Maneuver, the CDM approves the text: over 38 billion for the Covid emergency | Gualtieri: “New measures are coming”

Now for approval by December 31st it will be a real tour de force. “I think that tomorrow or at the latest in the early hours of Wednesday” the text of the maneuver will be sent to the Chambers, explains the minister Federico D’Incà. We will start in the Budget Committee in Montecitorio with the traditional round of hearings and then move on to the Senate, where in the meantime we are working on Refreshments decree. In the final communiqué of the CDM, which also discussed the hypothesis of new budget variance, the government speaks of an “overall structure from the financial point of view unchanged”, with “transversal measures for growth”.

Catalfo: “Over 38 billion to overcome the Covid emergency” – “We have approved the Maneuver with which we allocate over 38 billion to help the social and productive fabric to face and overcome the emergency. It is an important and ambitious Maneuver, which intervenes on the present and future of the country and which strengthens the network of protection for businesses, families and workers “. Labor Minister Nunzia Catalfo wrote this on Facebook, listing the package of measures for work and welfare.

Gualtieri: “Resources for the South, health and work” – “There are resources for health care, businesses, work, and in addition a strong investment in female employment and in the South”, the Minister of Economy, Roberto Gualtieri, rejoices on social media, confirming the multi-year fund of 50 billion for public investments and relaunches: “New measures are coming in the coming weeks”. The Maneuver, he explained to the unions in the evening, will be “strengthened and should be read in conjunction with the Recovery Plan that we are finalizing, and with the Ristori decrees”.

Funds for kindergartens: 100 million in 2022, 300 million when fully operational – Funds for nursery schools are increasing. The 2021 maneuver allocates additional resources for the strengthening of municipal structures: this is 100 million in 2022, 150 million in 2023, 200 million in 2024, 250 million for 2025 and 300 million euros per year starting from 2026. in the municipal solidarity fund increased also for the development of social services: 215,923,000 euros for the year 2021, 254,923,000 euros for the year 2022, 299,923,000 euros for the year 2023, 345,923,000 euros for the ‘year 2024, € 390,923,000 for the year 2025, € 442,923,000 for the year 2026, € 501,923,000 for the year 2027, € 559,923,000 for the year 2028, € 618,923,000 for the year 2029 and € 650,923,000 starting from the year 2030.

Extension of extended term contracts until March 2021 – The derogation on the renewal of fixed-term contracts, introduced by the relaunch decree until the end of 2020, is extended until March 31, 2021. This is what emerges from the latest draft of the maneuver. Until that date it will therefore be possible to renew or extend, for a maximum of 12 months and for one time only, fixed-term employment contracts, notwithstanding the maximum number of extensions and the maximum duration of 36 months.

For the South extended the tax credit – For the South, the existing tax credit for investments in the Southern Regions is extended to 31 December 2022, while for research and development activities the possibility of taking advantage of a tax bonus equal to 25% is inserted for 2021-22 for companies with at least 250 employees, a turnover of at least 50 million or a balance sheet total of at least 43 million. The credit rises to 35% for businesses that employ at least 50 people, have an annual turnover of at least 10 million, and to 45% for small businesses that employ fewer than 50 people and generate an annual turnover or balance sheet total. annual not exceeding 10 million. To improve the management of cohesion policy funds, 2,800 recruitments are authorized.

The “Ecosystems of innovation” – And again for the South, with an endowment of 50 million in 2021, the “Innovation ecosystems” to favor the pursuit of development, cohesion and competitiveness objectives of the territories in the Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise and Puglia regions , Sardinia and Sicily. The latest version of the text also includes a 30 million euro fund for “marginal” municipalities affected by depopulation, and a 36 million euro fund to encourage the attraction of investments and the implementation of development projects in abandoned or disused areas. .

Single allowance for families – Confirm the measures announced in recent weeks. There is the single allowance for families with 3 million in 2021. And the possibility of accessing an additional 12 weeks of Covid cash, with the extension of the layoffs to March 31, 2021, the deadline also for the stop to the prohibitions on time contracts. Furthermore, the reduction of contributions for the hiring of young people up to 35 years of age for 3 years – 4 in the South – and for women, in addition to the fund for female entrepreneurship and 50 million for the promotion of grassroots sport, was confirmed.

“Foundation for the future of cities” – Finally, five million euros are allocated to the “Foundation for the future of cities”, aimed at creating a research center specialized in the study of plants as a source of possible solutions to be applied to safeguarding the environment and improving our urban centers.

Green light for 189 medical staff hires – On the health front, in addition to the measures already announced, the go-ahead for 189 hires of medical personnel by INPS arrives in extremis for the performance of the medico-legal functions of its competence and a special section of the register of doctors, established by the president of the Bar of the province of Bolzano, to which professionals who are only familiar with the German language can be enrolled.

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