Premier Giuseppe Conte said
Friday that he was ready to consider changes to the budget bill,
which has causing tension between the parties supporting his
coalition government.
The package, which features 30 billion euros a new measures
and averts a hike in value-added tax that was set to kick in
next year, was approved earlier this week pending agreement on
some issues.
"We'll discuss it, working on the definitive framework when I
return to Rome," Conte said at the EU summit in Brussels.
"Let's not forget that it was approved pending some
agreements.
"There is the possibility to have additional examinations of
it and I won't duck away from that.
"We'll get around a table and discuss it".
Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, the leader of the 5-Star
Movement (M5S), has said the budget should be addressed at
cabinet meeting next week.
But Democratic Party (PD) leader Nicola Zingaretti does not
agree.
"The budget bill has been approved (by cabinet)," Zingaretti
said.
"There'll be trouble if it's thrown into doubt".
In newspaper interviews published on Friday, Conte said that
the government will not be able to approve cuts in the IRPEF
income tax before the end of the year.
"I consider it a good target to combine the 27% and 23% tax
bands at 20%," he said.
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