Tajani: more than scrapping, the priority is the reduction of Irpef. «The EU is negotiating on duties, then Trump will have the final say»

The negotiations on tariffs between Europe and the US "are ongoing but, in the end, US President Donald Trump will have the final say for the American side". The speaker is the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani, speaking at the Forum in Masseria 2025. "There are several options at the moment, one that can be a general framework without going into detail, others that concern more details, the various sectors with different possibilities. But it is really still early because in the end, for the American side, Trump will have the final say, so there will be a negotiation that will then go to Trump and Trump will say what he thinks".

"The negotiation with Russia is very complicated, Putin does not want a ceasefire but the complete stabilization of the situation, he does not want Zelensky in government, I believe that before the end of the year it will be very difficult to reach a solution". Whether or not new sanctions are needed is another question, for the head of the Farnesina. "If he does not want to make peace, yes, if he does not want to reach more moderate counsels". What type of sanctions? "Financial ones".

As for the other conflict front, only the two-state solution of Israel and Palestine can guarantee stability in the Middle East, but the Islamist movement Hamas "must stay out" of the future Palestinian state. "We must never give up on this prospect (the two-state solution, ed.), because it is the only one that can guarantee stability in that area," the deputy prime minister urges. "We are convinced supporters, as the Italian government, of the Egyptian project, which was then adopted by all the Arab countries, for the post-Gaza period, after the end of the war. We believe that the West Bank and Gaza should be reunified, to give life to a Palestinian state, with an interregnum phase that could be under United Nations law, even with a military presence like that of Unifil in Lebanon. We have said that we are also willing to provide troops, given that we are well regarded by both the Israelis and the Palestinians."

Vespa's interview at the event organized together with Comin & Partners also moves to issues of current political relevance. And here the structural reduction of Irpef, rather than the scrapping of tax bills, is made explicit as an essential issue for Forza Italia. Tajani says in detail that the reduction from 35% to 33% of Irpef, with an expansion of the base up to 60 thousand euros is "the priority", because "then it is a stable choice, more than the scrapping which is an "occasional" choice.

A modern center-right must then take charge of the citizenship problem and this is also "in the program", even if not explicitly. "We must demonstrate the strength of our identity and make these people become Italians for real, not just with a passport. Far from weakness, far from flexibility. A modern center-right must take charge of this problem, which is not a problem that the left can solve, that one, with lax proposals, because after five years you are not trained and you have not become a true Italian. After ten years, yes, because you went to school, not just for elementary school, but you have completed compulsory education like all Italian children", explains Tajani.