Premier Giorgia Meloni said Wednesday she was infuriated that the lavish Superbonus home improvement incentive scheme introduced by ex premier Giusppe Conte had meant Italy had been unable to hit the 3% deficit-to-GDP target last year and thus emerge from an infringement procedure.
"It's infuriating" that "we would still have had a deficit below 3% if, even in 2025, the state coffers hadn't been burdened by the billions of euros spent on the Superbonus," Meloni said on social media.
"The disastrous measure by the left-wing Conte II government, for now, prevents Italy from exiting the infringement procedure, cutting off the government's spending margin for public healthcare, education, and support for low-income earners." Italy's deficit for 2025 came in at 3.1%, European and Italian stats agencies reported Wednesday.
Meloni's government continued to apply the Superbonus.
