Premier Giuseppe Conte and his
two deputy premiers, Labour and Industry Minister and 5-Star
Movement (M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio and Interior Minister and
League leader Matteo Salvini, will have a dinner Monday night to
smooth over a recent tax-amnesty row, political sources said.
The row, in which Di Maio threatened to take legal action
over alleged manipulation of the text, fuelled tensions to the
highest level yet between the two government allies.
It was settled at the weekend when plans for a 'fiscal peace'
amnesty were modified after the first version of the decree
sparked a rebellion by the M5S.
Salvini said Monday he would not be the one to break the
newly re-established peace.
"I will never try to trip up the government of change for
electoral reasons," he said.
"There is a (government) contract and I want to respect it".
He said "I'm happy with the rapport we have built with the
Five Stars in these months".
Earlier Monday Di Maio said the government will last
the whole of the parliamentary term after the row was resolved.
"We'll go on for five years to implement the contract of
government," Di Maio told RTL 102.5 radio.
"Those who are banking on the collapse of the government will
have a nasty surprise".
The government was rocked last week when Di Maio said a
decree linked to the budget had been manipulated without the
M5S's consent to broaden the scope of the fiscal peace to help
people terminate disputes with the tax authorities.
According to reports, the League had allegedly raised
thresholds and extended the decree to allegedly include tax
dodging and money laundering, as well as money held abroad.
On Saturday, Di Maio, Conte and Salvinireached a deal on the
decree that saw an amnesty for capital returning from overseas
scrapped.
Di Maio said relations with Conte and Salvini were excellent.
"Every time the three of us see each other and talk, we find
a solution," he said.
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