意大利联合圣保罗银行（Intesa Sanpaolo）首席执行官卡洛·梅西纳（Carlo Messina）周二批评了意大利政府提高银行和保险公司税收以资助2027年预算的计划，认为其他行业应该帮助减轻家庭和企业的能源成本负担。
Intesa Sanpaolo CEO Carlo Messina on Tuesday criticised Italian government plans to hike taxes on banks and insurers to help fund the 2027 budget, saying other sectors should help ease the burden of energy costs for households and firms.
在罗马的一次活动中，梅西纳表示，意大利金融行业去年已与总理乔治娅·梅洛尼（Giorgia Meloni）达成协议，同意在未来三年内为国家财政做出贡献，但他认为政府现在正在改变这一协议的条款。
‘我们原本提议的是一年的贡献期限，但他们要求我们延长至三年，因为这样可以为国家预算和银行带来稳定性，’梅西纳说。
Addressing an event in Rome, Messina said Italy's financial sector already agreed last year with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a three-year contribution to state finances, suggesting she was now changing the terms of the deal.
此外，政府还表示，通过今年预算中的一系列措施，将在2028年前额外筹集120亿欧元。
经济部长詹卡洛·乔尔盖蒂（Giancarlo Giorgetti）为提高税收辩护，称金融行业竞争有限，并且还受益于欧洲中央银行的利率上调以及前政府在新冠疫情期间提供的贷款担保。‘在困难时期，没有哪个行业应该独自承担代价，’梅西纳说。
"We had proposed a one-year contribution, but they (the government) told us to make it a three-year contribution because that would provide stability for the state budget and for the banks as well," Messina said That is on top of an extra €12 billion through 2028 the government has already said it will raise thanks to a package of measures in this year's budget Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti has justified higher taxation by saying the financial sector enjoys limited competition and also benefits from European Central Bank interest rate hikes and state guarantees on loans issued by previous governments in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic "There isn't a single sector that has to pay the price during difficult times," Messina said