A roundtable discussion focused on Sardinia, specifically on the revenue issue, currently worth approximately €1.7 billion. This was the most significant result achieved yesterday by the Regional Budget Councilor and Vice President, Giuseppe Meloni, at a meeting in Rome with Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti and representatives of the other special regions.

"What we got today from Minister Giorgetti was an acknowledgement of the situation in the special statute regions, and in our case Sardinia, regarding the lower personal income tax revenue and the need to find compensation for the lost revenue," Meloni declared at the end of the meeting on the revenue dispute and the government's failure to compensate for the lower revenue resulting from the state's fiscal policies.

The Sardinia Region is entitled to seven-tenths of the income tax collected on the island, but approximately €200 million is missing from the current year's tax roll.

The figures are not precise because they are tied to the performance of the national economy. "The minister has reserved the right to complete his calculations and the necessary investigations to understand how the island's lost revenue can be compensated. Without compensation, Sardinia will remain penalized: personal income tax revenues in 2025 confirm a significant decline."

The Roman meeting also discussed the legal dispute the Region has initiated with the Government : Sardinia, in fact, is owed €1.7 billion by the State. "The minister agreed on the need to initiate a specific discussion to resolve the ongoing dispute," Meloni added, "and committed to setting up a meeting by September, in the presence of the President of the Region, Alessandra Todde. That will also be an opportunity to initiate discussion on the issue of insularity, another crucial issue for the island, which we must resolve as soon as possible."