Friday, October 21, 2016

Fisco: field studies, farewell in 2017 – Corriere della Sera

A cut of over 10% in the expense, not of the health of the Regions: € 2.7 billion, by 2017, about a little more than 20 billion, almost entirely destined for at the expense of character, “required”, as for the staff, and the local public transport. The box is by far, by the Stability law last year, but the hope of the governors to see her in some way compensated with the new budget law is fading away. The text of the Budget law approved Saturday is still not there, but the informal contacts initiated with the executive, do not leave hopes. The cutting, maybe a little more light, there will be, and almost all the Regions, at that point, they will have huge problems to prepare budgets for next year. With the risk of a new box on social spending, the only one that falls within the discretionary. To which, moreover, would miss the funds, 70 million euros, for the support and transportati on of people with handicap, which was the responsibility of the old Provinces, and that, transferred to the Regions, was funded for 2016, but only “one-off”.

Funds

The 2.7 billion, more than a real cut, representing the budget surplus that the Regions must guarantee to the State that will absorb, in 2017. For the governors to change little, always money in the less are. The surplus that had been imposed on them for the 2016, 2.2 billion euro, was in fact offset by the renunciation of the increase in the Health Fund, which, in 2017 will rise to 2 billion, but all bound: 800 million to finance new essential assistance Levels, 500 for the cancer drug, 250 of those against hepatitis C, another 250 for the stabilisation of precarious workers and the rinovi contractual doctors and nurses. Avanzerebbero 200 million, but the ordinary statute Regions will also have to turn the beauty of 500 million, in 2017, those with a special statute. Who protested against the cutting of the health Fund last year decided by the central government, have obtained reason because of their autonomy, and should be compensated.

Walking the edge

The margins to compensate for at least part of those 2.7 billion are small. You could use 700 million fund for the restructuring of the borrowings of regional and 1.2 billion of that for the advances of cash to pay the bills of the suppliers, which have not been used. Of this sum, however, 400 million the government wants to allocate it to the Municipalities. Not to mention that those funds are in cash, and the regional budgets are on an accrual basis. The governors hope that the game is not closed, and await with concern the final text of the maneuver.

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