Deputy Premier, Foreign Minister and
Forza Italia leader Antonio Tajani on Sunday ruled out the
hypothesis of bringing in a tax on banks' surplus profits just
hours after a senior member of the League, which is also part of
the coalition supporting Premier Giorgia Meloni's government,
called for precisely that.
"There will never be taxes on the surplus profits of the banks
with us," Tajani told a Forza Italia conference in Perugia.
"The taxation of extra profits is not envisaged in the
government's plans".
Earlier on Sunday, League Deputy Secretary Andrea Crippa told
Affaritaliani.it that it would be "fair and equitable" for
Italy's banks to "contribute to redistribute wealth and favour
not only the less affluent classes of the country but economic
growth too".
He said that over the last two years the top seven Italian
credit institutions have almost doubled their profits due to
"the unjustified, insane rise in interest rates by the ECB".
Crippa also referred to a call made last week by League leader,
Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini to "make
the bankers pay, not the workers".
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