Race against time for the Meloni government to approve the budget law by the end of the year . There are still many points to be clarified, from the increase in minimum pensions to the threshold below which traders cannot be forced to accept payments with POS, passing through the release of credits for the superbonus and the cash ceiling.

Just as in Italy there is discussion, on the latter front, of raising it from the current 2,000 euros to 5,000 euros from next January 1, in the EU a maximum limit of 10,000 euros is being set for payments in cash .

The amount was indicated by the EU Council in the adoption of its negotiating position with the European Parliament on the anti-money laundering package and the fight against terrorist financing, even if the Member States are in any case left with the option of setting lower maximum thresholds .

Among other things, the reform package is the same which envisages the creation of the European anti-money-laundering authority (AMLA) , for whose headquarters Italy wants to apply, perhaps with Rome, in a race that already sees a total of ten locations in the race. In addition to the ceiling of 10,000 euros, verification obligations are envisaged for operators in the "crypto" world in transactions over 1,000 euros. Third-party financial intermediaries and people who trade in precious metals, gemstones and cultural goods, as well as jewelers, watchmakers and goldsmiths will also be subject to the regulation.

In Italy, meanwhile, to avoid the provisional exercise, the government could entrust the management of times, but above all of all the nodes still to dissolve . A hypothesis, however, still on standby given the limited time available and the lack of an official call-up.

On pensions, Forza Italia is pushing for a further increase in the minimums, from 574 euros to the psychological threshold of 600, but the League is holding back. Among the amendments by FdI, one proposes a sort of penal shield for companies that defaulted with the tax authorities in 2022 and that requested installment payments for amounts exceeding 250,000 euros: a general rule, designed for traders who buy and sell energy, of which sports clubs could also benefit.