Italy’s 2023 budget, which will be put forth to cabinet on Monday, will amount to 30-32 billion euro in total measures, on both sides of the balance sheet, sources said Thursday.

The Meloni government's budget is expected to include measures worth 30-32 billion euro, according to the sources at meetings of the last few hours in view of Monday's cabinet meeting, when the budget bill is expected to be approved and sent to parliament, before being sent to Brussels.

The executive is considering the possibility of an amnesty for the return of capital abroad, which could bring the coffers of the State a further 3-5 billion, according to initial estimates.

A cornerstone of the budget, explained the sources close to the dossier, will be the revision of the rule on a windfall tax on energy companies' huge extra-profits, with a rate not yet confirmed, that could be 33 per cent.