The budget law, with a total value of 22 billion euros, focuses on cutting Irpef for the middle class, intervenes on pensions and ISEE and refinances some measures for businesses, from Transition 4.0 to the single SEZ. The maneuver scales back the housing plan, asks for a substantial contribution from banks and insurance companies and reopens the chapter on Bank of Italy’s gold reserves. A provision largely reworked in Parliament, which reached the finish line amidst corrections, political tensions and last-minute interventions


