«Lowering the threshold to 30 euros for the use of the Pos is a hypothesis under study, President Meloni herself had spoken to us speakers and to the group leaders about this negotiation that she herself carried out with Europe. The possibility of going down was requested of us » . This was stated by Roberto Pella , Forza Italia deputy, one of the rapporteurs of the maneuver, to the microphones of Radio 24.

The threshold for the use of the POS for payments, which the government has assumed to set at 60 euros, would be one of the measures contained in the finance law on which the EU has expressed doubts. Hence, therefore, the hypothesis of lowering it, without having to cancel it tout court.

The opposition, however, returns to the attack: «Europe has rejected all the ideological flags of the right present in the Budget Law. Cash ceiling, Pos limitations, tax amnesty, have in fact been criticized while many of the other measures present, in support of families and businesses against the energy crisis, are in continuity with the Draghi government, but have only been extended for three months. The EU has only acknowledged to the Prime Minister, Meloni, that it has not

ruined the public accounts, given the announcements made by the majority parties during the electoral campaign," said the vice president of the Pd Group in the Chamber, Simona Bonafè , speaking on Omnibus on La 7.

On the same wavelength Marco Grimaldi , group leader in the Budget commission of the Alleanza Verdi Sinistra, who – with regard to the new hypothesized threshold – comments: «Now the majority is showing off with the story of the lowering of the threshold to 30 euros for the use of the Pos. Have the courage not to hide behind a finger: they simply want to remove the penalty for those who do not accept payments. It is a serious bluff that creates tension between merchants and citizens who will not be able to assert their right to pay by credit card ».

(Unioneonline/lf)