Overview

• Lega’s economic team says a one‑off €5 billion could be drawn from major lenders’ so‑called extra profits to support families and businesses and to finance a new tax‑debt settlement.
• Forza Italia, led by Antonio Tajani, rejects any new levy on banks’ extra profits and calls the proposal unacceptable.
• Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni favors opening a dialogue with the banking system rather than adopting punitive measures at the outset.
• Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti argues a contribution from banks can be appropriate in a system logic, with modalities yet to be defined.
• The banking association ABI disputes the notion of special rents in the sector and opposes the levy, as the proposal enters budget talks without a decision.