government is not enough. Various measures are needed including “to generalize and prolong the suspensions of tax and social security contributions, and facilitate the compensation of tax and commercial credits towards the Public Administration".

And then "fundamental for the whole 2020 a white year of fiscal peace for taxes and tax collection notes: if I don't collect or I don't earn I can't pay". Finally, it is proposed to unlock the surpluses of the Municipalities for the expenses also of current part related to the Coronavirus emergency.

Mattarella and Conte call Salvini