Budget law, Tajani: “Giorgetti has assured us that there will be no taxes on banks' extra profits, which is unacceptable to us.”

Rome, 15 October (LaPresse) – "Yesterday, Minister Giorgetti assured us that there will be no taxes on banks' extra profits. For us, this is unacceptable, but they already know that. I hope that a conclusion will be reached soon and an agreement found. Banks can make a contribution, but it must be an agreed contribution, not an imposed one. That is the point. I am opposed to imposing taxes on a concept that does not exist. Extra profits do not exist. Yesterday, Giorgetti assured us that there will be no taxes on extra profits, and I am convinced that this will be the case because it seems to me to be a balanced and fair position." These were the words of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani as he left the Chamber of Deputies after the briefing on the peace plan for the Gaza Strip.