Overview
- The Council of Ministers approved a fiscal decree Friday that limits 2026 payouts for leftover Transizione 5.0 claims to €537 million at 35% of what firms requested, a roughly 65% cut for companies that invested in 2025 after the program hit its cap.
- Industry leaders pushed back over the weekend, with Confindustria’s Emanuele Orsini urging relief for the so‑called “esodati 5.0” and insisting promised resources be kept, while vice president Marco Novicelli said the move erodes companies’ trust.
- Mimit, working with the Economy Ministry and the European Affairs/PNRR Ministry, called national business associations to a meeting set for Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Palazzo Piacentini, a step it announced Sunday to open formal talks.
- Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said scarce funds and shocks such as the war in Iran require targeting aid, and officials pointed to Eurostat rules and the choice to apply some Transizione 4.0 criteria in 2026, which carry lower credit rates and spread the budget impact.
- Transizione 5.0 offered richer tax breaks to speed digital and green upgrades, so the squeeze could delay planned factory and software outlays unless the meeting finds a fix that protects credibility and gives firms clear timelines.