(Finance) – “I am very satisfied because the Government has reached all 45 objectives of the PNRR for this semester. Italy has therefore met all the deadlines of the plan and is a an essential signal for the seriousness and credibility of the countryand and is already at work for the deadlines in December “, said the Prime Minister Mario Draghi in the press conference after the CdM which gave the green light to new interventions to support families and businesses. Also approved i bills on reporting and budgeting.
I’m over 3 billion the resources made available by the Government to mitigate the rise in energy bills and households and businesses, including energy bonuses made available to the most disadvantaged families and linked to the ISEE and the elimination of system charges for electricity for families and businesses. A decrease to 5% of VAT on gas and general system costs has also been ordered. The measure also intervenes on increases in gas storage, providing that the GSE also contributes to the operation, for a maximum value of 4 billion, in connection with market operators. In the Bill Bill there is also a contribution from 10% on the turnover of businesses who import gas that will be paid to the Energy and Environmental Services Fund.
“The government – added Draghi – is working for cope with drought. We are struggling with the most serious water crisis of the last 70 years, the water crisis has two factors, one is a rainfall deficit in recent years, climate change but then there are structural causes such as poor maintenance of the basins and the entrusted network. to concessionaires with a loss of water that is equal to 30% while in other EU countries it is 5%, 6%. We need an emergency plan and from Monday we are ready to approve the plans of the regions “.
How many the stock trend “so far it is good, we are close to 60%”, reassures the Premier. “We are confident that we will reach the target by November, this is very important. A measure approved today is very important for these stores,” she stressed.
“We are completely reforming the country’s energy structure. The diversification of gas suppliers is the first step: away from Russia and not depending on a single supplier. One of the first results of this government is that the dependence on Russian gas dropped from 40 to 25% already this year, and – as mentioned – storage is going well “.
For Draghi “it is important to remember that the renewables are the only way we have in the long run “. Of course, now “we are getting very excited to get the gas supplies we need”, he says, “but we need to know that these do not replace investments in renewables, but go to buffer an emergency on the path that will lead us to
a world that is entirely renewable “.
So one reassurance on the estate of the executive after the controversy of the past few hours and possible frictions with Giuseppe Conte (of which according to press rumors Draghi would have asked for the replacement, this reconstruction denied by the Premier). “There is no risk, this government was formed to do”, says the premier. “I also said from the beginning that this government cannot be done without the Five Stars and this remains my opinion. I didn’t hear Grillo, while I heard Conte yesterday and we exchanged messages. I have never made the statements that have been attributed to me about 5 stars, I do not enter parties. I have never asked for Conte to be removed and I am not willing to lead a government with another majority “
In the end, a passage on Government action which has obtained “important results on the international front (from the EU Council, to the G7 and finally at the NATO summit), and important results on the national front. These successes are the merit of this majority of being able to take decisions with generosity and with the interest of Italy as a compass. We face many challenges that we will overcome if we have the same determination as in these months of government “, Draghi said.